| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automation and control |
| Founded | (1968) |
| Headquarters | Rockleigh, New Jersey |
| Key people | George Feldstein, President |
| Products | Home automation |
| Revenue | 500 (est) Million USD (2011)[1] |
| Employees | 2,500+ |
| Website | www.crestron.com |
Crestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation and audio/video control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes programmable controllers including touch panels, keypads, and lighting control systems. It sells its products through dealers who purchase and install Crestron systems for residential and commercial automation.
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Crestron Electronics creates hardware and software to control disparate systems – AV, lighting, thermostats, security – with one centralized home-automation system.[2]
Crestron Technical Institute (CTI) offers a variety of system design and installation courses, programming certification and industry training through a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on experience and online classes. There are more than 50 CTI training centers worldwide, conducting hundreds of courses each year.
In 2009, Crestron opened its 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) "Experience Center" in New Jersey. This demonstration showcase, open to Crestron dealers by appointment only, includes a reception area, a multimedia presentation room, a digital boardroom, the Theo Kalomirakis Home Theater and a design studio.[3]
Crestron won two Product of the Year awards at the CES Awards Ceremony.[4] The CEDIA electronics show, scheduled to be held in September, 2011, named two new Crestron products among 30 finalists for its Best New Product.[5]