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Advanced Power Components Is Now ProLight Opto Technology's Official Franchise Partner for UK and Ireland

A new distribution franchise has been awarded to UK specialist electronic components distributor, Advanced Power Components (APC); by leading LED manufacturer, ProLight Opto Technology Corporation (ProLight).

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Founded in October 2004, ProLight is a professional manufacturer of LED packaging, dedicated to the research, development and manufacturing of mid-to-high power, high-reliability LED packaging. ProLight has its own exclusive phosphor coating and packaging technology, creating value for customers with best-in-class optics and heat dissipation.

Main applications include: stage lighting, indoor and outdoor lighting, commercial lighting, architectural lighting, handheld lights, agricultural and other special purpose lighting.

ProLight is a customer driven company providing professional design and manufacturing services that brings the highest standard of quality for tailor-made LED products. ProLight’s vision is to be a world class LED lighting supplier, and contribute to the protection of the earth by eco-friendly LED lighting

APC will promote ProLight through its technical sales and marketing team, APC Hero (www.apc-hero.co.uk), which is a renowned specialist in the Sensors, Wireless, LED’s and Ultracapacitors markets.
APC Hero is ProLight’s first UK distributor, it will focus on selling and supporting ProLight’s portfolio of LED products through a range of dedicated technical initiatives, backed up by full design-in and technical support.

On announcing the agreement, Martin Kingston, APC Hero’s General Manager said:

“ProLight Opto Technology offers APC an ideal partner to enter into the LED lighting market. They have an extensive range of mid to high power ‘COB’ and ‘emitter’ packages with excellent quality, and in addition to their standard products have the resource and facility to work with our customers to provide custom solutions.”

“I am excited by the prospect of working together with ProLight Opto Technology to focus on the growing LED markets in the UK and Ireland.”

For additional information, please visit the APC distribution website at http://www.apc-distribution.co.uk/

About APC Technology Group:
APC Technology Group plc [LSE:APC] is one of the UK's leading distributors of specialist electronic components and a provider of technologies developed to reduce energy consumption or generate electricity more sustainably.

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