VANCOUVER, CANADA, June 8, 2015 – Cooledge Lighting, the leading developer of flat and flexible LED lighting solutions, received the ‘Emerging Company of the Year’ award from the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) last week. The award recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding performance as a technology enterprise and that have growing revenues and a business plan that positions the company for leadership in its industry.
“I am proud to be associated with an extremely talented team here in British Columbia that shares a vision of how to develop technology and bring it to market in such a way that the company can be successful through shaping the way architects, builders and designers look at and use the latest technologies in lighting,” said Wade Sheen, CEO of Cooledge.
This is the company’s second award from the BCTIA. In 2014, Cooledge was recognized with a Technology Impact Award for ‘Excellence in Product Innovation’ acknowledging the company’s unique solution and advancement of LED lighting technology.
ABOUT THE BCTIA
The BC Technology Industry Association supports the development, growth, and advancement of technology companies of all sizes, from every sector – to foster an ecosystem that expands the number of globally successful businesses in British Columbia and Canada. For over 20 years, the BCTIA has helped to grow BC’s tech cluster of nearly 9,000 companies that today employs over 90,000 people and generates more than $23 billion in revenue. http://www.bctia.org, @bctia
ABOUT COOLEDGE
Cooledge Lighting is a pioneer in scalable lighting products that can be easily designed into a building by architects and lighting designers and simply installed by builders and contractors without specialized knowledge or training. The company’s LINE and SQUARE light sheet products are UL Listed and use extremely efficient white LEDs to provide a smooth and uniform lit effect when installed. Each is thin, just 0.1 inch thick, is flexible, like a sheet of paper, and can be bent, draped or shaped around and in architectural elements. Cooledge is based in Vancouver, Canada with offices and operations in the United States and Germany.
For More Information Contact:
Alice Fung
Marketing Communications Manager
Cooledge Lighting
+1 604 273 2665 x218
