Industry News Archive

May

• WattStopper launches first dual loop photosensor for reliable, energy-efficient control of spaces with skylights - 14 May 2013
• WESCO International and ESFI Bring National Electrical Safety Month to the Workplace - 9 May 2013
• ABB launches breakthrough technologies at AWEA Windpower 2013 - 9 May 2013
• Lutron Honored by Pennsylvania Science Center - 8 May 2013
• Lithonia Lighting LED Floodlights from Acuity Brands Illuminate 115-Year-Old Castle - 6 May 2013
• IDEA Announces 2013-2014 Board Directors and Officers - 3 May 2013
• UL Warns of Potentially Hazardous Receptacle - 2 May 2013
• Eaton Targets Counterfeiting - 1 May 2013

April

• MIT Technology Review recognizes ABB innovation among top 10 technologies - 24 Apr 2013
• Gregory Sorensen: The White House Brain Initiative Hits a Tax Hurdle - 23 Apr 2013
• ABB to Acquire Power-One to Become a Global Leader in Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters - 22 Apr 2013
• Acuity Brands to Showcase Industry's Largest Portfolio of Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Lighting Control Solutions at Lightfair 2013 - 22 Apr 2013
• Acuity Brands Explores Groundbreaking Lighting Technologies at Lightfair International 2013 - 17 Apr 2013
• WattStopper daylighting control launch celebration scheduled at California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis - 16 Apr 2013
• 3M Cogent Biometric Access Control Reader Awarded Top Honors By the Security Industry Association - 16 Apr 2013
• Texas School District Selects Acuity Brands High Performance Lighting Solutions - 9 Apr 2013
• Siemens Receives Further Contract for High-Efficiency Power Plant in the United States - 8 Apr 2013
• Agfa HealthCare Awarded Contract to Provide End-to-End Imaging Solution to the U.S. Navy Fleet - 3 Apr 2013

March

• 3M Earns ENERGY STAR 'Sustained Excellence' Award for Record Ninth Consecutive Year - 26 Mar 2013
• Lithonia Lighting Honored for Innovative Outdoor LED Lighting - 26 Mar 2013
• ABB named Top 10 Smart Grid Vendor by GTM Research - 25 Mar 2013
• First Highly Energy-Efficient U.S. Embassy Installs Innovative OLED Luminaire from Acuity Brands - 21 Mar 2013
• Next Generation Luminaires™ Design Competition Recognizes Commercial LED Indoor Lighting Products - 21 Mar 2013
• Acuity Brands Acquires eldoLED, a World Leading Designer and Manufacturer of Intelligent Drive Solutions for LED-based Lighting - 14 Mar 2013
• Ecotality, ChargePoint to Link Electric Car Charging Networks - 8 Mar 2013
• Rockwell Automation Names New President for Latin America Region - 7 Mar 2013

February

• MIT Technology Review names ABB on its list of Top 50 global innovators - 25 Feb 2013
• 3M Awarded Contract by Banner Health for 3M 360 Encompass System - 21 Feb 2013
• ABB provides Public Power utilities with a broad range of new Smart Grid solutions - 19 Feb 2013
• Agfa HealthCare's ICIS uniquely provides access, in clinically-relevant context, to multi-specialty patient imaging across the care continuum - 14 Feb 2013
• Muhtar Kent Elected to 3M Board of Directors - 7 Feb 2013
• ABB wins $260 million power order to upgrade HVDC link in the U.S. - 6 Feb 2013

January

• License will lead to faster-charging batteries for phones, electric vehicles - 31 Jan 2013
• European Standards Organizations present the latest results of their work to develop standards for Smart Grids - 31 Jan 2013
• Emerson to Deliver Control Technologies for Nevada Solar Project to Power 75,000 Homes - 23 Jan 2013
• NREL Teams Up on Three ARPA-E Projects to Optimize Electric Vehicle Battery Management and Controls - 17 Jan 2013
• DOE Publishes Interim Energy Storage Standard - 11 Jan 2013
• Acuity Brands Acquires Adura Technologies, Inc., a Leading Developer of Wireless Controls and Energy Management Solutions - 11 Jan 2013