Echelon Expands in Outdoor Lighting Controls With Acquisition of Lumewave

Echelon Corp., San Jose, Calif., has built a strong presence in providing the communications infrastructure for smart grid deployments and industrial networking and has its eye on the Internet of Things. The company moved this week to further diversify its position with an acquisition that brings wireless and wired outdoor lighting controls into its catalog.

Echelon announced that it has acquired Lumewave Inc., Sacramento, Calif., a privately held provider of wireless outdoor lighting control systems with a strong track record selling its solution to U.S. municipalities, universities, medical facilities and enterprises. Echelon will sell the Lumewave products — which include individual lighting controllers, gateways, and management and maintenance software — and will incorporate Lumewave’s established sales channels in North America into its existing channels worldwide. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Lumewave builds standards-based wireless solutions for outdoor lighting, which will continue to be available through its established manufacturers’ rep channel and will now also be sold through Echelon’s direct sales and manufacturer reps and integrators in the U.S., the companies said in a release. The combined product portfolio will target streetlighting and other outdoor lighting installations, such as parking lot and structures, university and corporate campuses, hospitals, large retailers such as shopping malls and auto dealerships, parks and recreational facilities.