AmBX UK LTD (styled as amBX UK LTD) is a British company with bases in Middlesbrough in Teesside and Redhill, Surrey. It owns, develops and licences the internationally patent protected AmBX lighting and coloured LED controlling technology. The company was spun out of Philips in 2008 following a technology development program costing more than €24m. The company supports legacy AmBX-enabled product from Philips and provides (via free download) a software development kit for PC games developers.
Operating in the professional and consumer markets, the company's products encompass the leisure, commercial, domestic, architectural, PC gaming and audio visual sectors.
The company has a hardware product, amBIENT XC (distributed by Cooper Controls[1] as Cogent LC-AMBX) and has a licensing agreement with Mad Catz[2] to embed its technology in gaming lights and keyboards via their Cyborg brand.
Support for the AmBX technology and installed user base is provided via an AmBX wiki[3] and a forum[4].