TORRANCE, CA (November 21, 2008) — LEDtronics, Inc. in September
celebrated its first 25 years of solid-state lighting design since the enterprise's
founding
by Pervaiz and Almas Lodhie. During the anniversary event at their Torrance,
California, headquarters, LEDtronics executives thanked employees and customers
for making possible the company's successes to date, and for providing advanced
technological opportunities for future achievements.
“My wife and I began this as a cottage industry in a suburban garage in 1983,
finding buyers among the local aerospace firms,” Pervaiz Lodhie, the company’s
president, explained. “We've grown into a multimillion dollar manufacturer
with over 300 employees, with a 63,000 sq. ft. facility in California and a second
plant in Karachi, Pakistan. We’re a world-leading supplier of lamps using
up-to-date light-emitting diode [LED] technology with a global network of sales
representatives.
Most of our customers are composed of Fortune 500 corporations.”
Joining
some 200 employees and executives in the formal dinner ceremonies on September
19 were company friends, partners, longtime customers, and government
representatives as well as affiliated organizations. The guests included:
- Frank Scotto, Mayor of Torrance
- Michael A. Gin, Mayor of Redondo Beach
- Raul Luna, District Director to
U.S. Congresswoman Linda Sanchez
- Paul Arney, Political Director to U.S.
Congresswoman Jane Harman
- Ronnie Guyer, Field Representative to California
Assemblyman Van Tran
- Amelia Wong, District Director, State Board of Equalization
- Syed Ibne Abbas,
Consulate General of Pakistan in Los Angeles
- Ahsan Wagan, Deputy Consulate
General of Pakistan in Los Angeles
- Dr. Nasim Ashraf, Pakistan Human Development
Fund
- Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of FBI Los Angeles
field office
Technology Advances and Product Innovations
Since its establishment, the company has been a lighting industry leader in
developing and manufacturing of LED lamps, clusters and arrays. The last quarter
century
has seen these milestones:
- LED bulbs using common industry-standard bases for
the direct replacement
of energy wasteful incandescent lamps
- Snap-in panel mount lamps that allow easy
installation in instrument
indicator panels
- Chip mounting technology that dissipates heat in tightly spaced
LED
chip arrays
- Multi-chip technology for high-intensity illumination
- Lamps capable of surviving
high shock and vibration environments
- Multicolor, UV and IR discrete LEDs,
and complex multi-dimensional arrays of LEDs that can be custom-configured
to any lighting or energy-emission design
application
LEDtronics has brought to market their innovative, American-engineered
designs for small- and large-scale applications. Some patented and patent-in-process
items are LED street and security luminaires, globe and décor LED
bulbs, cooler running LED flood lamps that replace parabolic-reflector lamps,
LED
machine-status lamps, automotive and rail transit LED lamps affecting the
fields of transportation,
tube-style fluorescent-replacement LED lamps, and control devices for dimming
LED lights.
The Company Looking Ahead
Adil Gandhi, Vice President and General Manager, pointed out that the company
still designs and partly manufactures its products in the United States,
and stays competitive by adopting lean concepts for both manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing
departments, using cutting-edge technology, encouraging employee ideas, and
by focusing on technology and cost-of-ownership rather than compromising
product or service quality. With their strong and defined company values,
numerous
LEDtronics
employees have over 10 years experience within the organization, with a number
exceeding 20 years.
LEDtronics is aware of its ecologically beneficial role
in the elimination of harmful elements such as mercury and other metals that
are used in more
traditional
lighting industries. They have focused—in accordance with the RoHS
initiative (Reduction of Hazardous Substances)—on eliminating all traces
of lead from its manufacturing processes and products. With LED technology
capable
of
reducing the consumption of electricity by up to 90% as compared with conventional
lighting,
the industry finds itself uniquely suited to meeting the needs of solar,
wind and other alternative-power sources.
Mr. Lodhie was excited by the prospect
of his company contributing to the Green Revolution so directly and effectively. “We
can see great opportunities to conserve our natural resources and reduce
energy consumption if we apply
our solid-state lighting innovations to better serve home and business markets.
With
the support and global infrastructure of LEDtronics, we look forward to the
next 25 years.”
