Domestic lighting manufacturer Vantage Lighting, headquartered in Rhode Island, has promoted industry veteran Jim Coleman to General Manager. Coleman joined the company in 2022 as Director/Marketing & Business Development. Previously, he served as Sales Manager for Universal Douglas Lighting Technologies, Inc. Other positions he has held include Director/Business Development for HiLumz USA and Eco-Revolution.
Florida-based Dauer Manufacturing – a U.S.-based manufacturer of LED landscape lighting fixtures, lamps, and transformers – has introduced a new commercial lighting division called Lumify by Dauer. Combining Dauer’s decades of lighting products expertise and quality craftsmanship with innovative technology, Lumify provides high-performing lighting solutions to provide commercial spaces with efficient and reliable lighting designs…
Farmingdale, N.J.-based Dialight, a leader in hazardous and industrial LED lighting innovation, has launched an unprecedented seven-year warranty for Obstruction Lighting Solutions. Dialight’s Aviation Obstruction Lighting Systems, installed by Certified Installation companies, includes an additional two years of full-system warranty on top of the standard five-year warranty. Installers who participate in the Certified Installation Program…
Think data breaches only happen to national banks, mega corporations, and large retailers? Several lighting manufacturers in the commercial sector (Acuity Brands, Cooledge Lighting) as well as the residential side (Quorum and Eglo) were hit last year with either data breaches or ransomware attacks. In the cases of ransomware, the lighting companies I spoke with…
The WAC Home System, part of WAC Group, has received a 2025 Product of the Year Award in the Lighting Controls category from EC&M magazine. The intelligent lighting system was designed to make it easy for users to transform a home into a connected, well-lit space. Considered to be a next generation of smart lighting…
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) is accepting self-nominations through October 3 from small lighting manufacturers, lighting specifiers, and lighting distributors interested in serving on the DLC Industry Advisory Committee (IAC). An advisory body that meets quarterly, the IAC supports the mission and strategic direction of the DLC to promote the adoption of quality lighting and controls…
Reading, Pa.-based Fromm announced that effective January 1, John Hanna, the company’s current President & COO will serve as CEO, marking a transition that aligns with the firm’s succession plan designed to support continued growth and sustainability. Over nearly three decades, Hanna has been a driving force behind many of Fromm’s most important initiatives, from… Read More…
Casambi, the global leader in wireless lighting control solutions, has announced that Global CEO Mark McClear will depart the company at the end of the year. Casambi expresses its gratitude for McClear’s impactful leadership and his mentorship of Kristian Jenkins, who has been appointed Co-CEO of Casambi. Jenkins, a longtime Casambi leader, most recently spearheaded… Read More…