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00:00Good morning, it's Monday, August 11th, and that means two things.
00:19Next month, September 2025, is the last month AOL, America Online, will offer dial-up internet service.
00:34I found that out yesterday, and you needed to know that.
00:38You need to know that dial-up still exists for some people.
00:43It's also time for the Lighting Industry News Brief, brought to you by Keystone Technologies and their Exit Signs and Emergency Units.
00:53These come in combo packs if you need them.
00:56They all come with Keystone's guaranteed power supplies, but they all have a bunch of different options.
01:02You've got different lumen outputs, you've got round styles, you've got square styles, you've got green letters, you've got red letters, you've got round, you've got black, you've got white.
01:10Whatever you need, even edge-lit, even edge-lit, whatever you need, Keystone can make that happen.
01:16That is keystonetech.com.
01:18The link is in the description.
01:21Let's get into the news, because the A, International Architectural Lighting Design Awards, are calling for nominations.
01:29That deadline is September 30th.
01:32Announcements of the winners will be on May 1st of next year.
01:36Keystone Engineering has bought Smithstown Light Engineering.
01:40This is an Irish firm buying a Pennsylvania-based lighting group.
01:46Sonpar and Keystone have earned top prizes from the National Association of Electrical Distributors,
01:53with overall distributor and overall supplier awards from the 2025 TED Magazine Best of the Best Marketing Awards going to them.
02:03Q2 at Eaton shows sales are up 11%.
02:06Q3 at Atcor shows sales up 2%.
02:09Q2 at Graybar shows sales up 12%.
02:12First Half at Merson shows sales down 1%.
02:15Q1 at Orion shows that losses are going on, but they're not as bad as before.
02:23Q3 at Siemens shows that revenues are up 64%.
02:28Q1 at Transwale Lighting shows that their EBITDA is up 66%.
02:36And Fagerhalt has completed their buyout of Capilon.
02:40That's a full, formalized deal going ahead.
02:43I also need to take a moment to correct myself.
02:46Last week I said that the Sanan Inari buyout didn't include any details, but actually, because of public data, the buyout was worth $239 million.
02:59We have a new update this week on Signify share buybacks with 431,000 shares back with the board at roughly €21 per share.
03:12On the tariff tracker, we have a complete list of the current tariffs.
03:18If you need a catch-up, I need a catch-up.
03:21Even if you don't, I need one.
03:23You can get that link at nailed.org.
03:26We also are finding that demand for solar off-grid lighting is up due to both the price of copper in terms of tariffs and also the value of copper to thieves.
03:40There we go.
03:42Gross Electric has bought Indiana Lighting.
03:44This is two shops in Greenwood, Indiana being bought by a Toledo company.
03:50EcoVatis has offered platinum status to Siemens.
03:54This is for sustainability.
03:57City Electric has hit a number of milestones, including 36 new branches last year, 227 internal promotions, and more.
04:06Canada post workers have rejected their final offer.
04:11Negotiators are still hoping for a solution, but we could just see postal work be suspended in the near future.
04:18Semiconductor sales are up in June.
04:21Sales are up 19% across the entire industry.
04:26ABB has consolidated its Quebec facilities into a new 300,000, 340,000 square foot hub in Montreal.
04:36Interrupt agency updates.
04:37Lux Luminaire has partnered with Moxie in New York and New Jersey.
04:41In legal news, we have an update on Melasgar v. HLI with a subpoena dispute moving to South Carolina.
04:50We have an update in Signify v. Lepro with a judge summarily ruling on five out of the seven patents in question in that case.
05:01And AMS Osram has sued Spider Farmer.
05:06This is a complaint for horticultural LEDs.
05:10In IoT news, IMF Prover has opened a new factory in Chesty County, Pennsylvania.
05:18Tally has bought Rexel.
05:20Logic has bought Control Solutions.
05:22That's their first office in British Columbia.
05:26Legrand has bought a majority stake in Kojolek.
05:29Flux has promised a TUV-certified smart lighting for vision protection.
05:35These are new pendant lights for screen workers, i.e. smart pendants that go above your monitor to help out with that.
05:45Scenario has strengthened its partnership with Tree Tops Hospice.
05:50Philips Hue will now recommend lighting for you.
05:52And Cedia has announced their smart home finalists with awards in three categories, going to their shortlists.
06:01In R&D news, retrofits are beating new builds in carbon limitations.
06:06This is a new report from JLL.
06:09Peacock feathers can emit laser beams.
06:12This is a new study from the University of Ljubljana that shows that the reflective structures in tail feathers can be used to amplify light beams.
06:23KTH's Royal Institute of Technology has determined that safety is a feeling.
06:30This study highlights the role of user experience of security relative to lighting and other factors.
06:37And also, pedestrian safety is not just about vertical illuminance, but also horizontal illuminance.
06:44This is based on a new Polish study of roadways.
06:48On the dark side of things, sleep rehab has been linked with cardiac rehab.
06:53We have a federal judge pausing expansions to a Florida-area ice facility for two weeks pending an environmental review.
07:02Teens are more anxious and more depressed as they get pushed off their natural chronotype.
07:09Circadian rhythms are, in fact, established in infancy.
07:13Tiger mosquitoes are becoming more active because of light pollution.
07:17Allen is changing the courtship rituals of Medaka, a type of fish.
07:24Low-orbit objects remain bad for radio telescopes.
07:27Casper, Wyoming is debating new lighting on a pedestrian bridge.
07:35Northfolk, Virginia is wishing over two LED lights.
07:38Above and beyond complaints from locals,
07:41Tate and Wyoming has been confirmed as a dark sky community.
07:45Hatching season has begun for sea turtles on Anna Maria Island in Florida.
07:51And astrotourism is gaining more money in rural Canada.
07:55Horticulturally speaking, we can talk about how FOS has partnered with Inexo.
07:59Scott's Miracle-Gro has a stakeholder that insists that President Trump will reschedule cannabis any day now.
08:08Sure, buddy. Sure.
08:10And lettuce needs more UVA light than we thought.
08:14In Recommend Reading, these links and more are on Nailed.org.
08:19We can talk about the new vision for the ALA.
08:21We have what goes into replacing 2010's LEDs.
08:26We have a new critical analysis of biophilia.
08:30We have Edison's trade show sales strategy.
08:32I mean, Thomas Edison's trade show sales strategy.
08:36It was a bit of a show-off, among other things.
08:40Smart tech can save HVAC from climbing temperatures.
08:44We have how to shop for stained glass chandeliers, a thing I'm sure we all do.
08:49We have what happens, really, really, if everyone turned on everything at once.
08:56We have wireless controls for commercial upgrades.
08:59We have sleep as a status symbol.
09:02We have the question of whether or not these USB lights really do repel mosquitoes.
09:07We have a call for more attention and impacts in crime prevention.
09:12We have cloud killing Senglad.
09:15We have a profile of Diane Tershek.
09:18We have a recap of nine acquisitions from Ferguson.
09:21And we have case studies from a bowling alley, a convention center in Pennsylvania, and the
09:26Georgia State Capitol.
09:28More locally, we can talk about new incentives going ahead in central Pennsylvania.
09:33We have seven individuals arrested in copper thefts in Louisville, Kentucky.
09:37We have unresolved copper thefts going in and around Los Angeles Airport.
09:44We have Light for LA initiative beginning, offering more lighting for underserved areas in Los Angeles, California.
09:52And we have Michigan passing a new infrastructure budget.
09:57Caldwell, Ohio is planning a new urban renewal area.
10:03Phoenix, Arizona is planning $40 million in revitalizations.
10:06Kenner City, Louisiana residents want more LEDs on streets.
10:11Indian Prairie, Illinois schools are planning efficiency projects.
10:15Cincinnati, Ohio is spending $2 million on public safety, including lighting.
10:19Fort Wayne, Indiana is planning on lighting to fix youth crimes, they hope.
10:24San Francisco, California residents are suing the city to add lighting to some neighborhoods
10:30in the hopes that will stop sex work.
10:32The University of New Mexico is planning on new lighting to stop mass shooters.
10:39In Montreal, Quebec, residents just don't like the new light poles.
10:43New Mexico Tourism Department is spending on grants on Route 66.
10:48Kamehameha in Hawaii is adding lighting to its tennis courts.
10:52Quincy, Illinois is adding lighting to its high school baseball and softball fields.
10:57McLaren, Texas is adding pathway lighting to parks.
11:01Internationally, Dialight has opened a new manufacturing facility in Malaysia.
11:06And a footbridge in New Auckland is going to change its lighting based on the wind.
11:13In People News, we have a new board at Scott's Miracle-Gro.
11:16We have a new board at Merson.
11:18We have Chuck Swadoba joining Benchmark Electronics.
11:22Bill Waltz will retire.
11:25Sorry.
11:27Rob Doherty is now the Director of Business Development at Luchetta.
11:32Elizabeth Ubel is joining the board at DSG.
11:36Wade Buick has been named the Senior VP at OmniCable.
11:40Patricia Pierroga is now a VP of Sales at TechScan.
11:45Andy Stevenson is leaving AMG Bay Tech.
11:48And things that are weird, we have yet another cruise ship having to go dark to avoid pirates.
11:55A Zozo Orba show in Fort Marcy Park will feature LED wristbands that sync to the show.
12:01You can build a meta clock clock.
12:03You can make a 1024 pixel wide LED panel.
12:06Or you can go play Blacklight Pickleball in Kansas City.
12:11Hey, I've been Scott Wachter.
12:13I want to thank you for your time, your attention.
12:15Otherwise, enjoy your week and enjoy the music.
12:17See ya.
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