ALYA Signs a Distributor Contract with Facility Robotics, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA. -January 20, 1998 - - ALYA International, Inc. ("ALYA"
or the "Company") announced today the signed distributor contract with
Facility Robotics, Inc. an automation & systems integrator. Facility
Robotics will be licensed to market, sell and distribute ALYA's
O.P.E.N.centrixT security system. Facility Robotics is a leader in the
Southeast United States in the Systems Integration field providing
complete "turn-key" installations of microprocessor based systems for
use in Building and Industry Automation applications since 1981.
In announcing the distributor agreement, ALYA's Vice President of
Marketing, Mr. Patrick Rowley commented: "Facility Robotics commitment
to ALYA is a further confirmation of the ALYA technology and strategy
of selling through authorized resellers. We are excited to have
Facility Robotics as a partner, their expertise in applications for
the Financial Sector and Telecommunication markets will have major
impact on sales in the U.S."
ALYA's system release one of O.P.E.N.centrix for the distributors will
be at the '98 AHR Expo on January 19th to 21st, 1998 in San Francisco.
The O.P.E.N.centrix security system will be demonstrated and its
interoperability with third party devices and lighting controls at the
ALYA booth. The LonMark Interoperability Association will be
displaying ALYA devices at their booth. The '98 AHR Expo is the
largest North American Building Automation show with over 1000
exhibitors including Honeywell Inc.(R), Landis & Staefa, Inc.(R),
Johnson Controls, Inc.(R) and Echelon Corporation (R).
ALYA International, Inc. (NASDAQ/OTC Symbol: ALYA) is a leader in
providing systems based upon `Open Systems Technology' (allowing
systems or devices of different manufacturers to work in harmony).
ALYA's first product, O.P.E.N.cortexT is a development platform based
upon de-facto standards such as Microsoft's (R) Windows NT (R),
Echelon's (R) LonWorks (R) technology and standard LAN and WAN
protocols. O.P.E.N.cortex is aimed at companies that are embracing
these new standards and want to quickly implement them in new process
control or building control systems to retain or grow market share.
Based on this new platform ALYA has designed and produced its second
product O.P.E.N.centrixT, an Advanced Security Management System.
O.P.E.N.centrix features interoperability with building automation
systems.
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