CREE Breaks 200 Lumen per Watt Barrier
Published : 10 March 2010 at 11:19
As an industry leader in the manufacture lighting class white power LEDs Cree have announced a reported laboratory efficacy record of 208 lumens per Watt; surpassing a significant milestone in the solid state lighting industry and demonstrating Cree's relentless drive to improve the performance of its LEDs.
The results were measured under standard LED test conditions at a drive current of 350mA at room temperature.
Forge Europa 'switches on' its expansion plans
Published : 12 February 2010 at 10:15
LED lighting company, Forge Europa has a bright future ahead after announcing investment plans to build a new research and development facility and boost staff numbers. Forge Europa has unveiled its scheme, after being granted planning permission to build a brand new purpose-built additional four storey facility for research and development and additional offices on its current site at The Old Railway, Ulverston.
CEO, Peter Barton said,
"At Forge Europa, our team has created great LED products and a sound business model to lay the foundations for further long-term growth and stay one step ahead of the competition."
Forge Europa develops, designs, manufactures and supplies innovative LED lamps, displays and solid state lighting assemblies. It was founded in 1993 and today supplies its products to 34 countries around the world. Peter Barton, who was a finalist in the recent CN Group Businessman of the Year Award added, "fortunately for us, a huge variety of industries are coming to us because of increasing energy costs and government pressure on businesses to become more environmentally-friendly, which means our low energy, longer lasting and mercury-free LED Lighting Solutions are in big demand."
For further information please contact Andrew Tomlinson, mailto:andrew@forge-europa.co.uk
A Call for Government to Support Solid State Lighting in the UK
Published : 11 January 2010 at 10:30
Peter Barton, Managing Director of Forge Europa was the guest speaker on both Radio Cumbria and at the Solid State Lighting Event: Energy Efficient Lighting Solutions in Lancaster in November 2009. The event was organised by the NWDA and Envirolink North-West. Peter took the opportunity not only to promote the potential low energy benefits of LED lighting but also to request British Government support into solid state lighting development.
Peter explained how at Forge Europa, "our USP is our capability to meld together all the various engineering disciplines mechanical, electrical, electronic, thermal, optical, production etc. in our range of LED lighting solutions." He cited how many other major economies are putting the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds into the development of SSL for their home and export markets and believes that unless the UK does the same, companies like Forge Europa, which currently has a competitive and technological edge, could lose out to the sheer scale and financial force of the competition. "The British are excellent at innovation, as evidenced by the number of Nobel Prize winners we have from the UK, as well as ground breaking inventions that have changed the world," Peter said. He believes Britain has a great opportunity to establish itself as a global leader in solid state lighting technology to turn its innovative ideas into success and growth for UK businesses.
Forge Europa Sponsor Local Cricket Team
Published : 09 November 2009 at 11:18
Local cricket club Lindal Moor has a wonderful 125 year cricketing history and a fantastic record of welcoming and developing young players to the club. Forge Europa is proud of its ongoing support of the club and pleased to have sponsored the kits the U15 players are pictured wearing.
Forge Europa is proud of the success of its apprentices
Published : 07 October 2009 at 11:38
Congratulations to Zena Walker who was recently awarded an NVQ Level 2 in Accounting and to Tom Marshall who gained his NVQ Level 2 in Performing Engineering Operations. For many years Forge Europa has successfully run a business administration apprenticeship in-house supported by Furness College, but 3 years ago this was extended to include accounting technician training. In the last year Forge Europa has also appointed its first engineering apprentice. Both Zena and Tom are continuing their training with Zena on target to achieve her AAT Accounting qualification in the coming months and Tom embarking on an NVQ Level 3 Electrical Engineering course.
Daylight Visible Dot Matrix Displays
Published : 25 August 2009 at 13:19
FND-3881Y0460STBC is a new dot matrix display from Forge Europa designed to achieve the same output characteristics, in terms of intensity, aesthetic appearance and viewing angle, to that of a surface mounted LED device.
Packaged within a 32mm black surfaced reflector and encapsulated within water clear epoxy, each of the 64 dice is mounted centrally within the dot aperture and bonded onto a white display substrate to aid contrast in high-glare outdoor environments.
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Forge Europa Limited off to the Palace
Published : 28 July 2009 at 10:55
Forge Europa Directors, Peter and Julie Barton visited Buckingham Palace on Monday 13th July 2009 after the firm was awarded the equivalent of a company knighthood in this year's Queen's Awards for Enterprise. They attended a special evening reception for 2009 Queen's Award winners, hosted by Her Majesty The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of York, other members of the Royal Family and Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills.
Forge Europa won its Queen's Award in the Innovation category in April this year. It was commended for achieving its custom design and manufacturing capabilities in providing LED lighting solutions for a large variety of applications. James Cropper, Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria presented the company with a certificate signed by both The Queen and the Prime Minister together with an engraved rose bowl to commemorate the company's Queen's Award success.
Benefits to customers of the company's innovations range from better optical and energy efficiency to greater reliability, longer product life and therefore lower maintenance costs. Customers from a huge array of market sectors are supplied with products value engineered specifically for their purpose.
EUROLED 2009
Published : 12 June 2009 at 15:58
Once again Forge Europa has received an unprecedented level of interest at this year's EuroLED 09 exhibition. Hosted again by Aston Science Park at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, last year's successful show has been undoubtedly surpassed. Ian Dixon and Grant Huck from Forge Europa would like to thank all customers and new contacts for visiting the newly designed exhibition stand and look forward to following up on your interest very soon. David Scott-Maxwell, Forge Europa R&D Manager, would also like to thank those visitors who attended the conference presentation "Design Considerations for Effective LED Integration". The presentation was well attended and extremely informative.
Forge Europa wins the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Outstanding Innovation Category
Published : 27 April 2009 at 09:51
Forge Europa has been judged a worthy winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Outstanding Innovation Category. The Award recognises the research, development, custom design and manufacture that has been undertaken by the business in the field of LED lighting, displays and LED assemblies since it was established in 1993.
The Queen's Award is generally recognised as the most prestigious business award in the UK. According to the Queen's Office this puts the company in an "elite group of companies ... the most successful of UK businesses."
Peter Barton, Managing Director feels especially proud to win the Queen's Award for Outstanding Innovation. "The exceptional growth of the company is based upon the success of our innovative custom LED displays, assemblies and lighting solutions and the strength of the whole team in offering excellent customer service. It is a wonderful endorsement for the company."
The company were informed by letter that "Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the Prime Minister's recommendation that a Queen Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category should this year be conferred upon your business unit on Tuesday 21st April (Her Majesty's birthday)."
Forge Europa, based in Ulverston Cumbria, has been designing and manufacturing LED products since 1993. Having identified the emerging market for solid state lighting products, in 2004 the company invested in capability, including technical staff and laboratories to supply custom design and manufacturing capability in LED lighting, displays and LED assemblies.
This has the inherent benefits of low energy consumption, long life, lower maintenance costs, compactness and high controllability.
Peter Barton is delighted that Forge Europa was recognised through the award entry process for "our cutting edge technology, combined with unrivalled knowledge and a genuine desire to provide excellent customer care. We have demonstrated our proven track record for quality and reliability. The Queens Award is a tremendous boost to our business and highlights the significant success we have achieved and our contribution to the market."
"It would not have been possible to submit such an impressive entry for this award without the long term efforts and contribution to the business of our design team led by David Scott-Maxwell, which has brought a number of innovative products to the market, and our dedicated sales team, led by Ian Dixon, together with the support of our fantastic employees across all areas of the business."
Forge Europa continues to support the work of St Marys Hospice
Published : 08 January 2009 at 10:30
St Marys Hospice in Ulverston provides specialist medical nursing and care to people from South Lakeland and Furness suffering from serious progressive illnesses and is funded mainly by the generosity of the community for the community. Forge Europa has supported the Hospice for many years and has once again been awarded the Gold Membership Award by the hospice for its ongoing generous donations and fundraising initiatives.
