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Light+Building 2010 – Make it a Date with Vossloh-Schwabe!

 The world’s leading trade fair for architecture and technology – the Light+Building – will again be opening its doors in Frankfurt from 11 to 16 April 2010. Exhibitors from more than 50 countries are set to showcase their latest products in the fields of lighting, electrical engineering and building automation.

 Vossloh-Schwabe will be presenting a broad variety of top-quality innovations and products for lighting technology at stand No. B60 in hall 4.0. A knowledgeable team of VS experts will be on site to provide advice and information on energy efficiency, integrated system solutions and the best ballasts, ignitors, lampholders or LED systems to suit your needs.

 We look forward to seeing you and discussing how we may assist you in moving new lighting projects forward.

Vossloh-Schwabe – A New Lighting Experience

Participation in International Fairs 2010

 

Fokus Job	Schorndorf (D)	05.03. – 06.03.2010
Light+Building	Frankfurt (D)	11.04. – 16.04.2010
electronica	München (D)	09.11. – 12.11.2010
Interlight	Moskow (RUS)	16.11. – 19.11.2010

Successful Company Presentation at the PLDC Fair in Berlin

 This year’s PLDC fair in Berlin at the end of October gave Vossloh-Schwabe another opportunity to present its uniquely complete and impressive range of top-quality products for the lighting industry. The numerous new contacts made with representatives from the fields of architecture and light planning as well as a fruitful exchange of project ideas made our trade fair presentation a big success. As a competent and innovative partner in the field of energy-efficient lighting, the VS team also provided expert guidance on how to implement projects in line with EU directives.

New CEO of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe

 On 1 October 2009, Mr. Klaus Breisch will take over the function of Chairman of the Board of the holding company of the Vossloh-Schwabe Group.

 Having joined the Vossloh-Schwabe Group in the year 2000, Mr. Breisch was then appointed as the executive director of Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbH in 2001. In addition, Mr. Breisch has also made a successful contribution as a member of the management board of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe GmbH during the past seven years.

 Mr. Breisch will be taking over the responsibilities from Mr. Setsuo Mizusawa, who is moving on to other tasks within the Panasonic Electric Works group.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Professional Lighting Design Convention - PLDC 2009 in Berlin

 After the overwhelming success of the first international Professional Lighting Design Convention 2007 in London, the next global convention for professional architectural lighting design will take place in Berlin from October 29. to 31., 2009.

 Alongside innovations and technologies, Vossloh-Schwabe will present a broad range of components for the lighting industry, to be applied in a modern, safe and energy-efficient lighting.
Individual solutions involving LED applications - from individual components right up to complete lighting systems - take centre stage during our presentation.

 For further details please refer to the following website: 
www.pld-c.com

Participation in International Fairs 2009

Recruting Fair	Duisburg (D)	21.01.2009
Middle East Electricity	Dubai (U.A.E.)	08.02. – 10.02.2009
Fokus Job	Backnang (D)	06.03. – 07.03.2009
Lightfair	New York (USA)	05.05. – 07.05.2009
Guangzhou Light Fair	China (CN)	09.06. – 12.06.2009
PLDC - Professional Lighting Design Convention	Berlin (D)	29.10. – 31.10.2009
Interlight	Moskow (RUS)	10.11. – 13.11.2009

Cost-saving illumination for industry and commerce - Presentation at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce

 Lighting installations in industry may amount up to 20 % of their expenses for electrical power, and even up to 30 % in tertiary sectors. However, by using a combination of modern light bulbs and illumination systems as well as demand-oriented control technologies the electrical power and thus expenses for illumination can be reduced up to 50 %.

 On February 4, 2009, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Düsseldorf, will suggest opportunities for optimized illuminations revealing technical approaches for modernization.
This event will be realized in cooperation with EnergieAgentur.NRW and Berliner Energieagentur.

 Dirk Pophanken, General Manager of VS Optoelectronic, will take up the subject of energy-efficient illumination of Vossloh-Schwabe and thus point up how the company is considerably preserving the environment and at the same time reducing expenses. In the course of the event in Düsseldorf VS Optoelectronic will be officially appointed as a GreenLight Partner.

April 23, 2009: Girls`Day at VS Optoelectronic

 On April 23, 2009, throughout Germany the so-called Girls´ Day will take place for the ninth time. The Girls`Day  will enable girls as from the 5th form to investigate into technical and natural scientific jobs. 

 The Girls´Day provides an insight into technical and natural scientific jobs. Although they offer an important scope to their future, these jobs still appear to be uninviting to girls and only a few of them consider a technical job to be the job they require.

 This year again VS Optoelectronic will reopen its´ door to interested girls for information about technical jobs and the LED future technology.

 For further details please refer to the Girls´-Day-Website www.girls-day.de.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Middle East Electricity from 8. - 10. February 2009 in Dubai

 Now the largest and longest running lighting event in the region, Lighting at Middle East Electricity has built its reputation on the two criteria that are key to any successful trade show - its success in attracting the largest number of visitors of any lighting event staged in the Middle East, and the high quality of the visitors. More than 1,000 local, regional and international exhibitors and over 49,000 industry professionals from 98 countries attend in this fair.

 Visit us from 08.02. - 10.02.2009 in Dubai International Exhibition Centre (As a member of the “GERMAN PAVILLON”) at Hall 1, Booth No. 1F28.

Energy Efficiency Street Lighting

Vossloh-Schwabe Solutions for EuP Directive

 Saving the Planet, Reducing Costs – Sustainable Energy Efficiency with Vossloh-Schwabe

Professional contact fair at the Duisburg university

 Once a year a professional contact fair is taking place at the Duisburg university, faculty for engineering sciences (electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, computing faculty, industrial engineering). To students and graduates this fair offers a possibility to meet prospective employers and receive a variety of information on expectations and requirements from company workaday life.

 On January 21, 2009, Vossloh-Schwabe will use this opportunity to introduce themselves to students. The professional contact fair 2009 is taking place on campus of the Duisburg university. For further information please refer to: www.uni-duisburg-essen.de

New Edition of Bestseller: VSO General Catalogue, 2009/2010 Edition

 The new and clearly structured 296-page VSO catalogue not only contains VS Optoelectronic’s entire product range, but also provides useful technical information concerning LED technology.

 The large number of new products and designs in this edition reflects the high degree of innovation within the field of LED technology. We hope that our new catalogue will again prove to be helpful in your daily work with LEDs.

 Should you have any further questions or suggestions for improvement, please do not hesitate to contact the team at VS Optoelectronic. You will find the online-version under the button products on this homepage.

VS Optoelectronic - Partner of the European GreenLight-Programme

 The GreenLight-Programme is used to improve the power efficiency of the illumination of private and public organizations and companies. The participants commit themselves to modernize illumination whereever energy savings justify the investment and integrate efficient, easily available illumination systems into new buildings.

 The target of this programme is to reduce energy consumption of outdoor lighting and internal illumination of commercial and public companies within Europe. This is an essential contribution to achieve the aim of the European community for lowering the CO2-emissions.

 For detailled information on the GreenLight-Programme please refer to www.eu-greenlight.org

European Directive 2002/95/EG - RoHS

 With regard to the EU-directive mentioned above, all manufacturing processes at VS have already been adapted and for some time now we have manufactured only products which exclude the following hazardous materials:

• Lead
• Mercury
• Cadmium
• Chrome VI
• PBB
• PBDE