Lighting Industry

More news from Hubbell Lighting, which has created an electronic version of its 1,047-page Product Selection Guide. Now in CD form and also available as a download for the first time, the user-friendly electronic version of the full-line catalog allows anyone find lighting fixture descriptions and product details for any product in the entire family [...]

I just discovered General Electric’s nifty blog and learned about a big sale of LED lighting systems to more than 8,000 Starbucks stores, replacing existing incandescent and halogen lamps. So far, Starbucks has completed installation in more than 1,000 stores and will expand to international stores in March 2010. It’s all part of Starbucks’ goal [...]

Generation Brands, a provider of light fixtures and ceiling fans for the building construction and home improvement industries–and some of its subsidiaries–have filed voluntary petitions to implement an agreed restructuring of its balance sheet under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. According to the company, its creditors, other than the Company’s lenders and noteholders, [...]

Another Christmas blast from the past. This one’s for you, Andrew. http://www.youtube.com/v/yon2YuXssvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Happy Hanukkah!

LED-Linear North America, Toronto – LED-Linear GmbH has announced the creation of LED Linear North America. LED-Linear North America will operate as an independent entity with representatives available in every major market in both the United States and Canada. Upon launch, more than 20 major Canadian and American territories have been introduced to LED Linear [...]

Grainger, the $6.9 billion broad line distributor of facilities maintenance products, recently announced it signed and closed an all-cash acquisition of Alliance Energy Solutions. Grainger anticipates the transaction should accrete to earnings in 2010 by approximately $0.01 – 0.02 per share. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alliance Energy Solutions, headquartered in Connecticut, [...]

Italian lighting company Leucos USA has announced the launch of its new website at leucosusa.com. This site serves as a portal to the individual websites for the company’s three brands: Leucos, ITRE and the FDV Collection (muranodue, Alt Lucialternative, Aureliano Toso, Gallery).

Don’t know about you, but this song from my childhood always gets me in the mood for Christmas. http://www.youtube.com/v/QjtniSxl2zI&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1