Lighting
Ray Molony
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Philips buys street-lighting controls firm
21 July 2010
Philips is to buy the street lighting controls activities of the Danish manufacturer Amplex for an undisclosed sum. -
UK lighting market peaked at £2 billion, says analyst
19 July 2010
The UK lighting market achieved a sales peak of £2 billion in 2008 before falling back 12 per cent last year to £1.7 billion, the business sector analyst MBD has reported. -
ILE restructure is ‘more than rebranding’ says president
15 July 2010
The restructuring and renaming of the Institution of Lighting Engineers in September is more than a rebranding exercise, its incoming president, Alastair Scott has declared. -
PLDA announces team following high-profile departures
15 July 2010
The Professional Lighting Designers’ Association has announced its new team following a string of high-profile departures. -
Axing of schools programme is blow to industry
5 July 2010
Order books in the lighting industry are set to be hit following the axing of the Building Schools for the Future programme. -
Minister announces £2m grant for Thorn research
1 July 2010
Science minister David Willetts has announced that the Government is to give £2.15 million in funding to the PLED research programme led by Thorn Lighting. -
Fibre light engines blamed for fire at historic livery hall
1 July 2010
A fibre optic lighting engine is being blamed for causing a fire at the historic Stationers’ Hall in the City of London at the weekend. -
Exclusive: Delmatic beats rivals to Shard
29 June 2010
Delmatic has beaten rivals to win the lucrative lighting controls contract for the Shard. The company will supply the management system to the shell and core areas of the skyscraper, known as London Bridge Tower. -
Zumtobel’s ‘crisis year’ as revenue falls and profits slump by a third
29 June 2010
Zumtobel unveiled its much-anticipated results today and revealed that sales of luminaires and controls fell by 5 per cent and that its profits slumped by a third. -
Police seek lighting designer
22 June 2010
CID and Trading Standards are seeking lighting designer Jeremy Coombs for alleged fraud. -
Lou Bedocs honoured for 50 years of service
18 June 2010
Thorn Lighting's technical chief Lou Bedocs has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his half-century of service to the industry. -
New SLL president slams emphasis on lm/W
4 June 2010
The newly appointed president of the Society of Light and Lighting, Alan Tulla, has criticised the new Part L. -
Thorn Lighting is written down by parent Zumtobel
4 June 2010
Zumtobel Group is writing down Thorn Lighting as an asset on its balance sheet by £80 million. -
Tim Downey quits Pinnigers
4 June 2010
Lighting designer Tim Downey has resigned from Pinniger and Partners to set up an independent practice called Studio Fractal. -
Tributes paid to Paolo Targetti
4 June 2010
The lighting design industry has been paying tribute to designer and manufacturer Paolo Targetti, who has died aged 73. -
Coggins quits Philips for Thorn Lighting
4 June 2010
Paul Coggins, UK sales director of Philips Lighting, has resigned to take up a senior role at Thorn Lighting. -
Travel chaos mars pivotal Light + Building show
4 June 2010
Last month's Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt was marred by travel chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud. -
Lighting 'crucial to carbon reduction' says top Government advisor
4 June 2010
The Government's top advisor on the environment has claimed that lighting will be a major contributor to cutting the UK's carbon emissions. -
CEF sues Big Four lamp makers over recycling
21 May 2010
The Big Four lampmakers and the lamp recycling scheme Recolight are being sued Recolight's refusal to accept lamps collected by CEF and EWRG. -
Shock as Zumtobel replaces Ludwig as CEO
21 May 2010
The board of Zumtobel has replaced its CEO Andreas Ludwig after a turbulent period for the company. However, observers expressed surprise that a new chief – electronics specialist Harald Sommerer – has been appointed with the latest sales figures showing the luminaire manufacturer has turned the corner. -
Arup design chief quits and heads for Philips
21 May 2010
Rogier van der Heide, head of Arup Lighting, has joined Philips Lighting as its chief design officer. -
Philips wins gold with major Olympics orders
21 May 2010
Philips Lighting has won the majority of the lighting contracts for the 2012 Olympics site at Stratford in East London. -
Industry gives cautious welcome to final draft of Part L
21 May 2010
Tougher minimum standards in the recently released 2010 revision of Part L of the Building Regulations. -
LDP wins design award for the Bahrain World Trade Center
21 May 2010
LDP International has been awarded ‘Best Use for Exterior Lighting' at Palme's Middle East Awards for its exterior design for the Bahrain World Trade Center. -
Government announces £620m street lighting boost
22 April 2010
The street lighting sector is set receive a major injection of Government funding. -
Audi A8 is first car with all-LED headlights
22 April 2010
Audi has won the race to create the first car with all-LED headlights. -
Zumtobel to manufacture lamps
22 April 2010
In a major strategic move, Zumtobel is set to join the Big Four as a lamp producer. -
Ambitious ILE targets interior lighting designers
20 March 2010
The Institution of Lighting Engineers is to undertaken a radical modernisation during 2010 and will rebrand itself as the Institution of Lighting Professionals. -
Osram debuts OLED light source
12 February 2010
Osram Opto Semiconductors has launched what it describes as the ''first OLED light source for premium quality functional lighting''. The Orbeos panel has a round lamp surface 80mm in diameter, is 2.1mm thick and weighs 24g. Efficiency is 25lm/W, better than conventional halogen lamps. -
Trade bodies agree LED spec
11 February 2010
The UK's major organisations have drawn up a set of guidelines for the specification of LED lighting products.The PLDA, LIF, SLL, IALD, ILE and Hemsa have agreed to publish the guidelines, which cover issues such as LED measurement criteria, design data, photometry and performance metrics. -
Philips takes the lead in race to make superbulb
11 February 2010
Philips has become the first lampmaker to enter a complying entry into a global competition to create the lamp of the future. The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the L Prize initiative to spur development of a high-quality, high-efficiency LED replacements for the 60W incandescent light bulb. -
UPDATED: Bosses team up with Aurora to buy retail specialist Microlights
22 January 2010
The directors of retail lighting manufacturer Microlights have teamed up with Aurora to buy the company from its current shareholders. Microlights managing director Chris Brown says the outcome is the ''best possible solution'' for all parties. -
Bulb ban gives stockpiling a boost
22 January 2010
The bulb ban on the 1 September has been hailed a logistical success for lamp makers and retailers after expected lamp shortages failed to materialise. -
Design practices defy gloom with tranche of contracts
22 January 2010
Lighting design practices have seen a sharp increase in interest and contracts in recent months, prompting optimism that the sector has turned the corner. -
Poor lighting caused death at Debenhams, says judge
9 December 2009
The death of a worker who fell down a staircase in a Debenhams department store could have been avoided if the stairs had been better lit, a sheriff has ruled. -
Industry has recycled 50m lamps
17 September 2009
The lighting industry has recycled 50 million lamps in the past two years, it has been revealed. Recolight, the body created to manage the process, said recycling was a great success story for the sector, and that it is committed to exceeding the targets set for it by government. -
ILE offers bursary toward PLDC participation
19 August 2009
The Institution of Lighting Engineers is offering five bursaries of £400 each toward the cost of attending ... -
UPDATED: Lighting engineers' ire as SLL 'torpedoes' merger
19 August 2009
The Institution of Lighting Engineers has reacted with anger and disappointment to the Society of Light and Lighting''s announcement that it was quitting unification talks. -
'We'll cope with light bulb ban' says GE
31 July 2009
GE says it can cope with predicted market volatility after the first phase of the Europe-wide bulb ban is implemented in September. -
Councils warned on street light switch offs as OAP is killed
17 July 2009
The move by local authorities to switch off and dim down street lights has been called into question after a pensioner was killed by a car in Buckinghamshire. -
SLL rejects merger with lighting engineers
17 July 2009
The Society of Light and Lighting has effectively pulled the plug on the proposed merger between the SLL and the Institution of Lighting Engineers. In a statement that will send shock waves through the industry''s institutions, the SLL said that a merger ''would not achieve the overall objectives of successful unification of the lighting profession''. -
Powerlite bosses buy assets
17 July 2009
The former bosses of Leeds-based manufacturer Powerlite – which went into administration last month – have bought the assets of the company. Directors Rob Fordham, Paul Rylatt, Alan Moss and Steve Thompson have formed a new company, Powerlite Lighting Solutions, that will operate out of Powerlite''s former factory at Royds Farm Road. -
Troubled lighting transformer firm IBL agrees deal with creditors
17 July 2009
Troubled lighting transformer maker Intram Barwell Limitedhas entered into an agreement with its creditors under the Insolvency Act. The company has filed a company voluntary arrangement, which is designed to allow it breathing space to sort out its finances. -
Lighting body to be ready this year, says Cibse boss
29 June 2009
The new president of Cibse, Mike Simpson of Philips Lighting, has predicted that the industry's umbrella body, the Lighting Council, will be up and running this year. The council is the fruit of discussions between the major organisations. -
Shake up at moving lights expert Martin costs a dozen jobs
15 June 2009
Martin Professional, the moving lights specialist, is restructuring its European operations in a move that will see 12 redundancies in the UK and the closure of its premises in Maidstone. -
Philips lets Sylvania make Cosmopolis
1 June 2009
Sylvania is to manufacture the highly successful Cosmopolis range of steetlighting lamps under licence from its inventor Philips.The deal means Sylvania can use patented processes to make CosmoWhite, the ceramic metal halide source launched in 2005. -
Government orders probe into light spill
16 May 2009
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commissioned sustainability consultant Légiste to study complaints about artificial light nuisance. -
Lighting Design Awards 2009 winners announced
16 May 2009
Three innovative products and 11 outstanding projects were the winners of this year''s Lighting Design Awards, held at the London Hilton Hotel on 12 March. -
Lighting designers 'cautiously optimistic', survey shows
16 May 2009
Lighting designers are ‘cautiously optimistic' about work prospects, a survey has revealed. A poll of members by the International Association of Lighting Designers revealed a mixed outlook with as many feeling cautiously optimistic as those who are experiencing difficulty. -
Philips acquires Dynalite lighting controls
16 May 2009
Philips has acquired lighting controls company Dynalite of Sydney, Australia and made it part of the lighting electronics business in Philips Lighting. -
Councils hit out at 'myth' that Part L is not enforced
26 March 2009
Local authority building control departments have conducted a survey that they say refutes the accusation that council surveyors are not enforcing Part L of the Building Regulations. -
Lighting engineers act as fears grow that talks may stall
20 March 2009
The Institution of Lighting Engineers has moved to inject fresh momentum into the Uniting for Lighting process as fears grow that the talks are in danger of stalling. -
Fitzgerald Lighting faces break-up as buyers fail to emerge
20 March 2009
Troubled Fitzgerald Lighting is set to be broken up this month because no buyers have emerged for the business. -
Philips axes 1,600 jobs as key markets collapse
20 March 2009
Philips Lighting is to axe up to 1,600 jobs globally as key market sectors across the world – ... -
End of era as England's last lamp plant closes
20 March 2009
Lamp production will come to an end in England this summer following Havells Sylvania's decision to close its CFL factory in Shipley. -
Exit from interior fittings market is strategic, says Philips
29 January 2009
Philips chiefs have moved to explain the company's controversial exit from the interior luminaires market. -
GE Lighting sell-off on hold, says European chief
14 December 2008
A senior GE boss believes the sell-off of the lighting division will be delayed until 2010. -
260 jobs go after Fitzgerald Lighting goes into administration
10 December 2008
Some 260 staff at Fitzgerald Lighting were made redundant last night as the ailing company was put into administration.
