Changing Scene

Growing a lighting manufacturing or distribution business has gotten more difficult since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

“We are beyond excited to celebrate great work coming out of the New York City lighting design community in this most difficult year. With expanded promotional content online, we bring well-deserved recognition to the winners.”

The DLC has announced that they have joined the Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC), an organization with aligned objectives.

Founded in 2021 and led by Tom Butters, LC, an award-winning lighting educator, The Lighting Agora is a consortium of independent lighting industry experts that has come together to offer outstanding lighting education, design, marketing, and webinar services to the global lighting industry.

MaxLite has joined the Lighting Controls Association, the industry organization dedicated to promoting adoption of lighting controls in commercial buildings.   

The TALQ Consortium, which developed the Smart City Protocol, a global interface standard for smart city device networks, passes the magic number of 50 member companies.

Imagine a self-contained office space. One that is smart enough to disinfect itself ahead of anyone using it so that it is virus and bacteria-free.

LEDVANCE, the maker of SYLVANIA general lighting in the US and Canada, is excited to announce Stefano Foti as Sr Sales Rep in the Central Region for Canada and that Linda Conejo will be taking on a new role as National Accounts/Business Development Manager.

As of Thursday, June 3, 2021, the Hubbell Canada website is available in both French and English.

Liteline has announced the promotion of Evan Sadofsky to Regional Sales Manager for Eastern Canada, as well as the addition of Tom Kukec and Marco Saraceno as their new Quotation Specialists.

LSI Industries, a U.S. based manufacturer of commercial lighting and graphics solutions, announced the acquisition of privately held JSI Store Fixtures (JSI) from RFE Investment Partners for a cash purchase price of $90 million.

Signify announces all existing and new Philips Hue smart lights and accessories will be compatible with Matter via a software update to the Hue Bridge. Matter (previously known as Project CHIP – Connected Home over IP) announced by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly Zigbee Alliance) on May 11, is a new industry-unifying standard that enables smart devices to work together seamlessly.

Leviton Canada has announced a new Authorized Stocking Distributor for the entire line of Load Center, Bartle & Gibson.

Last year, Electro-Federation Canada surveyed its members to understand the top game-changer affecting their organization. Talent availability was ranked at number one.

According to the report Power Over Ethernet Lighting Market with COVID-19 Impact Analysis by Offering (Hardware, Software and Services), Wattage (Up to 25 Watts, Above 25 Watts), Application (Commercial, Industrial), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2026, published by MarketsandMarkets…