•Echelon Corp.(San Jose, Calif.) announced that its customer,Siemens Building Technologiesdivision, has sold 1 million LonWorks-based Desigo RXC single-room controllers for improved building energy management.

•Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating(Suwanee, Ga.) has hiredJoe Tompkinsas the Southern Zone area manager, channel development for the Washington, D.C., and Virginia regions.

•ABB(Zurich, Switzerland) has purchased a controlling interest inValidus DC Systems, a provider of dc power infrastructure equipment for energy-intensive data centers.

Publication date:07/04/2011