Echelon Corporation

Echelon Corporation is a world leader in the control networks industry. Its versatile LonWorks control network technology is well known to designers and manufacturers of equipment in every major category: factory automation, process control, building and home control, agriculture, medicine, and transportation systems. Echelon provides a full range of products and services to support the design, development, installation, and maintenance of control networks of all types

Echelon offers over 80 software and hardware products and holds a number of patents on its technology. All of Echelon's products share a common goal - to enable rapid development and deployment of open, interoperable, multivendor control networks.

Echelon has established sales offices in China, England, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and Sweden. There are now more than 40 distributors of LonWorks products in over 20 countries.

LonMark Interoperability Association

The LonMark Interoperability Association is an independent organization that was formed in May 1994 by 36 companies and already has over 200 members. With over 3,500 companies using LonWorks control networks today, and over 4 million LonWorks based devices installed world-wide, the LonMark Association provides an open forum for member companies to work together on marketing and technical programs to advance the LonMark standard for open interoperable control solutions. Membership is open to any company, organization or individual committed to the development, manufacture, and use of interoperable LonWorks products and networks.