Fraen and Philips worked together to develop technology that would allow BlueSpan, a European company focused on sustainable lighting solutions, to connect the clean, efficient illumination of Philips’ light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for the first LED streetlights in Portugal.
“We are excited and pleased that the new streetlights will not only reduce our energy consumption, but that we will also begin the process of removing solutions with mercury from use in our city,” said Narciso Mota, Pombal city mayor. The new streetlight is being considered for a broader implementation throughout the country.
In early 2009, BlueSpan chose Fraen’s streetlight optical solution for utilize in the new lights for Pombal City. Fraen accelerated the industrialization of its world-premier technology to meet BlueSpan’s needs. The complete system came together very quickly, and the lights were illuminated for the first time in April 2009.
“Fraen is delighted to see one of our many streetlight optical solutions being adopted and to have partnered with Philips so early in the development process,” said David Cohen, business unit manager, optical manufacturing group. “This early collaboration is our specialty and allows us to deliver superior innovative optical solutions so that customers like BlueSpan can bring products to market quickly and affordably.”
Fraen will display its revolutionary optical solution at Lightfair International 2009 Booth #148. The technology provides advantages over other solutions in the marketplace, including axial rotational symmetry, high efficiency and the flexibility to meet many of the common road-type lighting specifications.
