Liberty AV Solutions Acquires Intelix

Liberty AV Solutions, a division of WESCO Distribution, Inc. has acquired Middleton, Wisconsin-based Intelix, a manufacturer of AV components and software. The move follows a successful conclusion to negotiations between Intelix and Wesxo Distribution, Inc. -- Liberty's parent company -- to acquire Intelix outright for an undisclosed sum. Liberty joined Wesxo in 2006 as part of Wesxo's acquisition of Communications Supply Corporation, of which Liberty is a subsidiary.

Liberty is an audio/visual (AV) supplier of solutions-based products ranging from bulk wire and cable to equipment enclosures and mounts to power distribution products and more.

"Intelix has built a fine reputation among AV professionals over the last decade," John Dace, who leads the Liberty operation within Wesco, remarked following news of the Wesco acquisition. "The company will enable the analog-to-digital transition. Its latest generation of products promises to make the shift to HDMI easier, reliable, and more profitable."

"We are a research and development company first," says Intelix founder Steve Cohan, who will stay on to guide operations at the company he founded. "We'll continue to delve deeply into discovering what it takes to make HDMI products work more efficiently. As it has been from the beginning, our goal is to help system designers and integrators adapt to today's realities as quickly as possible and in a pain-free environment."

Intelix manufactures an extensive line of HDMI-over-coax extenders, distribution amplifiers, scalers, converters, matrix switchers, room combiners, and multi-zone paging systems. It also currently offers the broadest line of AV-over-twisted-pair extenders, including solutions for multiple formats of audio and video, VGA, DVI, HDMI, USB, and PS2.