Home Technologies Nabs 8th Position in Nationwide Top 100 Ranking Only Washington State Company to Make List Focused Regional Expansion Cited



May 5, 2005 -- Home Technologies, Inc., one of the nations leading residential systems integrators, has had its standing certified with recognition as North America's 8th largest company of this type, based upon an annual survey conducted by CE Pro Magazine, a leading industry trade publication. The survey uses company revenues to rank the top 100 firms in the U.S. In 2004 Home Technologies reported more than $11.7M in revenue to secure one of the top ten positions and to become Washington-states only firm to make the Top 100 list. CE Pro research confirms that residential systems is a growing industry, with the Top 100 firms showing gross custom revenues of $574 million and the average CE Pro 100 firm producing $5.6 million in revenues in 2004.

"2004 was a banner year for our business and we are pleased to see the first phase of our expansion strategy begin to pay off in terms of national recognition," stated Home Technologies CEO and Chairman of the Board Lee Travis. In 2004 Home Technologies was also named one of Washington States fastest growing private companies. Travis attributes the company's rapid growth and success to its innovative strategy and growing consumer demand for wired homes. "Consumer demand for technology in the home is up and we've found that builders and consumers alike are searching for an integrated solution provider." Travis continued, "We've worked hard to uniquely position Home Technologies as the go-to, single-source company for integrated design, installation and professional service which dramatically simplifies the purchasing and installation process."

About Home Technologies, Inc.
Home Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a privately held corporation founded in 2001 to solve the inherent problems in the residential systems integration market. This rapidly growing, highly fragmented space includes dealers and product suppliers offering a wide variety of installation and service standards. The impact is confusion and complications for buyers faced with standards that vary from company-to-company and installer-to-installer. Home Technologies is driving market standardization and simplification on two fronts: with product suppliers directly and as one of the first to build a professionally-trained dealer network to leverage economies of scale through marketing, purchasing and the elimination of operational and technical duplicity. Consumers benefit from a standards-driven installation process and a more simplified purchasing process for all of their residential systems. Home Technologies' full service offering includes: audio/video, home theater, control systems, lighting control & shading, security systems and communications/networking.

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Cheryl Isen, Isen and Company, for Home Technologies, Inc.
(425) 222-0779
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Home Technologies Nabs 8th Position in Nationwide Top 100 Ranking Only Washington State Company to Make List Focused Regional Expansion Cited