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By: Mary Merda
Website: http://www.lamps-n-lighting.com
At the Lightfair International show in Las Vegas,
Lumileds has launched a support program that is
designed to increase the penetration of LED products
in the general lighting market.
California-based high-brightness LED manufacturer
Lumileds has launched a new program that it hopes
will increase LED penetration in general lighting
applications.
Called Luxeon Lighting NetworkT, the program
is designed to give product specifiers in the
lighting industry access to a pool of lighting
manufacturers and other suppliers with certified
expertise in LED luminaire manufacture.
Designers and architects will benefit from the
assurance that they will receive luminaires that
deliver the desired lighting effect and reliable,
long-term performance, says Lumileds.
The company adds that the network will help lighting
providers to fully exploit the LED lighting market,
which is expected by some to be worth more the
$5 billion in worldwide revenues by 2007.
Lighting specifiers interested in LED illumination
want to work within the existing industry infrastructure,
but until now it has been difficult to identify
vendors with reliable LED experience and knowledge,
said Lumileds market development manager Keith
Scott.
The network will include two certification categories.
The first is a program for manufacturers, which
will designate that network members are qualified
to design, develop and manufacture luminaires
based on the companys Luxeon LEDs, and to offer
performance warranties.
The second category will be administered by Future
Electronics, Lumileds exclusive distributor, and
will certify system integrators and suppliers
of optical, thermal, power supply and control
components.
Under the program, members will gain early access
to new technology and the use of technical resources
at Lumileds and Future Electronics.
Solid state lighting specialist TIR Systems has
signed up as a founding member of the network.
Ed Sadowski, its VP of marketing and product development,
said: [The network] will help remove the biggest
barrier for LED penetration into the general lighting
market: the fact that lighting specifiers havent
known where to turn to ensure that their vision
will be executed properly when using solid-state
lighting products.
This program opens up new business opportunities
for those companies like ours, who specialize
in LED lighting.
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