The X10® group of companies designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a wide variety of Remote Controls, Audio/Video, Home Automation and Security Products that are inexpensive and easily installed by consumers.
Mission
The founders of X10 established certain strategic principles that have withstood the test of time:
- Design products that employ proprietary integrated circuits that meet specific performance objectives
- Design products suitable for high-volume, low-cost production
- Manufacture in the Far East
- Introduce the products at aggressive prices
Company Profile
The enhancement of familiar products and the addition of X10 technology to other companies' new products are key elements of X10's marketing strategy.
Accordingly, X10 offers a comprehensive choice of interfaces which allow third parties to incorporate X10 light and appliance control technology into a wide variety of exciting new home automation products.
How X10 Works
X10 components "talk" to one other using your home's existing wiring. A transmitter, like a remote control, motion sensor or a computer interface such as ActiveHome, located in one part of a house or building sends an X10 Power Line Carrier (PLC) signal through the existing wires in your walls to a transceiver in another location. Then the transceiver responds to the information by telling another component - attached to your light for instance - to do one of four things: turn on, off, dim or brighten. This means all your lights and appliances can be adjusted individually or at once, set on timed schedules and included in PC-based macros.
X10 Global Offices
Hong Kong (Head office)
Administration, Industrial Design, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering - 40 People
Scotland (Pico Electronics, Ltd)
Electronic Engineering - 10 People
Seattle (X10 WTI)
Software Engineering, Market Analysis, Customer Testing, Internet Retail, Direct Marketing and Customer Support - 80 People
China (Factory)
R&D Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Purchasing, Production, QA/QC - 3,500 People
Paris, Germany, Tampa, Seattle (OEM)
New Jersey (Fulfillment Center)
