When advising customers on upgrading to LED lighting, wholesalers need to consider the best solution for all parties. Adrian Kitching of Crompton Lamps considers the options. While LED lighting has really taken off in recent years, many buildings are still using older lighting technologies. For the wholesaler, therefore, there are many more opportunities to sell […]
Tamlite Lighting has invested over £250,000 in four new lighting showrooms. Each aligned to a specific end user, the showrooms will demonstrate how cutting-edge LED lighting applications should be matched with unique business need. Tamlite is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and designers of lighting. To maintain this position, the firm is targeting its […]
New research by the University of Bristol reveals that domestic LED lights are much less attractive to insects – such as biting midges – than traditional filament lamps. Scientists highlighted the need for further research on other heat-seeking flies that transmit disease, including mosquitoes that are carriers of pathogens that cause damaging diseases such as […]
Luceco, the manufacturer and distributor of high quality and innovative LED lighting products and wiring accessories, announces its successful initial public offering, having started trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market on 20 October 2016. The listing raised gross proceeds of £93 million, giving the Company an initial market capitalisation of around £209m, which […]
Crompton Lamps, the UK lamps and LED specialist, has appointed Adrian Kitching (pictured) as Managing Director. Kitching has been in senior roles in the electrical industry, most recently with Megaman, for more than 28 years. He has a strong technical background and is enthusiastic about the development of lighting technology. He says: “It’s important in this […]
John Doyle, Managing Director of Doyle & Tratt Products Ltd, British manufacturer of the Varilight brand of dimmer switches, explains why wholesalers perform an instrumental role in ensuring compatible dimming options are selected by electricians. More often than not, dimmer switches are required for a lighting scheme to deliver good aesthetics and flexibility for the […]
There has been substantial coverage of the potential for next generation lighting to deliver dramatic cuts in energy bills for retailers. But it is arguable that the potential of new lighting and other green technologies to improve the customer experience and overall business performance – something highlighted by the recently-published Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in […]
Partnering with organisations that have complementary expertise has the potential to generate more revenue while also adding value for customers. Dan Scott, Commercial Director for the Philips Lighting Trade Channel, explains. There are a number of situations where it can be truly said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This […]
The sixth annual Strategies in Light Europe conference will take place at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre on November 17-19 2015. This is the first time that Strategies in Light will be co-located with LuxLive, making it Europe’s biggest LED lighting conference and exhibition. While LuxLive focuses on the end-user, specifier and design end […]
LED lighting specialist, One Electrical, have just launched their latest catalogue. It features over 400 commercial and domestic LED lighting products which are all stocked at their Manchester Head Office for next day delivery to the electrical wholesaler. One Electrical have just opened a new distribution centre in East Kilbride, 8 miles south of Glasgow […]
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