Customer Profile: The City of Saint Paul was known as the Pig’s Eye Settlement until in 1841, when the first Catholic priest in the area, Fr. Lucien Galtier, dedicated his log chapel on the bluff to Saint Paul, requesting that the settlement adopt the name as well. The Cathedral of Saint Paul is now a … Read more
Part of Green Creative’s new PL Edge series includes LED PLL lamps designed to replace high watt CFL PLL lamps with a 2G11 base. Green Creative’s 14.5W LED PLL replaces 36W CFL lamps and the 17W LED PLL retrofits the 40W CFL PLL. Direct plug and play, utilizing the existing instant start or programmed start ballast … Read more
Lunera Susan LED lamps are a quick plug-and-play method to retrofit any metal halide lamp to LED. No rewiring or fixture modification is required thanks to Lunera’s BallastLED technology. Save 60%-80% on energy with this long-lasting 50,000 hour lamp. Available in E26 medium base (for the 50W/70W/100W/150W/175W metal halide replacement) and in E39 mogul base … Read more
Customer Profile: Smiths Medical is a leading global manufacturer of specialty medical devices, and has been in business for over 65 years, operating in 30 countries with sales to 120 countries. They employ nearly 8,000 people in six continents. Goal: Smiths Medical’s growth led the company to seek larger space for their Minnesota-based world head-quarters. … Read more
The standards by which lighting manufacturers have been designing their luminaires has changed once more. DLC, otherwise known as the DesignLights Consortium, has created the the DLC Premium Rating, an even higher classification than the standard DLC we have come to know over the last several years. This new classification is sure to attract the … Read more
If you read our post on LED Combo Drive technology from a few months back, you know that there are LED T8 Tubes and LED PL lamps that are able to work on the existing ballast as well as without the ballast. So you can install these lamps into fixtures without changing the ballast, and … Read more
Customer Profile: Since 1926, Graco Inc. has been a leading provider of premium pumps and spray equipment for fluid handling in the construction, manufacturing, processing, and maintenance industries. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Graco works closely with distributors around the world to offer innovative products that set the quality standard for spray finishing, paint circulation, lubrication, … Read more
Total lumens has been a long-used term in lighting to describe the total light output of a given light source. Now it is common to see delivered lumens in it’s place, particularly with LED products. Understanding the difference between these two terms will help explain one of the reasons for the ascension of LED technology … Read more
Customer Profile: Holiday Stationstores is a recognized leader in the convenience store industry with over 500 stores throughout ten states in the northern region of the United States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Alaska and the Dakotas. Holiday provides customers with a shopping experience that is unique to the convenience store industry – … Read more
Customer Profile: AAA Auto Parts is an automotive recycler in the Twin Cities area that has access to any auto part. Their goal for the last 30 years has been to make finding the right, quality recycled part as easy as possible for their customers. Goal: Having high-level rack warehouses that store over 45,000 square feet … Read more