Lighting Industry

Yesterday, we reported that Philips has acquired Italy-based Ilti Luce SpA, an LED design company for architectural indoor lighting. Philips has also recently announced that it has acquired Dynalite, a maker of lighting controls headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Dynalite has become part of the Lighting Electronics business within the Philips Lighting sector. Dynalite was founded [...]

Philips has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Italy-based Ilti Luce SpA, an LED design company for architectural indoor lighting. Upon closing of this transaction in the first quarter of 2009, which is subject to certain contractual and other conditions such as regulatory approvals, Ilti Luce will become part of the Professional [...]

Sea Gull Lighting has been recognized with the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award for the third consecutive year by the EPA and DOE. A charter member of the ENERGY STAR program since 1992, Sea Gull Lighting currently markets more than 500 ENERGY STAR luminaires and ceiling fans. As an industry leader in this category, the [...]

Reportlinker.com is offering a new market research report that analyzes the global energy-efficient lighting market and forecasts to 2015. The report attempts to define the energy-efficient lighting industry and associated regulatory framework across the globe, provides info related to current and emerging technologies with comparative cost analysis, assesses market size and forecasts growth, and provides [...]

Architects, landscape architects, and lighting designers can now visualize in 3D how Lumec’s high-end outdoor luminaires look in any potential project setting. “We made the software more intuitive, added tons of features, and we also incorporated 3D export possibilities from Lumec 3D to various other CAD programs,” says Jean Giannetti, project leader. “Our goal is [...]

Renaissance Lighting, a developer of solid-state downlights, has been selected to the 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List. The GoingGreen East 50 recognition is given annually at the GoingGreen East executive conference to privately held, emerging companies that create new business opportunities in green technology. Renaissance Lighting was selected by the editorial team [...]

My bad for sitting on this post for so long, but better late than never … Late last year, more than 100 sales professionals, representing 70 agencies nationwide, attended the Nora Lighting Commercial Sales Conference, where 19 firms were honored for their outstanding sales achievements. The annual three-day event was held at the company’s headquarters [...]

An article I wrote for TED Magazine recently describes the emergence of the NEMA Premium Ballast. Basically, this is a program, with a mark, that identifies the industry’s most efficient fluorescent electronic ballasts available for 4-ft. T8 lamps. It’s a great idea, even if simply to avoid confusion. Everybody calls their electronic ballasts “high efficiency” [...]

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) recently conducted an economic impact survey in an effort to determine how the current economic downturn is affecting its members and their businesses. IALD Executive VP Marsha Turner summed up the results: “Significantly, it’s not all doom and gloom. There is a lot of trepidation–understandably–but there is definite [...]