By: Deborah Johnson Wood
The latest innovation by Grand Haven-based Light Corporation is unlike anything on the market, and besides shooting light years ahead of competitors like General Electric, Light Corp hopes to eventually spin off a whole new company to manufacture an expanded product line.
The product? The wireless Intu: 360-degree workspace agility system.
Intu is intuitive technology that enables users to remotely control the lighting in industrial buildings such as warehouses, factories, and machine shops where lights are typically mounted high up on the ceiling.
The system functions on a wireless network of nodes and sensors. It turns the lights on and off automatically, and can detect light levels and adjust accordingly. It can be operated on- or off-site and, according to Light Corp., save a company 30 to 60 percent on electric bills.
And it does it all wirelessly.
"The genius of our system is it's built on an open system so it can be adapted to work with other systems already on the market," says Larry Leete, director of sales and marketing. "We looked at the workspace itself, and because we did that we were able to solve the problems other guys have not solved."
Light is working with several potential customers to install the system, including Herman Miller, Spartan Stores, Amway, and Saddle Creek, Wal-Mart's largest third-party warehouse.
"The government of the State of Missouri has 18 million square feet under roof," Leete says. "We're working with them on every government building."
The product will launch January 1, 2008. Light has a patent pending.
Source: Larry Leete, Light Corporation
Related Articles
Grand Haven's Light Corporation expects to create 40 jobs
Deborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at
[email protected].
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.