Leer, 1 July 2019 – eQ-3, the European market leader in the smart home sector*, also achieved extremely positive developments at the start of 2019. In retail, the sales of the smart home manufacturer from January to the end of May grew by 70 per cent compared to the previous year. In 2018, the manufacturer from Leer set a new record with over 5 million products sold. The reasons for these figures include the Homematic IP Starter Sets which make it easy to get started with a smart home.

Leer, 11 June 2019 – According to media reports, the Interior Minister of the Federal States, at the Interior Ministry Conference which starts today, will vote on whether digital traces of Internet-enabled devices in private homes will be permitted to be used as evidence in court.

Leer, 23 May 2019 – The new generation of motorised underfloor heating products for individual room control is now available from the European smart home market leader eQ-3 [1]. With the solutions presented at ISH 2019 for the first time, individual heating circuits are constantly controlled with motorised drives. Compared to the thermal drives used for the valves of the heating circuit up to now, the new solution from the Homematic IP product range uses 100 to 200 times less electricity for a typical family home and therefore saves between 50.00 and 90.00 euros. This means that the purchase pays off in just a few years. The fact that heat can be continuously retrieved due to the constant control of the heat generators is also unique. It permits the cycles of heat generators to be avoided which in turn lowers the energy consumption of the heat pump and increases its lifetime.

Leer, 13 May 2019 – On 10 May, the ELV group celebrated its 40 year anniversary in the Forum Alte Werft within the former production plants of Meyer Werft in Papenburg. With over 1,000 employees, the internationally operating ELV/eQ-3 group is one of the innovation and technology leaders in the smart home and consumer electronics sectors. The celebrations took place in private rooms in the presence of former Federal President Christian Wulff with 120 invited guests – mostly Professor Redeker's companions from the worlds of politics and business. The former Economics Minister of Lower Saxony Walter Hirche honoured the founder and group Board Member Professor Heinz-G. Redeker for 40 years of innovation and special development work in the former economically weak region. The importance of smart technologies in Homematic IP for the process of [...]