Category: industry updates

FARMINGDALE, N.J., January 28, 2026 – Dialight (LSE: DIA), the global leader in hazardous and industrial LED lighting innovation, has confirmed its attendance at GEAPS Exchange 2026, taking place February 21–24, 2026, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

GEAPS Exchange is the premier annual event for the grain handling and processing industry, bringing together industry professionals, operators, engineers, and solution providers from across the globe. Dialight will be exhibiting at Booth #818, where attendees can connect with the company’s experienced team and explore industrial LED lighting solutions engineered for safety, reliability, and long-term performance within demanding grain and bulk material environments.

The Dialight team will be represented by Cory Cook, Director of Sales, alongside Jeff Hakenewerth and Nate Miller, Regional Sales Managers. The team will be on hand throughout the event to answer questions, discuss application challenges, and help visitors identify the best lighting solutions tailored to their operational needs.

Visitors to the Dialight booth will have the opportunity to see a wide range of rugged LED lighting solutions designed to perform in harsh, dusty, and hazardous grain handling environments. Product samples on display will include NSF-certified DuroSite® LED Linear, Vigilant® Linear, Vigilant® Area Light, SafeSite® High Bay, ProSite Floodlight, and the Dialight x Swivelpole™ Integrated Solution.

With more than 50 years of lighting innovation, Dialight continues to deliver industry-leading solutions that reduce maintenance requirements, improve visibility, and enhance safety in facilities where uptime is critical. Dialight’s LED luminaires are purpose-built to withstand the harsh conditions that are common throughout grain elevators, processing plants, and bulk handling operations.

GEAPS Exchange provides an important platform for industry collaboration, education, and innovation, offering attendees access to technical sessions, new technologies, and best practices shaping the future of grain handling and processing.

“Events like GEAPS Exchange are extremely valuable to us,” said Steve Blair, CEO of Dialight. “They allow us to engage directly with industry professionals, understand the real-world challenges they face, and demonstrate how Dialight’s lighting solutions can improve safety, efficiency, and reliability in demanding grain handling environments. These conversations help us continue to innovate and deliver solutions that truly meet our customers’ needs.”

Whether upgrading existing facilities or designing new grain handling infrastructure, attendees are invited to visit Booth #818 to discover how Dialight’s industrial-grade LED lighting solutions can lower the total cost of ownership, reduce energy consumption, and support safer operations across the grain industry.

Ansell Lighting, a market leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality
lighting, has announced two new additions to its comprehensive contractor service
proposition.

The company is introducing new streamlined deliveries with improved pallet labelling
and an OnSite Survey, further solidifying its commitment to supporting electrical
contractors throughout every phase of a lighting project.

These new services are designed to work in tandem with Ansell's existing offerings
and have been designed to address common project pain points for contractors,
such as on-site issues, delivery logistics, and post-installation support.

The first of the new improvements is Ansell Lighting's new contractor-friendly pallet
deliveries to simplify on-site logistics. Pallets will now arrive with clear labelling,
indicating both the contents and the specific room destination for products within a
project.

Also being added to the contractor service package is an OnSite Survey service,
where Ansell Lighting's own trained electricians will be made available to visit project
sites to provide direct support and advice for installations. These experts will work
closely with on-site teams to address any challenges, offer guidance, and ensure the
optimal implementation of Ansell Lighting products.

Ansell’s electricians will also liaise directly with its renowned in-house Lighting
Design service. The Ansell Lighting Design team boasts extensive experience in
developing comprehensive lighting schemes for a wide range of projects, including
schools, colleges, hotels, hospitality premises, large commercial buildings, and
more.

These new contractor service additions are part of a wider service proposition from
Ansell Lighting, which includes:
 Expert lighting design: Access to LIA-certified designers who use tools like
Dialux and Relux to ensure precision from concept to delivery.
 Quality tested products: Every product undergoes a rigorous testing
process in Ansell's own LIA-certified facility to ensure safety and performance.
 Comprehensive stockholding: A multi-million-pound stockholding in
Warrington and Belfast ensures over 500,000 products are readily available,
with an average of 99% stock availability.
 Out-of-Hours support: Ansell provides comprehensive out-of-hours
customer support with next-day delivery or collection available in as little as
30 minutes from its Warrington or Belfast sites.

 Training and development: Free CPD training is offered to contractors,
approved by RIBA and Engineers Ireland.

Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Ansell Lighting, said: "We are thrilled to launch these new services, which represent a significant step forward in the support
package we provide to our customers. Our enhanced pallet labelling and new on-site
survey underscore our dedication to providing a complete end-to-end service. We
understand the challenges contractors face with project timelines and logistics, and
we believe these new initiatives, combined with our expertise, will help streamline
projects and deliver excellent results.”

Tridonic UK has played a key role in the successful renovation of the prestigious Distillers Building in Smithfield, Dublin, delivering an advanced lighting control solution in partnership with ACEC Distributors. The project demonstrates how intelligent, future-proof lighting technology can support flexibility, sustainability and long-term compliance in modern commercial environments.

The Distillers Building has undergone a major transformation, sensitively redeveloping its original limestone structure into a contemporary seven-storey office building that enhances the historic character of the Smithfield area. Designed to accommodate multiple government departments, the project required a highly adaptable lighting control system capable of delivering granular control, robust data and long-term operational efficiency.

Working closely with ACEC, Tridonic supplied a comprehensive wired DALI-2 lighting control solution across the building’s numerous floors. Spaces were logically zoned to allow for future reconfiguration, ensuring the system can evolve alongside changing occupancy and usage requirements.

The installation features Tridonic sceneCOM EVO DA2 application controllers, MSensor G3 PIR sensors in surface-mounted and recessed variants, DALI-2 XCG3 pushbutton couplers, DALI-2 scene plates and high-efficiency DALI-2 LED drivers. The system is managed via Tridonic’s lightMONITOR head-end software, providing a clear graphical overview of lighting assets, automated emergency testing and detailed compliance reporting.

Sustainability was a central focus of the project. Tridonic’s generation 4 drivers and boards are C2C approved to help reduce embodied carbon, with average driver efficiencies exceeding 92%. Intelligent presence detection and daylight-responsive dimming ensure lighting is used only when required, significantly reducing energy consumption while maintaining high visual comfort throughout the building.

Paul O’Connor, Managing Director at ACEC, commented “Tridonic’s control solutions have enabled us to deliver a highly flexible and future-ready lighting system that supports the client’s sustainability ambitions. The availability of detailed energy and usage data also allows us to carry out post-occupancy evaluation and identify further opportunities for energy savings.”

James Huntington, OEM Controls & Solutions Manager at Tridonic, added “This project highlights the importance of intelligent lighting control in achieving both sustainability and long-term performance. We are proud to support ACEC with a solution that not only enhances the quality of the working environment but also provides the data, efficiency and compliance required for a modern commercial building.”

The Distillers Building now stands as a strong example of how intelligent lighting technology can successfully support heritage-led redevelopment while meeting the demands of contemporary, sustainable office spaces.

Project Credits

Client: The Distillers, Dublin
Lighting Controls and Technology: Tridonic UK
Lighting Controls Supply Partner: ACEC Distributors

Project Electrical Contractor: CJK Engineering

Set in the heart of Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, Saint Pauls Market is a vibrant new food hall that brings together independent traders, social dining and a relaxed, all-day atmosphere under one roof. Light Forms was appointed to deliver a lighting scheme that feels as eclectic and characterful as the locality and venue itself, balancing visual comfort with the drama and energy guests expect from a contemporary market hall.

Working closely with the Interior Designers Studio R2A and Contractors Dawnvale, Light Forms developed a layered solution that responds to the architecture and the operational needs of a busy, 500-seat, walk‑in-only street food destination. The aim was to create a warm, welcoming backdrop for traders and guests while providing the flexibility to support different service periods, from lunchtime grazing through late into evening.

Lightplane 2.5 profiles form the backbone of the scheme, running through the main market space to provide a coherent illumination that ties the hall together. These profiles incorporate high-output linear LED uplighting to emphasise the volume of the space, while continuous track on the underside carries more than 100 Nova62 fixtures, allowing the lighting to be finely tuned to changing layouts and tenant line-ups over time. The result is a robust, future-proof solution that can adapt as the market evolves.

Around the food hall, Pyxis 110 and Carina 86 downlights deliver comfortable general illumination, ensuring circulation routes and seating areas are evenly lit without detracting from the character of the architecture or the traders’ own visual identities. TinCan 157 surface downlights and matching wall lights add another layer of detail, picking out key architectural features and providing accents that help to zone the generous open floorplate into more intimate pockets for visitors.

One of the most striking elements of the scheme is the use of Lightrod 80, which creates a distinctive linear feature along the front of the food outlets and at the main entrance. This continuous gesture gives the traders’ façades a shared rhythm and presence, guiding guests intuitively through the space and reinforcing the sense of arrival from street to the halls delicious treats. Paired with the background layers of downlighting and profile lighting, it helps to deliver a cohesive visual language across the entire venue.

Throughout the design and delivery process, the focus remained on user experience: ensuring guests can easily navigate the hall, traders can present their offers at their best, and the operator can rely on a durable, efficient lighting system that works hard behind the scenes. From ambient dining light levels to brighter, functional scenes for cleaning and turnover, the system has been carefully calibrated to support every operational mode.

Commenting on the project, Paul Shoosmith at Light Forms said: “Saint Pauls Market has been a fantastic opportunity to bring together performance and atmosphere in a single, cohesive scheme with some longstanding collaborators. Our goal was to create a flexible lighting solution that celebrates the character of the food hall, supports the traders, and gives visitors a memorable experience every time they walk through the door.”

Peter Brown, Contracts Manager at Dawnvale, commented “Saint Pauls Market was a complex and exciting project to deliver, with a strong emphasis on quality, character and operational performance. Working collaboratively with Light Forms allowed us to integrate the lighting seamlessly into the architecture of the space, enhancing both the customer experience and the functionality for traders. The finished result is a vibrant, well-considered food hall that reflects the modern spirit of the Jewellery Quarter and sets a new benchmark for social dining across the West Midlands”

With its blend of architectural integration, flexible track-based illumination and carefully considered feature lighting, the Saint Pauls Market scheme showcases how Light Forms’ product families work together to support complex hospitality environments while maintaining a strong, unified visual identity.

Project credits:

Contractor: Dawnvale

Designer: Studio R2A

Lighting: Light Forms

Photography: Courtesy of Dawnvale

As part of the full fit-out and refurbishment of the premium hospitality suites at The NEC’s BP Pulse Live Arena, a wide variety of luminaires from high-performance lighting manufacturer, Light Forms, have been specified for the design-led spaces.

Appointed by leading fit-out company, Dawnvale Group, Light Forms collaborated with them and the visionary Interior Designer’s, Jump Studios, to create a seamless and sophisticated guest experience.

At the core of the arena, Tempo Lounge now buzzes with energy, featuring a bold central bar, high-top tables, inviting seating areas, and a custom-built pizza station with a large oven and multiple service points, perfectly equipped to accommodate hundreds of guests during live events. The bespoke lighting for the neon sign was developed by the Light Forms team, who also crafted a custom, made-to-measure curved solution using their Serpentine luminaires over the bar. Several Nova Medium 62 surface mounted fixtures were specified in black for a sleek look and to spotlight key areas of the space.

The 4/4 Lounge redefines dining with plush sofas, elegant banquette seating, and a striking feature bar- all brought to life through their bespoke lighting solutions. In this space, Light Forms designed the custom ceiling discs and the neon sign. The impactful lighting and wider interiors deliver a stylish, functional environment that invite and inspire guests.

Light Form’s wall lights were also specified in the Show Deck, an exclusive space offering panoramic stage views, luxurious seating, and a private bar. Just steps from the action, it delivers an unforgettable VIP experience for guests.

Ruth Janas, Furniture Sales and Design Support at Dawnvale Group, commented: “This project was a unique and exciting challenge to work on, with a timescale of just 7 weeks to complete. It was a pleasure to work with Light Forms on the lighting elements for bespoke fixtures which met the design brief of impactful and high-end luxury.”