1986
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January |
Company founded in Surrey, BC, Canada. Begin development of new 32 Input,
32 Output controller, firmware, and software.
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| October |
Installation of first generation Burke System and BP1000
direct digital controller in North Vancouver Law Court.
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1987
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May |
Move from basement of residence to a small new shop
located at 218-11558, 132A Street in Surrey, BC.
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| August |
Awarded Head Office of Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).
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1988
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January |
Development and production of the BP16IN/16OUT expansion board for the BP1000.
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| April |
Awarded the British Columbia (BC) Parliament Buildings and Provincial Museum.
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1989
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October |
Begin development of 8 Input, 8 Output controller.
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1990
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November |
Begin development of software changes to include 8x8 controller.
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1991
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February |
Begin production of 8x8 controller named Mini-Burke.
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1992
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September |
Begin development of second generation Direct Digital Control (DDC) system.
New controller with modular 16 Input / 16 Output
cards, called MNC100. Backwards compatibility with the legacy Burke System is maintained.
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| October |
Begin development of a new 4 Input, 4 Output controller.
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1993
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September |
Begin production of MNC100.
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1994
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January |
Retrofit contract of University of Victoria awarded to Accutemp Refrigeration and
Air Conditioning using Reliable Controls®. Project was the largest retrofit project in North
America during the year.
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| February |
Begin production of second generation DOS software.
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| April |
Move from Surrey to a larger facility at 201-3375 Whittier Avenue, in Victoria, BC, Canada.
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| June |
Begin new marketing strategy.
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| September |
Begin development of new MicroSoft Windows based software.
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| November |
Begin development of the SMART-Sensor™.
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1995
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January |
Initial release of the Reliable Controls® product catalog.
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| February |
First trade show AEE in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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| May |
Begin full scale production of SMART-Sensor™.
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| December |
New Western Canada Regional Sales Manager hired.
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1996
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February |
First dealer training course held.
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| April |
Reliable Controls® announces it is committed to implement the ASHRAE Standard 135 BACnet® protocol.
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| July |
First posting of the Reliable Controls® website (http://www.reliablecontrols.com) on the Internet.
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| December |
Begin production of new MicroSoft Windows software
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1997
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March |
Begin development of third generation system. New surface mount 8 Input, 8 Output controller
with expansion capability. The new products are called the MACH Controller Series (MACH1™, MACH2™, MACH2x™).
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| May |
Reliable Controls® announces that all products are Year 2000 compliant.
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| April |
- First blue glossy marketing brochure released.
- Begin development on a new Variable Air Volume (VAV) controller.
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| August |
First appearance of the new corporate logo.
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| September |
First Reliable Controls® Authorized Dealer Meeting.
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| October |
Launch of Industry-leading 5 Year Warranty.
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| November |
Milestone: One Thousand MNC100s shipped to date.
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| 1998 |
April |
First corporate video released.
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| May |
Begin production of the MACH1™ controller.
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| June |
Retrofit contract of Metropolis at Metrotown awarded to Control Solutions of
Coquitlam, BC. The project is largest holding of Cambridge properties.
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| July |
Begin development of the ETHER-Link™ Portal.
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| August |
Reliable Controls® assigned BACnet® identification number 35.
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| September |
Begin production of MACH2™ building controller.
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| November |
First multi-vendor BACnet® installation completed by Serv-All Mechanical in Edmonton, AB.
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1999
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June |
Eastern Canada Regional Sales Manager hired.
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| July |
Volume 8, No.2 of MB&S magazine displays MACH1™ building controller on front cover.
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| August |
UL916 Approval for the entire MACH-System™ hardware.
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| October |
Begin production of MACH-Air™ VAV controller.
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2000
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November |
First RC-Studio® 1.0 ships.
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2001
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May |
Reliable Controls® joins the BACnet® Manufacturers Association (now BACnet® International).
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| June |
Milestone: Reliable Controls® ships 10,000th direct digital controller.
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| December |
- First issue of the monthly newsletter – the Resource
- First appearance of Authorized Dealer Logo
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2002
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April |
- Begin production of RC-Archive™ data acquisition software.
- Begin production of the MACH-Global™ building controller.
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| October |
Begin production of RC-WebView™ web server software.
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| November |
Eastern US Regional Sales Manager hired.
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| December |
Begin production of X-Port™ converter.
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2003
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September |
- BTL approval for MACH-Air™ and MACH-Zone™ as BACnet® Application Specific Controllers (B-ASC).
- Mainland China and Hong Kong distribution office opens in Shenzhen, China.
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2004
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October |
- Begin production of SMART-Sensor™ LCD.
- Move from Whittier to larger new facility at 120 Hallowell Road in Victoria, BC.
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| December |
Begin production of RC-Studio® 2.0 BACnet® Operator's Workstation Software.
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2005
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March |
Milestone: Reliable Controls® connects to over One Million field devices.
BTL approval for MACH1™ and MACH2™ as BACnet® Advanced Application Controllers (B-AAC).
Western US Regional Sales Manager hired.
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| April |
Begin production of SPACE-Sensor™ Temperature series.
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| May |
BTL approval for MACH-Global™ and ETHER-Link™ Portal as BACnet® Building Controllers (B-BC).
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2006
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May |
MACH-Stat™ begins production.
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| July |
Renovations complete for new R&D space.
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| September |
Milestone: Reliable Controls® one of the top 25 Fastest Growing Companies on Vancouver Island.
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| October |
BTL approval for MACH-Stat™ series as BACnet® Advanced Application Controllers (B-AAC).
Begin development of new SMART-Space™ Controller
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| November |
UL864 approval for MACH-System™ hardware.
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2007
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January |
Regional Sales Manager hired for Midwestern USA.
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| June |
The MACH-ProCom™ BACnet® Building Controller is officially released.
X-Port-2™ Converter is introduced into the building controls market.
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| August |
New Upgrade to RC-Studio® 2.0 Software.
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| October |
RC-Archive™ 2.0 software released.
Reliable Controls honored with Mayorial Award by Township of View Royal for community involvement in the development of the E&N Rail Trail.
Visit www.capitalbikeandwalk.org for more details on the Rail Trail.
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| November |
Milestone: Reliable Controls® ships 100,000th direct digital controller.
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| December |
AHR Expo Innovation Award Honor Mention in Building Automation for the MACH-Stat Space Controller.
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2008
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January |
The MACH-ProCom™ BACnet® Building Controller wins a 2008 Building Operating Management (BOM) Reader's Choice Award.
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| February |
The MACH-ProSys™ Building Controller and MACH-ProPoint Expansion Module are officially released.
RC-Studio 2.0 Update 1.41 released.
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| March |
FCC-CFR 47 Approval for the entire MACH-Stat series.
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| May |
UL 916 Approval for the entire MACH-Pro series.
Begin production of new TRIAC output module.
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| June |
New USB-Key ships with RC-Archive 2.0 Update 1.10.
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| July |
US-based training office opens in Columbus, OH.
Reliable Controls receives Advertising Excellence Award from Baxter Research Center for the advertisement printed in the
May 2008 issued of Building Operating Management magazine.
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| October |
BTL approval for MACH-Pro series.
China and Hong Kong General Manager hired.
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| November |
Building Operating Management magazine honour the MACH-ProCom with the publication’s 2009 Top Products Award.
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| December |
Begin development of new lighting controller.
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2009
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January |
RC-WebView 2.0 Update 1.40 released.
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| August |
SMART-Space™ Controller released.
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| September |
GrafxSet 2.0 Graphic Library and Subscription Service released.
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| November |
MACH-ProPoint™ All Inputs Expansion Module released.
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