Maxlite

Maxlite is a company based in West Caldwell, New Jersey in the United States, which designs, manufactures and sells lighting products. The company sells consumer, commercial, and industrial lighting products including Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), and holds a number of patents in fluorescent technology.^[1] Maxlite's competitors include Cree Inc., OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company and General Electric.

MaxLite was named as a 2009 U.S. Energy Star Partner of the Year for developing a low-mercury CFL.^[2] While Maxlite's CFL bulbs are designed to minimize mercury levels, some of the company's competitors have developed bulbs with lower mercury levels.^[3]

The company partners with Toshiba for research and development of its products.^[4] Through collaboration the two companies have developed LEDs with 2700k color temperature, in order to more closely mimic the color of incandescent light bulbs.^[4]

References

1. ^ "New LED Products for the marketplace". Maxlite. August 2010. http://www.maxlitenewsroom.com/?p=1011. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 
2. ^ "MaxLite - Energy Star Partner of the Year". Energy Star. 2009. http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=pt_awards.showAwardDetails&esa_id=261. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 
3. ^ "Lighten Up in '09: Shopper's Guide to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: Green Lighting Guide". Environmental Working Group. 2009. http://www.ewg.org/node/27221. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "MaxLite introduces 2700K LED light bulbs". LEDs magazine. 2005-04-29. http://www.ledsmagazine.com/news/2/4/37. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 

External links

• Maxlite