Brea, Calif. – January 18, 2010 – Moxa Americas, Inc. has joined the SunSpec Alliance™ as a sponsor member. SunSpec is a consortium of companies focused on defining open data standards for the renewable energy and photovoltaic (PV) industries. We are pleased to announce that Jeff Disbrow, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Moxa, will serve on the SunSpec Alliance board of directors.

"Joining the SunSpec Alliance will help increase our knowledge of solar technologies and the direction of the solar energy market, particularly in North America. Since we have already had initial success in some areas of the solar market, joining SunSpec will bring us more opportunity and give us greater visibility across a wider range of potential solar customers," said Jeff Disbrow, "We are excited to be involved at the foundational stage of the Alliance."

Charles Chen, Embedded Computing Business Development Manager and Eddie Lee, Sr. Manager – Marketing, will also play important roles as key marketing and technical interfaces with SunSpec.

"Moxa's corporate commitment to the SunSpec Alliance reinforces the importance of our mission to accelerate growth of the renewable energy industry through standardization." said Tom Tansy, SunSpec Alliance chairman.

Moxa Americas joins SunSpec sponsor members Campbell Scientific, Energy Recommerce, Fat Spaniel Technologies, Fronius, NautilusSolar, PV Powered, Satcon, SMA, SolarEdge, Solar PowerPartners and Veris Industries on the board of directors.