IoT Company Silvair

As a leading provider of lighting and intelligent solutions, Sylvania Group is at the forefront of delivering robust Bluetooth® Network Lighting Control (NLC) systems through its SylSmart Connected and SylSmart Connected Pro platforms.

Since our partnership began in 2020, Sylvania championed Bluetooth mesh and evangelized open interoperability and has developed over 300 Bluetooth NLC based products bringing new opportunities in the smart building industry supporting thousands of interoperable devices, aiding customers in achieving exceptional energy savings, drive towards net zero and a great user experience.

Sylvania utilises a wide range of Silvair services including APIs to introduce truly groundbreaking solutions to the market. The SylSmart Connected Pro product offers global remote monitoring, data collection, and advanced analytics, providing rich, actionable insights to help customers optimize their building assets, enhance occupant wellbeing, and improve overall building efficiency.

Silvair, a leading provider of commercial-grade wireless lighting controls based on Bluetooth NLC, announces a partnership with MaxLite, a pioneer in energy-efficient lighting solutions for the U.S. market. As the company’s network partner, Silvair will bring its wireless control technology to MaxLite’s broad c-Max controls ready luminaires.

MaxLite chose Silvair as one of its network partners due to their full technology stack for advanced wireless controls and IoT enablement based on Bluetooth NLC open standards. It enhances the value proposition of c-MaxTM to now include scalable and technology agnostic solutions such as Bluetooth NLC qualified interoperable devices that provide new functionality and features with easy swap of sensors, explained Umesh Baheti, SVP Product and Engineering New Technologies at MaxLite.

We are equally enthusiastic about partnering with MaxLite, recognizing the company's innovative spirit and its commitment to simplifying the adoption of advanced control technologies in lighting. MaxLite's patented USB-C based controls and its broad controls-ready product portfolio offer unparalleled ease of use and installation, said Simon Slupik, CTO of Silvair.

The collaboration is not just about bringing two complementary technologies together; it's about setting a new standard for innovation and ease of use in the lighting industry. Based on a shared vision of making wireless controls more accessible and sustainable, the partnership is pushing the boundaries of what's possible, making advanced lighting controls more intuitive, efficient, and adaptable to customer needs.

Bluetooth NLC drives innovation in lighting control today, enabling companies to build powerful and data-rich solutions that drive efficiencies across commercial spaces. The first full-stack standard for wireless lighting control covers standardization on the radio layer, the protocol layer, and the device layer, enabling multi-vendor interoperability and positioning itself as the global wireless standard for commercial and industrial lighting applications.