Lighting Industry

NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps declined on a year-over-year basis (y/y) for the fourth consecutive quarter in 2013Q1. Shipments of sodium vapor lamps decreased 14.1 percent (y/y) to an index reading of 71.2 during the quarter. Mercury vapor lamp shipments were down a similar magnitude at 13 percent (y/y) to 44.2, [...]

Birchwood Lighting has launched a new website. Advanced Lighting Technologies, the parent company of Venture Lighting, recently won the 2013 Manny Award for Global Business from Cleveland’s INSIDE BUSINESS Magazine. Fulham’s founder, CEO and President Brian H. Wald recently announced a transition from active management to one of governance and policy development as a member [...]

Editor’s note: This is the executive summary of the Commercial Lighting Market Attitudes Study, which I produced in 2004 based on surveys of participants across the commercial lighting product sales channel. I’ve been receiving some renewed interest in the study, which people have found valuable, so I decided to offer the report’s conclusions here. What [...]

The spin-off of OSRAM Licht AG from Siemens is complete; OSRAM is now officially independent and is going public on the stock exchange.

SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Evaluation Supervisor (Energy Planning Supervisor) Salary: $42.54 – $49.56 Hourly Location: City Light, Conservation Resources Division, 901 Fifth Avenue, Room 1814, Seattle, Washington Job Type: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time Shift: Day Department: Seattle City Light Bargaining Unit: WSCCCE, Local 21 CL Supervisor Closing Date 07/23/13 04:00 PM Pacific Time Position Description: Seattle [...]

GE Lighting has entered a joint-development agreement with Cooledge Lighting Inc. to develop a customized GE Lightech LED power-supply driver as a key component in Cooledge’s first full range of LED light sheet solutions for luminaire companies. GE Lighting’s joint-development agreement with Cooledge extends beyond the LED driver integration to include the development of high [...]

Venture Lighting International, a manufacturer of metal halide lighting systems, recently announced that Harvard Engineering, a manufacturer of LED drivers and control products for the lighting industry, has signed a sole agreement with Venture. The agreement, which is for the distribution and sale of Harvard’s LeafNut solution in the USA and Canada, cements a longstanding [...]

California Lighting Technology Center – UC Davis Salary range: $4,866.00 – $8,758.33/MO Act as primary project manager for multiple CLTC research and technical projects. Develop novel research procedures and methodology to support CLTC research projects. Provide daily leadership and oversight of CLTC technical staff assigned to research projects. Effectively schedule and monitor CLTC research projects [...]

GE Lighting has entered a joint-development agreement with Cooledge Lighting Inc. to develop a customized GE Lightech LED power-supply driver as a key component in Cooledge’s first full range of LED light sheet solutions for fixture companies, which debuted at LIGHTFAIR. GE Lighting’s agreement with Cooledge extends beyond the LED driver integration to include the [...]