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Declaration to customers on Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH)

The Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe Group is aware of the REACH regulation and all the duties which arise from this new legislation. For this reason we have established a REACH project group, which always updates the legislative requirements, started the necessary internal investigations and the communication with our suppliers.

It is Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh- Schwabe Group strong intention that our product line will not suffer from the REACH regulation and we will be able to continue business with our customers without any limitation. This includes all implicated duties in the communication down the supply-chain.

The products which you receive from us are only non-chemical products (articles), which do not release substances or preparations under normal considerations.

Innovative, Informative and Inspiring: VS at Light+Building 2010

As a regular exhibitor at Light+Building – the world’s largest trade exhibition for lighting technology – Vossloh-Schwabe was naturally also represented at this year’s event, which set a new visitor record by attracting more than 180,000 people.

The VS stand alone drew over 1,000 visitors, all of whom were competently looked after by our international team of VS specialists. The exhibition theme for 2010 centred around sustainable and energy-efficient solutions that are set to become both increasingly widespread and ever more important in the future.

The new design of the VS stand put the focus on our comprehensive range of solutions. Three separate display areas featuring VS HID, fluorescent and LED lamp technology for life in general, for school and university as well as for retail applications served to show a variety of real-life applications in combination with actual luminaires made by VS customers.

Further exhibition highlights included warm and cool white OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), which VS will shortly begin retailing under the Panasonic trade name of the parent company, as well as the smart new DALI facility light management system featuring a controller, multi-sensor and extender.

Light+Building 2010 – Make it a Date with Vossloh-Schwabe!

The world’s leading trade fair for architecture and technology – the Light+Building – will again be opening its doors in Frankfurt from 11 to 16 April 2010. Exhibitors from more than 50 countries are set to showcase their latest products in the fields of lighting, electrical engineering and building automation.

Vossloh-Schwabe will be presenting a broad variety of top-quality innovations and products for lighting technology at stand No. B60 in hall 4.0. A knowledgeable team of VS experts will be on site to provide advice and information on energy efficiency, integrated system solutions and the best ballasts, ignitors, lampholders or LED systems to suit your needs.

We look forward to seeing you and discussing how we may assist you in moving new lighting projects forward.

Vossloh-Schwabe – A New Lighting Experience

Participation in International Fairs 2010

 

Fokus Job	Schorndorf (D)	05.03. – 06.03.2010
Light+Building	Frankfurt (D)	11.04. – 16.04.2010
electronica	München (D)	09.11. – 12.11.2010
Interlight	Moskow (RUS)	16.11. – 19.11.2010

Successful Company Presentation at the PLDC Fair in Berlin

This year’s PLDC fair in Berlin at the end of October gave Vossloh-Schwabe another opportunity to present its uniquely complete and impressive range of top-quality products for the lighting industry. The numerous new contacts made with representatives from the fields of architecture and light planning as well as a fruitful exchange of project ideas made our trade fair presentation a big success. As a competent and innovative partner in the field of energy-efficient lighting, the VS team also provided expert guidance on how to implement projects in line with EU directives.

New CEO of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe

On 1 October 2009, Mr. Klaus Breisch will take over the function of Chairman of the Board of the holding company of the Vossloh-Schwabe Group.

Having joined the Vossloh-Schwabe Group in the year 2000, Mr. Breisch was then appointed as the executive director of Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbH in 2001. In addition, Mr. Breisch has also made a successful contribution as a member of the management board of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe GmbH during the past seven years.

Mr. Breisch will be taking over the responsibilities from Mr. Setsuo Mizusawa, who is moving on to other tasks within the Panasonic Electric Works group.

VS at Lightfair Internation in NYC

It has been 2 years since NYC hosted Lightfair International (LFI) and despite the economic woes and "swine-flu" fear the show was well attended by both attendees and exhibitors. The three day show had 23,000+ registered attendees, setting record attendance and featured 475 exhibitors from around the world. LFI showcased a variety of lighting products but it was evident that LED technology was what the people wanted to see and as such the exhibitors did not disappoint.

Vossloh-Schwabe (VS) was well represented with a 135 sqm space that highlighted their vast LED offering, encompassing LED modules as well as the new line of UL approved LED drivers for the North American market. Lighting designers, architects and engineers, to name a few, were drawn into the booth by a substantially large powered LED wall.

LED technology was definitely popular but VS, known for offering a complete range of high performance lighting components, presented many other products such as a line of ‘micro’ sized low-wattage electronic ballasts and lampholders for a variety of lamps.

All in all, the show was deemed a success not only for LFI´s record attendance but by the constant flow of booth traffic VS received. It was clear, VS is highly regarded in the lighting industry and when today’s lighting professional see the Vossloh-Schwabe name they think of superior-quality & high-performance products that are second to none.

Middle East Electricity 2009 in Dubai

Together with our local sales partner VS Gulf, Vossloh-Schwabe was represented as a member of the German Pavilion with a 45 square-metre booth at the Middle East Electricity fair in Dubai.

More than 500 visitors from all Middle Eastern countries (VAE, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Egypt) visited our booth.

Following successful years, this region is now also influenced by the economy crisis. Therefore, among innovative trends and technologies the fair mainly revolved around the latest energy saving options.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Professional Lighting Design Convention - PLDC 2009 in Berlin

After the overwhelming success of the first international Professional Lighting Design Convention 2007 in London, the next global convention for professional architectural lighting design will take place in Berlin from October 29. to 31., 2009.

Alongside innovations and technologies, Vossloh-Schwabe will present a broad range of components for the lighting industry, to be applied in a modern, safe and energy-efficient lighting.
Individual solutions involving LED applications - from individual components right up to complete lighting systems - take centre stage during our presentation.

For further details please refer to the following website:: www.pld-c.com

April 23, 2009: Girls`Day at VS Optoelectronic

On April 23, 2009, throughout Germany the so-called Girls´ Day will take place for the ninth time. The Girls`Day  will enable girls as from the 5th form to investigate into technical and natural scientific jobs. 

The Girls´Day provides an insight into technical and natural scientific jobs. Although they offer an important scope to their future, these jobs still appear to be uninviting to girls and only a few of them consider a technical job to be the job they require.

This year again VS Optoelectronic will reopen its´ door to interested girls for information about technical jobs and the LED future technology.

For further details please refer to the Girls´-Day-Website www.girls-day.de.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Middle East Electricity

The largest lighting fair in the Middle East, the MEE Dubai, will be held from 8. to 10. February 2009.
More than 1,000 exhibitors and over 49,000 industry professionals from 98 countries are expected to attend the fair.
VS will present product news and will show innovations, state-of-the-art technologies and future-oriented designs.

Visit us from 08.02. - 10.02.2009 in the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, as a member of the "German Pavillon" at Hall 1, Booth No. 1F28.

VS Participation in International Lighting Fairs 2009

Recruting Fair	Duisburg (D)	21.01.2009
Middle East Electricity	Dubai (U.A.E.)	08.02. – 10.02.2009
Fokus Job	Backnang (D)	06.03. – 07.03.2009
Lightfair	New York (USA)	05.05. – 07.05.2009
Guangzhou Light Fair	China (CN)	09.06. – 12.06.2009
PLDC - Professional Lighting Design Convention	Berlin (D)	29.10. – 31.10.2009
Interlight	Moskow (RUS)	10.11. – 13.11.2009

Brilliant success for VS: Interlight in Moscow 2008

Held from 9 to 12 December 2008 and attended by roughly 18,500 trade visitors, this specialist international fair for lighting, lighting technology and intelligent facility technology was already held for the 14th time this year.

As one of the world´s leading manufacturers of lighting technology, our 33-square-metre stand was well frequented. Light designers, architects, urban planners and decision-makers in the Russian lighting industry all came to the stand to talk to the VS stand crew. But more than that: orders came in even during the fair and we were thus able to secure several projects for the future. All of our VS components were presented on brand new Russian-language wall charts and our new touch screen systems. Our company presentation at the fair was organised in close cooperation with Terna Lighting, our  authorised distributor.

Vossloh-Schwabe Optolectronic at the electronica 2008

For four days from 11 to 14 November 2008, the world´s largest electronics exhibition was held in Munich: the electronica 2008. VS Optoelectronic was also represented at an attractive stand and generated great interest among the many international visitors with its new product presentations.
Our individual solutions involving LED applications – from individual components right up to entire lighting systems – were at the centre of our presentation.

VS Optoelectronic - Partner of the European GreenLight-Programme

The GreenLight-Programme is used to improve the power efficiency of the illumination of private and public organizations and companies. The participants commit themselves to modernize illumination whereever energy savings justify the investment and integrate efficient, easily available illumination systems into new buildings.

The target of this programme is to reduce energy consumption of outdoor lighting and internal illumination of commercial and public companies within Europe. This is an essential contribution to achieve the aim of the European community for lowering the CO2-emissions.

For detailled information on the GreenLight-Programme please refer to www.eu-greenlight.org

Turkey in the Focus of VS: Interlight Fair 2008 in Istanbul

For the second time, Vossloh-Schwabe participated in the Interlight fair in Instanbul from October 9. to 12., 2008. With 89 exhibitors and 7623 visitors from 37 countries, the Interlight was a successful show in the region and an excellent presentation platform for our wide product range.

This year, our LED solutions took centre stage. The discussions with numerous professional visitors showed that the trend away from purely decorative LED applications to professional LED indoor lighting continues.

We receive positive customer feedback regarding Vossloh-Schwabe’s product catalogue in national language. The comprehensive technical documentation fullfiled all customer requirements.

In the future, VS will focus even more on customised product solutions with special attention to the Turkish market. Parallely, our VS seminars will help to set new quality standards in the component range.

Hong Kong Lighting Fair 2008

The 2008 Hong Kong Lighting Exhibition was the first event at which Vossloh- Schwabe presented itself at a common stand with the two merged sales companies, Vossloh-Schwabe and Universal Lighting.
The sales teams presented our entire product range on a duplex-style stand of 100 sqm. Fair visitors naturally displayed great interest in the merger, but also voiced major concerns with regard to the safety risks associated with counterfeit products coming out of the Asian region.

European Directive 2002/95/EG - RoHS

Hereby we announce that all VS-products fully comply with the directive regarding the following materials:

• Lead
• Mercury
• Cadmium
• Chrome VI
• PBB
• PBDE
• DecaBDE

This applies to all product groups and manufacturing processes.

Fair Participation at the INTERLIGHT in Moscow

14th International Trade Fair for Lighting, Light Technology & Intelligent Building Technology will take place from 9. to 12. Dezember 2008 in Moskau.

Since 1995, INTERLIGHT MOSCOW has become the most important market place for the business success of international companies in Eastern Europe.

The VS fair team is always a competent partner and will inform you about VS News of the complete product range and demonstrate how VS can assist future lighting endeavours.

Visit us at the EXPOCENTER, Hall 7.3, booth B8.

VS opens Design Opportunities – New Sample Box for Low Wattage HID Lamps

As always these new products have been designed in strict accordance with IEC/ANSI standards, and to meet all of the relevant safety and performance criteria.

These new MICRO ballast and lampholder systems will help contribute in the development of smaller & more efficient luminaires, without compromise on the important issues of thermal performance, stability, and safety.

Based on similar platforms, the new MICRO ballasts are available for the major lighting markets of :

Europe (220-240 Volt)

NAFTA (120-277 Volt)

Japan (100-200 Volt).

A quality solution offering opportunities for brand new design possibilities, all backed up by our standard 3-year VS warranty for peace of mind.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Honkong International Lighting Fair

Vossloh-Schwabe will again represented at the largest international lighting trade fair in Asia.
This event attracts the lighting industry professionals to show innovations, state-of-art technologies and future-pointing designs.

Visit us fom 27th to 30th October at the Hongkong International Lighting Fair at the Hongkong Convention und Exhibition Center.

New interactive Product Guide

With our new interactive product guide you have the opportunity to comfortabely browse through the expansive line of VS components.
It enables You to search through the products by lighting category such as HID and flourescent or take the novel approach of viewing by lighting application or reference numbers.

You will find the new interactive product guide under the category "Products".

Vossloh-Schwabe and Universal Lighting

We are pleased to announce the merger of Universal Lighting Technologies with Vossloh-Schwabe in ASIA.

With the aim to constantly enhance the benefits and services to our customers, Panasonic Electric Works, Co.,Ltd. (PEW, former Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. till September 30th , 2008) took the decision to merge the two Panasonic Lighting Component Operations in th Asia with effect September 30 , 2008 to one stronger company under the VS brand.

This product synergy offer together with our high motivational drive, rich experience and good technical know how of the unity of ULT and VS personnel makes Vossloh-Schwabe in Asia a very attractive one-stop-shop.

As VS works to consolidate the operations in Asia, our customers will continue to liaise with the existing VS or ULT members, whom they are familiar and has worked with for years.

The combined team of VS and ULT will be in a strategic position to offer the complete range of
imported products as well as localised innovative components including:

• Electronic gears for fluorescent, HID and halogen lamps
• Magnetic gears for fluorescent, HID and halogen lamps
• Ignitors
• Capacitors
• Lampholders and accessories
• LED modules and devices

Successful fair participation for Vossloh-Schwabe in China

For the fourth time, VS participated in the biggest lighting fair in Asia.

The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2008, took place from June, 8. to 11.2008.

With over 30,000 visitors, the Guangzhou fair established a new record. 20% of the professionals came from abroad (South East Asia, America, Europe and Australia).

More than 1,250 attendees from 25 countries exhibited in 4 fair halls.

Our fair team of 13 employees welcomed more than 400 visitors at our 54 m² booth.

The new booth design drew the attention of visitors to VS’s new products.

Vossloh-Schwabe at the Light + Building 2008 in Frankfurt

The Light & Building fair 2008 in Frankfurt ended after setting a sensational trade fair record.
Around 2,173 exhibitors welcomed altogether 165,000 visitors (2006: 135,000).
At the request of the exhibitors Light & Building was extended to six days this year to allow for more time for valuable customer discussions.

At the usual location, Vossloh-Schwabe presented on 352 qm a complete, newly designed booth and communicated strong impressions. The presentations continuously attracted the attention of 1,000 interested customers.

Our international fair team was always a competent partner and informed the visitors about the latest VS developments and technologies and demonstrated how VS can assist future lighting endeavours.

Among innovations of the extensive range of products such as lampholders, capacitors, magnetic and electronic ballasts and HID systems right up to LED systems for the first time the worldwide presence was showcased with the Panasonic brand and exhibit.

The new touch screen system grabbed lots of attention, providing lighting professionals with the opportunity to browse the expansive line of VS components.

It enabled them to search through the products by lighting category such as HID and fluorescent or to take the novel approach of viewing by lighting application or reference numbers.

Overall the show was a great success with high volume traffic of attendees eager to see what new innovative products Vossloh-Schwabe had to show.

Welcome to Light + Building 2008

Once again the lighting industry´s largest and most comprehensive show, LIGHT + BUILDING, is back in Frankfurt and will open its doors from April 6th to 11th, 2008.

Vossloh-Schwabe cordially invites you to visit us at our usual location, hall 4.0, stand B 60 where we will showcase:

- High-performance LED systems

- New generations of lampholders for the global market

- Modified magnetic operating devices that satisfy the provisions of international energy-saving directives

- Intelligent solutions involving electronic operating devices with DALI/PUSH interface

- Independent control gear units for HID lamps in innovative designs for complex installations and

  high operation security

- State-of-the-art product displays utilizing interactive touch screens to search for VS products by application

We look forward to your visit and the opportunity to discuss how VS can assist you in your future lighting endeavours.

Visit us at the Middle East Electricity from 10. - 13. February 2008 in Dubai

Middle East Electricity in Dubai has developed into the most important exhibition of its kind in the world for industry professionals from the power generation, lighting, water, gas and new & renewable energy industries. More than 850 exhibitors from over 55 countries and over 35,000 industry professionals from 95 countries attend in this fair.

Visit us from 10.02. - 13.02.2008 in Dubai International Exhibition Centre (As a member of the “GERMAN PAVILLON”) at Hall 1, Booth No. 1C20.