Oberhaching, Germany, September 15, 2010

EnOcean GmbH is expanding its customer facing organisation in the UK with the appointment of John Corbett as Sales Director. With his 25 years semiconductor industry sales and marketing experience, John Corbett will expand EnOcean’s sales activities in the UK and further strengthen its close relationships with UK OEMs.

John Corbett, an Electronic Engineer, will apply his extensive experience to helping EnOcean and its self powered wireless technology grow in the UK market. He joins EnOcean from Plugwise, an energy management company. Prior to this, John Corbett has worked with a number of semiconductor companies. These include Fairchild Semiconductor where he was a founder director in Europe, National Semiconductor and more recently Ember. Although he's a seasoned sales person he has not forgotten his engineering roots and this will allow EnOcean to expand rapidly in the UK. Working as Sales Director John Corbett will cooperate closely with current and new British OEM partners to get innovative building solutions to market quickly and to help them implement new projects.

“The UK is a major marketplace for us“, says Andreas Schneider, Executive VP & Co-founder of EnOcean. “In John Corbett we‘ve acquired an experienced, committed and highly competent person who will help us to grow our UK presence and create more partnerships with British enterprises.

About EnOcean

EnOcean GmbH is the originator of patented self-powered wireless technology. Headquartered in Oberhaching near Munich, the company manufactures and markets energy-harvesting wireless modules for use in building and industrial automation. EnOcean technology combines miniaturised energy converters with ultra-low-power electronics and robust RF communication. Self-powered wireless technology from EnOcean has been successfully deployed in more than 100,000 buildings worldwide. EnOcean is a promoter of the EnOcean Alliance, a consortium of leading companies from the world's building sector that has set itself the aim of creating innovative solutions for sustainable buildings. The company currently employs 50 people in Germany and the USA.

Press Contact

Slavica Simunovic
PR Manager
EnOcean GmbH
Kolpingring 18a
82041 Oberhaching
Germany

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