PRO-LITE partners successfully engage the European lighting market
The PRO-LITE project implemented a novel Early Market Engagement strategy in 2014, with a view to driving competition and stimulating innovation within the lighting market across Europe. The strategy included presenting at Europe’s largest lighting conferences, as well as the development and use of online submission tools, including questionnaires, through which manufacturers and suppliers were able to outline information on their organisation’s capabilities, innovative technologies, and their experiences working with others to innovate.
To date, PRO-LITE partners have engaged over 100 lighting manufacturers and suppliers at lighting conferences and other events, and received written information from organisations based in over 10 countries from across Europe, North America and Asia.
Two PRO-LITE partners, based in Italy and Germany, plan to publish tender documents in the coming weeks, and in mid 2015 Transport for London (TfL) will host a ‘Suppliers Morning’ event to engage with potential suppliers of lighting innovation face to face. TfL plans to invite over 60 lighting manufacturers and suppliers that responded to their market engagement e-Form, as well as representatives from Europe’s Lighting Industry Association who helped the organisation to acquire information on almost 300 innovative lighting technologies.
For more information, visit the PRO-LITE website.