Trendy lights on display

CHENNAI: Chennai-based K-Lite Industries — a unit of ‘Kumbhat Group’ — is organising a four-day fair ‘Light Show 2012’ showcasing the futuristic trends in lighting. The show is open to public from 5pm to 9pm everyday at AIEMA Technology Centre in Ambattur Industrial Estate and is on till today. Hon' ble Speaker of Tamil Nadu Assembly D Jayakumar visited the exhibition. Shanti Kumbhat, Chairman, Kumbhat Group and Dilip Kumbhat, CEO, K-Lite Industries were also present during their visit.The show is being held in a more than one lakh sq ft display area with over 1,500 lighting fixtures, which have been specially developed keeping in view the emerging trends in interior decoration. Residential, commercial, retail lighting, garden lighting, street lighting, city beautification lighting, environmental, landscape lighting, architectural lighting, sports lighting, industrial, railway lighting, metro, airport,  mines lighting, specialty lighting, LED applications, power saving solutions, green house lighting and lighting accessories and controls are on display.The show has attracted thousands of people including architects, town planners, interior designers, landscape architects, builders, electrical contractors, lighting professionals from the hotel industry, resorts, electric utilities, hospitals, public works departments, city development/ administration agencies, railways and airports.“We have innovated and come up with extensive futuristic lights that will ubiquitously adorn public places, work areas, homes and places where there will be lighting need in the next 10 years. This is the second such show we are conducting that will create enough awareness and will give industry players a true picture of future lighting,” said Dilip Kumbhat, CEO, K-Lite Industries.Talking about the future of the lighting industry, he added, “The USD 1.5 billion lighting industry in India witnessed a double digit growth in the last few years, thanks to the emphasis on infrastructure development by the Central and State governments.”