Doesn’t time fly. This weekend we turned the clocks forward which means spring is right around the corner and Q1 is almost done! With the quarter almost up, and seemingly much of the conference season, it’s time for our first Pulse […]
CORE Industrial Partners, a manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services-focused private equity firm, has acquired Vantage Lighting, a manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting products, by CORE portfolio company Saylite. Vantage Lighting – which manufactures specification-grade LED recessed downlights, cylinders, and […]
A proposed bill – jointly sponsored by Audubon California, the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the American Bird Conservancy – aims to reduce the amount of lighting on state-owned property. According to a post by the National Audubon Society, Assembly member […]
Respondents to our Q3 Pulse of Lighting survey forecasted a slowdown in the lighting market. Acuity foreshadowed similar in its last quarterly earnings report. Guess what? Both were right. 2022 Q4 Pulse of Lighting Report Highlights from our recently released […]
Lots going on in Chicagoland lately. Distributor acquisitions and lighting agency drama. On the distributor side of the business there was CED acquiring Amperage. Graybar acquired CX Connexion On the representation side, and more specifically, on the lighting agent side, […]
Over the past couple of years much has been talked, and written, about corporate culture and the evolution that companies “have to” make. This “realization” emanated seemingly from the pandemic which generated increased early retirement, amplified interest in work from […]
The past few years have seen the electrical market grow with strong double-digit growth. Much of it was driven by price increases (thank you copper, steel, resins, and supply chain costs / issues!) With it, distributor profitability soared (2021 NAED […]
Interest in wireless lighting controls is increasing with a myriad of companies offering solutions. May were introduced at LightFair. One company that is new to the US market is Casambi, which, here in the US is led by a US […]
Espen Technology announced the launch of its versaDim RF color-tuning TLEDs, which are wirelessly-controlled, linear LED lamps, using a simple handheld radio frequency remote control. It is as simple to use as a ceiling fan handheld remote, and can be […]
Earlier this week Acuity shared their most recently quarterly results. While the company, overall, performed well, for the electrical / lighting distribution segment, which Acuity calls its “Independent Sales Agents”, the company outperformed our Q3 Pulse of Lighting survey results […]
David Gordon
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