Unsure about launching a new product or service or debating about entering a new vertical? There are so many questions to ask and answer. What are the necessary certifications? Input voltages? Sales channels? Market size and growth rate (CAGR)? What are the various categories of applications or product types for the new market sector? [...]

By Patrick Treadway, President, Syndesis LLC “UL is a government agency” the supplier was trying to explain to me over the phone, “we don’t want to break a law,” he concluded. If anyone has been engaged in product development using offshore manufacturing long enough, he or she has likely heard similar remarks. Another comment heard [...]

  Randy Reid is planning to retire from his many roles in the lighting industry. He is best known as the editor (& owner) of EdisonReport.com. His EdisonReport Media Network includes seven lighting industry media properties listed in the interview that follows. He is also a past president of the IES. I’m honored that he [...]

  IES & DOE Research Symposium May 15-16, 2024 Held in Portland, OR, topics will include: research trends for next-generation lighting tools, new recommendations & methods to evaluate health impacts, innovative approaches to environmental stewardship & support of sustainable lighting practices, novel tools for post-occupancy evaluations, and design for resiliency. Register here. Lighting Education Tour [...]

  I watched the virtual presentation, Better Than Blue Light, by Dr. Jay Neitz of the University of Washington last week that was presented by LEDucation. I’m not an expert on Light + Health, but I’ll try to explain it as best I can. Dr. Neitz claims that particular combinations of blue and yellow light [...]

LEDucation is expected to be the largest lighting industry event of 2024. The Virtual Conference Sessions are March 14-15, 2024, and the Trade Show with On Site Sessions are March 19-20, 2024. LEDucation is held every year, in New York City, at The New York Hilton Midtown. Registration for the 18th LEDucation is now open, [...]

Many of the acquisitions in the lighting industry are driven by private equity firms. Over the 5.5 years between January 2018 and June 2023, private equity (PE) firms have acquired more lighting manufacturers in the US & Canada than either publicly traded companies or private companies that are not controlled by a PE firm. PE [...]

  In the absence of Federal government action, lawmakers in 28 states have proposed legislation to end seasonal time changes each Fall and Spring. In March, 2022, The U.S. Senate passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The bill went nowhere in the House, and has made no apparent progress in the past [...]

  On October 18, 2023, a new lighting standard was issued in Chile that will reduce light pollution by placing stricter regulations on light-emitting sources. Chile has previously had regional dark sky ordinances in the areas of major astronomical telescopes, and this new standard is for the entire country. Established by the Chilean Ministry of the [...]