Lasalle, QC Canada-based Axis Lighting has named Dirk Zylstra VP/Strategic Innovation & Product Development. According to the company, Zylstra’s 25 years of lighting product design and leadership make him a perfect fit to drive Axis Lighting’s innovation and growth. “While Dirk worked previously for Axis, we couldn’t be more excited to have him rejoin the…
The past quarter has been an interesting time for the rep / lighting agent community with a number of significant changes occurring. The question becomes, “why?” While changes on the lighting side of the business seem to be perpetual and Inside. Lighting does a good job of tracking this segment of the market as, what I’ll consider…
September 19, 2023 Amerlux’s President & CEO, Chuck Campagna, to lead BSABU While Retaining Current Role at Amerlux Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that President and CEO Chuck Campagna has been appointed as the Head of the Building Solutions Americas Business Unit (BSABU) at parent company Delta Electronics, a global leader in power…
Starting September 1, Bell & McCoy Lighting and Controls will represent Current™ in the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Western Tennessee, and Alabama-Florida-Mississippi Panhandle markets for the HLI Brands and GLI Roadway Portfolios (GLI Roadway Portfolio is excluded from Alabama-Florida). This partnership expands upon Bell & McCoy’s representation of Current’s GLI Brands Portfolio in Texas…
To reflect the major developments at LEDVANCE over the seven years since its founding, the company has unveiled comprehensive brand repositioning, including a new tagline – “Power Through Light” – that puts LEDVANCE’s three key stakeholders at the forefront: customers, the planet, and employees. LEDVANCE was spun-off from OSRAM in 2016 with a portfolio of…
Emeryville, Calif.-based Optique Lighting, a leading designer and manufacturer of premium quality Nano Linear LED lighting luminaires, has partnered with seven new sales agencies to represent and sell its Nano Linear LED architectural product lines. Effective immediately, the appointed seven representative agencies include: • Forman and Associates, Inc., Van Nuys, California, will represent the company…
According to a recent news report, the American construction industry continues to face an extreme labor shortage, which ultimately is slowing completion of construction projects from residential homes and infrastructure to hospitals. According to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors, the construction industry will need to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers…
Niles, Ill-based A.L.P., has promoted former Metals Business Unit Manager Adam Mayse to President and Chief Operating Officer, and former Optical Business Unit Manager Tom Barnes to Vice President. In a press release, the manufacturer stated that the moves are part of a larger strategic reorganization to centralize product-related activities, streamline operations, and support the…
Halco has signed two new agents, United Electrical Sales, and Carter York Agency to its network. Founded in 1975, Carter York Agency covers both the Carolinas and Virginia, while United Electrical Sales, founded in 1946, will cover Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Halco officials stated, “We place trust and confidence in our agents and…
Created by 9-year-old cancer survivor Skylar Wald, whose parents are the co-CEOs of Port Washington, N.Y.-based WAC Lighting, the Skylar Wald Let’s Beat Cancer Fundraiser is asking for the lighting and design community’s support of this philanthropic effort to benefit The H Foundation’s goal to funding cancer research. Diagnosed with cancer when she was three…
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based lighting manufacturer Landscape Forms brought together 14 female leaders and three female students in landscape architecture on June 27 and 28 to discuss critical issues and future prospects for women in the profession. Women in Landscape Architecture: Amplifying Our Voices was held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, hosted by Landscape Forms…
West Hartford, Conn.-based Legrand®, a global leader in electrical wiring devices and cable management solutions, has named Jane White as Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer for Legrand, North and Central America (LNCA). Most recently White has served as President of Finelite, a Legrand lighting company. In this newly formed role on the LNCA CEO Executive…
WAC Lighting co-founders Tai and Tony Wang were honored at Selfhelp’s 2023 Gala recently at Pier Sixty in New York City. The couple are renowned for their tremendous professional accomplishments in the lighting industry as well as their philanthropic endeavors. For many decades they have shown exceptional integrity and commitment to bettering the community and…
Women in Lighting + Design (WILD) is an inclusive organization that welcomes all women in the lighting industry as well as allied communities. All members play an essential role in ensuring that WILD voices are heard and in helping advocate for all under-represented genders in the lighting industry. WILD is committed to meeting all of…
The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) has announced the recipients of the 2023 IESNYC Thesis Awards, recognizing exceptional achievements in the realm of lighting design and research. This year, the IESNYC acknowledges three outstanding individuals for their exemplary work: Nirali Prajapati from the New York School of Interior Design, Lydia…
The Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City (IESNYC) proudly acknowledges and honors outstanding individuals through its esteemed Service Awards program. These awards recognize the dedication, service, and significant contributions of individuals who have tirelessly worked to advance the mission and success of the IESNYC and the lighting community at large. “So many people are…