Phoseon Technology, the leader in UV LED curing solutions, announced an agreement with E. Vila Projects & Supplies S.L., which has more than 15 years of engineering experience developing custom systems, to distribute Phoseon products and LED solutions in Spain and Portugal.

Osram Lighting Solutions together with its project partners Beckhoff Automation and Microsoft demonstrates what smart lighting solutions are already able to achieve for Industry 4.0. The installation can be seen on the Microsoft stand (Hall 7, Stand C40) at the Hanover Fair, the world's leading event for technology for industry taking place from 24 - 28 April. A fascinating example taken from successful practice is being presented, implemented together with the client Beckhoff in its "factory of the future" at Verl, Germany. The project solution consists of innovative lighting and light management connected with building automation over the cloud. 

Acuity Brands, Inc. introduced its SiteView Energy solution, which combines power metering devices and a digital dashboard, to create a detailed, real-time look at actual energy consumption within a building. The SiteView Energy solution takes advantage of software that is hosted within nLight ECLYPSE smart building-ready controllers, also from Acuity Brands, to help building owners track and analyze weekly, monthly and yearly energy data to identify trends and savings.

Avnet, a major global technology distributor, announced that Avnet Illumineer Bob Householder will be among the featured course instructors at this year’s LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), May 7-8, 2017, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia. LFI is the world’s largest annual commercial lighting conference and trade show.

Alabama Power is partnering with Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and technology vendors to introduce Smart Neighborhood™ by Alabama Power.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) recently received top honors from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the design of its corporate headquarters at 101 Huntington Ave., making it the largest project in New England and 12th largest in the nation by square footage to be LEED® Platinum certified out of nearly 3,300 projects. Blue Cross received the LEED Platinum certification using LEED CIv2009 – Commercial Interiors criteria.

EY announced that Sam Sinai, CEO, and Ben Pouladian, President, of Deco Lighting are semifinalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Greater Los Angeles Region Award. Now celebrating its 31st year, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs in over 145 cities and 60 countries who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

When the global lighting, design and technology community converges at LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia May 7 – 11, professionals from around the world will discover a full slate of industry-specific networking events available to elevate and enhance the trade show and conference experience.

Elemental LED, a major U.S. based engineering and technology company that manufactures LED lighting solutions announced a partnership with ERT Lighting & Sales, Inc. that extends its Diode LED product brand into the San Antonio and south Texas region. Elemental LED and its manufacturing and wholesale division, Diode LED, provides a wide variety of superior quality linear, task, and accent LED lighting solutions for both commercial and residential applications.

With deviceCONFIGURATOR, Tridonic, a leading global provider of integrated lighting solutions, is releasing a new software for easy driver configuration. It allows customers to edit driver settings while reducing programming errors.

Coatings Show event in Atlantic City, NJ. Visit the Phoseon exhibit, booth number 231, to learn how Phoseon LED technology is a perfect fit for coating applications due to the compact size, ease of integration, and high intensity output achieved through optimized LED thermal management. 

CLEANLIFE Energy, an LED lighting solutions company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, was recognized as one of 28 honorees to receive the inaugural Smart Culture Award presented by Smart Business and Alliance Solutions Group. The Smart Culture Conference and Awards puts a spotlight on companies in Northeast Ohio whose strong and distinct work cultures directly influence their success.

energybank's newest LED lighting platform, ThinLine®, won the prestigious Silver Award in the Lighting category at the 29th Annual Plant Engineering Awards ceremony held April 3 in Chicago.

JVM Realty Corp. (JVM), a vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment and property management firm, announced it saved 8 million gallons of water in 2016 through improved landscape irrigation practices at three of its communities. That's enough water to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools.

As the official lighting partner for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), Osram had already given excellent support to the mega show business event in 2015 in Vienna and in 2016 in Stockholm. As a powerful company for state-of-the-art digital lighting technology Osram will continue the successful collaboration this year in Kyiv (resp. Kiev). 

Solidifying its position as America’s leading LED lighting solutions manufacturer, Deco Lighting has appointed Brazill LiteTech, a division of Brazill Brothers and Associates Inc., as its primary sales representative in the New York City region. 

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip"), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced that it will host its Annual U.S. Foundry Technology Symposium at Hilton Santa Clara, California, on June 7th, 2017.

Zylight, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer and distributor of innovative LED lighting solutions, announced it is the distributor of Rayzr 7 – the new series of seven-inch LED Fresnels. Rayzr 7 is the latest in a select group of broadcast, film, and stage lighting manufacturers that Zylight distributes across North and South America. 

Beneq’s Lumineq® displays, enabled by atomic layer deposition, are said to be the world’s most transparent and most reliable displays. The company believes they have a bright future. In this vision area, it looks at what that future could be like.

Boeing will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for the company's continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. Boeing will receive the award April 26 in Washington, D.C. This is the seventh consecutive year Boeing has been recognized by ENERGY STAR.

Another show has come and gone, and BDWest was a great experience for our lighting clients. Judging from the attendance at the show, it appears the hospitality design market remains strong.

Sedna Lighting has today announced the launch of their new solar street light that aims to provide powerful lighting without the expense of high energy bills. The outdoor streetlight is a new generation of solar-LED lighting that is designed to complement greener energy while giving people light on the road, in the garden or on their driveway.

Sports fans know there is no greater rush than the start of a big game or the thrill of celebrating your team’s victory live at an arena. Now, fans will be able to experience that rush in their own homes with a new collaboration between Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, and the Golden State Warriors.

ActiveLED, Inc., a U.S. based manufacturer of performance LED luminaires and lighting controls, is pleased to announce the release of their new Energy Savings Plus LED Fixture Leasing Program. This program gives business and property owners the ability to lease energy saving ActiveLED lighting while in many cases being able to pay for the fixtures out of their energy and maintenance savings. With the built-in purchasing feature, program participants will own the LED fixtures at the end of the leasing terms and be able to continue benefiting from the energy and maintenance savings for years to come.

Bulbs.com, the Web's #1 Lightbulb Superstore now stocks a new line of Bulbrite LED filament bulbs that are fully compatible with all major dimmer types.

STG Aerospace is delighted to announce that its saf-Tglo SSUL (SuperSeal UltraLite) PatternMatch option has been selected by China Eastern Airlines for the retrofit of 125 of its Boeing 737NG aircraft, as well as becoming line-fit for its latest new aircraft deliveries from Boeing.

LumiGrow, a smart horticultural lighting company, hosted an exclusive Growers’ Council at Harrow Research and Development Centre last month, to discuss results from the industry’s newest spectral science research findings.  Industry-leaders representing a broad range of vegetable, floriculture and cannabis producers, gathered to learn how to implement modern lighting strategies for their own production.

Phoseon will showcase the latest UV LED curing solutions for printing applications at the upcoming InPrint USA event in Orlando, FL. Visit the Phoseon exhibit, booth number 1324, to learn how Phoseon LED technology is a perfect fit for printing applications due to the compact size, ease of integration, and high intensity output achieved through optimized LED thermal management. Users of Phoseon LED curing systems can process a variety of materials, including thin and heat-sensitive substrates, at maximum production speeds with low-input power.

At the PAX International Readership Awards ceremony held last night, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, STG Aerospace was awarded winner of the ‘Best Cabin Interior Passenger Experience'’ category with its revolutionary square-beam liTeMood LED Reading Lights.

Designed as the perfect lighting solution to fit shallow plenums above ceilings in residential and light commercial settings, the Aether IC Rated family from WAC Lighting is engineered with a low profile 3.5-inch LED shallow housing and has added a new color changing option. This housing is ideal for installation into small ceiling spaces inside buildings with complex HVAC ducts and heating/water pipes that are located between the floors.