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GE Announces First Quarter 2021 Results

GE announced results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2021.

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Cree Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021

Cree, Inc. announced revenue from continuing operations of $137.3 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2021, ended March 28, 2021.

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AMS Reports Robust First Quarter Group Results

ams reports robust first quarter 2021 group results with revenues of USD 1,549 million and an adjusted operating (EBIT) margin of 11%. This attractive performance was driven by healthy overall demand including strong demand in the automotive market, despite typical seasonality in the consumer market.

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Eaton Reports Strong First Quarter 2021 Results, Raises 2021 Outlook

Eaton announced that earnings per share were $1.14 for the first quarter of 2021.

IOT Connected Lighting

Calling All Connected Products: 2021 Integrated Home Competition Launches

The Integrated Home Competition presents an opportunity for manufacturers of connected home solutions to gain recognition for their automated and interactive products that not only provide energy savings and load management capability, but also deliver upon consumer expectations for interoperability, reliability, and simplicity.

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AMS OSRAM Reports Second Quarter Group Results

ams OSRAM reports second quarter and first half group financial results. “We are very pleased with our performance in the second quarter, with our metrics coming in well above the midpoint of our guidance, and again delivering strong operational cash flow.

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Signify Reports Q2 Sales of EUR 1.6 billion, Operational Profitability of 10.9%

“In the second quarter we saw an acceleration of the pace of recovery in comparison to the first three months of the year,” says CEO Eric Rondolat.

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Industrial

Shat-R-Shield Hazardous Locations Incoplas Hybrid

The Incoplas® LED Hybrid is a durable multi-purpose and corrosion-resistant LED lighting solution that can be used in heavy industrial applications where hazardous location lighting is required.

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The Lighting Sales Question – “Are You My Customer?”

Lighting is an important product category for most electrical distributors. Depending upon the distributor’s focus, it can be 25-30%, or higher, of sales!

Industrial

Why Does Industrial LED Lighting Require Robust Components?

Industrial environments from warehouses to manufacturing plants are more harsh than typical work environments such as commercial office space.

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6 Trends in Solar Area Lighting

Distributors, contractors, and specifiers have to keep up with many changes in lighting technology. One of the growing outdoor lighting categories is solar area lights.

Commercial

Decontaminating Your Equipment and Workspace With UV-C Light

UV-C light is a key component to sterilizing workspaces and equipment. UV-C light kills viruses and bacteria, and has been proven to kill coronaviruses like SARS and MERS. As of June 2020, it is being used all around the globe for this very purpose.

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Q3 — An Improving Lighting Market

Distributor, manufacturer, manufacturer rep and lighting agent feedback in our 2020 Q3 Pulse of Lighting report show an improving lighting market.

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2021 Q1 Pulse of Lighting Findings

The first quarter of 2021 was an “interesting” challenge for those selling lighting and, at the end of the quarter, industry performance was projected to meet industry predictions made during the fourth quarter of 2020.

IOT Connected Lighting

Avoiding Networked Lighting Control System Deployment Pitfalls

My blog post from April 1, 2020, entitled Lessons Learned from Living Lab describes a research project about retrofitting existing spaces with networked lighting control systems (NLCs).

Commercial

A Look at DC Microgrids

Direct current (DC) is emerging as a competitive or complementary power distribution option at the grid, community, and building level.

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