During the month of July, LEDVANCE celebrated its 5th anniversary. Emerging from the general lighting business of Osram, the company is now owned by Chinese lighting company MLS Co., LTD. With offices in more than 50 countries and business activities in more than 140 countries, LEDVANCE possesses an outstanding global market access built on trusted, long-standing customer relationships and a powerful distribution network.
After the lockdown restrictions were eased, the South African branch of LEDVANCE had a staff lunch with the company’s CFO and MD as speakers sharing the organisation’s accomplishments over the past five years and looking to advancing light in the future.
Elsewhere in the issue we look at Earthing, Lightning and Protection, DBs, Switches and Sockets, and Lighting.
An all-in-one catalogue for electrical panels
Three-D Agencies has recently introduced a catalogue dedicated to panel builders in the industry. “For a while we have been looking at a marketing tool which will be easy to get into the market,” explains Three-D’s Mark Jenkins. “This catalogue now gives customers a very good overview of all of our products, and it dovetails nicely with the range of Conta-Clip products which we now supply.”
New Voltex app provides enhanced customer shopping
On Wednesday, 1 September, Voltex officially launched its new app. Allowing anybody who owns a mobile device to shop online, the new app offers an enhanced shopping experience for Voltex customers. “
Working Knowledge with Terry Mackenzie Hoy
Stewart Gregory, Vice President, Power Products, Schneider Electric UK and Ireland, wrote the following: “An unprecedented number of installers and engineers will soon be retiring from the electrical industry. This provides the opportunity to upskill the sector ‘en-masse’. Therefore, those in the profession, and those entering it, need the training to prepare them for the rapidly digitising workplace. End-users are digitising, and electrical engineers need to digitise along with them, otherwise companies may find themselves unable to fulfil the needs of their customers.”
Keeping telecommunications online with surge protection
Webb Industries, a division of Jasco Trading, is a leading supplier of imported and locally manufactured RF ancillary products in the telecommunications and data networking industries. Webb offers turnkey telecommunications solutions for data network infrastructure, supporting both copper and fibre networks, in-building coverage enhancement consisting of distributed antenna solutions, site specific installation kit services as well as a range of mast and tower offerings
Buyers Guide
The September 2021 Buyers’ Guide lists manufacturers and distributors of products and services in the DBs, Switches, Sockets and Protection sector. Download the latest Buyers' Guide here.
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