Deal Ensures All R&D, Engineering and Assembly Stays in the U.S. OAKLAND, N.J. – April 26, 2022 – Amerlux announced that it has completed the purchase of its 200,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at 178 Bauer Drive in Oakland, N.J.—a transaction that will allow the design-and-manufacturing lighting company to continue delivering its award-winning luminaires and [...]

Integrate Light, HVAC and Security With One Simple Room Controller OAKLAND, N.J. – February 15, 2022 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it now offers Delta Controls’ (DCI) all-encompassing room controller, which allows occupants to take greater care of their work—by creating a room that automatically takes care of them. The […]

Two design hiccups. Two varying applications. One highly effective solution for each—indirect lighting. The owners of a new tea shop in Boston wanted to try something new for their yet-to-open brasserie—linear lighting. They wanted the look of a classic café fare application with a contemporary, but inviting atmosphere served one cup at a time. But challenges loomed. […]

The historic, 10-bay railway roundhouse and turntable at Hazelwood Green, part of Pittsburgh’s Greater Hazelwood neighborhood, had seen better days. Initially built by the Monongahela Connecting Railroad in 1887, the 178-acre multi-facility campus along the Monongahela River was located next to a steel mill and worked to service and redirect train engines carrying locally made […]

Exposure Inc. Brings New England Design Community Closer to Award-Winning Lighting Manufacturer OAKLAND, N.J. – January 11, 2022 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has selected Exposure Inc. as its new rep in the fast-growing New England market, effective Feb. 1. Exposure Inc. is a Boston-based lighting specification agency dedicated [...]

30-Year Lighting Veteran Looks to Continue Growing “Iconic Brand” Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that it has appointed Guy Esposito as its new vice president of sales. Esposito has more than three decades of experience in generating significant sales revenues with high-profit margins in lighting and helping clients in all sectors convert [...]

Architectural SSL Hails ActiveCLEAN’s™ Nonstop, Unrestricted Usage Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today that its new UV-free antimicrobial LED lighting solution has been named one of the most innovative solutions in the industry by Architectural SSL magazine. The Product Innovation Awards recognizes innovative LED and solid-state luminaires and [...]

Frank Vadino, Vice President of Engineering at Cold Technology, has three crucial tips for salespeople in supermarket lighting or considering a career in it. All three, he says, describe Don Knickerbocker, Amerlux’s Vice President of Supermarket Lighting Sales. “One, work hard and understand your product line well,” Vadino said. “Two, work hard and understand your competitors […]

Saks Fifth Avenue, a destination for the finest quality in men’s and women’s fashion, is an ideal anchor tenant for the high-end Floridan shopper that wanders the storefronts at the Bal Harbour Shops in the North Miami Beach village. From sparkling stilettos to floral-embroidered gowns, famous designers such as Christian Louboutin, Givenchy, Burberry, The Row […]

While high-performing illumination, industry-leading controls, beautifully designed aesthetics and exceptional value will always mean a lot to LED lighting customers, one offering now beats them all: “Shipping now.” It’s the “new way to delight customers,” analysts say. It’s also a catchphrase that Amerlux can proudly say aloud as escalating freight costs, material expenses, shortages, [...]

Photo by Chuck Choi Perhaps Connecticut’s tourism website says it best: “The Mattatuck Museum is proud to welcome visitors into their beautiful new building.” Melissa Mattes, a senior lighting designer at Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting, located in Boston, could not agree more. “This is an incredibly beautiful museum. Its façade has a very public presence,” […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Hotel Management magazine. See the original post here. Last summer, a headline-making housekeeping hire at the Yotel Boston wasn’t a person but a thing—a tall cleaning robot whose job was to provide a continuous line of defense against lurking, infectious threats using ultraviolet light. The historic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, [...]

Few setbacks can disrupt the flow of a project like lengthy delays and added costs. Both, regrettably, are frequent side-effects of customized lighting solutions. Made-to-measure solutions predictably take longer to manufacture than standard products because each component must be made to an exact specification to accommodate the project adequately. This keeps architects and lighting [...]

During the economic boom following the Civil War, a block-long stretch of cast iron-framed buildings on Louisville’s Main Street—famously known as Whiskey Row—became the hub of Bourbon Country and big business in Kentucky. A block from the Ohio River, the West Main Street Historic District was originally the city’s business thoroughfare and once home to […]

The job of a firefighter is simple: help fight off fires or aid with other types of 911 emergency responses—no matter where the danger may be. “Think about it: We go into some the nastiest areas of the nastiest places we could be in,” says a longtime member of a county fire department in South […]