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Following Johnson Controls’ divestiture of its residential and light commercial HVAC businesses to Bosch in 2025, nearly all of its revenue comes from commercial HVAC (60%) and fire and security products and services (40%). A 2016 merger joined Johnson Controls’ HVAC and Tyco’s fire and security businesses with the premise that there is synergy in offering a broader variety of automation products and solutions to commercial buildings. We estimate Johnson Controls’ pro forma revenue mix will be one-third products, one-third installation, and one-third services.

Verkada is a San Mateo-headquartered developer of cloud-managed physical security systems. The platform unifies video cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, and intercoms in a single dashboard. Verkada serves enterprises in retail, education, and healthcare with AI features for object detection and analytics. Founded in 2016, it powers over 20,000 organizations worldwide including universities and Fortune 500 companies.

ZaiNar is a U.S.-based location tracking technology firm utilizing passive radio signals from cellphones, IoT devices, and chipless RFID tags. Its platform achieves sub-meter accuracy over 200-meter ranges for real-time asset monitoring in logistics, manufacturing, and security applications, outperforming GPS in scalability and cost.

Tractian develops technology for industrial maintenance and equipment monitoring. Its offering combines sensors, software and artificial intelligence to help manufacturers detect developing equipment problems and organize maintenance work. Customers use condition-monitoring data and maintenance management tools to assess machine performance, prioritize interventions and reduce unplanned production interruptions. The company serves asset-intensive industrial businesses and supports maintenance teams responsible for machinery and plant reliability. Its products bring together information from connected equipment with operational workflows used by technicians and managers. Tractian also publishes technical content and has invested in education businesses serving maintenance professionals. The company was founded in 2019 and operates from Atlanta, with activities in Brazil and Mexico. Its commercial model combines industrial technology with software and services that support continuing use of the monitoring and maintenance platform.

proteanTecs is an Israel-headquartered semiconductor firm offering chip telemetry platforms for health monitoring. Its Agent technology embeds sensors in SoCs to track aging, performance degradation, and defects from design through field deployment. The company's software applies machine learning to telemetry data for anomaly detection and yield improvement, serving hyperscalers and automotive chipmakers. proteanTecs partners with TSMC and Intel foundries to integrate its solutions into 5nm and advanced nodes, enabling traceability across the electronics supply chain.

Tive is a Boston-headquartered supply chain visibility provider offering real-time tracking with Bluetooth and cellular sensors. Companies such as Maersk and Pfizer use Tive's platform to monitor shipments across ocean, air, and ground transport, ensuring temperature control for pharmaceuticals and compliance with FDA regulations.

AssetWatch is a condition monitoring service delivering predictive maintenance for manufacturers. It deploys wireless sensors, communication hubs, and machine learning software analyzed by engineers for prescriptive alerts. Westerville-headquartered AssetWatch serves global plants in food processing, chemicals, and metals with remote diagnostics.

ButterflyMX is a property access control system using smartphone apps for doors, gates, and elevators in multifamily and commercial buildings. New York-headquartered, it serves over 10,000 properties across the US, eliminating key fobs and wiring to reduce costs by 50 percent. Integrations with Yardi, RealPage, and Brivo enable video calls and deliveries without buzzers. Installed in under two hours, the system enhances security with encrypted access logs.

Samsara Inc provides an end-to-end solution for operations. The company's Connected Operations Platform consolidates data from its IoT devices and a growing ecosystem of connected assets and third-party systems, and makes it easy for organizations to access, analyze, and act on data insights using its cloud dashboard, custom alerts and reports, mobile apps, and workflows.. The company derives almost all of its revenue from subscription services. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States. The company's customers ranges from small and medium-sized businesses to state and local governments.

Advantech is the world’s largest supplier of industrial personal computers and a leading provider of embedded boards. The company serves a wide spectrum of downstream sectors, including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, transportation, and energy and environment. Headquartered in Taiwan, Advantech operates manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, mainland China, and Japan.

SPX Technologies Inc supplies engineered heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, or HVAC, products, as well as detection and measurement technologies and power equipment. The company through two reportable segments. The HVAC segment which generates the majority of the revenue for the company, designs, manufactures, installs, and services cooling products, as well as heating and ventilation products. The Detection and Measurement technologies segment designs, manufactures, and installs underground pipe and cable locators and inspection equipment, bus-fare collection systems, and others. Geographically, the company has its operations in the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and Others. It derives maximum revenue from United States.

Acuity is a leading industrial technology company that offers lighting, lighting controls, and intelligent building solutions. It designs, manufactures, and brings to market products and services relating to these and other offerings. Acuity has two reportable segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Intelligent Spaces. ABL sells commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting, including components and control systems. AIS offers building management and audio/visual solutions to help make buildings intelligent.

View is a Milpitas-headquartered developer of smart building technologies, featuring View Smart Windows that use artificial intelligence to tint automatically based on sunlight. Installed across over 90 million square feet in offices, hospitals, airports, educational facilities, hotels, and multifamily residences, the system boosts natural light, cuts energy use by reducing HVAC demands, and lowers carbon emissions. Each deployment includes a cloud-based platform for occupant experience enhancements.

Amphenol is a global supplier of connectors, sensors, and interconnect systems. It holds the second-largest connector market share globally and sells into the automotive, broadband, commercial air, industrial, IT and data communications, military, mobile devices, and mobile networks end markets. Amphenol is diversified geographically, with operations in 40 countries.

Lumentum Holdings Inc is a California-based technology firm. The company provides two types of optical and photonic products: optical components that are used in telecommunications networking equipment, and commercial lasers for manufacturing, inspection, and life-science lab uses. Its segments are Optical Communications and Commercial Lasers. The firm is also expanding into new optical applications, such as 3-D sensing laser diode for consumer electronics. It generates maximum revenue from the OpComms segment. The OpComms segment products include a wide range of components, modules, and subsystems to support customers including carrier networks for access (local), metro (intracity), long-haul, and submarine (undersea) applications.

Honeywell traces its roots to 1885 with Albert Butz’s firm, Butz Thermo-Electric Regulator, which produced a predecessor to the modern thermostat. Other inventions by Honeywell include biodegradable detergent and autopilot. Today, Honeywell is a global multi-industry behemoth with one of the largest installed bases of equipment. It operates through four business segments: aerospace technologies, industrial automation, energy and sustainability solutions, and building automation. Recently, Honeywell has made several portfolio changes to focus on fewer end markets and align with a set of secular growth trends. The firm is working diligently to expand its installed base, deriving around one third of its revenue from recurring aftermarket services.