Lumenique – Inside Solid-State Lighting

My absence for a few months here is the result of time taken to organize, expand operations at Lumenique, complete customer projects, and to put the final pieces together for an all new company – Tasca.  Over the last few years, I have sought to find a small place for myself as a product manufacturer within lighting, specifically in producing SSL products that deliver new value. After considerable effort and more than a years exploration, I have finally found what I was looking for. Here are the specific qualifiers I used:

• Product must put LED light sources into service to deliver a value that is superior to other light sources – beyond simple energy savings
• Product must capitalize on low heat, instant on, good optical control, lack of flicker, endurance to shock and vibration
• Product application must be demanding and serve a need where lighting is important to the end use customer
• Product line must deliver value at a reasonable price
• Product line must include capabilities and new lighting effects that cannot be matched with conventional sources
• Product line to be made to order, with significant domestic content
• Product line is to be configurable to suit end use customer needs
• Company focus must be outside the commodity mainstream and large corporate entity immediate interest at the time of initial launch
• Company must be scalable, with controlled investment requirements, utilizing available technologies without over-investment in R&D for all new technology
• Company must be profitable