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News Release
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Cooper Lighting's Halo Brand Named the Leader by Builders for the Fourteenth Consecutive YearBuilder magazine subscribers name Halo the leader in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Used Most.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA, March 20, 2011 - Cooper Lighting, an
industry leader committed to delivering innovative products
and driving transformational technology in the lighting
industry, announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track
and surface lighting products has once again been named the
Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the
fourteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors in the
lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past
Two Years and Brand Used Most. The company will be featured
in Builder's April issue.
"We are once again proud and honored that the builder
community has chosen Halo as their number one choice for
lighting products," says Mark Eubanks, President, Cooper
Lighting. "We are constantly working to understand our
customers' business goals and to develop innovative products
that meet and satisfy their needs. Cooper Lighting has and
will continue to adopt and adapt to the latest advancements
in lighting technology to provide the most innovative,
high-quality, high-performing lighting products
available."
Cooper Lighting, which developed the first ENERGY
STAR®-qualified LED recessed downlight, offers a
comprehensive selection of LED products to meet the
challenging needs of builders in today's marketplace. The
company opened a world-class 60,000 square-foot LED
Innovation Center in 2009 to design, test and manufacture
reliable LED products. As legislation requires lighting
products to advance beyond the incandescent options used
today, Cooper aims to help builders adhere to the changing
energy landscape with industry-leading technology, variety
and service.
The 2012 Brand Use Study, sponsored by Hanley Wood, LLC,
publisher of Builder, and conducted by the independent
research company Readex Research, provides an in-depth look
at the product brands
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builders recognize and use most and how they rate quality.
The report highlights respondents' opinions about brands in
80 product categories. The 2012 Brand Use Study can be viewed
on the Builder website at www.builderonline.comin April.
Cooper Lighting has made a significant investment in people,
resources and technology to ensure the company provides
first-class solutions to its customers' lighting challenges.
The company offers a range of indoor and outdoor LED lighting
products and controls, all of which are specifically designed
to maximize energy and cost savings. For additional
information on Cooper's LED product offering, click
here.
Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of innovative, high quality interior and exterior lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.
About Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical
products manufacturer with 2011 revenues of
$5.4 billion. Founded in 1833 Cooper's sustained success
is attributable to a constant focus on innovation and
evolving business practices, while maintaining the highest
ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has
seven operating divisions with leading market positions
and world-class products and brands, including Bussmann
electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG
explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux
lighting fixtures; and Kyle and
McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range
of products, Cooper is uniquely
positioned for
several long-term growth trends including the global
infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability
and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher
energy-efficient products and the need for improved
electrical safety. In 2011 sixty-two percent of total sales
were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets
and forty percent of total sales were to customers outside
the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23
countries as of 2011. For more information, visit the website
at www.cooperindustries.com.
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