| 1999 |
Foundation of LOYTEC electronics GmbH, software and hardware development for building automation, with five associates as the result of a spin off from the University of Technology Vienna (Institute for Computer Technology), Austria. |
| 1999 |
First product on the market: LPA-006 protocol analyzer for LonMark systems. |
| 2000 |
Release of the Communication Co-processor LC 7093; manufacturing in Germany. |
| 2001 |
Launch of the L-Switch router, which became the basis for economical routing for LonMark sytems. |
| 2002 |
Application for a patent and first shipment of the L-Proxy multiport gateway for LonMark systems. |
| 2002 |
First shipment of the L-IP router to connect LonMark TP/FT-10 channels via the intra/internet. |
| 2003 |
Foundation of LOYTEC Americas Inc., based in Texas, USA. |
| 2003 |
Hans-Jörg Schweinzer is voted onto the board of LonMark Germany for the first time. |
| 2003 |
An addition is made of three new shareholders to the enterprise, all of them members of the company since inception. Therefore the number of proprietors rises to eight, all of them working for the entity. |
| 2003 |
Awards: Winner at 'Entrepreneur of the year', export category and fifth in the overall rating (Gewinn business magazine), 'Mercur' for the most innovative high tech product (innovation award of the city of Vienna). |
| 2003 |
In the new 136 meter high commercial Gallileo tower in Frankfurt, Germany, LOYTEC routers and gateways shape a perfect building automation network. |
| 2004 |
The L-VIS touch panel for LonMark systems and the 'system on a chip' LC 3020 are launched. |
| 2004 |
First ISO 9001:2000 certification. |
| 2004 |
Establishment of the German field office. |
| 2004 |
LOYTEC becomes associated member of LonMark International. |
| 2004 |
Conferment of the 'Official Honoring' by the republic of Austria permits the use of the Austrian coat of arms in business matters. |
| 2004 |
Awards: Second place at the annual ranking of young entrepreneurs (Gewinn business magazine), most successful start-up company of Vienna, category 'best service enterprise' (awarded by the Young Economy Vienna organization), 'Pegasus' for exceptional economic achievements (awarded by the federal state of Upper Austria). |
| 2005 |
LOYTEC becomes member of the BACnet Interest Group (Big EU). |
| 2005 |
LOYTEC becomes partner of LonMark International. |
| 2005 |
Awards: Special price as most innovative small and medium enterprise at „Mercur” competition (innovation award awarded by the Viennese Chamber of Commerce), Austrian Export Award, category "Information & Consulting" for exceptional success in foreign markets. |
| 2006 |
Move to the new LOYTEC company building Blumengasse 35, 1170 Vienna. |
| 2006 |
Launch of L-DALI and L-GATE. |
| 2006 |
Awards: Hans-Jörg Schweinzer is nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year, category start-up by Ernst & Young, Winner at Austria’s Leading Companies in the state of Vienna, third in the overall ranking (awarded by the economic daily Wirtschaftsblatt), finalist at „Mercur” competition for the most innovative high tech product (Viennese Chamber of Commerce). |
| 2006 |
In Berlin the new central station commences operations. This means the operation of hundreds of LOYTEC devices, among them L-IP routers, L-Switches and L-Terms. |
| 2006 |
In Shenyang, China, the international garden exhibition opens its doors – with the world’s largest greenhouse and an exhibition hall ranging 12,000 square meters. The CEA-709 technology is used for HVAC and street lights. Effective network analysis tools and infrastructure components of LOYTEC are employed. |
| 2007 |
Establishment of the Paris field office for research and development. |
| 2007 |
Organization of the first Buildings under Control Symposium in Vienna, Austria. |
| 2007 |
Awards: „Trio“ of the year, category best innovative service (awarded by Austrian Chamber of Commerce ), „Schrittmacher“ award for best business idea (awarded by the newspaper Rundschau), Best Business Award for sustainable business management. |
| 2008 |
Launch of the innovative L-WEB and L-INX, to the market. |
| 2008 |
Awards: “Mercur”, the innovation award of the Viennese Chamber of Commerce, winner at Austria’s Leading Companies in the state of Vienna, fifth in the overall ranking, “Pegasus” for exceptional business performance (federal state of Upper Austria). |
| 2009 |
Development of the new embedded platform (ARM9) for future L-INX, L-VIS and L-ROC products is started. |
| 2009 |
Development of L-IOB product family starts. |
| 2009 |
Celebration of 10 years anniversary, 35 employees. |
| 2009 |
Change of device housings to a new modern and efficient design implemented for all LOYTEC devices. |
| 2009 |
Organization of the second Buildings under Control Symposium in Vienna, Austria. |
| 2009 |
Awards: Product of the Year (LonMark International, for the LVIS-3E115 Touch Panel), Vienna Future Award for the most innovative application by the City of Vienna, Best Business Award for sustainable business management. |
| 2010 |
Introduction of the new „big“ L-VIS 12.1’’/15’’ and the multi-protocol L-INX 120/220 Automation Servers for LonMark systems and BACnet networks. |
| 2010 |
First shipment of the L-WEB software components LWEB-821 and LWEB-822. |
| 2010 |
Awards: Winner at Austria’s Leading Companies in the state of Vienna, third in the overall ranking (Wirtschaftsblatt), Product of the Year (LonMark International, for the LINX-121 Automation Server). |
| 2010 |
ThyssenKrupp opens its new headquarters in Essen, Germany. Hundreds of LIP-3ECTB and LT-33 from LOYTEC were used in this impressive building. |
| 2010 |
At the end of the year Germany’s biggest office complex – measured by it’s gross floor area of 160,000 square meters – is finalized. The RTL media group moves into its new location, the land marked Rheinhallen in Cologne. Hundreds of L-IP Routers have been used to shape the network and a specific software solution for the redundant building management system had to be developed by LOYTEC. |
| 2011 |
The LOYTEC Competence Partner Network experiences a significant expansion: Renowned system houses on three continents become LOYTEC Competence Partners. |
| 2011 |
And at the end of the year the first LOYTEC Competence Center is founded in Krakow, Poland, together with the previous distribution partner ZDANIA. |
| 2011 |
As LOYTECs headquarters in Viennese Blumengasse are bursting at the seems, an extension to the building is started. |
| 2011 |
As the first LOYTEC device LIOB-150 becomes certified by the international LonMark Organisation. |
| 2011 |
First shipment of the DALI powersupply LDALI-PWR4-U. |
| 2011-05-20 |
The ground breaking ceremony takes place on May 20th together with all employees. |
| 2011-09 |
In September the construction of the new REXHOLM distribution center and warehouse in Denmark is completed. |
| 2011-09 |
In the same month a trend-setting new building starts operation in Bavaria, Germany: High School Wendelstein. |
| 2011-10 |
In October LOYTEC hosts the 3rd Buildings under Control Symposium at the new location Tech Gate Vienna. |
| 2011-10 |
Also since October the new LOYTEC corporate website is online and the first issue of the customer magazine LOYTEC Express was published in the same month. |
| 2012 |
LOYTEC presents KNX-implementation for L-INX Automation Servers, L-ROC Room Controllers and the universal gateway LGATE-950. Now KNXnet/IP (Ethernet/IP) is supported by all of these devices. |
| 2012 |
Launch of the LIOB-18x line of products, of LGATE-951 and of LWEB-802, the visualization in a standard webbrowser. |
| 2012 |
Eleven LOYTEC devices at once are attested compliance with the international BACnet standard. All BACnet enabled L-INX Automation Servers, the L-GATE product line and the LIP-ME201 BACnet Router are BTL-certified now. |
| 2012 |
LOYTEC Americas expands and moves to a new location in Wisconsin. |
| 2012-08-09 |
As the erection of LOYTECs headquarters addition in Vienna proceeds, the topping-out ceremony can be held on August 9. |
| 2013 |
The electronic production line could successfully move to the much larger production rooms of the annex of the headquaters in Vienna. |
| 2013 |
L-ROC Room Automation is consistently integrated in the new building. All HVAC components, lighting, shading, power monitoring, and even a photovoltaic system are controlled by the LWEB-900 Integrated Building Management System. |
| 2013 |
Launch of the new L-IOB I/O Controllers LIOB-58x, a family of I/O BACnet/IP controllers with a programmable logic unit. These devices represents a tremendous asset in building automation in terms of power, flexibility, and distributed I/O interfaces. |
| 2013 |
New and important partnerships are concluded as "Competence Center" with the company Calon from the UK. |
| 2013 |
Oriental Giken Inc., a client of LOYTEC's Competence Partner Network Corporation (NWC) in Japan, installed hundreds of L-IOB und L-INX devices for laboratory fume hoods, room automation, a brushing system, and an exhaust monitoring system at the prestigious Tokyo University. |
| 2013-10 |
In mid-October, the 4th Building under Control Symposium with a new record of participants takes place: The main theme is "safety of building networks". |
| 2014 |
LOYTEC enlarges its product range with L-WLAN. The new WLAN interfaces, LWLAN-80x, extend LOYTEC devices with a wireless LAN connection. |
| 2014 |
The LINX-120/121/220/221/150/151 Automation Servers, LGATE-950/951 Gateways, and LROC-100 Room Controllers provide connectivity to EnOcean sensors and actuators with the L-ENO EnOCean Interfaces. |
| 2014 |
Our website appears in a new and modern design and now also provides French language support. Besides the website, also the catalog is available in French, for a better dialog with our French speaking clients. |
| 2014 |
LOYTEC presents the glass L-VIS devices with 7” and 15” display that come with frameless glass front and capacitive touch. |
| 2014 |
With the company Vedotec from the Netherlands, LOYTEC wins another new strong partner as LOYTEC Competence Center. |
| 2014 |
Awards: LOYTEC is “Hidden Champion 3.0”, in recognition of outstanding merits for the Austrian export economy. We are also happy about the Silver Securitas award in the category “health and safety at work”, silver at the Constantinus European Awards and our nomination for the new Austrian enterprise award, “Crescendo”. |
| 2014 |
Thanks to the efficiency features of the room automation system L-ROC, LOYTEC received an eu.bac system certification of the highest class AA for its extension building at Blumengasse 37 in Vienna. |
| 2014-03 |
LOYTEC sets up a subsidiary in Taiwan. In March 2014, LOYTEC Asia Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, started its business activities in the Asian market. LOYTEC Asia emphasizes sales and technical support of LOYTEC products on the Asian continent. |
| 2015 |
LOYTEC introduces the L-STAT network thermostat |
| 2015 |
LOYTEC presents the new "small" L-INX automation servers, the new LGATE-902 and new L-IP C model routers |
| 2015 |
With the membership of LonMark France, LOYTEC continues to focus on growth in France |
| 2015 |
LWEB‑900 is now also a BACnet Operator Workstation that fully supports BACnet/IP devices of any manufacturer |
| 2015 |
The L-DALI family of products welcomes new family members |
| 2015-10 |
The fifth Buildings under Control Symposium takes place in Vienna in October 2015 |
| 2016 |
LOYTEC expands its product range with LGATE-952, LROC-102, LIP-ME204C, LIP-3333ECTC, and LBOX-ROC2. |
| 2016 |
New 3D-Models of LOYTEC products enable 360° view and VR mode on the website. |
| 2016 |
LOYTEC products tested and certified with UL Certification Mark and Recognized Component Mark. |
| 2016 |
LOYTEC project 'Building Automation for a Malaysian Hypermarket' awarded 'Success Story of the Year' by UBIT. |
| 2016 |
LOYTEC's new DALI Controllers for LON and BACnet become available. |
| 2016 |
LOYTEC wins at Lux Awards 2016 Manchester Airport |
| 2016-04-28 |
LOYTEC electronics GmbH has officially joined Delta Group. |
| 2016-11-24 |
L-DALI Manchester Airport project wins 'Project of the Year' at the London LUX Awards 2016 in the category 'Industrial and Transport Lighting'. |
| 2017 |
LDALI-PWR2-U and LDALI-PWR4-U are the first DALI-2 certified DALI power supplies. |
| 2017 |
Launch of L-STUDIO 3.0, extending the programming function by a development environment in accordance with IEC 61131. |
| 2017 |
LOYTEC wins ACREX Award of Excellence 2017 for projects at Manchester Airport and Hypermarket Malaysia. |
| 2017 |
LOYTEC upgrades the office building in Hoofddorp, transforming the Delta EMEA Headquarters into a modern working environment, awarded BREEAM certificate. |
| 2017 |
Jérôme Bossuge becomes the new LOYTEC Sales Manager for Switzerland. |
| 2017 |
LOYTEC's L-DALI Manchester Airport project wins 'Project of the Year' at the London LUX Awards 2016 in the category 'Industrial and Transport Lighting'. |
| 2017 |
LOYTEC's sales Italy welcomes Paolo Lagana as new Sales Manager. |
| 2017 |
LOYTEC's participation in Digital Illumination Interface Alliance with Jörg Bröker as a DiiA board member. |
| 2017-10 |
The Buildings under Control Symposium took place in Vienna, with LOYTEC welcoming more than 100 attendees from around the world. |
| 2018 |
The LIOB-585 I/O Controller impressed the jury of the “2018 ControlTrends Awards" and was honored with the award "Building Automation Plant/Equipment Controller of the Year". |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC reached TOP 3 spot at the Hermes Awards 2018. |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC launched the LIOB-585 I/O Controller. |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC released the most comprehensive Product Catalog 2018/2019 with almost 200 pages. |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC introduced new L-INX Automation Servers: LINX-153, LINX-154, LINX-215. |
| 2018 |
New LIOB-588, LIOB-589 I/O Controllers are introduced to customers. |
| 2018 |
The LMPBUS-804 MP-Bus Interface becomes available. |
| 2018 |
The new LDALI-PLC4 Controller is released, a powerful, freely programmable lighting controller. |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC's BACnet enabled products are tested and BTL certified as BACnet Building Controllers (B-BC). |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC trainings are now available in Chinese language in Taipei/Taiwan and Shanghai/China. |
| 2018 |
LOYTEC becomes a member of the DiiA. |
| 2019 |
In October 2019 LOYTEC welcomes more than 100 guests from around the world at the Buildings under Control Symposium in Vienna. Highlights of the event are IoT Support, VPN connectivity, the LOYTEC product plan 2020, more than 10 success stories and the 20 years of LOYTEC anniversary tour. |
| 2019 |
LOYTEC launches the new L-FOCUS Visualization Solutions brochure that combines L-VIS Touch Panels, L-STAT Room Operator Panels/Network Thermostats and the L-WEB Building Automation System. |
| 2019 |
LOYTEC improves production quality with modern 3D inspection from Viscom. |
| 2019 |
The release 3.0 of the LWEB-900 Integrated Building Management System offers new features including support for camera integration via ONVIF protocol and multisite access to multiple LWEB-900 Servers. |
| 2019 |
LOYTEC presents the award-winning L-DALI lighting solution and the ground-breaking L-ROC room automation system at the Lightfair 2019 in Chicago. |
| 2019 |
The new LOYTEC Product Catalog 2019/2020 is released, with more than 200 pages, making it the most comprehensive LOYTEC catalog ever. |
| 2019 |
LOYTEC successfully passed the DALI-2 certification process for LDALI-BM2 Pushbutton Couplers and LDALI-MS2 Multi-Sensors, becoming one of the first companies in the world and the first in Europe to do so for DALI-2 input devices. |
| 2019 |
The L-INX / L-GATE firmware release 7.0 offers new features such as VPN support, datapoint Web UI enhancements, and protocol logs improvements. |
| 2019 |
LOYTEC network reaches another milestone with 9 LOYTEC Competence Centers and more than 110 LOYTEC Competence Partners. |
| 2019-10 |
LOYTEC launches the LTE-800 Interface that connects LOYTEC devices into a LTE network of a mobile provider. |
| 2020 |
LOYTEC launched the DALI-2 certified LDALI-MS2-BT and LDALI-MS4-BT Multi-sensors featuring Bluetooth beacon functionality. |
| 2020 |
The new L-INX / L-GATE firmware release 7.2 offers new features such as support of MQTT, OCPP, trend CSV uploader via script package and Node-RED support on the device. |
| 2020 |
LOYTEC's LDALI-ME201-U and LDALI-ME204-U BACnet DALI Controller successfully passed the DALI-2 certification process. |
| 2020-02 |
At AHR 2020 in Orlando, USA, LOYTEC showcased highlights like L-DALI lighting control solutions, Unitary and Terminal Control with LIOB-585 together with Delta electronics. |
| 2020-02 |
LOYTEC's L-VIS Touch Panel firmware release 7.2 introduces new control types, extended bar control, and color map options. |
| 2020-02 |
LOYTEC exhibited at Swissbau 2020 in Basel, Switzerland, together with several LOYTEC Competence Partners. |
| 2021 |
LOYTEC launches the L-PAD7 Programmable Touch Panel. |
| 2021 |
The Manchester Airport project is honored with the DALI Lighting Award in the category 'Best Large Indoor Project'. |
| 2021 |
LOYTEC exhibits at AHR 2021 in Mexico, IBS 2021 in Paris, and SBE 2021 in Milano. |
| 2021 |
LOYTEC launches the LDALI-PWM4-x PWM Modules, DALI-2 certified with separate module types for tunable white and color control applications. |
| 2022 |
LOYTEC launches the LIOB-112 Universal I/O Modul featuring 40 Universal I/Os. |
| 2022 |
The LOYTEC project office tower ONE (Frankfurt/Germany) celebrates its grand opening. The building is a flagship project of LOYTEC's L-ROC room automation solution achieving several prestigious certifications (Smartscore PLATIN, Wiredscore PLATINUM, DGNB PLATIN). |
| 2022 |
The LOYTEC LDALI-PD1 Phase-Cut Dimmer Module is the first DALI-2 certified product to successfully implement Part 205. |
| 2022 |
LOYTEC launches the LIOB-595 and LIOB-596 I/O Controller - IP-enabled, compact programmable BACnet Build Controller (B-BC). |
| 2022 |
LOYTEC introduces several new interfaces: LRS232-802, LOYREL-816, LOYCNV-VA8, L-TRIAC16. |
| 2022 |
The new LOYTEC website delivers a new, fresh design and improves user experience, especially on mobile phones and tablets. |
| 2022 |
LOYTEC is again among the winners of the Business Awards Vienna 2022. |
| 2022 |
The LOYBT-TEMP1 Bluetooth Mesh Sensor complements the L-PAD7 Touch Panel for temperature and humidity measurements. |
| 2022 |
Delta's Green Building in Helmond (Netherlands) is LEED Gold certified and expected to consume more than 55% less electricity annually than conventional buildings. |
| 2022 |
All LOYTEC EnOcean enabled products have been Level-2 certified by the EnOcean Alliance. |
| 2022 |
The LOYTEC project 'Expo 2020 Dubai Pavilions' wins the KNX Award in the category 'Smart Building Asia'. |
| 2022 |
LOYTEC presents products and solutions for intelligent building automation at AHR 2022 in Mexico, Light+Building 2022 in Frankfurt, and IBS 2022 in Paris. |
| 2022 |
The WINX / Riverside Tower project in Frankfurt is one of the most impressive LOYTEC projects to date. |
| 2022-06 |
in Vienna in June 2022. Highlights of the event are live demos (including Bluetooth Mesh), the LOYTEC product plan 2023, several impressive success stories, and also the Friday surprise tour. |
| 2023 |
The new LOYTEC management team presents itself with clear responsibilities. |
| 2023 |
LOYTEC presents products and solutions for intelligent building automation at major exhibitions including AHR 2023 in Atlanta and ISH 2023 in Frankfurt/Germany. |
| 2023 |
The LOYTEC L-FOCUS Reference Brochure France highlights success stories and partners in France including Bourse de Commerce, Couvent des Jacobins, Hippodrome Paris-Longchamp and many more. |
| 2023 |
LOYTEC secures second place in the prestigious 'Austria’s Leading Companies' (ALC) competition in Vienna. |
| 2024 |
The LOYTEC LOYBT-MS2 / LOYBT-MS4 Multi-Sensors provide sensor data in a Bluetooth Mesh network to L-PAD Touch Panels. |
| 2024 |
LOYTEC hosts the Buildings under Control Symposium in Vienna, exclusively presenting in-depth news on new developments and market trends regarding building automation to LOYTEC business partners from all over the globe. |
| 2024 |
LOYTEC organized the very first 'Buildings under Control Symposium' in Dubai, with highlights including visits to the reference projects 'Sharjah Sustainable City Villas' and 'Mama Shelter'. |
| 2025 |
LOYTEC presents products and solutions for intelligent building automation including live demos at major exhibitions: AHR in Orlando, ISH 2025 in Frankfurt, IBS in Paris, and many more. |
| 2025 |
The new LOYBT-SBM1 Bluetooth Mesh Sunblind Module is a compact actuator for sunblinds in a Bluetooth Mesh ecosystem. |
| 2025 |
The new LOY-POW2404 Power Supplies are robust AC/DC modules with 24 V DC output for a maximum power of 4 W for supply of LOYBT-MSx multi-sensors. |
| 2025 |
The LOY-SPE2 Dual Single-Pair-Ethernet Converter is suitable for Retrofit scenarios. |
| 2025 |
The compact LOYBT-IO1 I/O Module with qualified Bluetooth SIG Mesh interface provides 12 universal I/Os and 6 digital outputs. |
| 2025 |
Two European technology leaders in building automation, LOYTEC electronics GmbH and Kieback&Peter, agreed on a strategic partnership to develop innovative solutions for intelligent room automation. |
| 2025 |
LOYTEC reaches high altitudes with a building automation project on the Dachstein. |
| 2025 |
LOYTEC received the Business Bezirks Award 2025 in the large enterprises category. |
| 2025 |
LOYTEC held its first American Buildings under Control Symposium in September in Milwaukee. BUCS events extended to Italy, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. |
| 2025 |
LOYTEC is an active member of the OpenADR Alliance, supporting the global rollout of automated demand response and energy flexibility standards. |
