19/3/2008

Philips to Market Eruma's Emergency Lighting Range

Eruma plc, the AIM traded specialist provider of counter terrorism and burglary protection products and emergency lighting has, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Illuminex Ltd (‘Illuminex’), entered into an agreement whereby Philips Lighting UK, the UK lighting division of Royal Philips Electronics, will market and distribute the DALI protocol version of Illuminex’s Xscape Series emergency lighting product range in the UK. Philips Lighting UK Managing Director Paul Coggins said, “I am delighted with the agreement with Illuminex because it supports our strategy of bringing controllable, environmentally friendly and energy efficient lighting solutions to our customers. Emergency lighting provides a significant market opportunity for Philips and we anticipate sales in excess of £1 million within our first year.”

Illuminex supplies state-of-the-art emergency lighting systems designed to provide superior performance and reduce both fiscal and environmental costs compared to conventional systems. Its Xscape series of products incorporates the Philips ‘K2’ and ‘Rebel’ light emitting diode (‘LED’) technology. This LED technology, together with the use of lithium battery technology and microprocessor control, provides considerable benefits including up to a 98% reduction in energy consumption when compared with a standard 8 Watt fluorescent tube luminaire. Furthermore, The typical life expectancy of an 8 Watt fluorescent tube is 6-8000 hours and for higher wattage tubes 10-12,000 hours. The life expectancy of the LED technology is 60,000 hours – 5-10 times longer. The life expectancy of the Lithium Ion battery is also 60,000 hours – twice the average life of Nickel Cadmium technology. This represents significant savings in both manpower and replacement materials.

Importantly, the intelligent products also have inbuilt automatic testing capabilities and internal memories for retrieval of data at any time, which not only ensure that all the major components are fully monitored according to the stipulated code of practice for emergency lighting, but also keep maintenance costs to a minimum. Finally, under EU legislation, the Xscape range of products, excluding batteries, do not have any waste disposal issues unlike all other products on the market which are classed as WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) and need to be specially processed at the end of their useful life. Eruma CEO Wayne Money said, “This agreement is part of our strategy to market our products to ensure that we achieve maximum market penetration of our emergency lighting range. We are proud to be working with such a well known and respected brand as Philips, and believe that with its support, the Illuminex range will become increasingly popular with large corporates and government organisations.”

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