Leviton® Drives Vizia RF™ Lighting Control into Custom Integration Channel with Digital Delivery Group Distribution Agreement

 

Denver, September 6, 2007 – Leviton Manufacturing Company is pleased to announce distribution of their award winning Vizia RF™ lighting and home control system through the Digital Delivery Group. This distribution agreement provides Leviton with an influential integration channel partner.

 

"I am excited that Leviton and Digital Delivery Group have formed an alliance to serve the custom integration market," said DDG's Executive Director David Kaplan. "Leviton is a leader in virtually every category they touch. Our partnership with Leviton creates synergy that will increase sales for our manufacturers, our members and our customers.”

 

This partnership adds Leviton to an elite group of carefully chosen vendors who offer compelling home automation, home control and home entertainment packages to installation professionals.  “Vizia RF now becomes a key lighting control selection of choice for amazing home control and entertainment integration packages offered by the Digital Delivery Group,” say’s Grant Sullivan, Product Marketing Manager for Leviton. Other major partners offered by the Digital Distribution Group include Life|ware™, Logitech®, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Nevo™, Belkin® and Tivo®.

 

The agreement leverages additional Leviton products including popular Quickports and structured wiring solutions. The entire combination of Leviton products offered by the Digital Delivery Group is aimed to drive innovative integration solutions and increase availability in the channel.

 

Digital Delivery Group is a consortium of regional value added CE specialty distributors committed to being the leading source for sales and education of digital systems and convergence products. The members of DDG are specialists in networking products, whole house control, content storage and management, and new technology. More than just a buying group, DDG functions as a strategic resource for its vendor partners and its dealers. Digital Delivery Group’s members bring a unique level of capability to the task with many years of distributor, retail, factory and marketing experience among its members. They are a partner with the Z-Wave® Alliance to deliver the Z-Wave wireless home control technology to the growing channel. For more information regarding the Digital Distribution Group, call David Kaplan, 509-995-1203, or visit www.digitaldeliverygroup.org.

 

Leviton’s Vizia RF is quickly becoming the preferred lighting control system utilizing innovative wireless technology. Through major strategic partnerships with companies that include Microsoft®, Lagotek, Electronic Solutions Inc.(a division of Hunter Douglas), Wayne-Dalton®, HAI®, Superna and others, Leviton is maintaining a high quality product line with an appealing design, coupled with energy saving benefits and massive market awareness. Leviton is one of the founding members of the Z-Wave® Alliance, with the purpose of utilizing, evangelizing, and expanding the power of the wireless Z-Wave technology. This technology is quickly being acknowledged as the as a leader in wireless home automation and control standards. For more information, contact Leviton Manufacturing Co., 59-25 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY  11362-2591, or visit www.leviton.com/viziarf and www.viziarf.com.

 

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