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Lauren Ban
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Cooper Industries Receives Top Honors in
2010 Product of the Year Competition
Consulting-Specifying Engineer readers award Cooper Bussmann and Cooper Lighting products.
HOUSTON, October 2010 – Cooper Bussmann and Cooper Lighting, divisions of Cooper Industries
plc (NYSE: CBE), have been selected as Gold and Silver Medal winners in Consulting-Specifying
Engineer magazine’s 2010 Product of the Year competition.
The annual reader-choice Product of the Year awards were created to provide information on the top
new products in the field, with readers choosing Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal winners in ten
categories.
The Cooper Bussmann® Solar Combiner Box was awarded the Gold Medal in the Electrical
Distribution category, while Cooper Lighting’s Halo 900 LED Downlight Series received the Silver
Medal in the Lighting and Lighting Controls category.
With a variety of fusible configurations up to 1000Vdc with 50kA IR, Cooper Bussmann Combiner
Boxes provide the ultimate in protection for sensitive photovoltaic systems. Customers are able to
protect and connect two to 24 photovoltaic strings or arrays with complete flexibility in enclosure types
and fusing options. Whether standard, compact or integrated disconnect, all configurations are ETL
Listed to UL 1741and include IP20 finger-safe CH Series modular fuse holders. Sixty popular
Combiner Box configurations in NEMA 4X fiberglass and plastic enclosures are in stock and available
for Quik-Ship™ service within three business days of the order.
Cooper Lighting’s Halo LED 900 Series’ modules consume less than 15W and deliver between 511945 lumens–up to 66 lumens per watt (Im/W)–depending upon the selected trim and color
temperature. The series exceeds the light output and distribution of a 75W PAR30 or PAR38 halogen
lamp, 85W BR40 or a 26W compact fluorescent luminaire. The Halo LED downlights can also be
dimmed to adjust the brightness level as the day’s activities change, and is designed to last 50,000
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hours—up to 20 years when used six hours a day. The downlights can be used in new construction
or to retrofit existing buildings and homes. Halo was the first in the industry to receive ENERGY
STAR® qualification for an LED downlight product.
In addition to Consulting-Specifying Engineer, the Halo LED 900 Series downlights have also been
recognized for excellence by the Next Generation Luminaires™ (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Design
Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society of
North America and the International Association of Lighting Designers.
This year’s Consulting-Specifying Engineer product winners were featured in the publication’s
September issue. The winning entries are also showcased online at www.csemag.com.
To learn more about Cooper Industries and its comprehensive range of electrical products and
solutions, visit www.cooperindustries.com.
About Cooper Bussmann
Cooper Bussmann, the industry leader in critical circuit protection, power management and electrical
safety, is a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), and is headquartered in St. Louis,
Missouri, USA. The company is committed to the development, manufacturing and marketing of
innovative circuit and power electronics protection and power management products; and provides
engineering, training and testing services globally for the electrical, electronics and transportation
industries. The company provides superior brands, including Cooper Bussmann® circuit protection
products and services, Coiltronics® magnetics, and OMNEX Trusted Wireless® systems. Additional
information about Cooper Bussmann is available online at www.cooperbussmann.com.
About Cooper Lighting
Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of
innovative, high quality interior and exterior lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide
commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have
advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping
businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and
enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.
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 energyefficient 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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