April 14, 2009 – MatrikonOPC announced a collaborative relationship with Siemens Building Technologies. Siemens Building Technologies is now standardizing on MatrikonOPC’s SNMP Agent for OPC and OPC Data Manager.Chris Hollinger, Senior Product Manager at Siemens Building Technologies explained “With OPC Data Manager from MatrikonOPC, our customers can easily integrate their disparate devices and systems. On the networking side, MatrikonOPC’s SNMP Agent for OPC solved our need to get OPC data in and out of SNMP-based applications.
Siemens Building Technologies is excited to further maximize our customer’s process control investment by partnering with MatrikonOPC.” “More advanced automation is required to maximize building efficiency, reduce operating costs and save the environment. MatrikonOPC is committed to providing connectivity to bridge the automation and building technology worlds. We look forward to growing our relationship with Siemens Building Technologies even further,” explained Sean Leonard, Vice President, OPC Products at Matrikon.
About Siemens Building Technologies
As a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, fire safety and security systems solutions, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., makes buildings comfortable, safe, secure and less costly to operate.
With U.S. headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies employs 7,400 people and provides a full range of services and solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide, the company has 28,000 employees and operates from more than 500 locations in 51 countries.
About MatrikonOPC
(a division of Matrikon Inc. [TSX: MTK])With a collection of more than 500 OPC products and over 100,000 installations worldwide, MatrikonOPC is the world's largest supplier of OPC connectivity products. Matrikon is a charter member of the OPC Foundation, and has demonstrated a commitment to developing OPC as the industrial connectivity standard.Matrikon's international customer base includes a wide range of companies from process to discrete manufacturers in industrial, commercial and military applications. With offices throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East, Matrikon's reach is global.