We advise companies on improving the effectiveness and extending the lifecycle of their products and services in building automation, elevators, HVAC, lighting, security, and fire safety.

NDB Holding Group helps building technology companies respond to today’s challenges while positioning themselves for long-term growth. This includes addressing demand fluctuations, lifecycle profitability, opportunities in Asia and Latin America, energy efficiency and evolving regulations, and the growing influence of IT companies in building automation.

Our Industrials & Electronics Practice serves multinational corporations, niche product companies, large conglomerates, and small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide. With a global presence, we help clients analyze regional construction trends and identify opportunities in both mature and emerging markets.

We advise clients on strategy, organization, and service operations. Many of our consultants have backgrounds in engineering, electronics, and high tech, giving them deep understanding of research and development, manufacturing, and supply chains. We have extensive experience in design-to-value efforts, optimizing performance and cost of building technology products, as well as advising on service contracts and operations, which are increasingly critical to our clients.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Building automation: We guide clients on evolving market conditions, including the rising influence of IT networking and energy services companies and the growing importance of big data and advanced analytics. We also support strategic alliances and partnerships.

• Elevators: We assist leading global manufacturers of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways in responding to urbanization, technological disruption, and digitalization trends. Our work leverages connectivity, advanced analytics, and digital tools to improve customer understanding and maintenance procedures.

• HVAC: We help clients develop and maintain energy-efficient HVAC systems, navigate changing regulations, and identify cost-optimization opportunities.

• Lighting: We advise on the global lighting market, LED technology, energy efficiency, market penetration, and positioning across the component, light source, and luminaire value chain, taking into account consumer perspectives by geography.

• Security and fire: We support clients in navigating a dynamic market shaped by regional regulations, digitalization, and demand for integrated systems with remote access. Our consultants bring expertise in intelligent response fire and security technology and service operations across a variety of buildings, including airports and large public spaces.

Recent example of our work:
We assisted a multinational client concerned about the profitability of a large-scale plant building contract. By developing a program to manage capital expenditures and applying nontraditional cost improvement measures, the client reduced expenditures by 15 percent.