Beijing, December 23, 2011 - ABB, a top 500 company, announced its door entry system was ranked among the "Top 10 Intercom Brands 2011" by Qianjia Brand Lab. This award recognizes ABB's contribution to China's building intercom industry with its innovative design and leading-edge technology.
Huang Jing, head of marketing and sales (products), Low Voltage Products Division, ABB China, said, "This year, we have won several influential industry awards for our door entry system, including the 'Most Fashionable Smart Home Brands 2011' by Trends Home magazine and the 'Top 10 Brands in China's Security Industry 2011' by Security & Automation magazine. These awards demonstrate the industry recognition for ABB's intelligent building technologies, systems, and products. In future, we will step up efforts in product development to introduce more systems and products adapted to local customers' requirements, so as to constantly improve people's quality of life."
As an integral part of ABB's smart home offerings, the ABB door entry system includes the Welcome-8 and G series. The Welcome-8 series is positioned at the high-end residential market, featuring industry-leading dual-channel and audio/video processing technologies, delivering functions such as video talking, multi-channel communication, home-to-home calls, billboards, and alarm interlinking. The cabling system, using optimized CAT.5e cables with RJ-45connectors, saves 70% of the BOM (Bill of Materials) cost compared to other wiring solutions. All the connected devices feature a modular design, ensuring adaptability to a variety of building intercom standards and requirements. G Series is positioned for the middle residential market and delivers entry-level door entry and access control features.
In addition, the ABB smart home portfolio also encompasses a compelling spectrum of best-in-class products and technologies like the i-bus® smart home control system and intelligent switch panel. The flagship of ABB's intelligent building solutions, i-bus® has had a proven track record of 20 years. It enables intelligent control of an array of building appliances like electric shades, lighting, HVAC, and sound systems for all kinds of new constructions and has been widely deployed in landmark projects around the globe, such as the National Library in Singapore, the seven-star Conference Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany, the Shimao Sheshan Villas, Shanghai and the NAGA Villas, Beijing.
The Welcome-8 door entry system can be integrated with the i-bus® intelligent building control system. Users can realize automatic control of building appliances such as lighting, HVAC, sound, curtains, and the door entry system by operating the Comfort Touch® smart touch screen - the central control unit of ABB's smart home control system. It enables the intelligent control of home products on one operating platform, matching the trend of the integration of building appliances in smart home product development.
The "Intelligent Building Brand Awards" are granted in several categories including cabling, intercom, smart home, building automation, and access control systems. Launched 11 years ago, this annual award selects the top 10 brands in each category through two months of voting by qianjia.com users and experts. As the organizer, qianjia.com is a large web-based platform founded in 1998 for brand survey and market intelligence. The Qianjia Brand Survey System, the first of its kind in China established in 2004, traces nearly 1,000 brands in various industries and releases brand ranking data and indicators. The resulting Qianjia Brand Index has become an important reference for customers to evaluate brand influence in the market.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 130,000 people. ABB has a full range of business activities in China, including R&D, manufacturing, sales and services, with 18,000 employees, 34 local companies, and an extensive sales and service network across 80 cities.
