EAST RUHTERFORD, N.J. — Allied Building Products Corp. and Siemens, announced a new distribution relationship focusing on sales of the Siemens Microinverter System. Allied now offers the Siemens Microinverter to solar contractors nationwide, with stocking locations in Hawaii and New Jersey.

Offering increased energy output and easy-to-use online monitoring, the Siemens Microinverter System enables homeowners and businesses alike the most bankable solution to harness the power of the sun. The Siemens Microinverter Systems facilitates residential and commercial solar power conversion. Designed with end users and integrators in mind, the system offers many time saving installation features and improved safety over traditional solar inverter systems.

"Working with the right partners is key in this industry," said Barry Contrael, director of Low Voltage Electronics for Siemens Infrastructure and Cities. "Siemens has a wide variety of products and services, but distributors like Allied Building Products are critical in filling the necessary gaps as well as maintaining relationships with the vast number of contractors and tradesmen in this country. By teaming up we can provide an entire solution now to address the needs of the solar industry, with a reputation and financial stability few can match.”

Siemens and Allied will be attending Solar Power International 2012, the most comprehensive solar energy event in North America, to highlight business solutions and to provide more information on the distribution relationship. Allied can be found at booth #1677 and Siemens at booth #3019.This is the first distribution relationship between Allied and Siemens.

For more information, visit http://solar.alliedbuilding.com/.