AMX Opens Showroom In New York City's Times Square

RICHARDSON, TX--AMX has opened its New York Showroom, a brand-new, facility that showcases the company's advanced product capabilities to dealers, consultants, architects, designers and end users. The Showroom, which is conveniently located in the heart of Times Square, features an interactive demonstration platform for more than 350 AMX products – from the company's line of Modero Touch Panels and NetLinx Controllers to its AutoPatch, Endeleo and Solecis™ Signal Management Systems and Inspired Signage Digital Signage solutions.

"The AMX New York Showroom will provide most of the Fortune 100 with a convenient place to learn about the simplicity and intrinsic value of AMX," said Rashid Skaf, AMX president and CEO. "End users who visit our Showroom will be able to experience how control and automation systems can make their lives easier while simultaneously learning about the significant and repeatable return on investment that our solutions can provide."

The entire Showroom is a live example of AMX technology at work, including five separate control systems and one redundant control system driving nearly 300 third-party products from manufacturer partners Brivo Systems, Biamp Systems, Da-Lite, Lutron Electronics, NEC, projectiondesign and Tandberg, among others. In addition to the Product Showcase, which features examples from each AMX product line, the space includes a state-of-the-art Conference Room with audio and video teleconferencing equipment, a 65-inch plasma display, cable satellite receiver, DVD players and more.

Throughout the Showroom, sub-systems such as the IT and phone networks – as well as lighting, motorized shading, security, HVAC and music systems – are fully integrated with AMX's Resource Management Suite (RMS) to demonstrate real-time equipment monitoring and energy management. In total, the Showroom includes more than three miles of network, audio/video (AV) and fiber cables.

"The AMX New York Showroom marks another first for the industry, pushing the envelope of technology and showcasing the perfect marriage between technology and design," said Jeff Kindig, AMX vice president of marketing strategy.

The AMX New York Showroom occupies the 24th floor of Bush Tower at 130 West 42nd Street.

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