written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message kmc controls inc. type privately held company industry building automation hvac founded 1969 headquarters new paris indiana products hvac control system thermostats sensors actuators valves website www.kmccontrols.com kmc controls formerly kreuter manufacturing company has designed and manufactured hvac control system products and building automation systems since 1969 . 1 kmc was one of the early privately held controls manufacturer with a full line of digital electronic and pneumatic products in the united states . 2 the latest products include bacnet digital controllers and thermostats . citation needed kmc is a member of the united states green building council . kmc products provide tools for achieving prerequisites and credits for leed certification in the categories of indoor environmental quality energy and atmosphere sustainable sites and water efficiency for green buildings . 3 4 5 6 the company s intellectual property includes dozens of patents for pneumatic electronic and digital controllers thermostats actuators and valves . 7 kmc maintains regional sales offices throughout the u.s. and distributes its products through authorized installing contractors wholesalers 8 9 and oems 10 11 12 throughout north america as well as authorized distributors worldwide . 13 14 15 contents 1 history 2 products 3 external links 4 references history edit in 1969 ken kreuter established kreuter manufacturing company to manufacture pneumatic hvac controls . 16 in 1970 the company moved to winnipeg manitoba because of business incentives . in 1974 the company moved to minnesota and in 1978 the company moved manufacturing operations to its present location in new paris indiana . in 1989 the research and development side of the business then known as kreuter engineering made the transition from minnesota to indiana as well in order to consolidate all company operations . in 1995 kreuter manufacturing company inc. began doing business as kmc controls inc. a name change that better reflected its business . over the decades analog electronic and then ddc direct digital control products were added to the original pneumatic line . 17 18 products edit kmc controls product family samples kmc controls started with manufacturing pneumatic hvac control products including controllers 19 actuators valves and other related devices . a pneumatic hvac control circuit operates on air pressure typically between 3 and 13 psi and uses mechanical means actuators to perform control functions . 20 pneumatic control systems are still used in many buildings especially in metropolitan areas because of their large base of installation throughout the 1960s and 1970s . 21 throughout the 1980s analog electronic control devices became increasingly popular . 22 they provided faster response and higher precision than pneumatics . kmc manufactures electronic sensors variable air volume controllers thermostats actuators valves and other devices that operate from low voltage dc analog signals . citation needed in the 1990s the standard became microprocessor based direct digital controls that process a variety of analog and binary inputs and outputs . kmc offers controllers and software in its kmdigital line using a proprietary protocol as well as a bacnet line with an open systems protocol . . citation needed in the 2000s desire grew for open communication systems and the american society of heating refrigerating and air conditioning engineers ashrae developed the bacnet communication protocol that eventually became the industry open standard . 23 24 in 2010 kmc bacnet controllers won awards for their mac autoaddressing feature designed to make network installation easier and faster 25 as well as its flexible bacnet programmable thermostat that combined a controller with temperature humidity motion and co2 sensors . 26 the thermostat also won a sustainability award in 2012 . 27 kmc s building automation software won an award in 2011 . 28 29 external links edit kmc controls . u.s. green building council . bacnet international . american society of heating refrigerating and air conditioning engineers . references edit leighty justin 21 feb 2013 . new paris company controls the environment ... inside . the elkhart truth . retrieved 9 april 2013 . kmc controls in touch and out front hvacr distribution business 1 oct. 2010 22 26 . green building and controls glossary pdf . kmc controls . retrieved 11 april 2013 . success stories the bullitt center seattle washington united states . bacnet international . retrieved 31 may 2013 . success stories the nationwide and ohio farm bureau 4 h center columbus oh united states . bacnet international . retrieved 9 april 2013 . success stories wachovia bank building 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colley billie 23 april 2012 . sustainability 2012 and the winners are ... . green thinker network . retrieved 9 april 2013 . building operating management 2011 top products award . facilitiesnet.com . january 2011 . retrieved 9 april 2013 . qa graphics provides residential bas graphics . qa graphics . retrieved 17 april 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kmc controls & oldid 712360387 categories manufacturing companies of the united stateselectronics companies of the united statescompanies based in indianacompanies established in 1969heating ventilating and air conditioninghidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with a promotional tone from march 2016all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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