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2023 CORPORATE PARTNERS
Discover the powerful community of leading corporations partnering with us this year.
GLOBAL PARTNERS
ARAMCO
Aramco is a global integrated energy and chemicals company. We are driven by our core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that we do. We focus on making our resources more dependable, more sustainable and more useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world.
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AXIS
Axis enables a smarter and safer world by creating solutions for improving security and business performance. As a network technology company and industry leader, Axis offers solutions in video surveillance, access control, intercom, and audio systems. They are enhanced by intelligent analytics applications and supported by high-quality training. Axis has around 4,000 dedicated employees in over 50 countries and collaborates with technology and system integration partners worldwide to deliver customer solutions. Axis was founded in 1984, and the headquarters are in Lund, Sweden.
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CISCO
For over 30 years, Cisco has been helping communities around the globe connect, protect, and transform the lives of their residents. Our trustworthy technologies serve as a foundation to expand equitable access, build secure and resilient infrastructure, and power hybrid work and trusted workplaces. Accelerate transformation in your communities with Cisco solutions that enable sustainability, create a more inclusive future for all, and help you build your bridge to possible.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
Dassault Systèmes provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations capable of harmonizing product, nature and life. With the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, a virtual experience platform, the company allows more than 290,000 customers in almost 140 countries to create innovative new products and services capable of improving the real world.
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HONEYWELL BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) is transforming the way every building operates to help improve the quality of life. We are a leading building controls company with operations in more than 75 countries supported by a global channel partner network. Commercial building owners and operators use our hardware, software and analytics to help create safer, more sustainable and productive facilities. Our solutions and services are used in more than 10 million buildings worldwide.
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MICROSOFT
With a foundation of security, privacy, and trust, Microsoft empowers Governments to deliver inclusive programs, transform operations, and enable thriving communities. To help to solve society’s biggest challenges, Microsoft delivers innovation in programs and experiences, empowers the government workforce, transforms operations and services, and secures data and protect resources in government agencies worldwide.
Leveraging comprehensive technology capabilities, Microsoft and its trusted global partner network enables government agencies to accelerate their digital transformation journey.
With offices in 152 countries and almost 328,000 people, we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organisations and individuals create the value they are looking for, by delivering quality in Advisory, Assurance and Tax services.
ROSHN
ROSHN Group is Saudi Arabia’s most trusted multi-asset class real estate developer, & a giga-project wholly owned by the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). ROSHN’s integrated developments offer a new way of living, supported by amenities within walking distance, green spaces, sports hubs, cycle lanes, & living beyond walls. The Group is building at an unprecedented scale with a land bank of over 200 million sqm and launched its flagship 20 million sqm community in Riyadh, SEDRA and went on to launch the 4 million sqm ALAROUS in Jeddah and announced two more integrated developments, WAREFA in Riyadh (1.4 million sqm), and ALFULWA in Al Ahsa (10.8 million sqm)
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SIEMENS AG
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.
In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0 billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company employed around 311,000 people worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
SMART PORTS: PIERS OF THE FUTURE
The Smart Ports: Piers of the Future is an annual congress linked with the Smart City Expo World Congress, the main international summit on smart cities and urban solutions. For the first time in 2019, six leading ports in the world, Antwerp, Barcelona, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Montreal and Rotterdam, got together to link both concepts: Smart Cities and Smart Ports. In 2020, the Busan Port Authority joined the cause as one of the leading ports in Asia. It is a congress on innovation, sustainability and digital transformation. Some of the most innovative ports of the world share their innovative projects on Drones, Digital Twins, Green Smart Ports and Smart Port Cities among many others, while painting a picture of how our future should be. More sustainable, efficient and connected.
VEOLIA
Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with nearly 220,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys practical solutions, enhanced by a specific range of digital services, to support cities in the management of water, waste and energy. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them to create more liveable, resource- and energy-efficient, resilient cities that are closer to their citizens. In 2022, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation, produced nearly 44 million megawatt hours and recovered 61 million tonnes of waste.
DELOITTE
It is Deloitte’s ambition to improve urban living and create better futures for more than one billion people, leveraging our global and local networks as well as working with partners, governments, and NGOs. Deloitte translates a holistic vision of Smart Cities and Urban Transformation into actionable, concrete solutions through the use of advanced technologies, sustainable infrastructure, and smart mobility. Drawing on our cross-sector experience to solve key urban challenges, we aim to progress United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 11—“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable”—and believe urban transformation has the potential to meet a full 70% of all UNSDGs.
FCC ENVIRONMENT
FCC Environment is the company inside the FCC Group that, for over 110 years, has been delivering environmental services to 60 million people in more than 5,200 municipalities along the world. From waste management and recycling to every municipal service, it processes annually 24 million tonnes of waste as a resource at nearly 200 sustainable facilities, recovering 4 million tonnes of secondary raw materials (SRM) and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and 360MWe of non-fossil power. Innovation is in the DNA of FCC Environment, committed to reaching the UN’s Agenda 2030 SDG by developing its 2050 Sustainability Strategy that includes implementing e-mobility and boosting the society to be transformed towards a Circular Economy model.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA pioneered a supercharged form of computing loved by the most demanding computer users in the world — scientists, designers, artists, and gamers. Our invention, the graphics processing unit (GPU), is the engine of modern artificial intelligence. Our technology also accelerates the fastest supercomputers, powers cutting-edge design and VR applications, and it’s the world’s largest gaming platform. We enable the da Vincis and Einsteins of our time to solve their most challenging problems: from building self-driving cars and AI-ready datacentres, to beating devastating diseases like cancer and dementia.
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
The world’s largest sports venues, airports, cities, schools, police departments, and hospitals rely on Dell Technologies Computer Vision solutions. We focus on industry centric customer outcomes to deliver workflows with our partner eco-system, that are tested by our dedicated engineers in extreme real-world scenarios in one of our three global computer vision labs. Our award-winning Validated design process addresses our customers unique requirements by providing a comprehensive workflow strategy that brings together a full range of scalable computer vision components from edge to core to cloud.
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AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector helps government, education, and nonprofit customers deploy cloud services to reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and increase innovation across the globe. AWS allows customers to pay just for what they use, with no up-front physical infrastructure expenses or long-term commitments. Public Sector organizations of all sizes use AWS to build applications, host websites, harness big data, store information, conduct research, improve online access for citizens, and more. AWS and its partner ecosystem help cities implement smart city solutions to support their goals around energy efficiency, air quality, intelligent transportation, public safety, public health, and other programs focused on improving quality of life and make the world a better place through technology.
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GERMANY TRADE & INVEST
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. We help create and secure extra employment opportunities, strengthening Germany as a business location. With more than 50 offices in Germany and abroad and its network of partners throughout the world, GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up in Germany. Whether you require information, consultancy, or project management services – GTAI supports your company’s efforts to establish a business in Germany.
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INDUSTRY PARTNERS
CBRE
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2021 revenue). The company has more than 105,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.
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DELOITTE
It is Deloitte’s ambition to improve urban living and create better futures for more than one billion people, leveraging our global and local networks as well as working with partners, governments, and NGOs. Deloitte translates a holistic vision of Smart Cities and Urban Transformation into actionable, concrete solutions through the use of advanced technologies, sustainable infrastructure, and smart mobility. Drawing on our cross-sector experience to solve key urban challenges, we aim to progress United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 11—“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable”—and believe urban transformation has the potential to meet a full 70% of all UNSDGs.
JOHNSON CONTROLS
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering. Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.
PARADOX ENGINEERING
Paradox Engineering is a technology company specializing in Internet of Things solutions for Open Cities and other smart environments, with a full blend of competences to enable innovative applications and disruptive business models. Established in 2005 in Switzerland, it is part of MinebeaMitsumi Group.
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SUTHERLAND
We make digital human™
Sutherland is an experience-led digital transformation company.
Our mission is to deliver exceptionally designed and engineered experiences for our customers and employees.
For over 35 years, we have cared for our clients’ customers, delivering measurable results and accelerating growth. Our proprietary, AI-based products and platforms are built using robust IP and automation.
We are a team of global professionals, operationally effective, culturally meshed, and committed to our clients and to one another. We call it One Sutherland.
WIPRO
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With 250,000 employees and business partners across more than 60 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world.
RACC MOBILITY CLUB
The RACC is an institution that offers coverage and high-quality services in order to care for the needs of more than 10 million people worldwide.
As a Mobility Club, the RACC promotes a new, safer and more environment-friendly mobility culture, and encourages innovation by creating new products and services for all those who today combine all types of modes of transport, from cars to bicycles, scooters, public transport and shared transport.
At the same time, the Club fosters research through the RACC Mobility Institute, its centre of knowledge and for the exchange of experiences that analyses the new mobility models and trends at international level.
MOVENTIA
Moventia is a Catalan family-owned international company and a leader in the mobility sector. Since its foundation in 1923, Moventia strives to connect people and cities, hence it has developed a customer-oriented business model which prioritises innovation and sustainability. The company has two main divisions: Moventis, experts in public mobility with urban, interurban and discretionary transport services; and Movento, engaged in private mobility and vehicle commercialisation and repair. The group operates both nationally and internationally, with services in Catalonia, Navarra, the Balearic Islands as well as France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Peru and Saudi Arabia.
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UBIWHERE
Founded in 2007, Ubiwhere is a software company focused on the research and development of innovative technological solutions, oriented to the areas of Smart Cities, Telecommunications and Future Internet. The diversified team (more than 80 employees) is one of the pillars of the company’s success, being prepared to face the greatest challenges of the market. Ubiwhere cooperates with a broad technological network at national and international level, which values and recognizes the company’s large-scale contribution in its creative and innovative projects. Ubiwhere is a company recognized through several certifications: ISO 9001:2015, NP 4469:2019 and NP 4457:2007. We have the desire to change the World, which is why we create, design and implement solutions that improve people’s quality of life.
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MILESTONE SYSTEMS
Milestone Systems is a leading provider of an open platform video management software, a technology that helps the world see how to ensure security, protect assets and increase business efficiency. Based on an open platform, XProtect video management software enables integration with the industry’s widest choice in cameras and best-in-class business solutions. Milestone Systems builds an open platform community that fosters collaboration and innovation in the development and use of network video technology, with reliable and scalable solutions proven in more than 500,000 installations worldwide. Always promoting a responsible use of technology and putting people at the core of everything, Milestone Systems was founded in 1998 and it is an independent company of the Canon Group.
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ACCENTURE
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.
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RENFE
Renfe is Spain´s leading rail operator in Passenger and goods transport. We are commited to safe, efficient and quality rail transport. We set ourselves apart from other transport options and adapt to the needs and demands of the most crucial element in this entire structure: our customers. With more tan 5,000 trains running every day in Spain, over 500 million passengers a year, 18,3 million tons transported each year, nearly 15,000 employees, and exceptional rates of punctuality, quality and satisfaction, Renfe is working to consolidate its leadership in Spain and extend its international reach, with presence in countries as wide-ranging as the United States, France, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
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EVENT PARTNERS
FIWARE FOUNDATION
Together with its members and partners, FIWARE Foundation drives the definition – and the Open Source implementation – of key open standards that enable the development of portable and interoperable smart solutions in a faster, easier, and affordable way, avoiding vendor lock-in scenarios, whilst also nurturing FIWARE as a sustainable and innovation-driven business ecosystem. Serving diverse domains, FIWARE is the leading Open Source technology for the digitization of smart cities and regions. The foundation achieves this through its offering of reference architectures, standard building blocks, roughly 1,000 Smart Data Models, a standard API, its 31 Innovation Hubs (iHubs), the FIWARE Marketplace, and the support of its global community that combines their efforts toward making FIWARE the Open Source technology of choice.
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LORA ALLIANCE
The LoRa Alliance® is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and share experiences to promote and drive the success of the LoRaWAN® standard as the leading open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. LoRaWAN has already been deployed by major mobile network operators globally and includes a certification program to guarantee interoperability. LoRaWAN supports a broad range of IoT applications through simple, affordable deployments, transforming Smart Cities, Buildings, Utilities, and other major verticals and use cases.
SENER INGENIERÍA Y SISTEMAS S.A.
SENER is an international engineering and technology group with more than 65 years of history, which develops innovative and high-tech solutions in the areas of Infrastructure, Energy, Aerospace and Marine. Nearly 2,700 professionals in offices in twenty countries, and a portfolio of projects developed in more than 90 countries in the five continents make SENER a reference worldwide company. SENER’s large experience in developing all types of infrastructure projects in urban environments, with a multidisciplinary approach, together with its mastery of new digital technologies enables the firm to develop smart solutions aimed at solving real problems of today’s complex cities.
VISA
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement.
EKIN Smart City Solutions
EKIN Smart City Solutions specializes in software, hardware, and design, and provides an innovative approach to smart city management. We offer cutting-edge solutions to cities all over the world to help them optimize their safety, efficiency, and sustainability. By implementing innovative AI analytics, fixed and mobile devices are paving the way for an efficient all-in-one platform that supplies cities with an integrated solution for the cities of the future. A central management platform based in the cloud manages all collected data and provides a one-of-a-kind all-in-one user experience. Ekin is a multiple award-winning company that provides fully integrated, modular, and easily upgradeable intelligent traffic management systems.
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EDF
As a major player in energy transition, the EDF Group is an integrated energy company active in all businesses: generation, transmission, distribution, energy trading, energy sales and energy services. EDF Group is a world leader in low-carbon energy, having developed a diverse production mix based mainly on nuclear and renewable energy. It is also investing in new technologies to support energy transition. EDF’s raison d’être is to build a net zero energy future with electricity and innovative solutions and services, to help save the planet and drive well-being and economic development.
SORIGUE
Sorigué is a leading company in construction, city services and the water cycle, with a firm commitment to innovation, the circular economy and giving back to society. The company has approached growth from a sustainable perspective, promoting the generation of knowledge through innovation and digitalisation, people and their talent, communication, and environmental and social commitment as the foundations of its work.
AICEP PORTUGAL GLOBAL
aicep Portugal Global – Trade & Investment Agency is a government body focused on the development of a competitive business environment that contributes to the globalisation of the Portuguese economy. As a reputable business-oriented agency, with specialised professionals in Portugal and a global network in over 50 countries, AICEP’s mission is to increase Portugal’s competitiveness and reputation, by fostering structural investment and promoting the internationalisation of Portuguese companies
KEOLIS
Keolis is a pioneer in developing public transport systems and works alongside public authorities who want to enhance shared mobility systems to grow the appeal and vitality of their regions. A world leader in operating automated metro and tramway systems, Keolis and its partners and subsidiaries support the core business with innovations offering new and bespoke shared mobility solutions for modes including trains, buses and coaches, trolleybuses, shared car solutions, river and sea shuttle services, bike share services, car sharing, fully electric driverless shuttles and urban cable cars. The Group employs 68,000 people in 14 countries. In 2021, it posted revenue of €6.3 billion. In 2019, 3.4 billion passengers used one of Keolis’ shared mobility services.
LA FRENCH FAB
La French Fab is the new face of France’s industry. Launched in 2017, La French Fab is supported collectively by the Alliance Industrie du Futur, Bpifrance, Business France, France Industrie, the Direction Générale des Entreprises and France’s regions. These key players are committed to an eco-friendly approach and concerned about the common good. In France an around the world, they’re working to renew the industrial sector, reinvigorate France’s regions, make industrial jobs more attractive, and draw attention to French industrial excellence. With La French Fab, experience industry in a new way. Together, let’s inspire a new world.
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MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With Mercedes-Benz AG, the Group is one of the leading global suppliers of premium and luxury cars and vans. The goal of the Mercedes-Benz Group is not only to mitigate the negative effects of urbanisation but also to use sustainable mobility and transport solutions to further improve the quality of life in cities. Electric mobility is a key lever in this process — but it’s not the only one. With our Urban Mobility Solutions department, we focus on the fields of sustainability, efficiency and traffic safety.
RIoT
RIoT is an economic development nonprofit focused on emerging Data Economy companies. These companies work in all market verticals, leveraging “smart” technologies including IoT, AI/ML, AR/VR, Web 3 and the Metaverse. Locally, regionally and globally, we bring together academics, industry leaders, investors and entrepreneurs through startup accelerator programs, national and community events, educational workshops, and laboratory and testing facilities. More than 90 consortium companies collaborate on applications in smart cities, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and other verticals.
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STARIA
Staria designs and manufactures in Spain the most efficient solar streetlights on the
market.
Staria Technologies is a leader in creating smart solar lighting solutions for outdoor
spaces through the use of sustainable energy.
UNITY TECHNOLOGIES
Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity is the foundation upon which the world’s most powerful digital content is created. Specifically, Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Unity had, on average, 3.9 billion monthly active end users who consumed content created or operated with its solutions.
SPONSORS
BAVARIA
The Free State of Bavaria in Germany participates with an joint companies pavilion. Around 30 exhibitos will display their latest products, services and solutions for Smart Cities worldwide. Drop by to change your ideas and catch up with Bavarian cluster organizations, cities & regions and a wide range of companies. We also provide you comprehensive information on Bavaria as a business and high-tech location as well as we guide you to the right contacts.
LA FRENCH FAB
Creative by nature, industrial by tradition, strongly innovative, France invents the industry of tomorrow and inspires the future. Its industry stands out through strong abilities, techniques and a unique savoir-faire. La French Fab is the new inspiration for industry.
GIZ INDIA
As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security.
HONEYWELL
Honeywell delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.
Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) is transforming the way every building operates to help improve the quality of life. We are a leading building controls company with operations in more than 75 countries supported by a global channel partner network. Commercial building owners and operators use our hardware, software and analytics to help create safe, efficient and productive facilities. Our solutions and services are used in more than 10 million buildings worldwide.
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