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Glasnevin-based company ECI Lighting Ltd are the sole agents for Abacus
Lighting - one of the world's leading sports lighting specialists - in
the Republic of Ireland. ECI Lighting Commercial Sales Director Declan
Hanratty reveals the company's plans to break into the GAA market.
Floodlit venues are on the increase in the GAA and one company who are
equipped to cater for the growing demand in sports lighting are ECI Lighting
Ltd.
A privately owned Irish company, ECI Lighting has been at the forefront
of the lighting industry in Ireland since 1960. In the past 18 months,
the company has become the sole agents in the Republic of Ireland for
Abacus Lighting - one of the world's leading sports lighting specialists
- and are eager to make GAA clubs aware of this fact.
“We specialise in specification and wholesale distribution but in
recent times we have branched out into the area of sports lighting,”
explains ECI Lighting Commercial Sales Director Declan Hanratty.
“We recently installed floodlighting at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis
Club and at the Ferrypark multi-purpose sports complex in Dublin and we
are now keen to break into the GAA market.
“GAA floodlighting is a growing market and we can cater for the needs
of any club, anywhere in the country. We are proud of the fact that we
are sole agents for Abacus Lighting in the Republic and clubs can be assured
of an excellent product at a competitive price,” he adds.
Over the past four decades, Abacus has built an international reputation
as one of the world's leading sports lighting specialists, based on its
commitment to innovation, high engineering standards and quality production.
Experienced engineers are at hand to design and co-ordinate all aspects
of your lighting, electrical, structural and civil engineering requirements,
ensuring that your project will be designed to specification and completed
on time, within budget.
No matter what the sport, Abacus has the technical expertise to design
a scheme to satisfy your exact requirements.
The Challenger range of floodlights have been carefully designed to satisfy
the customer of a diverse range of lighting applications at every possible
level of competition. All aspects of design have been considered to ensure
maximum performance and practicality.
The Challenger range is as follows:-
Challenger 1: A double asymmetric distribution, Glass floodlight range
designed for lighting outdoor sports grounds and smaller sports stadiums,
where high performance is an essential requirement.
Challenger 2: An asymmetric distribution floodlighting system used primarily
for side lighting sports systems, including roof mounting in stadiums.
Challeger 3: A symmetric distribution range of performance floodlights
designed primarily for floodlighting large sports stadiums using corner
mast system.
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AL5210 Series: A versatile
floodlight with a wide range of beam types offering low light pollution
qualities. Ideally suited to lighting of general multi-use sports areas,
including tennis courts.
Abacus caters for all sports, all venues at all levels of competition.
Among the sports it has catered for include hockey (all weather sports
pitches), soccer, American football, rugby, athletics, cricket, golf,
tennis, baseball and horse racing. The company can also provide sports
lighting for multi-use play areas and school and college sports facilities.
Founded 42 years ago, ECI Lighting employs 22 staff at its base in Glasnevin.
Its managing director is Colm Hanratty, brother of Declan. ECI has been
the exclusive sole agent for Concord Lighting products for the past 30
years (their first export customer). Concord has a long standing reputation
for quality, performance and excellence and is internationally recognised
as the company at the forefront of lighting design and technology. The
Concord range includes downlighters, uplighters, wall lights, spotlights,
track systems, low voltage systems and linear systems.
More recently, ECI was appointed sole distributor for the SLI Group, which
includes the distribution of Sylvania Lamps, Linolite and Lumiance products.
ECI also has distribution agreements with Bega, Boom, Glashutte Limburg,
Regent, Wever and Ducre, Fumagalli, ASD, BJC, Viokar, Eastern Transformers
and, of course, Abacus Lighting.
ECI's countrywide distribution network has been built up over a number
of years and the company enjoys a strong working relationship with the
country's largest network of electrical wholesalers.
ECI's specification division supplies a wide range of quality architectural
lighting to numerous high profile projects throughout the country. The
company boasts a highly professional technical design department which
works closely with architects, interior designers, engineers and consultants.
This service has proved invaluable to ECI customers in providing lighting
design solutions for a diverse range of applications.
The company's directors have many years of valuable experience in the
electrical industry in Ireland and the company's workforce - half of which
are directly involved in sales - is dedicated to meeting customers' needs.
Although 42 years old, the company profile is young and ambitious with
a very pro-active plan for continued growth within the industry over the
coming years.
For further information on Abacus Lighting, contact Declan Hanratty at
ECI Lighting Ltd, 135 Slaney Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin,
Dublin 11. Telephone: 01-8601860. Fax: 01-8601870. Free Fax: 1800-580000.
Email: info@ecilighting.ie
Website address:
www.ecilighting.ie
Also check out
www.lighting4sport.com
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