D&M Installation (DMi) has announced the signing of an agreement between D&M Europe B.V. and Control4®, the leader in affordable, IP-based home control and entertainment systems. The agreement provides D&M with access to Control4’s digital home automation technology to produce a range of Escient home control products. The Escient branded products will be available in over 27 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The strategic supply agreement provides DMi with an extensive array of home automation products under the Escient brand, including controllers, remotes, keypads, lighting controls, thermostats, and touch screens for control of entertainment and other systems in the home. This extends DMi’s product offering to include easy-to-use, powerful whole-home control of the home theatre, multi-room music, smart lighting, temperature control and security systems.
“The Control4 control platform is a comprehensive complement to the Denon, Marantz and Escient product lines,” said Bert Kiggen, Brand Director of DMi. “This agreement is a further milestone in our objective of providing custom installers with best in class, end-to-end system integration solutions for whole home entertainment, and environmental and security control. We look forward to working with Control4 in extending our system integration offerings throughout the EMEA CI markets.”
Commenting for Control4, CEO Will West stated, “We are pleased to partner with D&M to expand distribution of our elegant and easy-to-use home automation platform,” said Will West, Control4’s CEO. “Denon, Marantz and Escient product lines are excellent brands and the strategic relationship will help introduce Control4® technology to a broad base of countries in EMEA.”
At ISEurope 09, DMi will be exhibiting its end-to-end integration solutions, incorporating multi room AV systems and whole house entertainment, based on its unrivalled product portfolio. DMi will be debuting new source and control products from Denon, Marantz and Escient, and new ranges of in wall, in ceiling, in cabinet and outdoor speaker systems from both Boston Acoustics and SNELL Acoustics, as well as Hawking Technology’s network products.