Crestron, the leading manufacturer of advanced control and automation systems,
recently opened a new Experience Centre in the Hampton Office Park in Bryanston,
near Johannesburg, to support the growing demand for its technologies in the
southern African region.

Every Crestron Experience Centre is specifically designed to showcase the
company’s latest corporate and residential technologies and provide Crestron’s
dealers with the very best facilities, to demonstrate the full range and
characteristics of Crestron solutions to their prospective customers.

Worldwide the company views the centres as part of its ongoing investment to help
its dealer community grow their businesses profitably.

Visitors to the sleek corporate facilities at the centre will be able to see the latest
solutions from the company, including:

• Crestron Pyng®: The technology that makes it fast and easy to deliver luxury
home automation on any scale.
• AV Framework™: The “glue’ that enables all devices connected to it to work
together.
• Crestron Fusion®: energy management software to optimise energy use across
networks and major technology investments.
• DM® 3.0: delivers content anywhere on the network without loss of quality.
• A wide variety of touch screens.
• AirMedia®:complete wireless HD presentation from any mobile device and any
platform.
• A range of audio technologies including amplifiers and speakers.

Rupert Denoon, Regional Manager, Crestron South Africa, comments: “The opening
of the latest Crestron Experience Centre in Johannesburg shows our commitment to
our operations in the region. The facility is free of charge for our dealers to use
and already it is a huge success with our dealers who are showing a keen interest
in booking the facility for their existing and prospective customers.’

The 230m2 facility has a spacious hospitality area complete with its own outdoor
balcony making it perfect for hosting all types of events. It has a training room and
10-seater boardroom with the rest of the space having an open plan design to give
greater flexibility to its usage. Situated near the intersection of three major arterial
roads – Mann Road, William Nicol Drive and the N1 freeway – and with plenty of
parking available, it is ideally located to suit the needs of Crestron’s dealers.

“South Africa is at the heart of the digital economy,’ comments Robin van
Meeuwen, CEO Crestron EMEA.