The ELV-/eQ-3-Group is an internationally operating group of companies with over 1,000 employees and belongs for more than 30 years to the innovation and technology leaders in the areas of home automation and consumer electronics in Europe. Since its founding in 1978, ELV has established itself as pioneering electronic mail order house in the German market. The online catalog includes more than 10,000 products. The main catalog, published annually with a circulation of about 500,000 copies, offers approximately 800 pages of a wide range of interesting and innovative electronic products. In addition, numerous seasonal and special catalogs and mailings appear with current product highlights. In addition ELV is the editor of "ELVjournal", the largest German journal on electronics. Overall, the group of companies brings out more than 5 million prints per year. eQ-3 serves as a manufacturer of home control and energy management system solutions with more than 180 types of products from the industry's broadest portfolio of offerings, marketed through distributors, system integrators, channels of trade, utilities, and as OEM products. In other consumer electronics sectors, such as weather stations, eQ-3 is one of the leading manufacturers.