Lighting Industry

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 [...]

LED product manufacturer Solais Lighting, Inc. recently announced its acquisition by PowerSecure International, Inc., a provider of utility and energy technologies to electric utilities and their industrial, institutional and commercial customers. The acquisition strengthens and complements PowerSecure’s existing LED business with Solais’ demonstrated strengths in innovation, product design, manufacturing, marketing and sales. As part of [...]

Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation (Toshiba) recently announced that it is acquiring GreenStar Products, Inc., manufacturer of LED luminaires for roadway, area and canopy lighting applications. In February 2012, Toshiba International Corporation entered into an agreement with San Antonio, Texas-based GreenStar to produce the LED luminaires and has since been marketing, selling and distributing the [...]

Luma Investments Limited, a Singapore holding company, and Luxim Corporation of Sunnyvale, California, a manufacturer of light-emitting plasma (LEP) products, recently announced a definitive merger agreement, creating a single energy-efficient lighting company.

NEMA’s shipment indexes for T5 and T8 liner fluorescent lamps increased 2.1 and 15.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reach 156.8 and 103.1, respectively. However, the quarterly gains were not able to offset decreases earlier in 2012. The index for T5 lamps posted an annual reading of 159, a decline of 10.7 [...]

NEMA’s high intensity discharge (HID) lamp shipment indexes declined for the second consecutive year during 2012. Mercury vapor lamps declined 9.6 percent to an index value of 44 signifying that shipments during 2012 were 44 percent of the 2006 base level. The index for sodium vapor lamp shipments fell 6.2 percent, landing at 75. Metal [...]

NEMA’s incandescent lamp shipments index showed a precipitous decline of 40.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the index reached a value of 49.3, a new record low for the series. On an annual basis, incandescent lamp shipments during 2012 were down 18.3 percent – erasing a 16.4 percent gain for 2011. [...]

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced it has acquired eldoLAB Holding B.V., (eldoLED), a manufacturer of intelligent LED drivers. Founded in 2003, eldoLED is a privately owned company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. eldoLED offers a wide range of readily available LED drivers using advanced drive, networking and control [...]

Lighting industry executive C. David Tebbs and associates have formed The Tebbs Group, LLC as an incorporated business, working with public- and private-sector corporate clients throughout the greater Northeastern United States, the company has announced. The Tebbs Group functions as overall lighting consultants for any size or range of client project whether new lighting installation, [...]