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Bond Media Contact: Muto Communications
Cresskill, NJ – December 11, 2023 – Privately owned New Jersey-based technology company, Olibra, LLC announced today that their Bond Bridge RF-to-WiFi control platform is now fully compatible with Alpha Motors indoor and outdoor tubular motors for shades, louvers, drapes and more. The top manufacturer of outdoor motors in their native Australia, over the last sever years Alpha has developed a growing presence in the US.
The Bond Bridge device hub and Bond Home App (iOS and Android) bring intuitive Smartphone control to numerous brands of motorized window shades, awnings, drapery, and gas fireplaces. Two versions are available: the Bond Bridge ($99 MSRP) simplifies and unifies control of up to thirty appliances in a 2,500 sq ft home, and the Bond Bridge Pro ($379 MSRP), which can manage fifty appliances in a 3,500 sq ft home and integrates with Savant, Control4, Crestron, Elan, RTI, URC, Homebridge, Hubitat and Apple HomeKit automation platforms. The Bond App is easy to use and adds both scheduling and voice-activation (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings Apps and Josh.ai).
Here’s how Bond CEO, Zohar Shinar describes this new collaboration, “We are excited to partner with Alpha Motors and offer the Bond Platform to their dealers and end-users. The Bond product portfolio will provide multiple ways to engage and integrate. Smart home is about being open and inclusive and it is exciting to see a growing brand such as Alpha Motors embrace this.”
According to Alpha Tubular Motors CEO, David Fezer, “We were driven to make our motors compatible with the Bond Bridge platform to reinforce our quest to make motorization easy.”
As Alpha Motors continues to expand its presence in the US market, there is a rising interest in ensuring that Bond compatibility aligns seamlessly with their motor.
Olibra/Bond Media Inquiries
Paul Muto: paul@mutocomm.com 516.662.5374
Richard Frank: richard@mutocomm.com 949.637.0700
About Bond
Bond is from Olibra, LLC, a privately-owned NJ tech company established in 2016 with a focus of making motorized window coverings, ceiling fans and gas fireplaces simpler and more delightful to use. The Bond Bridge RF-to-WiFi platform was launched in 2018 with the Bond Bridge. This brought intuitive Smartphone control to these appliances. In 2021 came the Bond Bridge Pro, bringing expanded capabilities and integration with Crestron, Savant, Control4, Elan, RTI, URC, Homebridge and Apple HomeKit automation and Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings Apps and Josh.ai voice activation.
Bond Bridge is compatible with shade motors by Somfy, Rollease Acmeda, Coulisse / Motion Blinds, Dooya, Gaposa, NICE, Amp Motorization, J-Star, BTX, A-OK, Bofu and Alpha. (Complete list of compatible motors here: https://bondhome.io/supported-motorization-brands/, and ceiling fans by MinkaAire, Craftmade, Visual Comfort & Co, Quorum, Progress Lighting, Westinghouse, Hampton Bay, Air Cool, Wind River, DEKOR, Star Fans, Hinkley, River of Goods, Litex, Beacon Lighting, ThreeSixty, and more.
2023 brought the Sidekick for Shades Gen2 wireless (RF), flush-mount, battery-powered keypad. With expanded capabilities over previous keypads, Gen2 works with Somfy/Somfy RTS, Rollease Acmeda, Coulisse/Motion Blinds, MagnaTrack, Dooya bi- and uni-directional, A-OK, Nice (Green), Gaposa, PowerShades, and AMP Motorization hade motors. www.bondhome.io
About Alpha Tubular Motors
Alpha Motors specializes in manufacturing high-quality motorization products and accessories for indoor and outdoor roller blinds, outdoor awnings, shutters, and screens. Alpha emphasizes providing products with superior build quality and reliability, previously associated with European brands, but with Alpha, now at a more affordable price. Alpha also offers controllers that are both stylish and easy to use. www.alphamotors.us
