Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Ruud Lighting Inc. has settlement in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Elcast Lighting, Inc. of Addison, IL. Ruud Lighting’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleged that Elcast Lighting illegally distributed promotional sales brochures containing large portions of BetaLED copyrighted works, including copying a registered brand (THE EDGE®) [...]

Philips has confirmed that it will be combining its lamp and ballast organizations into one, presenting a single contact to distribution for customer service, warranty resolution, shipping, marketing and sales. More on this as information becomes available.

HUNT Dimming has announced that it has begun celebrating its fiftieth year as a lighting control manufacturer and technology development company. The invention of the transistor in 1956, which launched the dawn of the modern-day electronics age and earned its inventors the Nobel prize for physics, would have a far-reaching impact on lighting control. Four [...]

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. has announced the formation of a new Energy Solutions business unit that will operate in both the public and private sectors to help to accelerate and maximize the use of the company’s existing technologies in a broad range of energy saving products. This Energy Solutions unit will develop a strategy to [...]

Hope you have a safe, fun holiday and a prosperous 2010.

Great video showing how fluorescent lamps are produced, courtesy of the Discovery Channel.

Philips Color Kinetics has announced it has become a reseller of the complete portfolio of Pharos control solutions. Ranging from scalable lighting playback controllers to audio/video controls, all that utilize simple-to-use designer authoring software, Pharos controllers extend the comprehensive portfolio of LED lighting solutions from Philips Color Kinetics. Philips Color Kinetics is offering Pharos controllers [...]

Happy Boxing Day to my Canadian friends, and Happy Kwanzaa to all!