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ELAN Debuts Next Generation Structured Wiring Product Line at CES 2004 (14/1/2004)

New, Expanded Line Provides ELAN Dealers with One-stop Shop for all of Their Structured Wiring Needs

ELAN(tm) Home Systems today announced the company's plans to introduce a comprehensive new line of Structured Wiring products designed for home networking and entertainment distribution.

The ELAN SW line provides a complete range of wiring solutions, which enable homeowners to enjoy current as well as future technologies in an integrated home network. "We combined several tried-and-true staples of the ELAN AV/EC line, such as its large, molded enclosures and integrated intercom and whole house music system with the revolutionary grid-based OpenHouse(tm) telephone, data and RF components. As a result, dealers can now offer the most flexible, feature rich structured wiring solution available today," says Bob Farinelli, ELAN's President and Chief Technology Officer.

Encompassing a broad array of SW enclosures, easy snap-in modules, and accessories, the new line provides Dealers with the means to design a wiring network that best suits their client's individual needs, equipment in the home, and budget. ELAN's Structured Wiring line includes products that facilitate the distribution and control of audio, video, telephone and data/(no spaces like later where we mention audio/video)computers as well as a wide variety of home automation systems and devices.

In addition, the expanded line has been designed to offer one of the most cost-effective whole house solutions for the budget-minded consumer, as well as upscale features desired by the more technology-oriented homeowner. An added benefit includes compatibility with an exceptional range of ELAN entertainment and communication add-on products. This offering complements the ELAN product lineup, and provides Dealers with a one-stop shop for integrated home solutions -- offering everything from structured wiring, A/V distribution, digital amplifiers, speakers, touch panels, music source components, and high-fidelity paging, intercom and door access all the way up to sophisticated control systems capable of integrating virtually all subsystems in the house.

"In 1990 ELAN pioneered the first residential structured wiring solution with our introduction of the TD line," continued Mr. Farinelli. "Since that time, this category has grown as more clients are asking for the latest home technologies including distributed A/V systems, cable modems, DSL, and in-home networks. Meanwhile, our company has continued to expand its very broad line of good, better, best home A/V components and system solutions. The introduction of the SW line cleary supports one of ELAN's major initiatives, which is to continue to provide our Dealers and their Customers with the best end-to-end, yet cost-effective, integrated home system solutions available on the market."

ELAN's expanded Structured Wiring products will be available beginning in the second quarter of 2004. The new SW line consists of 48 products with individual product prices ranging from four dollars to five hundred dollars.

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