Who is Crestron

Who is Crestron?

Crestron Electronics, Inc. has been the world leader in the sale and manufacture of remote control products for nearly 25 years. An international award-winning company, Crestron sets the pace for remote control technology. You will find Crestron control systems worldwide in corporate boardrooms, training and conference rooms, videoconferencing centers, distance learning centers, educational facilities and high tech homes. Crestron puts the future at your fingertips with exciting possibilities for A/V, entertainment, environmental and lighting control systems.

Crestron is a privately held company led by President and founder, George Feldstein; Vice President, Randy Klein and CFO, Alan Eliasof. Crestron owns and occupies a 50,000 square foot facility in Rockleigh, NJ that is corporate headquarters and home to sales, marketing, accounting and engineering. Manufacturing has expanded to occupy an entire 50,000 square foot Cresskill, NJ location. In addition to the New Jersey facilities, Crestron has offices in Los Angeles, Orlando, Hong Kong, Singapore and Brussels. All company-owned facilities supply customer support, training and are staffed with sales and marketing professionals to support the dealers.

Crestron's client list is impressive with tens of thousands of systems successfully installed in homes, educational institutions and virtually all Fortune 1000 companies. There is a whole world of A/V and environmental electronics out there with the list growing every day. Crestron designs and manufactures control products that integrate the functions of these devices.

Crestron is leading the way into the millennium with technological advancements and unprecedented customer service and support. Support available 24-hours, on-site training, system design and information available on demand are all part of what makes Crestron the leader. Technology, service, support and education...only from Crestron!

Partners in technology

Crestron's foundation is built on technology. To say that Crestron is the leader in remote control technology is really an understatement. Crestron has literally led the revolution of control technology in the commercial A/V industry. We realize that our service and support must be backed by state-of-the-art technology. Crestron has a responsibility to you, our partners, to provide innovative technological advancements and lead the way.

Crestron's dedication to technology is backed by a huge investment in R& D. In fact, Crestron spends over five times as much as AMX on R&D. All of our products are engineered in-house. Departments are dedicated to hardware development software development and systems engineering (programming).

Crestron's commitment and ongoing research will keep us on the cutting edge. Check out our impressive list of "firsts" and look for Crestron to set the pace for future advancements in technology:

First modular rack control system
First commercially available RF control system
First integrated random access control system
First software definable control system (buttons and functions)
First programming language for control systems
First A/V switcher with routing for audio, video and control
First disk drive built-in the control system for reconfiguring the system
First touchpanel for control systems
First color touchpanel for control systems
First video touchpanel for control systems
First two-way wireless RF control system
First to integrate lighting and network control
First IR learner, allowing end-user to generate IR drivers
First Windows¨ based design tool for touchpanels
First to incorporate graphics into touchpanels
First to manufacture a totally integrated control system in a single unit, SmarTouch STS
First to incorporate ethernet into a control system
First wireless RF mouse - network compatible
First to integrate media retrieval into a programmable control system
First object oriented programming integrated with procedural programming
First true event-driven multi-tasking operating system
First full featured Windows¨-based programming for control systems, SIMPL Windows

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