NEWS
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NEW! Plaza accessories
A range of quality accessories to accompany our Plaza luminaires are now available and include:
- Snoot
- Cowl
- Coloured glass panel
- Linear louvre
- Wall mount arm ... more >
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NEW PRODUCT - PLAZA
Lighting Design Award 2012 shortlisted product: ‘External Luminaires’ category
The wow
The plaza 20 & 35 are the new IP66 dimmable surface mount architectural ... more >
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NEW PRODUCT - AZETA
Lighting Design Award 2012 shortlisted product: ‘Interior Luminaires’ category.
The wow
A new family of technical, dimmable, recessed geared LED downlights ... more >
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HSBC Business Thinking - ACDC shortlisted
Many of you are aware that Gareth, our CEO, was in NYC recently. What many of you may not be aware of is that it wasn’t just a shopping trip!
ACDC are one of 6 North ... more >
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Exporter of the Year at the Lux Awards 2011!
ACDC are delighted to announce we have been named -
Exporter of the Year at the Lux Awards ... more >
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ACDC BRANCHES OUT TO THE MIDDLE EAST
ACDC’s International Business Development Manager, Ben Fullalove is all set to relocate to Dubai later this year to head up the company’s new ... more >
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Roman Abramovich's Under the Bridge
Said to be worth an estimated £8 billion and known for his insatiable appetite for extravagance, Chelsea Football Club owner, Roman Abramovich has certainly pulled out all the stops with the new ... more >
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LIGHTING DESIGN ON THE GO!!
ACDC 'Definitive Guide to LED' iPhone App has been designed to
offer you a complete specification tool on the go! Created to
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Introducing... Daniel Hodgson
Daniel Hodgson is the latest high level recruit to join the growing ACDC Team. Following 10 years working as a well-respected designer for a number of the UK’s leading lighting design houses – including ... more >
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Energy effient lighting scheme secures awards at KPMG
Specifying energy-efficient light sources to create an awarding winning lighting scheme, Light Bureau has certainly set the standard at KPMG’s new headquarters. ACDC’s long-life LED luminaries ... more >
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Christies Patient Treatment Centre
Designed by AFL Architects and said to cost around £35 million Manchester’s new Patient Treatment Centre is the largest early clinical trials unit in the world. Home to the Christies Cancer ... more >
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Mandarin Oriental - Barcelona
Covering more than 17,000m2 and costing €150m this highly anticipated project represents Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s first foray into Spain. This new luxury hotel is situated in an elegant mid 20th ... more >
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Pride of Place Atop Vietnam's Tallest Tower
The 68 storey Bitexco Financial Tower, the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh, was recently inaugurated to great fanfare – and thanks to ACDC’s award-winning LED fittings, the building quite literally lit up ... more >
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Enjoy a warm welcome at Arc 2011
Join us in celebrating the start of yet another great year at the forthcoming ARC Show 2011 and be sure to sample the ‘warm’ welcome that ACDC will be serving up aboard the industry renowned ... more >
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ACDC's first cold cathode project in Croatia is unveiled
ACDC’s quality of service and ability to deliver a large project on schedule and at the right cost, has resulted in the successful completion of the company’s first large-scale project in Croatia – ... more >
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ACDC scoops two of region's top awards
We’ve had a very busy couple of weeks here at ACDC - not just with the superb new LED and Cold Cathode orders that continue to come in, but also picking up two of the region’s most prestigious and widely ... more >
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Cold Cathode continues to shine bright.
Whilst our range of LED products continues to grow from strength to strength, Cold Cathode remains a very important product here at ACDC and our lamp production facility just couldn’t be busier than it has been ... more >
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ACDC to battle it out for top business award
PRESS RLEASE FROM NORTH WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The UK’s battered economy hasn’t held back an award-winning Barrowford company as it goes on to compete for a top business accolade.
The ... more >
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Contractor department goes from strength to strength
In the twelve months since its launch, ACDC’s Contractor Business Development Department has built a solid foundation for continued expansion into this market, with specifications growing month on month for ... more >
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Great North Run... We've been there and done that!!
Now that the blisters are finally healing and we turn our attentions to the next charity challenge, we thought it would be remiss of us if we didn’t give you an update on the final Great North Run fundraising ... more >
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The ACDC Experience... Bigger and better than ever before.
The 100% Design show at Earl’s Court, London has always been renowned for serving up o ne or two surprises in terms of being a showcase for the more unusual exhibits that the world of design has to offer. ... more >
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Pushing dress sense and stamina to the limit.
“A vision of determination in fluorescent Lycra” – that’s how one startled onlooker described the ACDC Great North Run team, as they limbered up for their forthcoming ‘charity ... more >
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New range of downlights offer massive savings on energy
With two brand new additions to the award-winning LED downlight range, again boasting industry-leading performance and design, ACDC now offers one of the most comprehensive selections of halogen replacement ... more >
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LED's help set the tone at Doha's most vibrant hotel
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide opened its first W Hotel in the Middle East, in partnership with owners and developers J&A Jaidah Holdings. The lighting was designed by DHA Design and features a ... more >
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ACDC's new G Spotlight is sure to excite
ACDC continues to revolutionise the lighting industry by developing award-winning, long life lighting solutions based around the LED source itself, rather than merely inserting an LED module into standard ... more >
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Bespoke LED solution lights way to Infinity
A bespoke LED design solution, which was created to provide a dramatic effect for one of the UK’s most iconic bridge structures and has gone on to win a raft of design and engineering awards is proof indeed ... more >
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Local MP visits ACDC as part of Campaign Trail
PRESS RELEASE FROM GORDON PRENTICE MP.
ACDC is one of Pendle’s major success stories - the 70 strong firm has projects on the go all around the world. And, here at home, they are lighting up the ... more >
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Global Product Launch takes Frankfurt by storm
With the massive developments experienced in the lighting industry over the past few years, the 2010 Light+Building exhibition in Frankfurt was certainly a very exciting and informative show. Using this as a platform ... more >
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Lighting product used as art installation
Totally rebuilt on the site of the former Burns & Harris print-works, beside the prestigious Waterfront Development area of Dundee, the new six storey Marketgait office development features over 200 metres of ... more >
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The Future is Looking Bright for ACDC and New Employees
ACDC has been growing so rapidly, they have taken on five new starts in the past couple of months. The down turn in the economy does not seem to be stopping us from increasing our workforce, due to thriving ... more >
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ACDC Reaching New Heights in the Middle East
ACDC are very pleased to announce that the Burj Tower Dubai project (recently renamed the Burj Khalifa), which we have supplied approximately 5000 metres of cold cathode lighting and several LED products ... more >
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Top Gear Star 'Speeds In' to Catch the New Design Bus
We have gone crazy ‘on the buses’ here at ACDC and have launched the new design studio on board a double-decker bus for our design team.
ACDC have been growing so fast that, in little over a year ... more >
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Taking 'Serious' Halogen Replacement by Storm
Launched to much acclaim at the recent 100% Design show in London, Storm is the latest addition to the award-winning range of architectural downlighters from ACDC.
Offering the same cost-saving benefits ... more >
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ACDC Experience Comes to 100% Design
The superb 100% Design show at Earl’s Court, London has always been renowned for serving up one or two surprises in terms of being a showcase for the more unusual exhibits that the world of design has to offer. ... more >
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Academy Students Get Insight into ACDC
As part of their GCSE Applied Business Unit 1 coursework, a group of twenty-three students from Accrington Academy recently visited the exciting Innovation Works in Barrowford – home to ACDC.
During the ... more >
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Leading the way in lighting... from brand new state-of-the-art premises
Boasting over 30,000 sq.ft. of manufacturing space, state of the art facilities and interior design to rival that of the larger corporations, the new ACDC headquarters certainly seem to be providing an illuminating ... more >
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Lighting Ramsay's Restaurant is no nightmare for ACDC
Classy Mayfair restaurant, Maze is the latest establishment in the Gordon Ramsay group to benefit from the ongoing expansion of the empire with the opening of its sister restaurant, Maze Grill. This wonderfully ... more >
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Waterstones - Piccadilly
ACDC Lighting Systems has just completed the lighting contract for Waterstones in Piccadilly. The design incorporates over 350M of ACDC’s Colorise colour changing cold cathode around the exterior building ... more >
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The Vos Pad, Chelsea Harbour, London
ACDC Lighting, Lutron and Vos Solutions have come together to create the world's first fully dimmable and chromatically controlled RGB LED lighting apartment, The Vos Pad.
The Vos pad utilised several of the ... more >
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The Gate
ACDC Lighting Systems of Barrowford, Lancashire has been awarded the Cold Cathode Lighting Contract for The Gate in Newcastle. The company will manufacture over 700M of cold cathode lighting for the new retail ... more >
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Mersey Wave
LED Specialists ACDC Lighting has recently completed the lighting for the sculpture known as The Mersey Wave in Liverpool. This stunning feature located at the entrance to Liverpool uses several of ACDC's Taurus ... more >
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E-Sure Manchester
Independent Lighting Specialists, worked closely with ACDC Lighting Systems, after being approached to provide a lighting scheme to colour wash internal bulkheads at the new Esure building in Manchester. The design ... more >
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Lighting Completed at the Lowry
ACDC Lighting Systems have completed the lighting contract at the Lowry Galleria in Manchester, manufacturing Cold Cathode Lighting for the new leisure complex.
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Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre Extension
The oldest shopping mall in the heart of Manchester is the Arndale Centre and after undergoing extensive rebuilding and refurbishment following the bombing of 1996, has more recently seen a new mall development which ... more >