Lights Get Together

Lighting Services Inc (Stony Point, N.Y.), manufacturer of track, accent, display and fiber optic lighting, has formed a strategic partnership with TIR Systems Ltd. (Burnaby, B.C.), the developer of Lexel, the first and only fully integrated solid state lighting (SSL) system.

The announcement was made at LSI’s annual Fall Foliage Specifier Conference.

With a large share of the museum, gallery and high-end retail lighting markets, LSI says the partnership will enable the two companies to develop a range of Lexel-based fixtures that produce white light with a full range of color temperatures, from warm to cool, and which can be dimmed without the color temperature being affected.

“We have entered into this agreement because we believe that the Lexelis the first system to offer our clients a quality, usable Solid State Lighting (SSL) solution,” said LSI president Daniel Gelman. “Ultimately, the output and energy savings, along with the facility for complete control over color temperature and intensity, will make LSI / Lexelfixtures the light source of choice for museums, galleries and stores.”

Not only does [LSI’s] market presence give our technology the best route to market,” said TIR president and ceo Leonard Hordyk, “but their knowledge and understanding of their customer’s requirements enable us to develop the technology that specifiers are looking for.”

Lexel is a new solid state light source that uses up to 80 percent less energy to produce the same amount of light as a conventional light source and does not degrade its output or color over its 50,000 hour life.