NEMA’s lamp indices for incandescent lamps and CFLs declined 7.1% and 18.2%, respectively, on a year-over-year basis during the third quarter of 2009. The incandescent lamp sales index fell for the twelfth consecutive quarter and registered its lowest level ever recorded (55.4). CFL sales have contracted in five of the last 6 quarters, slipping to [...]
Lighting Industry
Cree Announces 20% Increase in FYQ110 Sales
Cree, Inc. recently announced record revenue of $169.1 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2010, ended September 27, 2009. This represents a 20% increase compared to revenue of $140.4 million reported for the first fiscal quarter last year and a 14% increase compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.
Job Advertisement: Kenall Seeks Director of Marketing
DIRECTOR, MARKETING Kenall, a leading manufacturer of high performance specialized lighting solutions for complex environments, has an exceptional career opportunity for a senior level marketing leader to direct our overall marketing strategy and be a part of our executive team. The ideal candidate must possess a strong track record of performance and accomplishment, plus the [...]
Job Advertisement: Kenall Seeks Project Manager
PROJECT MANAGER Kenall, a leading manufacturer of high performance lighting for commercial/architectural use, has a great career opportunity for an experienced, certified Project Manager to: direct and manage projects from beginning to end; define the project scope, goals & deliverables that support Company objectives; identify required resources and assign responsibilities. Must proactively manage change, identify [...]
Book Signing
I’ll be at Pages Bookstore in Kensington in Calgary, AB tonight, doing a reading of my novel The Great Planet Robbery and signing copies afterwards. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop in and say hello!
Trend Lighting Launches New Subsidiary: Lighting Objects
Lighting Objects is a specification grade manufacturer of architectural and decorative lighting products with a specialty in custom fixtures. Give them a visit here.
Happy Veterans (and Remembrance) Day
Today is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada.
Awards, Lighting Industry, People
People: Generation Brands’ Susan Solomon Auerbach Inducted into ALA Lighting Hall of Fame
Susan Solomon Auerbach, executive vice president – corporate development for Generation Brands was inducted into the American Lighting Association’s (ALA) Lighting Hall of Fame on September 15 at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. As the granddaughter of Henry Siegel, founder of Sea Gull Lighting, daughter of the late Edwin Solomon and a senior executive of [...]
We’re Moving!
ZING Communications, Inc. is moving this week, so please excuse the light postings as we settle into our new home!
Lighting Solution Development
7889 River Hill Lane, Alexandria, PA 16611-2604