Type Public Website uei.com | Industry Consumer Electronics Founded 1986 | |
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Traded as NASDAQ: UEIC
S&P 600 Component Products Remote controls, IoT Devices Stock price UEIC (NASDAQ) US$ 68.50 +1.25 (+1.86%)31 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer Headquarters Santa Ana, California, United States Brands QuickSet; QuickSet Cloud; One For All; Nevo; Ecolink Subsidiaries UE Singapore Pte. Ltd, TV Compass | ||
Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is an American technology provider and manufacturer of remote controls, IoT devices, and home sensors. The company designs, develops, manufactures and ships products both under the "One For All" brand and as an OEM for other companies in the audio video, subscription broadcasting, connected home, tablet and smart phone markets. In 2015, it expanded its product and technology platform to include home automation, intelligent sensing and security.
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UEI's global headquarters is located in Santa Ana, California, but has offices in Enschede (The Nederlands), Manaus (Brazil), Hong Kong, Bangalore (India), San Mateo and Carlsbad (California), and Twinsburg (Ohio).
In 2014 UEI was ranked 80 on Forbes' list of "America's Best Small Companies."
Some of UEI's products use ZigBee technology and UEI is a member of the ZigBee Alliance.
Products
UEI is one the world's largest manufacturer of remote controls, responsible for an estimated 30% global market share in home entertainment remotes. Under its Ecolink brand, it also makes home security and automation products such as motion and door/window entry sensors. Many of the products are made under contract and then sold under the brand name of larger consumer electronic manufacturers such as Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, Daikin, Mitsubishi, Yamaha, and Sharp, as well as North American cable TV providers such as Comcast, Rogers, Cox, Shaw, Charter and Time Warner.
UEI makes numerous products that use ZigBee, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi technology. They are a member of the ZigBee Alliance, Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance.
The company manufactures the JP1 universal remote.
QuickSet
QuickSet is Universal Electronics’ software product family including web services and embedded SDK for simplifying discovery and universal control setup and operation in a smart home. QuickSet solution is a widely deployed technology already in over 400 million devices around the world including set-top boxes from Comcast, Dish Network and DirecTV, televisions from Samsung and Sony, game consoles such as Xbox One, and many leading smartphones, and tablets to enable automatic discovery and control of nearly any connected home device.
QuickSet Cloud, part of QuickSet product family, is actively used by millions of devices every week such as Comcast's X1 Platform. This platform is capable of automatically discovering devices through different interfaces such as IP or HDMI based on proprietary fingerprinting algorithms, and controlling these devices through a range of protocols such as IR, IP, HDMI-CEC, ZigBee or Bluetooth.
Acquisitions
On February 2009, UEI purchased all of Zilog's software & IP assets related to Zilog's universal remote control business, including all ROM code, software, and database of infrared codes. Zilog sold these assets for $31 million cash.
In August 2015, UEI strengthened its position in the smart home market by acquiring Ecolink Intelligent Technology, a wireless home security and automation specialist.