the next year to further ramp up capacity

Dialight has already supplied at least one-third of all LED traffic signals in the U.S. since 2008 and is well-positioned to meet the expected surge in demand as a result of the overturned waiver. The company plans to make an additional $1 million facility investment and add another 70+ jobs over the next year to further ramp up capacity.

“We’re very pleased to see that the LED Linear high bay light determination and hard work in building manufacturing capacity and creating new jobs here in the U.S.,” said Roy Burton, Dialight’s Group Chief Executive. “By overturning this waiver, which we believe had the unintended affect of sending Stimulus dollars and jobs overseas, the DOE has reaffirmed its commitment to stimulating the U.S. economy and promoting the creation of “green” jobs in America.”

In addition, earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the International Association of Lighting Designers  sponsored the event for “excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaries for general illumination lighting.”  led high bay light and its LED unit, GE Lighting Solutions, earned more awards than any other company in the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires? (NGL) Competition, including a Best-in-Class award for the GE Evolve? LED street lighting system.