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Vu1 moving to New York to be closer to distributors

Lighting manufacturer Vu1 is moving its headquarters from Seattle to New York as it looks to begin manufacturing lamps
Oct. 8, 2010

Lighting manufacturer Vu1 is moving its headquarters from Seattle to New York as it looks to begin manufacturing lamps. The reason? “Because many wholesale and retail electrical distributors and utilities are located on the East Coast, and the company believes it will be advantageous to be located closer to this key customer base,” the company said in a release.

The company’s COO Philip Styles will step up to the CEO role in place of R. Gale Sellers, who will continue to serve on Vu1’s board. Vu1 makes a line of energy-efficient lamps based on its own “electron stimulated luminescence” (ESL) technology that it proposes as an efficient and mercury-free alternative to incandescent, fluorescent and LED options. The company plans to begin production this fall with various sizes of reflector lamps, and to reach full-scale manufacturing in 2011, according to Vu1 Chairman Duncan Troy.