This is the "future" and the "now". LED lighting efficiency and color accuracy is incredible, using a cold source solid state system to create illumination. Every year the brightness increases dramatically as well as the reliability. Products are normally rated at either 50,000 or 100,000 providing a system that will last for 5-10 years on average. With many players in this game it continues to become more and more competitive year after year, and more challanging to determine who is going to stick it out.



The 800lb gorilla of the business and innovator of RGB pulse wave modulation of LED holds the patents and many of the cards in the business. CK was bright enough to be the latest aquisition to Philips Lighting, one of the largest lamp manufacturers in the industry. It will be interesting to see what comes of their merged technologies and new found resources.

After liscensing color kinetics patents, Thomas entered the market as the first touring line of LED's and one of the most advanced firmware sets in any LED product providing more functionality in a simpler user interface. In 2006 Thomas Engineering introduced their architectural line of products, we are interested to see how they imapct the landscape of architectural lighting design.


An amazing player in the business constantly pushing the envelope in different directions. Element Labs can be seen on most major concerts, awards shows, game shows and even the superbowl halftime show. Their attention is beginning to reach other markets and will bring a neu touch to each they are involved in.


A great architectural LED line for fixed install. Anolis products have a designer touch providing lighting tools that are pleasant to look at. They have many solutions for most architectural needs.


Elation has quite a few great LED products for the show production industry. Elation is the "bang for the buck" competitor in this business providing great output and color quality for a great price.


Acclaim Lighting is the architectural sister company to Elation Lighting, and hosts a very great line of products for the architectural market and continues to gain more attention from designers. They usually have a solution for every budget.


Coemar developed the ParliteLED which rapidly became an industry standard. The ParliteLED is great for production use and architectural use as it is also comes in an IP66 rated version for outdoor wet applications. Their LED line continues to expand and offer more products that crossover between the production touring and architectural industries.