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Tamlite is first to win LIA’s Quality Assurance Award
T
amlite Lighting is the first company to win the Lighting Industry Association’s Quality Assurance (LIAQA) Award. The business, which distributes its products exclusively through CEF,
was recognised for its ongoing commitment to best practice, excellence and quality assurance. The new LIAQA scheme aims to ensure suppliers of lighting and lighting-related products have processes in place that result in high product quality and standards compliance. Tamlite was a founding participant of the project and impressed the
LIA’s judging panel with its dedication to maintaining high standards across its seven sites. The company has invested more than £100,000 in specialist test facilities and its seven main Midlands’ factories each underwent separate LIAQA assessments, gaining accreditation in under two years. Tamlite’s General Manager, John Allden, said: “Winning the LIA’s first
award for quality assurance is a tremendous achievement for Tamlite Lighting, and gives our customers confidence in our commitment to high standards across our entire product range. “We are delighted to be recognised by the LIA – the largest and most
important lighting trade association in Europe – and are committed to working alongside them as they strive for excellence and best practice.”
Consumers struggle to identify waste lamp types
A
multinational consumer survey by EucoLight, the European Association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes, concludes
that many consumers could not identify different lamp types. Participants from the six countries surveyed were unsure how to distinguish between energy-saving, LED, incandescent and halogen lamps when shown images of the lamps. The findings were very similar in all the countries surveyed. In the case
of energy-saving lamps, between 27% and 42% of respondents identified them correctly, as opposed to 18%-35% who confused them with LED bulbs. When asked to identify an LED lamp, only between 14% and 23% of respondents classified it correctly, whereas between 31% and 45% thought it was an energy-saving lightbulb. Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey, who is also a Director of Eucolight said:
“These findings mirror the situation in the UK. We will continue to advise all our collection partners, both consumer and commercial that LEDs can be placed in the same container as fluorescent lamps. At Recolight we collect all lighting in scope of the WEEE regulations.”
www.recolight.co.uk www.ewnews.co.uk
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