Cooper Lightng & Safety
Wheatley Hall Road
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN2 4NB
News Release
Contact:
Mark Willmott, Cooper Lighting and Safety Ltd
mark.willmott@cooperindustries.com
Tel: +44(0)1302 303200
New Cooper Lighting and Safety Bulkhead Luminaire
Features Tough IP65 Housing
DONCASTER, UK, October XX, 2010 – Cooper Lighting and Safety, a business unit of Cooper
Safety, has introduced a new version of its popular Patriot bulkhead compact fluorescent luminaire,
offering a choice of sizes and additional lamp options to complement its renowned vandal-resistant
IP65 polycarbonate housing.
Providing a robust, durable and energy-efficient lighting solution for use in interior or exterior
applications, Patriot 2 is equipped with opal or prismatic polycarbonate diffusers and a high-quality
gasket for life-long IP65 protection against the ingress of dust or water.
This versatile and competitively priced luminaire is available in round or square versions, in major or
minor sizes, and with black or white body colour. Designed for ceiling or wall mounting, it features
rear and side entry points and a hinged geartray that makes for quick and easy installation.
The luminaire is supplied with 16W, 28W or 38W compact fluorescent lamps and can be specified
with either high-frequency control gear for maximum energy efficiency or switch-start gear.
Maintained emergency versions are available as standard, making Patriot 2 suitable for defined
escape routes as well as open areas.
For further information, visit www.cooper-ls.com.
Editor’s Note: For additional information, contact Rick Bauling at RJB Communications
on +44 (0)1234 782255 or rbauling@rjbcoms.com.
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Tel: +44 (0)1302 303200
About Cooper Lighting and Safety
Based in Doncaster, Cooper Lighting and Safety Ltd is responsible for three separate brands:
Crompton Lighting, Menvier and JSB. Crompton Lighting is well known in the commercial lighting
sector, while Menvier and JSB are market leaders in emergency lighting as well as having a strong
position in the market for fire-detection equipment. Cooper Lighting and Safety Ltd is one of the
operating companies of Cooper Safety.
About Cooper Safety
Cooper Safety is a leading manufacturer of emergency lighting, security, fire detection and notification
systems also offering lighting fixtures, and electrical installation materials. Our well-known brands and
products can be found in a whole variety of industrial, commercial, and domestic settings providing
protection to both life and property by offering fire and security detection, and escape route
illumination in the event of an emergency. Under normal conditions our products offer professional
lighting solutions and high specification installation materials. Headquartered in Royal Leamington
Spa, England, Cooper Safety comprises 11 different operating companies located in the UK,
mainland Europe and North America. Together these businesses utilise in excess of 1 million square
feet of modern manufacturing and warehousing space, and currently employ over 2000 people.
Cooper Safety is a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., a USA based Fortune 500 company.
About Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global manufacturer with 2009 revenues of $5.1 billion.
Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained level of success is attributable to a constant focus on
innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards, and meeting
customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market share positions
and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; CrouseHinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle
and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely
positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to
improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient
products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2009, sixty-one percent of total sales were to
customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-nine percent of total sales were to
customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2009.
For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.
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