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 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Elumin8 Ltd has today announced that a strategic partnership with Chinese lighting company Tianjin Gongda Hiyu Solid State Lighting Co. Ltd. (Hiyu). The agreement is to develop advanced LED street lighting applications and distribute across Europe, Middle East  Asia. HiYu is an associate of the Climate Control Committee – part of the Climate Group]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - An international jury has selected this year's winners of the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - Daktronics was presented with the Information Display and Entertainment Association (IDEA) Allied Achievement Award during the Annual IDEA conference that took place 14-17 February in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) – TridonicAtco and Lumitech have agreed upon extensive collaboration in the field of PI-LED technology. ]]></description>
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 <title>Rogier van der Heide moves to Philips</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Netherlands) - Philips has appointed Rogier van der Heide to the newly created position of Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting. Until recently, van der Heide was Director at Arup and Global Business Leader Lighting Design of Arup Lighting.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Leading UK lighting and street furniture company, Woodhouse, has reached an exclusive partnership agreement to distribute the comprehensive product range of exterior architectural LED specialists, LEC-Lyon, in the UK.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - WE-EF have launched their new catalogue - over 600 pages of comprehensive lighting experience, covering all product lines.  ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Netherlands) - Philips has agreed to acquire Italy-based Luceplan SpA, a leading consumer luminaires company in the lighting design segment in Europe. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - LED manufacturer Cree has reported the successful production of a white power LED with an efficacy of 208 lumens per watt. This R&D result passes a significant milestone within the solid-state lighting industry.]]></description>
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 <title>Aura Light launches new CO2 web calculator</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Sweden) - The lighting company Aura Light is launching a new calculation tool on its website. The tool demonstrates both the cost and the CO2 savings achieved by installing Aura’s Long Life Lighting Solutions.]]></description>
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 <title>Thorburn Associates and Gallegos Lighting announce new strategic partnership</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) -  Thorburn Associates (TA) and Gallegos Lighting (GL) have joined forces in order to offer an expanded range of specialty architectural design services.]]></description>
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 <title>Winners Announced in Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition </title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - Winners of the second annual Next Generation Luminaires awards were announced February 11, 2010 at the Strategies in Light Conference in Santa Clara, California. Sponsored by the U.S.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Italy) - iGuzzini’s latest recruit, Mr James Sayer, joins as Territory Manager and brings with him a successful track record within the Middle East lighting industry.]]></description>
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 <title>OSRAM launch interactive LED information website</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has launched a new website – the LED Light Site – with the goal of providing an information source on all things LED. On the online platform, customers can find news, technical information, support and tools in connection with LED lighting solutions in the fields of architectural, shop, outdoor and indoor lighting.]]></description>
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 <title>Zumtobel Group enters the LED lamp business</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Austria) - The Austrian lighting company Zumtobel Group, which specialises in professional light fittings, lighting solutions and lighting components, is set to enter the lamp business.]]></description>
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 <title> Multiform Lighting appoint Apollo Design Technology as US distributor</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - Following successful discussions at the PLASA 09 exhibition in London, Multiform Lighting have appointed Apollo Design Technology inc. based in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis as their US distributor of LED lighting and controllers for the Stage and Architainment markets.]]></description>
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 <title>Philips appoints new Entertainment Sales Manager – UK, Benelux & Scandinavia</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Philips has appointed Grant Bales-Smith to the newly-created position of Entertainment Sales Manager – UK, Benelux & Scandinavia. ]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - WE-EF Lighting has been appointed the UK agents for French LED luminaire company Flux Lighting.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - Exterior lighting  manufacturer WE-EF has opened  a new Technical Center in Neuendorf im Sande near Fürstenwalde, Germany, with the aim of establishing a lighting forum for their partners and everyone interested in the lighting profession.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - The finalists have been announced for the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) Young Lighter of the Year Award.]]></description>
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 <title>St Helens secures funding for sustainable street lighting</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Consulting and business services group Mouchel have recently been successful in assisting St Helens Council and three European partners in securing funding to undertake a five year trans-national lighting project, named BLISS (Better Lighting In Sustainable Streets).]]></description>
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 <title>Mexican President Launches Nationwide Sustainable Light Program </title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Mexico) - President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa launched a new program "Luz Sustentable (Sustainable Light)", with intended to achieve annual savings of $539 million pesos and lower the country’s carbon emissions. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Following acquisition by Royal Philips Electronics in March 2009, the UK division of lighting control and automation specialist, Philips Dynalite, will join forces with the Philips UK Lighting Controls team in January 2010.]]></description>
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 <title>Martin UK Relocate to new London Office</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Martin UK has relocated its sales office from Maidstone to London in order to be closer to leading lighting designers, architects and specifiers and the markets they serve. ]]></description>
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 <title>Harvard Announces New Sales Appointments</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Harvard Engineering plc, a world leader in the design and development of electronic ballasts and control gear for the lighting industry, has made two new appointments to the sales and marketing team.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Ceravision Ltd has formed a strategic alliance with Toshiba Electronics to accelerate development of advanced magnetrons for lighting applications]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Lighting manufacturer DW Windsor has announced the promotion of Alan Grant to the position of Design and Development Director.  Alan has been with the Company for over 18 years and has contributed much to DWW's success to date.]]></description>
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 <title>Philips Expands Strategic Reselling Agreement with Pharos</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - Expanding Philips' extremely successful distribution agreement in Europe and Asia, Philips Color Kinetics has announced it is now a reseller of the complete portfolio of Pharos control solutions.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UAE) - Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque (also known as the Grand Mosque) has been awarded two more awards for its lighting design.]]></description>
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 <title> Ceravision launches new standard in lighting – High Efficiency Plasma (HEP)</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) -  Ceravision Ltd, a world leader in energy efficient plasma lighting, has today launched a new technology called ‘High Efficiency Plasma Lighting’, which uses less than half the power of existing lighting technologies.]]></description>
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 <title>Starbucks goes green with GE LEDs</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - As part of a massive project to help reduce its global environmental footprint, International coffee chain Starbucks has embarked on a programme of converting to GE’s LED lighting systems at more than 8,000 stores. ]]></description>
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 <title>Industry Leader joins Mundo Illumination</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - Clara Powell has joined Mundo Illumination LLC as its new Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - From the 1st December 2009, KWL-Lighting will be operating under the name feno.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - WE-EF have launched a new website with a host of new features for the lighting specifier.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Canada) – LED Linear have expanded their global presence with the creation of LED Linear North America. The move is a result of a new partnership with Andrew Pott, based in Toronto, Ontario and establishes LED Linear’s entry into the North American LED market.]]></description>
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 <title>Acuity becomes latest licensee for Philips LED Luminaires</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Netherlands) - Philips and Acuity Brands, Inc. have entered into a license agreement allowing Acuity Brands to access Philips’ LED-based patent portfolio.]]></description>
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 <title>Derek Phillips receives 2009 IALD Lifetime Achievement Award</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - The 2009 IALD Lifetime Achievement Award, the greatest honor bestowed by the IALD, was presented to Derek Phillips, FIALD, founder of DPA Lighting Consultants and first to practice architectural design in the United Kingdom (UK), at IALD Enlighten Americas 2009 in Sonoma County, CA USA on 10 October 2009.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(South Korea) – The city of Jyväskylä in Finland has been awarded the first prize in the 2009 city.people.light awards, the annual competition organized by Philips and the Lighting Urban Community International Association (LUCI) to reward projects which demonstrate the contribution lighting can make to the well-being of those who live, work or visit a city or town.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - LED lighting market leader Cree has announced record revenue of $169.1 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2010, ended September 27, 2009.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - For the fifth time in nine years, lighting consultant Speirs and Major Associates has been involved in the winning Stirling Prize project, which for 2009 is Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre at London’s Charing Cross Hospital by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners]]></description>
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 <title>Epistar and Lynk Labs Sign Equity Investment & Licensing Agreement</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Taiwan ) - Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar and AC LED technology company Lynk Labs  have entered into strategic equity investment and licensing agreement with the aim of growing the AC LED market]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - The IALD has begun accepting entries for the 27th annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) - Sill Lighting has just published a new A4 full colour ‘Stations’ brochure with case histories of how Sill projector technology has provided successful lighting schemes for stations and transport centres around the world.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(UK) - Following the successful pilot of its Energy Management and Innovation in Lighting Awards Scheme (EMILAS) during 2008/09, the Lighting Industry Federation (LIF)  now launched the full scheme for 2009/10.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Italy) - Sponsored by the Fondazione Targetti, Light Tales - a competition launched earlier this year to find the best short story featuring light as a central ‘character’- has announced its first winner.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - FontanaArte has moved its New York showroom from Tribeca to 45 Greene Street in Soho, home to some of the most important Italian design companies in the world.<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) - German lighting giants, GLP, have set up a new office in North America headed by experienced lighting professional, Mark Ravenhill.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(USA) – LED manufacturer Cree, Inc has announced plans to expand its North Carolina manufacturing capacity and to begin manufacturing and assembling LED lighting products.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[(Germany) – Zumtobel Group has announced plans to join forces with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and several employees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden, to found a joint venture company by the name of Ledon OLED Lighting GmbH & Co. KG.]]></description>
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