Dialight's New LED Strip Light Alternative to F...

FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

    Dialight Corporation has joined forces with two of North America's
leading manufacturers in the transit bus and motor coach market, Hadley and
New Flyer, to provide the industry's first complete LED-based interior
lighting system.



    Dialight LED modules already hold 80% of the North American bus exterior
light market, and the new interior LED strip lights build on Dialight's
expertise in this sector to provide a cost-effective and reliable alternative
to traditional fluorescent interior lighting.



    Dialight's new LED strip lights are set to be introduced into the New
Flyer fleet for a 500-bus North American transit property within a Hadley
housing. Hadley's Transit Group markets a variety of products for the transit
bus, motor coach and specialty vehicle industry -- mirrors, air/electric horn
systems, 12V and 24V electric compressors, interior systems and luggage
racks, along with mechanical and electronic levelling systems.



    Laura Hoffman at Dialight says, "We are delighted with this opportunity
as Dialight's interior LED fluorescent tube replacement is ideal for the
coach industry. Its unique low profile is perfect not only for new build
applications, but can be retrofitted easily into existing housings.
Fluorescent tubes are posing users an increasing number of environmental and
health and safety problems in terms of potential fire hazards, rising costs
of disposal and multiple failures.



    "The Dialight LED strip is the ideal alternative as it offers seamless
light output, longer life, reduced maintenance and does not require a
ballast, therefore providing improved safety," she explains. "It also brings
substantial benefits in terms of reduced power consumption -- typically 30W
instead of 40-56W -- improved lighting reliability, lower disposal costs and
enhanced safety through the absence of mercury."



    Options for use are varied too, covering general interior illumination,
underseat and compartment lighting applications.



    New Flyer Industries is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit
vehicles in the United States and Canada. Its products include urban transit
buses, hybrid buses, alternative fuel transit buses, electric trolleys, and
shuttle buses for airports, car rental and park and ride schemes.



    Hadley Transit Group designs and manufactures products for the original
equipment transit and shuttle bus, motor coach and specialty vehicle markets.



    For further information, contact Laura Hoffman, Dialight Corporation,
Farmingdale, NJ; Phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail:
[e-mail].



About Dialight

    Dialight plc (FTSE: DIA.L) is one of the world's largest suppliers of
applied LED technology. It operates in two principal segments: components
using low-brightness LEDs for status indication in electronic equipment and
signals/illumination utilizing the latest high-brightness LED technology for
traffic and rail signals, obstruction lighting, hazardous location lighting
and general illumination applications. More information is available at
http://www.dialight.com.



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