UK - Dialight Lumidrives, the UK based LED technology provider, has appointed SimonAldred as sales manager. Aldred, 35, joins Dialight Lumidrives with over 10 years experience in the lighting and electronics industry. He joins having spent the previous five years selling high power LED technology in the UK and Europe in his role as Lumileds' UK supplier development manager. Aldred will be responsible for increasing significantly Dialight Lumidrive's sales in Europe over the next three years.

Gordon Routledge, managing director at Dialight Lumidrives says: "We areentering a period of rapid growth thanks to an increasing number of customersrecognising our wide ranging LED expertise. Simon's role is to help us managethis demand and continue to widen our customer base."

Aldred adds: "Joining Dialight Lumidrives is a fantastic opportunity for me, asthe company is well know for being market leader in LEDs, having an experiencedteam and being prepared to make substantial investment in new productdevelopment."

Dialight Lumidrives specialises in the development of components to enableapplications in solid state lighting, including power drivers, LED arrays andoptics. The company also offers design services for LED based illuminationsystems.

Dialight Lumidrives is a subsidiary of Dialight Plc, one of the world's largestsuppliers in the field of applied LED technology. Dialight Plc operates in two principal segments; Components, where low brightness LEDs are used for status indication in electronic equipment, and signals/illumination utilising the latest high brightness LED technology for traffic and rail signals, obstruction lighting, hazardous location lighting and developing applications in more general illumination markets.

(Chris Henry)


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