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CAPTAIN SPEAKS SPECIAL FEATURE - 50 Years of Elcoma in India 10 Building the Most Trusted Indian Lighting Brand - Sh. J. 23 PLI scheme for white goods will reboot manufacturing, P. Agarwal, on his entrepreneurial journey create capacity: Piyush Goyal
CHAT TIME 24 Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for LED Lights Manufacturers in India 14 Driving Indian Manufacturing - Sh. Saurabh Gaur, IAS, Jt Secy, MeitY on the government perspective 30 MAKING IN INDIA - Dixon Technologies - Top 5 Lighting EMS in the World on promoting manufacturing in India 32 MAKING IN INDIA - Century LED – Creating Magik 34 MAKING IN INDIA - Luker Electric – Southern Manufacturing, APAC Ambitions
INDUSTRY NEWS 26 BIS organizes Webinar on CRS 28 ELCOMA advocates inclusion of UVC Tech for Controlling COVID Spread 29 GLA requests WHO to Promote UVC Disinfection Technology
COVER STORY 29 Surya Roshni Supports COVID fight with Oxygen Cylinders 18 Kusum Sarovar glows with white LED lighting from Signify 35 Guruprasad Mohapatra Passes Away 41 In Memoriam 42 BIS gets enforcement powers against non-compliant Lighting products
PRODUCT SHOWCASE 43 Signify Launches LED glass bulb 43 Ledvance launches UVC Air Recirculators 44 Halonix Launches its Range of Unique LED Products TECH CORNER 44 LUKER launches smart backlit 21 DALI – the standard for digital lighting control panels 36 IoT based smart Guestroom Management 45 Flicker Controlled EYELUV Panels System for Hotels by Orient
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IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 5 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Hope Amid the Pandemic OVID-19 once again changed our entire lifestyle and with the second wave, a new way of living has emerged. Working from home, helping with the Chousehold chores, spending hours on online meetings and calls within the four walls of our homes again became our 'new normal'. Again we were able to spend more time with our family members and loved ones and enjoy the small pleasures of tea on the terrace, unhurried morning walks, watching TV with family and enjoying a siesta between calls. But this time around the troubles of those that were affected by the pandemic were much closer to home. Everyone you spoke to, had a near or dear one affected by the virus and were struggling to arrange medical attention for them. My heart goes out to those who struggled during this second phase to get medicines, oxygen, hospital beds and healthcare for themselves, their family members or their friends. It has been a trying time for a large number of urban Indians and it is now supposed that the virus is spreading to the rural hinterland of our country. To those that have little or no access to healthcare, doctors, medicines or even basic hygiene, this could be a bigger disaster waiting to unfold. But as always there is a silver lining to each dark cloud. The number of cases have rapidly been coming down and as quickly as the second wave spread, it is subsiding almost as fast. The unlock procedures are now being put in place and soon we should see businesses back to normal. Most manufacturing units have resumed production, workers are slowly coming back to work and offices are reopening with limited personnel. But it is not the time yet to assume the worst is behind us. It is more important now to be careful, to observe COVID hygiene, to wear a mask and to get vaccinated, in order to prevent the third wave of COVID hitting us. With billions of dollars lost by all businesses across the world till date to the pandemic, India can ill afford a third lockdown. IllumiNation wishes to convey its heartfelt condolences to those ELCOMA members and families who lost their family members, employees and workers during the COVID19 pandemic. We are dedicating a page in memoriam of these departed souls in this issue of the magazine. Please get vaccinated and stay safe.
SHYAM SUJAN Secretary General Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers Association of India (ELCOMA)
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ELCOMA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Future is Bright he last few months have been very distressing for our country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The so called 'second wave' of the pandemic Tseverely disturbed the economic and social fabric of our entire country, as daily cases hit an all-time high number since March 2020. Our healthcare system underwent an unprecedented crisis due to the burgeoning number of cases and lack of adequate infrastructure like hospital beds, oxygen supplies and medicines. Several state governments announced lockdowns to contain the spread of the pandemic, and this in turn affected all industries including ours. ELCOMA fully endorsed this move from the administration to contain the proliferation of COVID-19 cases and I am proud to say that all ELCOMA members supported this unequivocally. Despite facing financial losses during the lockdown, they prioritized their employees above all else and gave them full compensation for this period and offered extensive support in the form of medicines, oxygen concentrators and other assistance as necessary. The silver lining amidst all this gloom is that the agricultural sector in the country has remained largely unaffected by COVID-19 and monsoon rains that were adequate last year are predicted to be on track this year as well. It is estimated that the Indian agricultural sector will grow by 27% this year, which will help boost rural demand and purchasing power. On the manufacturing side, the Indian government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative launched earlier this year, has been a welcome move at the right time, as the industry has been preparing for it since a long time. ELCOMA has already prepared a Vision 2024 plan to initiate manufacturing and export of lighting products on a large scale by the year 2024. All our members are supporting this initiative and I am confident that as an industry we will be able to achieve more than the projections. Considering the several reports predicting a potential third wave of COVID-19 pandemic hitting the country over the next few months, we encourage all ELCOMA members to proactively work with our scientific community, health departments and other stakeholders of the Indian Government to install UV-C based air disinfection systems in indoor environments, especially in the critical healthcare facilities that need to be operational even in lockdown situations. The UV-C based disinfection system has been proven to inactivate all known pathogens in the past and is now also proven to inactivate SARS CoV-2. As an industry, we should leverage our knowledge and expertise of UV-C lighting to safeguard our surroundings. Despite its large scale, the lighting industry faces a shortage of trained lighting professionals as currently there are no undergraduate courses that offer lighting as a core subject. Till the time such educational courses are not offered by any institute, ELCOMA is committed to skilling aspiring individuals wanting to build a career in the lighting industry by organizing training programs along with knowledge partners from the industry to impart the domain knowledge of the lighting sector. The PLI scheme for LEDs has finally come through after several rounds of deliberations happened between ELCOMA members, DPIIT, CII, FICCI etc. and I see it as a positive step towards strengthening of component manufacturing eco- system within country resulting in long term benefits to the LED lighting industry. I am very optimistic that our lighting industry will become a core industry not only in India, but around the world soon, thanks to our innovative products and solutions that can bring newer experiences to consumers. With best wishes
SUMIT PADMAKAR JOSHI President, ELCOMA
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llumiNation chats with Mr. We have built a very strong, trusted Sh. J. P. Agarwal has been the Agarwal, on his entrepreneurial brand. Our success has been due to a Chairman of Surya Roshni since journey from manufacturing of Steel clear vision, investments in technology, January 2012, before which he held Ipipes to Electrical Bulbs, Luminaires, manufacturing, R&D and of course hard the role of Chairman and Managing Appliances, plastic pipes, and his vision work in the market. Director. Mr. Agarwal has also served of manufacturing LED products on a What do you think about our Indian as an Executive Director at Jindal large scale and meeting the national engineers and R&D personnel when Industries Limited. He received his mission of Atmanirbhar in all product compared to these international undergraduate degree from the lines. teams? Where do you think our University of Calcutta and an MBA Surya was a pioneer in Steel Pipes Indian industry needs to improve from Swinburne University of manufacturing, which was a very most to come at par with these Technology. A staunch believer in the lucrative business. How did the International giants? power that India represents, he company decide to enter into the Indian engineers and R&D personnel are spends a lot of time on philanthropy Lighting Segment, which had low truly world class. In many ways India is and provides educational support to priced and low margin products? leading the world in innovation. As an many needy students. He was In the year 1984, Surya's lighting industry, we need to build scale in awarded the Padma Shri in 2020 for business was started with the dream of finished products and components, so his contribution to the industry. 'Lighting Every City, Every Home'. We that we are competitive. The PLI scheme the next generation of lighting strongly believed that by entering for LED Lighting launched by the products given that the success of lighting business we could contribute to Government is an important step in that LED Lighting business will also the development of the nation. Almost direction. depend on a strong R&D set up and four decades down the line, Surya is What is your opinion of the grey- capability to develop newer designs proud to be one of the leading brands in market or non-compliant lighting with speed? the lighting industry. LED technology products being sold in the country? Counted amongst one of the top lighting has opened up new frontiers in Lighting What can be done to curb this R&D centers in India, the Surya and Surya has fully capitalized on the menace? Technology and Innovation Centre opportunity. Selling of this kind of products is an (STIC) at Noida caters to Photometric, How did you script the success story insult to Indian consumers. As an Electrical, Mechanical, Environmental, for the lighting business at Surya? industry, we need to crack down on this, and Endurance test requirements for Surya is ranked as one of the most so that consumers are not cheated. development of latest generation energy- trusted brands in India for lighting Several Government initiatives have saving lamps and luminaires. products. The story began in 1984, when also been taken in recent years to curb Additionally, the STIC is also being we launched our lighting business in this menace. Surya is committed to used to carry out Photometric Optical India. We have followed a strategy of offering consumers high quality Testing. STIC houses the Mirror backward integration and strong products at reasonable prices. Goniophotometer from LMT, Germany, an equipment for precise and accurate corporate governance. We built a world How do you plan to participate in the measurement of the distribution of light class manufacturing infrastructure, with Government's Atmanirbhar program in the lamps, luminaires and LED chips, fully integrated plants in Kashipur where there is a push to enhance which can be found in technological (Uttarakhand) and Gwalior (M.P.), with localization of components specifically centers of some of the leading lighting the latest and best technology imported to the Lighting Industry? from around the world. We also built the companies in the world. STIC has Surya is a proud Indian company. We largest glass plant in Asia. This is approvals from DSIR, Govt. of India and have local manufacturing units and complemented by a state-of-the-art accreditation from NABL. Our team also continue to invest in local-for-local R&D center at Noida. We also built a keeps visiting exhibitions and displays production. We have always participated very strong distribution network across of technology and products to stay in any Government initiative for the the length and breadth of India and have abreast with the latest technology trends. betterment of Indian industry and will a strong and dedicated team working in always continue to do so. Do you have any plans to expand your the company. We have always taken manufacturing facilities? good care of our customers and dealers. How is Surya Roshni gearing up for We are continuously investing in our
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manufacturing facilities, for both own way by converting our existing Lighting and Steel. We also plan to add facilities to help produce medical IN A LIGHTER VEIN Favourite Food : Being an ardent some new categories in Lighting and oxygen for people in need at our follower of Consumer Durables in the coming Malanpur (Gwalior) Plant. For some naturopathy, my months and years. time, the Malanpur Plant stopped the favourite food is sprouts, raw How has the COVID pandemic production of Lighting completely and vegetables & fruits. impacted your organization? How did started filling and supplying all the Favorite Holiday : Anywhere in the available cylinders to the maximum Destination hills with a peaceful you overcome the challenge of dealing environment. with staff and workers due to lock possible by working 24/7. With such steps, so far we have supplied over Which is/are : I have been down? your favourite patronizing 13,400 cylinders, equivalent to 8 tankers restaurant/s? Mainland China and In this pandemic situation, Surya Roshni of oxygen, to all the nearby districts Little Italy for years. took it as an opportunity to drive hospitals, absolutely free of cost. How do you unwind after a hectic efficiency, cut costs and further improve day or week at work? our Working Capital management. We The diverse working environment has My day starts with meditation & Yoga made you a man of strong personality. sessions, and ends with Yoga and did well in a very difficult situation. meditation sessions, with Surya has fully supported all of its staff What will be your message to youth of physiotherapy in between. today? and employees in this tough period. Who is your inspiration in life? Business was impacted during the My message to the youth of today would There are many great personalities who lockdowns across the country, but we be to continuously work for the have inspired me, including Swami Vivekananda, Lee Iacocca and S. N. leveraged technology to enable our development of India, and to respect Goenka of Vipassana. teams to work effectively from home. your elders. Hard work always pays off. Even for society we played a part in our Don't be afraid of trying new things. INTERVIEWED BY ILLUMINATION EDITORIAL TEAM
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CHAT TIME Driving Indian Manufacturing on components, it has been considered. However, this can provide only limited protection as it leads to increase the price of finished products, making them non-competitive. Thus, what is required going forward is trying to achieve two goals in tandem, i.e. bringing and developing domestic manufacturing in component ecosystem and on the other hand to stay cost competitive in manufacturing finished products. Thus, PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronic Manufacturing along with other tariff and non-tariff policy measures are required for export promotion and import substitution. These are being used to counter the disabilities that are associated with manufacturing in India. The Second Round of the PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing was launched on 11 March, 2021 for incentivising Electronic Components. Through this scheme over the next 4 years, the approved electronic component manufacturers are expected to generate a total production of upto INR 12,432 crore and this is expected to bring an additional investment in electronics manufacturing to the tune of INR 573 crore. The Production Linked Incentives (PLI) is more directed IllumiNation chats with Sh. Saurabh Gaur, towards supporting the IAS, Jt Secy, MeitY on the government perspective component manufacturing. Do on promoting manufacturing in India you think this is a right decision? Should it not be provided to What kind of challenges do you under the ITA agreement zero duty manufacturers of finished foresee in promoting the treatment. Hence, it is not feasible to products, as well? manufacturing of electronic bring back the component ecosystem The PLI Scheme for Large Scale components in India? through the duty protection route. Electronics Manufacturing has targeted Most of the components are covered Wherever it is possible to impose BCD segments such as Mobile phone and
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Electronic Components while another at least 90% market is CRO launched in March 2021. It can be said PLI Scheme for IT Hardware targets compliant? that the sector is on track to achieve the target of USD 400 billion by 2025 as segments like Laptops, Tablets, All-in- The Government is working on the strict one PCs and Servers. Thus, these envisaged by the National Electronics enforcement of the regulation. In this Policy 2019. schemes cover both components and direction, the random surveillance for finished products. Further, out of the LED products at border points was Lighting Industry does not appear in total 45 plus companies in these PLI enabled in September 2020. The any Core sector. It is forced to be part schemes a significant turnover and surveillance is also being revamped of Electronics or sometimes Electrical. investments are being driven by finished under the ambit of 'Electronics and IT Lighting is a different technology that products manufacturers itself. Entire Goods (Requirement of Compulsory require full and separate attention to value chain of manufacturing in Registration) Order 2021.' develop. What in your opinion should Electronics Manufacturing is being the government be doing to actually targeted through these Schemes. How would you rate our Indian promote the Lighting Industry as a engineers and R&D personnel when separate sector? In addition, a dedicated scheme named compared to these international Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing teams? A decision may be taken in this regard. of Electronic Components and R&D leads to innovation and generation From your perspective how has the Semiconductors (SPECS) will provide of Intellectual Properties, which act as COVID pandemic impacted the financial incentive of 25% on capital the foundation for the growth of ESDM Indian economy? What are the new expenditure for the identified list of industries. MeitY has setup various plans to revive the economy and electronic goods that comprise Center of Excellences (CoEs) in the overcome the challenge of COVID? downstream value chain of electronic ESDM sector with the support of The COVID pandemic wreaked havoc in products. different IITs for carrying out functional most countries and India had to bear the ELCOMA has collaborated with research and to promote start-up brunt of it as well. Government of India several International Lighting ecosystem. The CoEs along with MeitY could anticipate that the Indian economy associations for technology exchange Start-up Hub (MSH) have also been would need some boost to come out of and business development. Now that launching various innovation challenges this predicament. MeitY had launched 4 we are preparing for exports, will for promoting innovations, R&D across schemes since April 2020 which would your ministry be able to extend academics, start-ups, industries etc. enhance Electronics manufacturing in support, and to what extent? Where do you think our Indian the country and provide the needed The Mobile and Electronic Devices industry needs to improve most to impetus for recovery from the pandemic. Exports Promotion Council (approved come at par with International giants? A collective incentive of about INR 51 by Hon'ble CIM and to be housed in thousand crore (USD 6.8 bn) is expected Though the Indian Electronics MeitY) is in the process of being to be pumped into the electronics manufacturing industry had been incorporated to promote export of all manufacturing sector as incentives in the growing at a CAGR of 23% Y-o-Y, the types of mobile devices and electronic next 5 years. This would in turn attract potential for growth for the sector is components by extending support to the investments of INR 33673 crore (USD much higher. manufacturers/exporters on aspects such 4.48 bn) and create over 4 lakh direct as market price, market preferences and In order to make the Indian industry jobs in the country. latest designs prevalent in the foreign come at par with the international giants, The schemes saw participation from countries; tariff and other restrictive the industry needs to have a robust both global and domestic champions practices of importing countries; electronics ecosystem in the country. companies and thus laid the foundation knowledge about the product range and This ecosystem would help to attract and for creating a robust electronics export prices; acceptable international make it convenient for international ecosystem in India. It can be fairly standards and specifications; promotion giants to procure components locally estimated that the cumulative effects of in foreign countries; etc. and thus make India their manufacturing the Government would help India base. Government of India has taken The implementation of regulations is recover from the pandemic in a very steps to develop a strong electronics very weak in India. In spite of CRO short period. ecosystem and had launched the trilogy and mandatory standards, still about of schemes in April 2020. Subsequently 36% market is surviving without any the PLI for IT Hardware scheme was INTERVIEWED BY ILLUMINATION fear. What can you do to ensure that EDITORIAL TEAM
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COVER STORY Kusum Sarovar glows with white LED lighting from Signify
The 18th Century Kusum Sarovar complex in the historic town of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh is illuminated by Signify India using its Color Kinetics Monochrome White LED system
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ignify has illuminated the Kusum Sarovar complex in the historic Stown of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India using its Color Kinetics Monochrome White LED system. Signify provided 618 LED light points in warm white color to enhance the architectural features of the historical complex to help encourage night tourism. The project has been executed by the company in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department and Architect Design Associates. Kusum Sarovar is an important cultural icon for Mathura's citizens and pilgrims. The sandstone monument was built in the 18th century by the Jat leader Maharaja Suraj Mal for his queen Kishori Rani on the holy Govardhan Hill between Manasi Ganga and Radha Kund in the Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh
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in India. It is visited by millions of wives. The architecture and carving are friendly tourist landmarks by using LED pilgrims each year during the annual in the pierced stone style and the ceiling lighting to lower energy use and reduce Govardhan Parikrama pilgrimage. The of cenotaphs are adorned with beautiful operating costs. The Kusum Sarovar historical landmark is famous for its paintings that depict the life of Lord complex is a historically significant many legends associated with the Hindu Krishna. landmark that has deep ties with the holy god Lord Krishna and features a canopy The lighting has been carefully designed city of Mathura. We are proud to be a of Maharaja Suraj Mal, flanked on either to highlight the various architectural part of this project that will help bring to side by two smaller canopies of his two accents in this ancient complex giving life the beauty and glory of this visitors an unparalleled view of its monument, using our Color Kinetics solution.” says Sumit Padmakar Joshi, “At Signify, we are committed to opulent architecture, domes, ornate Vice Chairman and Managing Director helping Indian cities develop more columns, gardens and the lake at night. of Signify's operations in India. eco-friendly tourist landmarks by The multiple shades of white light and using LED lighting to lower energy narrow beam lenses highlight its various This latest project joins the expanding use and reduce operating costs. architectural features and the water list of historical monuments Signify has The Kusum Sarovar complex is a body. The interactions between the previously illuminated using Color historically significant landmark lighting, the water and the monument Kinetics, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, that has deep ties with the holy create a visually invigorating experience Qutub Minar, Howrah Bridge and city of Mathura. We are proud to for a visitor right from the entry of the Somnath temple amongst others. be a part of this project that will complex and help create a narrative that help bring to life the beauty and emphasizes the mythological AUTHOR : SIGNIFY INNOVATIONS INDIA glory of this monument, using our significance of the site. LIMITED Color Kinetics solution” “At Signify, we are committed to Views expressed in this article are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the helping Indian cities develop more eco- editors or publishers
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odern lighting systems must Processing and Digital Communication can belong to more than one group at the do more than just switching for such systems. same time, can store the lighting levels light on and off. Nowadays, WHAT IS DALI? for different lighting scenes and even be M switched on and off digitally without the light is one of the essential comfort DALI is a two-way communication features and part of an energy saving need for relays. Feedback messages system used to standardize digital concept in varied applications. The most from individual DALI LED Drivers are commands that are recognized by all important thing is to create a also possible (e.g. lamp faults). components in the lighting system. personalized lighting situation (lighting DALI is an “open protocol”, meaning it Simple operation - The intelligence of scenes) that can be stored and recalled, is a common platform that can be the DALI system resides in the DALI possibly with integrated presence adopted by all lighting equipment controller. Automatic routines are run in detector and daylight dependent control. manufacturers. In DALI, each device is the controller for detecting the The system must also be very easy to assigned an individually controllable connected components and addressing operate and enable feedback messages to DALI address and it allows for devices them. The user supplements these with be sent. to be grouped and controlled together. It simple commands using the control With traditional wiring and with analog offers intelligent room-based lighting elements. It is just as quick and easy to 1-10V interface such requirements are management with low component costs change the settings and adjust them to very difficult to meet and involve a great and high functionality. suit new requirements. deal of time, effort and money. A large Simple installation - DALI is installed In a DALI system, a two-wire, number of components have to be used by using standard installation material unpolarized bus is used for power and to enable a programmed scene to be for mains voltage. In five-wire mains two-way data communication. DALI changed, to provide flexible grouping at cables, the two wires not needed for power is 16V, when there is no active the same time and then to integrate these power supply can be used for the DALI communication, but the voltage level settings in a daylight-dependent control interface, with no need to worry about can differ depending on the data system. the polarity. transmission. Two-way communication DALI, short for Digital Addressable allows for DALI devices to send three Simple design, versatile functionality - Lighting Interface, overcomes the gap of types of commands. Every LED Driver in the DALI system previous 1-10V technology and fulfills can be addressed individually in digital WHAT CAN DALI DO? all the requirement of a digital system format and therefore interference-free, DALI is technically managed in the and provides Digital addressing, Digital open, global standard IEC 62386. The DALI Protocol is constantly evolving. In 2014 DALI was restructured and DALI- 2 was released with many ease of use improvements, new commands and compatibility with control devices. With these dynamic changes to the protocol, lighting systems have become more controllable and customizable. The DALI standard describes three basic kinds of devices namely Bus power supplies, Control gear and Control devices. Combinations of these are allowed within the same product.
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DALI version 1 LED driver. This more- thorough testing results in a large increase in interoperability, with fewer problems expected in installations. Some features have also been added, the most significant being the extended fade time, allowing fades from 0.1 s up to 16 minutes. Control devices - Control devices are new to the DALI-2 standard (IEC 62386, part 103). They were not specified in DALI version 1. Those that connected to the DALI-bus were proprietary solutions. This meant that Digital control of light quality with DALI allows building occupants to such control devices had to be from the intelligent feedback experience improved comfort and same manufacturer, to ensure they would work together. Whereas, The Control - Dimming curve is designed to wellbeing, higher productivity, better DALI-2 standard gives requirements for match human-eye sensitivity and staff retention, daylight harvesting application controllers and input brightness perception. DALI can (adjust intensity according to ambient devices, allowing devices from different precisely control the light output level as light levels through the day) and color- manufacturers to be used together on the well as lighting color for enhanced temperature control (according to time same DALI bus. comfort and well-being. The lighting of day and/or individual preference). state can be stored as a scene and can be DALI in an IoT world Interoperability - DALI-2 offers full compatibility and allows all drivers recalled whenever necessary. Input DiiA, the global DALI alliance, is taking (traditional/LED) & user interfaces devices such as pushbuttons, rotary further steps to bring the extensive (sensors, buttons, switches, interfaces controls or touch panels offers personal benefits of DALI to the Internet of etc.) to be mixed in projects. control of lighting via user interfaces Things (IoT) world. Having established Configure - DALI sensors can be used the DALI-2 certification process, which Standardization - DALI-2 is a neutrally to configure the light output level based secures interoperability between DALI tested standard and all standard on various stimulus e.g. input from devices, DiiA is developing new functions from all DALI suppliers work occupancy/ ambient light sensors. LED specifications that extend the well- without hassles. Drivers can be configured for use in established DALI lighting protocol. Compatibility - DALI-2 works with all Emergency Lighting too. These will create new possibilities for current products based on DALI (by Query - Facility managers can get DALI technology in the IoT age, while using the existing feature set) making use of DALI's strength as a appropriate information (like luminaire Specificity - Manufacturer specific robust, reliable and relatively low-cost info, energy & diagnostic data) for each features as e.g. the way of light sensing, communication technology optimized luminaire which can be used for CLO, Corridor function etc. are still for lighting applications. luminaire maintenance, enhanced asset possible management & performance monitoring. ADVANTAGES OF DALI-2 OVER Extended - Extended feature set is DALI-1 DALI for color control provided by using complete DALI-2 DALI allows precise, repeatable Control gear - For DALI-2, the IEC systems. 62386 standard has been re-written, selection and simple control of color. It DALI-2 certification is driven by DiiA, making it much clearer and more tightly enables control of the color output of the global DALI alliance that ensures specified, resulting in significantly two or more lamps from DALI control interoperability through testing and improved product interoperability. gear providing smooth fading between certification with trademark use. colors and provides accurate color Additionally, there has been a large calibration by xy and Tc color types. increase in the amount of testing. As an AUTHOR : PRUTHWIRAJ LENKA example, a DALI-2 LED driver takes HEAD OF OPERATIONS , DALI for Human Centric Lighting DIGITAL SYSTEM about three times longer to test than a OSRAM LIGHTING PVT LTD
22 JULY - SEP 2021 IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA SPECIAL FEATURE PLI scheme for white goods will reboot manufacturing, create capacity: Piyush Goyal production is Mr Vachani assured Mr Goyal that the expected to be industry is extremely confident that with $500 billion in this PLI a strong components ecosystem over five will be developed. He informed the years. The minister that large global players like ministry has MLS are already evaluating LED claimed that packaging in India and Chang Feng are PLI alone can looking at establishing large setup for expand a mechanicals. There are also several quarter of the small and medium players within total country who are setting-up or expanding manufacturing their existing infrastructure for other output of the components like wires, MPCB, Bare nion Commerce and Industry last five years. The government expects PCBs, etc. Minister Piyush Goyal, ahead to generate 1 crore employment through With the launch of the PLI scheme, the of the opening of the three- U this scheme in five years. Indian Lighting Industry feels that a month window for the production linked The interaction over the PLI scheme for strong component ecosystem will be incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods, white goods such as ACs and LEDs was develop which will eventually said that the scheme has been introduced held to take the feedback on the scheme. strengthen the industry to become a to produce national manufacturing The hon'ble minister stated that selection large global player and look towards champions. During an interaction with of companies eligible under the scheme exporting multi-million dollar exports in the industry on 15 Jun 2021, Mr Goyal will be done in a transparent and time- a very short period time. He assured the said that the scheme will reboot Indian bound manner. Hon'ble Minister that the industry is manufacturing to create capacity and very confident of achieving a market capability. Mr Goyal said that India's Mr Sunil Vachani, Executive Chairman share of 10% in the 130 billion US$ growth story will be led by its PLI of Dixon Technologies represented the global market from the current value scheme and that this scheme would Lighting Industry and ELCOMA. addition of 25% to products, would bring cost-competitiveness, quality, He told the Hon'ble Minister that the surely increase to almost 85% in a short efficiency and technology making India industry felt that it create the ecosystem time. leverage its competitive and mechanicals, MPCB, passive as well as comparative advantage to stake a claim the LED packaging in the country very He thanked the Hon'ble Minister for this in the global supply chains. quickly and that the industry is grateful path breaking scheme and suggested that in the future another scheme providing The PLI Scheme for white goods was that almost 87% of the components have PLI for finished goods may be thought notified on April 16 and the guidelines been covered under the PLI scheme. He of. Mr Vachani assure Mr Goyal you that were issued on June 4. The outlay for informed the minister that some of the the Indian Lighting Industry would work the scheme is Rs 6,238 crore for 2021- components had been missed out and the extremely hard and ensure that India 22 to 2028-29. The scheme will extend industry is engaging with the team at the does become the hub of manufacturing incentive of 4-6 per cent on incremental Commerce and Industry ministry to of LED lighting. sales for five years. An outlay of Rs 1.97 ensure that the components that have lakh crore was announced in Budget been missed out can also be included, 2021-22 for PLI schemes for 13 key such as poly capacitors, electronic capacitors and wires. AUTHOR: ILLUMINATION EDITORIAL sectors. Through PLI, minimum BOARD
IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 23 SPECIAL FEATURE Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for LED Lights Manufacturers in India he Production Linked Incentive scheme for LED lighting has been announced by Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) on 16th April 2021. This will boost LED lighting component manufacturing in India and will create an ecosystem by which not only our dependency on importsT of components will reduce but it will also create global champions. Our estimate on local BOM percentage content which is currently at a level less than 50%, is expected to reach a level of 70% over a period of next 5 years. With no threshold limits for investment and manufacturing revenue defined, existing finished goods manufacturers can venture on component manufacturing for captive use and thus enabling backward integration in manufacturing. Brief details about the PLI Scheme notification is as given under:
TARGET SEGMENTS: to the base year and one year of target segments in India. Support under the Scheme will be gestation period. Ÿ Eligibility of Companies shall be provided to companies/entities engaged Ÿ The applicant will have to fulfill both subject to their meeting the pre- in manufacturing of components of Air criteria of cumulative incremental qualification criteria for different Conditioners and LED Lights in India as investment in plant and machinery target segments which will be under: as well as incremental sales over the defined in the Scheme Guidelines. Ÿ LED Lights base year in that respective year to Ÿ More details are available in the be eligible for PLI. The first year of – LED Lighting Products (Core notification guidelines. investment will be FY 2021-22 and Components like LED Chip the first year of incremental sale will TENURE OF THE SCHEME: Packaging, Resisters, Ics, Fuses be FY 2022-23. Actual disbursement Support under the Scheme shall be and large-scale investments in of PLI for a respective year will be provided for a period of five (5) years other components etc.) subsequent to that year. subsequent to the base year as defined – Large Investments and one year of gestation period for Ÿ The Scheme is Fund Limited and – Normal Investments even in case of over achievement the fructifying investment to be implemented over FY 2021-22 to FY Ÿ Components of LED Lighting total pay-out of incentives would be 2028-29. Products (like LED Chips, LED capped at the amount approved by Drivers, LED Engines, Mechanicals, Cabinet. BASE YEAR: Packaging, Modules, Wire Wound Ÿ All relevant details of the Scheme, Ÿ FY 2019-20 shall be treated as the Inductors and other components) for example, base year, eligibility base year for computation of – Large Investments criteria, target segments, quantum of cumulative incremental investment incentive, pre-qualification criteria and incremental sales (net of taxes) – Normal Investments for different target segments, of manufactured goods (as distinct QUANTUM OF INCENTIVE: application period, etc. will be from traded goods) as well as for Ÿ The PLI Scheme shall extend an detailed in Scheme Guidelines. prequalification criteria. incentive of 4% to 6% on ELIGIBILITY: SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES incremental sales (net of taxes) over Ÿ Incentive under the Scheme shall be Ÿ Mere assembly of finished goods the base year of goods manufactured provided to Companies making shall not be incentivized. in India and covered under target brown field or green field segments, to eligible companies, for Ÿ Selection of companies for the Investments for manufacturing in a period of five (5) years subsequent Scheme shall be done so as to
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incentivize manufacturing of implementation of the Scheme over a The Empowered Group of Secretaries components or sub-assemblies which period of 5 years. (EGoS) chaired by Cabinet Secretary are not manufactured in India Ÿ Incentive per beneficiary: The will monitor the PLI scheme, undertake presently with sufficient capacity. incentive per beneficiary will be periodic review of the outgo under the Ÿ Companies investing in basic/core applicable on incremental sales (net scheme, ensure uniformity of all PLIs components shall have a higher of taxes) of manufactured goods (as and take appropriate action to ensure priority. distinct from traded goods) over base that the expenditure is within the prescribed outlay. In addition, EGoS will FINANCIAL OUTLAY: year subject to ceilings as may be decided and the beneficiary meeting be empowered to make any changes in Ÿ The PLI Scheme will be the cumulative investment criteria. the modalities of the scheme within the implemented within the overall overall financial outlay of Rs. 6,238 financial limits of ₹ 6,238 Crores for REVIEW AND MONITORING: crore. Eligibility Threshold Criteria: LED Lights
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Cumulative Minimum Cumulative Minimum Incremental Incremental Segment PLI Incremental PLI Incremental PLI Sl Year Sale Sale Rate Investment (INR Cr) Investment (INR Cr) (INR Cr) (INR Cr) (INR Cr) (INR Cr)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) LARGE INVESTMENT NORMAL INVESTMENT
1 LED Lights 2021-22 100 20 (Core 2022-23 6% 150 600 40 120 Components)# 2023-24 6% 200 900 36 60 240 7 2024-25 5% 250 1200 54 80 360 14 2025-26 5% 300 1500 60 100 480 18 2026-27 4% 1800 75 600 24 2027-28 72 24 Total 300 6000 297 100 1800 88
2 Components of 2021-22 5 2 LED Lights* 2022-23 6% 10 30 4 12 2023-24 6% 15 60 2 6 24 1 2024-25 5% 20 90 4 8 36 1 2025-26 5% 25 120 5 10 48 2 2026-27 4% 150 6 60 2 2027-28 6 2 Total 25 450 22 10 180 9 Figures are rounded off for easier readability.
# LED Lights: (Core Components like LED Chip Packaging, Resisters, ICs, Fuses and large scale investments in other components etc.) *Components of LED Lights: LED Chips, LED Drivers, LED Engines, Mechanicals, Packaging, Modules, Wire Wound Inductors and other components. COL. (4): Actual disbursement of PLI for a respective year will be subsequent to that year. For example, subject to fulfilling the conditions of cumulative threshold incremental investment up to FY 2021-22 over base year and threshold incremental sales of manufactured goods over the base year in FY 2022-23, PLI will be disbursed in FY 2023-24.
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IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 25 INDUSTRY NEWS BIS organizes Webinar on CRS webinar with the theme 'This George Paul, CEO, MAIT and all the the regulations have made significant week That day' was organized attendees on behalf of BIS and informed success in deterring the traders/ Aby Registration Department of that the occasion also marks 8 years of manufacturers from importing unsafe Bureau of Indian Standards on 18 June successful completion of CRS as first products to India and achieving the goal 2021. The webinar was chaired by Mr. H license was granted on 12 June 2013. He of providing safer products to J S Pasricha, Sc F & DDG informed the audience that as on date, consumers. He also talked about the (Certification) and was attended by over more than 17000 licenses are in various challenges being faced in 140 dignified members from various operation for different products notified implementation of the order and Govt. departments like, MeitY, Ministry by MeitY, MNRE, and Ministry of emphasized on the role of surveillance of New and Renewal Energy (MNRE), Heavy Industries. In his address, he in the operation of the order. industry associations, BIS recognized emphasized on the importance of Mr. Shyam Sujan, Secretary General, laboratories, Indian manufactures, brand product certification and its role in ELCOMA, took over from Dr. Bharat owners, officers from BIS and others. ensuring safety to end users. He also and spoke about 'The role of Standards The webinar is a part of 'Azadi Ka highlighted contribution of BIS towards & Certification in Lighting Industry'. He Amrut Mahotsav – India @ 75', which is Atmanirbhar Bharat through CRS. He congratulated BIS on reducing the an initiative of the Government of India invited feedbacks from the audience. His turnaround time required for to celebrate and commemorate 75 years address was followed by technical development of standards. He further of progressive India. It was informed sessions. informed about action taken under that they have chosen this occasion to The technical session started with a Vision 2020 to reduce 10 % of power celebrate the completion of eight years presentation by Mr. Peeyush Prakash, consumption in lighting sector. Further, of Compulsory Registration Scheme Sc.-C (Registration) on the subject he suggested that BIS may create a (CRS). 'CRS: Challenges and Achievements' query knowledge base for welfare of Mr. H J S Pashricha, Sc F & DDG during which he gave a brief history of BIS officers, manufacturers and labs. He (Certification) inaugurated the webinar CRS and informed the audience about further suggested that instead of and welcomed the speakers Dr. B. S. the various ministries working with BIS adopting IEC standard to Indian Negi, Advisor, MNRE, Dr. Bharat K specific to the CRS. He also gave a conditions, BIS may pursue IEC to make Yadav, Sc.-E, MeitY, Mr. Shyam Sujan, glimpse of the increase in product standards in different tiers to Secretary General, ELCOMA, and Mr. categories in CRS and how the CRS has accommodate Indian conditions. evolved in to paperless system through The last speaker was Mr. George Paul, digital platform. CEO, MAIT who congratulated BIS on Dr. B. S Negi, Advisor, MNRE was the the various initiatives taken by BIS to next speaker who spoke on the subject ensure good quality of work even during 'Standards & Certification as a stepping trying times. The technical sessions were stone to Quality'. This was followed by a followed by an interactive question presentation by Dr. Bharat K Yadav, Sc.- answer session, where queries from E, MeitY on 'CRO: Accomplishments audience were addressed by BIS and and Way Ahead' who emphasized how MeitY and other speakers. Mr. Avik Datta, Sc.- C, DDG Secretariat, proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the distinguished guests and the delegates in the seminar at the closing of the Webinar.
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INDUSTRY NEWS ELCOMA advocates inclusion of UVC Tech for Controlling COVID Spread ELCOMA requests for the Inclusion of UV-C disinfection technology for indoor environments to contain spread of ongoing pandemic s part of its advocacy role, discovered to be an effective tool in units can reduce the concentration of ELCOMA recently wrote to preventing the spread of contagious infectious viruses in the air while AShri K Vijay Raghavan, diseases through disinfecting water, preventing human exposure to UV-C Principal Scientific Advisor to surfaces and air in very short time irradiation. Government of India to request the periods. UV-C inactivates viruses and UV-C irradiation in HVAC systems Inclusion of UV-C disinfection microorganisms such as bacteria, keeps cooling coils free of infectious technology for indoor environments in moulds, spores, fungi and yeasts by biofilm in heat exchangers, disinfects advisory to contain spread of ongoing damaging their DNA or RNA genomes surfaces and disinfects the air flow. pandemic. and inhibiting replication. UV-C is Treatment within the air distribution The letter complemented the generated by long-known lamp systems can inactivate viruses and government on recognizing “airborne manufacturing and light generation pathogens, thereby reducing the transmission” as one of the modes, technologies. It is easily controllable and transference from one room to another. chemical free, therefore more besides aerosol and surface, causing are environmentally friendly than various Surface UV-C disinfection systems spread of this ongoing pandemic in an effective and established method of other disinfectants. indoor environments and suggesting reducing infection rates in unoccupied measures to tackle this issue. While the UV-C radiation has been proven to spaces. Fixed and mobile high-output industry agrees that ventilation indeed is inactivate all micro-organisms and UV-C surface disinfection units have a good mitigation strategy to reduce the viruses against which it has been tested been used for many years to reduce the viral particle concentrations thus including, among others, those causing incidence of infections - for example, in reducing inhaled dose of viral particles tuberculosis, influenza, and SARS. In hospitals. Surface disinfection but achieving the same in existing relation to COVID-19, several scientific employing UV-C systems has been buildings with central air conditioning reports have been published showing successfully applied to quickly systems or in individual spaces having rapid and effective inactivation of inactivate various pathogens such as DX AC units is not easily possible as the SARS-CoV-2 by ultraviolet-C. MRSA. UV-C systems for surface ventilation rates of the system are UV-C disinfection indoors can take disinfection can also disinfect optimized for activity carried out in a various forms depending on surrounding air and as such perform space and overall energy required to applications simultaneous air and surface cool the fresh air intake. Many solution disinfection. have evolved over time to address this Upper-room UV-C systems and UV-C issue and one such solution is utilizing in recirculating air disinfection units Whole room direct disinfection below UV-C1 radiation energy to disinfect the can inhibit likely airborne transmission exposure limits in occupied spaces. air. For airborne viral particles, upper routes in occupied spaces. Natural air Low-output UV disinfection can be room UVGI (Ultraviolet Germicidal flow resulting from movement, performed in a manner that is below Irradiation) systems provide air changes temperature changes and recirculating exposure limits to inactivate viruses and per hour that are similar to the air-conditioning in indoor spaces pathogens in air either as a primary introduction of clean air into the space. contributes to the rapid spread of viruses method or in combination with other such as SARS-CoV-2. High-output UV- methods. UV-C disinfection is an established C systems in the upper space of rooms WHO and US Centers for Disease technology for disinfection. It has been or in UV-C recirculating air disinfection applied for many decades since it was Control and Prevention have
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recommended the use of upper-room upper air UVGI (Ultraviolet germicidal which causes COVID-19. The Food and UV-C systems as a supplemental air- irradiation) for indoor environment Environmental Hygiene Department cleaning measure to reduce transmission applications such as hospital waiting (FEHD), Government of Hong Kong, of airborne bacterial and viral infections rooms, courtroom, lobbies, also has recently asked restaurants/ in public buildings, hospitals, military school/institutional cafeterias, school cafeterias to introduce UV-C based or housings and classrooms. Recently US nurse's office, homeless shelter sleep UV-C combine HEPA air purification Centers for Disease Control and areas, restaurants, breakrooms etc.to devices to enhance anti-epidemic effect. Prevention have recommended use of reduce the exposure to SARS-Cov-2 For bibliography and References contact to [email protected] GLA requests WHO to Promote UVC Disinfection Technology he Global Lighting Association, almost all indoor locations. GLA also intervention in non-domestic indoor in a recent letter to the World feels that there is also a longer-term places in the battle against the COVID- Health Organization (WHO), interest at stake, as the technology can 19 pandemic. Trequested them to promote use of UV-C be an important tool in mitigating other The Global Lighting Association disinfection technology indoors in the current and future airborne pathogens. requested the WHO to add all the four battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Although both the World Health forms of safe UV-C application solutions GLA recommended that Ultraviolet C Organization and the US Centers for described by them to WHO's list of (UV-C1) disinfection technology is an Disease Control have recommended the recommendation as a non- efficacious adjunct to preventive non- use of upper-room UV-C systems as a pharmaceutical intervention for indoor pharmaceutical intervention (social supplemental air-cleaning measure to use. distancing, hand hygiene, face masks) to reduce transmission of airborne bacterial reduce contamination by neutralizing the and viral infections in public buildings, SARS-CoV-2 virus. UV-C disinfection hospitals, military housings and in an indoor environment reduces the classrooms, UV-C disinfection viral load and hence decreases risk of technology is not listed in WHO infection and its efficacy extends to recommendations as non-pharmaceutical Surya Roshni Supports COVID fight with Oxygen Cylinders ith the shortage of Oxygen In a selfless action, the management of Roshni supplied over 13,400 cylinders, looming large over the Surya Roshni shut the plant and supplied equivalent to 8 tankers of oxygen, to all Whospitals of Madhya oxygen cylinders for medical purposes. the nearby districts hospitals, absolutely Pradesh during the second wave of They refilled and supplied more than free of cost during the pandemic. COVID-19 in April 2021, energy 250 oxygen cylinders within 24 hours to Energy minister Pradumnya Singh minister Pradumnya Singh Tomar, Gwalior, Bhind and Morena where many Tomar bowed down before the requested the management of Surya hospitals were worried about the management of the firm and thanked Roshni's Malanpur plant to help those in shortage of oxygen. 20 workers worked them for their humanitarian gesture. dire need. The shortage of oxygen in round the clock for 4 days to refill and hospitals caused chaos throughout supply over 600 cylinders of Oxygen till Gwalior and other cities of Madhya the crisis was averted. In all, Surya Pradesh.
IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 29 SPECIAL FEATURE MAKING IN INDIA Dixon Technologies - Top 5 Lighting EMS in the World From modest beginnings, Dixon is today India's largest Manufacturer of Lighting Products
million. Focused on high value consumer electronics, home appliances, mobile phones, lighting, electronics products, reverse logistics and medical equipment, Dixon has made its place as one of the most respected EMS companies in the world. Over the last 27 years, Dixon has demonstrated rapid growth in its Lighting vertical and is recognized for low-cost manufacturing capabilities, proven design expertise and established high quality customer base. With world- class production facilities, a localized ecosystem, handpicked vendors, in- house research and testing and s a home-grown manufacturing mobile phones and LED TV panels indigenous manufacturing, Dixon is an company, Dixon Technologies Dixon began its journey in 1993 with a Industry leader today and amongst one provides design focused modest start with a 5000 sq. ft. Industrial of the top 5 EMS companies worldwide A in Lighting. solutions in consumer durables, home space in Okhla Industrial Estate, New appliances, lighting, mobile phones and Delhi. Today Dixon is the largest Dixon has 14 manufacturing facilities security devices to customers across the 'Electronics System Design and located in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand globe, along with repairing and Manufacturing' company in India with and Andhra Pradesh and 3 R&D centres refurbishment services of a wide range an industrial space of 2.4 million sq. ft. in India and China and employs 1700+ of products including set top boxes, area and a turnover of over US$ 900 personnel across their facilities which
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are accredited with ISO 9001-2015, ISO etc as well as Outdoor Lights like Street 14001-2015 and 45001:2018 Quality Lights and Flood Lights. With a capacity certificates. of over 250 mn LED bulbs, 50 mn LED Dixon's portfolio of products in LED Battens and Tubes and 20 mn Lighting includes LED Bulbs from downlights in addition to 20 mn drivers 0.5W to 50W, LED Battens, and ballast per annum Dixon is the Downlighters, Panel Lights, Ceiling leading manufacturer of lighting Lights, Outdoor Drivers, LED products in India. Tubelights (TLED ), etc for some of Offering 'End-to-End' solutions across India's leading brands. Dixon also multiple sectors, today Dixon is a fully manufactures smart LED Bulbs, LED backward-integrated enterprise with battens and Panel Lights. The also state of the art facilities and SUNIL VACHANI, produce color LED products in 0.5W infrastructure. Dixon has emerged as the EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Bulb, Battens, Concealed lights, Down- largest EMS in India that is fully lights while manufacturing Bulbs, equipped to cater to the fast growing Government of India's PLI scheme is Battens and Down-lights in the Tri-CCT Indian requirements in the EMS space a Path breaking and a historic step in category. In the future Dixon plans to and also offering its products to various the right direction. Besides creating manufacture Decorative Lights (Rope International markets. lakhs of new jobs it will improve the Light, Table Lights and Mirror Lights, domestic industry and significantly contribute to the Indian Exports in the coming years. Indian EMS Industry greatly appreciates honourable PM's vision and Made in India campaign which has inspired the whole manufacturing Industry in India. Needless to say that with such aggressive reforms Indian industry is poised to become one of the top manufacturing hubs in various verticals such as Telecom, IT, Lighting, Pharma, Automobiles and Auto components etc.
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IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 31 SPECIAL FEATURE MAKING IN INDIA Century LED – Creating Magik Century LED manufactures all their products for the Magik brand at their factory in Howrah
entury LED Limited, also caters to OEM manufacturing for headquartered in few other leading lighting brands in CKolkata is a forward- India. looking LED lighting solution The manufacturing unit houses a NABL provider with an aspiration of accredited laboratory that has the becoming one of the top capability of providing a wide variety of lighting brands in India. As a testing facilities, enabling the company significant contributor to the to offer products that confirm to very Government of India's 'Make high-quality standards. Multiple in India' and 'Atmanirbhar' production lines ensure that the factory initiatives, Century LED to simultaneously produces a wide strives to manufacture all its variety of products. Each production line products at its own is equipped with highly sophisticated manufacturing unit located in machines that that have been procured or Howrah. specially designed with the objective of Century's state of the art reducing production cycle times. factory, whose operations and The primary products manufactured at supervision are managed by the factory include but are not limited to industry veterans, not only bulbs, battens, downlights, street lights, produces lighting products for flood lights, highbays and IoT based their own brand “Magik” but lighting solutions. The company
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produces 2 million bulbs every month along with 0.5 million other products manufacture lighting products & that cater to both retail sale as well as components locally. In 2020, India B2B projects. imported electronic products valued The company's R&D centre located in at over 3.7 Trillion INR. The Howrah has designed several innovative implementation of the PLI scheme is and rugged products for their own a good way to reverse the trend. brands as well as for OEM business. The While mechanical components and company's R&D teams have developed small electronics will see more local many cutting-edge, futuristic products manufacturing, it will require a including smart, IoT products that can special effort to attract large be controlled from anywhere in the investments in LED manufacturing especially semiconductors & LED world with features like tunable CCT, MAKING MAGIK IN INDIA – chips. In any case, smooth and quick remote control operations, APP based ANIRUDH KAJARIA, BUSINESS operation and response to voice HEAD, CENTURY LED implementation of the scheme commands. should see increased domestic Magik LED has been a wholehearted manufacturing. Strict quality control allows their supporter of the Make in India The PLI scheme and vision of the branded products to feature very high initiative and is one of the first large efficacy, life expectancy and Government is to also make India lighting companies to embrace the competitive for exports. However, capabilities. Several unique features like spirit of this unique scheme. We automatic switch-on and switch-off, as the Indian industries import more broke ranks and went against the than 50% of components/parts from automatic multi-stage dimming industry trends and set up our own especially in streetlights and flood lights China, this drives up production factory at a huge investment to costs and provides no competitive has enabled customers to not only have manufacture products locally. enhanced savings on their energy bills advantage to Indian producers. but also have better, effortless control With changes in the import duty Localization of components, due to automation. structure, Make-in-India got the especially semiconductors and LED necessary impetus over the last few will make exports competitive on Century LED follows gender neutral years. While the PLI scheme will both cost and quality fronts. employee policies as a result of which further boost this, the increase of they employ over 80 women in the Further, if the PLI can cover import duty on components investment in dies and tools too, it factories who contribute in vital unfortunately has taken some sheen departments like R&D, QA etc. In fact, will allow investments in soft assets off this campaign. Till components that are currently dependent on in certain processes and sub processes, start getting manufactured locally on [mounting, visual, touch-up etc.] women Chinese designs. Special emphasis a large scale, there will be a cost needs to be given on tool dies apart perform faster and more flawlessly than pressure on Indian made goods. men. All women employees along with from investments so that India can their family members are medically The PLI scheme introduced by the be a thought leader and drive insured (either through mediclaim or Govt should encourage companies to innovation in this segment. ESIC coverage).
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IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 33 SPECIAL FEATURE MAKING IN INDIA Luker Electric – Southern Manufacturing, APAC Ambitions With their manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, Luker is focusing on energy efficient, eco-friendly products in India and Asia-Pacific region
UKER Electric Technologies biggest LED manufacturing factory at 225,000 sqft has been operationalized Private Limited, a joint venture Chettippalayam the village, Coimbatore, and in the second phase another 300,000 with LUKER USA for exclusive Tamil Nadu which is spread across 21 sq. ft. of the plant is expected to be L acres of land. In the first phase, the commissioned in 2022. The company manufacturing and sales in India and the Asia Pacific, has set up one of India's factory layout consisting of about expects to enhance their production turnover to US $ 65 Million per annum by 2024 and aims to make India a LED manufacturing hub and export products to the Asia Pacific region. Luker manufactures over 2500 models and designs of LED Lighting solutions for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial applications in warn, neutral and cool-white color options. They also manufacture specialized lighting for Stadium, Street lighting and Commercial Buildings and their indoor and outdoor products are ideal for houses, apartments, factories, warehouses, hospitals, streets, stadiums, public places, shopping malls, etc. Luker
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MR. JOTHISH KUMAR, certification, is equipped with qualified MANAGING DIRECTOR engineers and world-class testing Under the Make in India policy, equipment and follows all International LUKER Electric Technologies is and IEC standards. promoted by Indians with a manufacturing hub in India. We At present Luker Electric Technologies expect to reach a turnover of US$ 1 manufactures Ceiling, Exhaust and employs over 1000 employees of which Billion in the long run. Our eco- Pedestal fans with the latest energy 600+ employees are employed in the friendly and energy-saving products saving technology and their Solar Water factory. Most factory workers are from have an edge over other products in Heaters, MCB and ELCB and Solar surrounding areas and 80% of the the market and that is the reason why Products meet all local and international workforce are women. our products were selected for the standards. LUKER Electric products are available Prestigious Brand Award in 2019 at Luker has a well-equipped, qualified, pan India through over 300 Distributors, the UAE- INDIA strategic conclave and experienced Research & 600 Dealers and 60000 retail in Dubai. Soon we also plan to Development wing for new product touchpoints. Their technical support export our products to the Asia innovations and product designs as per team is present in all major cities and Pacific region. the latest market demand. Their testing provides onsite services to customers lab, which is undergoing NABL anywhere in India. AUTHOR: ILLUMINATION EDITORIAL BOARD WITH INPUTS FROM LUKER Guruprasad Mohapatra Passes Away Trade (DPIIT). by numerous achievements. In his role Mr Mohapatra was the head of several as municipal commissioner of empowered groups set up by the Prime Ahmedabad, he oversaw the Sabarmati Minister including one for the effective river-front redevelopment and as response of COVID. He was chairman of the Airports Authority of instrumental in ensuring that during the India (AAI), he ensured expansion of recent COVID surge, demand for aviation infrastructure in tier 3 cities for medical oxygen was met and he kept the UDAN scheme. As Secretary, DPIIT, he ensured that work on 'ease of doing r Guruprasad Mohapatra coordinating oxygen supplies almost till business' gathered further pace, with the (1962-2021), passed away his last few breaths to give other patients country moving up 14 positions on the recently due to COVID. An a fighting chance. Continuing work even M while he was hospitalized, his sense of global chart. The government's push for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) reducing the compliance burden of officer of the 1986 batch he served as responsibility was such that he put the citizens in their interactions with the secretary in the Department for country above his own needs. state apparatus was spearheaded by him. Promotion of Industry and Internal As a professional, his career was marked
IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 35 TECH CORNER IoT based smart Guestroom Management System for Hotels The article highlights how IoT based systems can change the way hotels and guests interact n today's competitive hospitality room management system can create an a room that impact the overall guest industry, hotels are looking to incredible experience for the guest while experience. differentiate themselves from home- simultaneously delivering the services 1. Lighting and Scene Management sharingI services like Airbnb, by creating efficiently. To provide such a seamless more personalized and memorable guest guest experience and to maximise the The guest room system should be able to experiences. An IoT based smart benefit of automating energy greet the guest by creating a warm Guestroom and Hotel property management, hotels need a single welcome scene upon entering first time management system can empower these integrated room control system. in the room. When guests arrive, the system should automatically detect their experiences, helping to make spaces As world of IoT is adding new devices presence and activate a tailored welcome more flexible, personalised and every day, we can expect that an IoT lighting scene upon entering the room. dynamic. These experiences create an based smart guest room management exceptional stay for the guests. The guest should not go through the system should not be restricted to the hassle of fumbling with key cards or Creating a memorable stay is essential – guest room experiences but it can also switches, he/she needs to experience just not just for guests' loyalty, but for the impact other aspects of the guests, in a perfect presentation of the room. This brand itself. In the world of social house staff and create a complete welcome scene should be automatically media, a positive experience can be solution package for the hotel. Ideally, tailored based on the time of the day shared instantly with others. So, it has such a system should focus on enhanced (day/night) or ambient lighting never been more important to create guest experience, guest safety and well conditions and should include other spaces that are flexible, engaging and being, Energy Management and [2] services, such as motorised curtains for environmentally sustainable. Choosing Operational & Staff Efficiency. maximum impact. the right solution provider which can FEATURES OF GUEST ROOM The guest room should also be equipped partner with the hotel, can be very MANAGEMENT SYSTEM with dimmable luminaires which can be crucial in assuring the quality and configured by the hotel to create consistency across hotel estates. A Guest rooms are just as important to different mood and activity scenes. With reliable solution provider should be able hotel operators as they are to visitors. A one tap on a panel, selecting different to provide a solution that is available significant portion of a hotel's operating scenes, mood or activity-based scenes, is globally with CE and UL certified costs typically goes into servicing them. the most intuitive way for guests to systems. One reason is that guest rooms usually account for the majority of space in a personalise their rooms through dynamic A typical guest room in hotel has hotel. Hotels feature three distinct zones: lighting. With dimming, guests can numerous systems that need to work guest rooms, public spaces and service choose scenes such as bright, relax and round the clock to create a pleasingly areas. The space allocation between work, tailoring the lighting to a different unforgettable experience for the guests. these three zones varies depending on intensity. The right guest room system Bringing all these systems on a central the type of hotel. For example, guest should be able to support all open control not only gives the guest a rooms in a mid-range hotel could take standard dimming methods. No matter seamlessly integrated interface, but also up as much as 90% of the floor plan. A the dimming method, the system should maximises the energy and operational [1] large luxury hotel with convention be able to provide smooth, flicker free efficiency of the hotel. For example, facilities, on the other hand, will dimming. To ensure perfect integration, using occupancy or door status to switch typically allocate around 65% of space. the system provider can also provide or step-down HVAC behaviour, or A good guest room management system compatibility testing service for third routing a Make Up my Room request to party luminaires. housekeeping, an IoT based smart guest should be able to address and interact with all the major system components in In addition to these services, luxury
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hotel guest services, such as VIP guest Another discomfort which most guest temperature as preferred by the guests. welcome, can be further enhanced with experience in a guest room while While the system optimises the room lighting scenes. The system can provide sleeping are the various LED indicators conditions when unoccupied to balance hidden lighting scenes access to the on different components present in a comfort and energy savings, it should hotel staff. Using hidden lighting scenes room such as fire alarm sensor, always have the flexibility to remember which can be activated simply by hotel's television set and keypads lights. These and restore guest preferences. This staff, the hotel operator can highlight a illuminated indicators on panels, sensors system should be able to integrate third gift or note on the bed for guests or a and other devices around a room can party system such as balcony to enhance champagne or fruit basket. Each become distracting for many guests the energy management of the space. iteration creates a small but memorable getting to or staying asleep. A good When a balcony door or window is positive experience. These small but guest room management system can opened, HVAC can be disabled, impactful features enhance the hotel reduce this to the maximum by immediately or after a delay. By services and leave a lasting impact of the providing the option to disable all implementing a central monitoring guests. indicators - either fully or as part of system with a dashboard, real-time door 2. Wellness by improving Quality of specific scenes such as night or all off – status can be seen by the hotel staff, sleep for all the components provided by the increasing the operational efficiency of supplier. Using panels that combines this the hotel staff. Quality of sleep and guest comfort can total darkness with an easy and intuitive be directly improved with a combination In a typical guest room, many guest way to find a light when needed – the of lighting and smart controls. room systems measure temperature from panel can have the provision of a a single point and this feedback is sent to Research shows that a third of travellers proximity sensor that can provide a halo the HVAC system for temperature-based leave a light on overnight to help them for a soft illumination or display back- cooling/heating. But a good guest room navigate in an unfamiliar environment.[3] . light to help as soon as the guest management system should take multi Apart from consuming energy, that's a approaches these panels. At all other point readings around the guest room major distraction from great sleep. Anti- times, these panels do not show any light with evenly spaced-out temperature Stumble lights paired with sensors and or indicator to create zero light pollution sensors to the most accurate temperature embedded lighting controls can detect and provide the most effective sleeping around. By using this average when a guest steps out of bed. Once environment to the guests. temperature, HVAC control should be detected, the guest room system can 3. HVAC and Energy Management able to truly represent the picture of the illuminate the surface of the floor with a full room, not just at the thermostat low level of light. The guest room The system should be able to utilise all point. At night, when the room is system should coordinate with the the components in the guest room to occupied and the guests are sleeping, the sensors in the bedroom and bathroom to create a space which not just automates system can trigger a localised create an ambience with just the right the guest comfort but also contributes temperature detection and control the amount of light which guests require to significantly on energy savings. The HVAC system. This can be probably navigate the space in night but not system should be able to provide real done by taking temperature around the enough to wake him/her or other guests time occupancy cooling/heating. The bedside panels. By using this localised in the room.[3] guest room management system should be able to do a smart data, the system provides maximum occupancy detection, as well comfort, contributing towards a great as to check in/out night's sleep. information from the The guest room management system Property Management should also be able to provide a one System of the hotel, and touch mode to switch between different provide the most efficient scenes not just for lighting but also for conditioning of a room, while the HVAC. For example, an energy always reflecting the guests savings mode can allow guests to opt for comfort preferences.[1] The further energy savings with a single tap system should also be able to on the thermostat. This mode might accommodate the real time move the temperature set point to an request from guests to set the optimised mode. Guests can be thanked
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for their support on the display, this can Checked In PMS be linked to guest's loyalty programmes. Checked Out Staff in Room Is the Guestroom Sold The guest room management system can Action Parallel Check Yes No have another mode such as exclusive Check in Check Out
mode for those extra special guests that Balcony Balcony Open/ Open/ Close Close Sold, Unoccupied Unsold, Unoccupied Close Close need the additional attention and care Valve(s) Valve(s)
and want to be treated a little differently. Off On 24o C Auto Close Off On 26o C Auto Close Staff Mode
4. Window coverings and Mechanical Door Door Opened Opened
o It is very essential to control every Bright On 24 C Auto Open
Access Control Balcony Open/ system of the guest room from the same Door Close Opened Which key type was used user interface with matching wiring RCU Memory at the doorlock to enter? Is this the first room accessories for a consistent design and entry since check-in? Guest Staff Yes No Check Check Switch Check Occupancy Occupancy Close State finish. With the design philosophy Occupancy Valve(s)
approaching to a more simple and Sold, Occupied Sold, Occupied (Hotel Defaults) (Inter-stay Guest Return) Realtime Occupancy
Activate Sensors, Panel cleaner look, avoiding different panels Proximity & AntiStumble to detect movement for 15 minutes o Day Bright On 23 C Auto Open Restore Previous State Relax o Night On 23 C Auto Close (Unless Day,Night,Day is crossed, Retain type of panels for different functions o Green 25 C Auto then use timed lighting & curtains) State
Movement No Movement becomes imperative. A good guest room Detected Detected Balcony Balcony Open/ Open/ Door Close Close Door Opened Opened management system should not only be Close Valve(s) Retain Switch able to provide controls for its State State
Check components but also able to integrate Occupancy other components such as curtains and blinds, ceiling fans, BMS and central Figure 1: A Typical Guest Room Management System architecture HVAC and power outlet controls and protocol and proprietary integration utilise the data in the most effective way. have the room control logic around to options such as BacNet, Modbus and This dashboard should have different incorporate all the systems in the guest Coolmaster. access and windows for the operations room. The system should additionally be able team and the maintenance team, There are other systems in a guest room to provide control of the power outlets. prioritizing the inputs that are most such as motorised curtains, blinds and This saves energy by reducing standby important to the relevant teams. privacy screens which can provide guest power consumption from equipment 1. Real-time Visibility & Control for convenience, as well as a 'wow effect' such as televisions and coffee makers front desk & operation: when incorporated with the various when Outlets can be programmed to scenes of the guest room. Effects such as With the detailed dashboard available, automatically power up upon check-in. closing curtains when a room is hotel working staff and corresponding Management System architecture unoccupied or when the temperature or teams can view real-time statuses and light level exceeds set levels, can also FEATURES IN THE SOFTWARE, requests raised by the guests. Simple, yet help conserve energy and preserve room DATA SERVICE AND THE IOT OF powerful filters should be present to material finishes. Many hotels also have SYSTEM view every room across the hotel with a the provision of ceiling fans as an Software becomes a core part of the IoT certain status to prioritize various tasks additional guest comfort option. The based Guest Room Management system and attending requests efficiently. For system should have the provision to as it monitors the statuses of guest example, requests such as laundry control these fans as well. Control of rooms, manages the devices and pickup can be almost immediately these components should be seamlessly provides real-time visibility to see and actioned and unnecessary journeys can integrated using the same controllers and control the services across the hotel. The be saved by checking if DND is active. interfaces for consistent presentation of historical data collected by this software If a guest calls for assistance, this control. provides rich, intuitive reports that help dashboard should provide at a glance information, making it simple to advise As there are other mechanical systems the hotel operators to make informed or even remotely assist them with such as HVAC and power with have to decisions to update defaults and plan the changes such as temperature or fan be integrated with building management staffing inline with guest needs. speed. Each room should have an audit systems, the guest room management The IoT system should come with trail of events such as DND, occupancy, system should provide a range of open customizable dashboards option to
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defining a safe range or the software help to make sure that normal set of expected rooms are up to date, including the latest levels for the various chances and updates. With the help of parameters that are the software and IoT system, defaults for measured. As soon as different seasons settings can be any parameter of the automatically updated throughout the room exceeds this year to optimise guest comfort by range, or after a certain creating seasons. The IoT system should defined time is elapsed, have the option to create different the system should periods for room defaults each with its create and send an alert own unique settings. on the dashboard. 4. Empower decisions with powerful balcony door movement to help with While this dashboard reporting guest enquiries, with data available to and linked email alerts provide timely With the help of the IoT systems, hotel export in a click. notification that a guestroom requires attention, it should also be integrated to can serve guests even better through With a fully networked system, the gaining a deep understanding of their hotels can expand beyond the standard deploy with the hotel operational systems. For example, if a guest leaves behaviours. The dashboard will 'DND' button to offer a full range of immediately show a glance of services. For example, additional DND active for more than 48 hours, the IoT system can create a task in guest information about guest patterns and the options such as Make Up Room, support staff teams can perform in a Laundry Pickup, Service / Butler Call relationship management such as FCS eConnect for staff to ensure that guests much better way. The various reports and Room Service / Tray Pickup can generated by the software should be also be integrated to the system. All of are okay, or if humidity spikes, the IoT system can create a ticket in engineering stored in a report library that should the services should be available through provide either broad overviews of panels or displays and their status should management system such as FCS eEngineering to assign appropriately requests and performance (Management be synchronised to the dashboard of IoT Report), or in-depth readings in to system for teams to see in action. With qualified engineering currently on shift to investigate.[1] themes such as Occupancy, these operational integrations, guests' Environmental, Room Statues to look requests should be automatically created 3. Seasonality & Bulk Updates for exceptions and establish patterns for as jobs, passed to a runner and The IoT system should self-manage the guests. The IoT system should also prioritised. It creates a very efficient defaults across the guest rooms or be able to give insights into trends, the process for the hotel staff and helps configure these rooms to change hotel can easily add a comparison deliver incredible guest experience. automatically with the seasons. The IoT between different wings, floors, room 2. Proactive Monitoring & Alerts for system should provide hotel types, or simply how the selected data rooms, devices and more: management users with the ability to has changed over time. These reports The hotel stall can be informed the remotely update key room settings such should be custom build to select exactly moment something is not quite right, as default temperature set point, sensor the data types needed, from just the right complete with all the details needed to time-outs and welcome scene rooms and dates. These reports should address it without losing time and behaviours. These settings are organised be saved easily in a one click for access increasing guest discomfort. The IoT by room type allowing hotels to in future, with the options of either the system should alert of any malfunction differentiate between rooms by tier, their fixed dates or a variable time period, by continuously monitoring the status aspect, floor or any other means. such as this month compared to last and behaviour of guestrooms over a Updating these settings for a room type month. range of parameters, from temperature with the IoT system will automatically broadcast to every instance in the AUTHORS : NUPUR JHA, and humidity to balcony door and safe NATIONAL APPLICATION SPECIALIST, door status. This system should also be property when the room is next SIGNIFY INNOVATIONS INDIA LIMITED unoccupied. Intuitive overviews from SAUMEN BHAUMIK, customised as per different room types, HEAD OF SPECIFICATION SALES, SIGNIFY INNOVATIONS INDIA LIMITED Bibliography and References : [1]White paper : Guest Room Control Systems, Interact Hospitality and Cundall, October 2019. Views expressed in this article are those of the [2] Interact Hospitality Brochure, Signify, 2020. contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the [3] White paper: Wake up to Wellness, Philips, 2020. editors or publishers
40 JULY - SEP 2021 IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA INDUSTRY NEWS In Memoriam ELCOMA Pays Tribute to those Indian Lighting Professionals that have succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic in recent times. Our heartfelt condolences to the families of these colleagues. Their untimely demise has left a deep void in all our hearts.
Deepak Gupta, a partner in Just About Dr. Rahul Ravindra Mohan, Power passed away on 21-04-2021. A Key Account Manager, well known personality in the lighting Traxon BU at Osram India industry, Deepak was formerly passed away on 5 May 2021. associated with Osram, Halonix, Dr. Rahul served at Osram Stanley Electric, MLS (Forest India for more than 4 years. Lighting), Tata Motors and General He is survived by his wife and Motors in various capacities. He is three kids. survived by his wife and two children.
Ranjeet Kumar was a dynamic Mr Dharmendra Kumar, member of Bajaj Consumer Products AGM IT at Osram India sales team, based at Bhagalpur in passed away on 15 May Bihar who passed away on April 12, 2021. Mr Dharmendra 2021. He was associated with Bajaj served at Osram India for for the last 3 years. He is survived by more than 11 years. He is his mother and wife. survived by his wife and two kids.
Nitendra Kumar was a young member Brijendra Singh was a of Bajaj Consumer Products sales team member of Bajaj Consumer based at Gaya in Bihar who passed Care team, based in Delhi and away on May 09, 2021. He was was associated with them for associated with Bajaj for 2.5 years. He the last 8 years. He passed is survived by his parents, wife and 2 away on May 06, 2021. He is kids. survived by his parents, spouse and 2 sons
Khadar Saheb Sk was a part of Bajaj Mr. Akshat Gupta, Sr Consumer Care department who Manager AM OEM at Osram passed away on May 04, 2021. He India passed away on 22 May was associated with Bajaj for over 10 2021. Mr Akshat served at years and managed Godown Spare Osram India more than 5 Parts Procurement and Execution years. He is survived by his function for entire South, based out of wife and three kids. Hyderabad. He is survived by his twin kids.
IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 41 INDUSTRY NEWS BIS gets enforcement powers against non-compliant Lighting products n the 5 years since the start of CRO Mark) of the unorganized sector. upto 5 lakhs or 10 times the value of the program, ELCOMA has been ELCOMA continuously approached goods in addition to the imprisonment reiterating that a major portion of MEITY, BIS and even the Ministry of term. In the event that the value of the Ithe Indian LED Lighting market Finance explaining the problem and how goods could not be determined then one (estimated suggest about 36%) is it impacted the safety of consumers and year's production and annual turnover of occupied by unorganized sector where loss of revenue if actions related to curb the pervious year would be assumed. non-BIS compliant and illegal LED these illegal products were not taken. With the BIS Act being revised there lights are being sold. At least two studies BIS Act 1987 was updated by BIS Act was a need for MEITY to amend their conducted by independent agency 2016 by virtue of which manufacturers CRO which referred to BIS Act 1987, to Nielsen reveal and establish this data. and sellers were prohibited to migrate to BIS Act 2016. ELCOMA approached MEITY who are manufacture, sell, etc., certain goods After consistent pursuance by ELCOMA the regulator of this Order, multiple without the Standard Mark and that no with MEITY the following changes were times to make them aware of this person shall be able to manufacture, made: situation. But it appeared that MeitY at import, distribute, sell, hire, lease, store Ÿ that time did not have a surveillance or exhibit for sale any such goods, MEITY's CRO was amended policy in place meant to curb such BIS article, process, system or service. In the through Gazette notification wherein non-compliant and spurious products. event of such a violation of this the applicability of CRO was revised to BIS Act 2016 Even when a surveillance policy was prohibition, penal provisions were framed and implemented it was defined in the Act which included Ÿ Bureau of Indian Standards shall be apparently applicable primarily for the imprisonment upto 2 years and/or a fine the authority to certify and enforce BIS registered products, having R- of upto INR 2 lakhs or 10 times the conformity to the Standard Mark number and was totally silent on the value of the goods in the first instance. under this Order non-compliant products (without BIS Subsequent violations carried a fine of As a result of these changes, BIS is also now the enforcement body and has the authority to enforce the Order, and to act LOW QUALITY against unregulated and non-BIS Reduction of low quality LED lamps and fixtures in market compliant products manufactured / sold in the market. SAFETY BIS has requested ELCOMA members Ensure uniform safety and performance standard is being followed to provide information of such non- compliant and illegal products manufactured / sold in the market by BIS REDUCTION Why brands get registered under S Reduction of spurious LED lamps and fixture registering complaints in the BIS Care the government of India’s CRS (Compulsory Registration App. The BIS Care App is a medium by Scheme) which complaints and feedback can be sent to BIS so that they can act and HOUSEHOLDS enforce actions against the illegal Improve usage of LED in households products and unscrupulous manufacturers / sellers. ENERGY Enhance energy efficiency AUTHOR: ILLUMINATION EDITORIAL BOARD WITH INPUTS FROM BIS
42 JULY - SEP 2021 IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA PRODUCT SHOWCASE Signify Launches LED glass bulb hilips Full Glow LED diffused glass bulb, with almost zero plastic usage in the product, Psolves needs of the consumer while being eco-friendly at the same time. These range of bulbs from Philips will have diffused clear, white and warm white offerings. The Philips Full Glow products come with Eye comfort Technology, High Voltage and Surge protection, Fire retardant material usage and No hazardous substance usage (RoHS) as the other offerings by Signify in the Philips Range. Additionally, the Full glow bulb has a 360 degree beam angle for all around spread of light which the company claims is 2 times more than similar LED bulbs currently being offered in the market . Philips Full Glow Bulb is going to be available on amazon.in and at nearby electrical stores soon. The Range would be extended to Diffused and Clear offerings very shortly. Ledvance launches UVC Air Recirculators EDVANCE India has recently LEDs. The ceiling mounted recirculators launched its range of UVC are available with and without LED. Recirculators. Available as The ceiling installed panels provide a Lrecessed and surface installed panels for CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) of < ceilings and as wall mounted 60 m3 /h and a and UVC Dose of 57 J/m2 . recirculators, these products are Based on LEDVANCE R&D scientific- designed to reduce the virus paper research published in 2021, the concentration in the air within a room. average lethal UVC-Dose for These products have increased aerosolized SARS-CoV2 virus to germicidal action due to high gloss achieve D90 is 17 J/m2 , for D99 is 34 polished aluminium inside UVC J/m2 and for D99.9 is 54 J/m2 . Therefore compartment and there is no direct UVC these products can provide a virus exposure due to special design of this inactivation rate of 99.9%. At a standard UVC compartment. An intelligent MCU installation height of 2.5m, the coverage module carries out automatic diagnostics area of the ceiling UVC Recirculator is of UVC lamp and Fan and when a about 25 sqm. malfunction is detected it is shown via
IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA JULY - SEP 2021 43 PRODUCT SHOWCASE Halonix Launches its Range of Unique LED Products
alonix Speaker Bulb is a powerful inbuilt lithium battery and compatible with Google Assistant and technology marvel that allows automatically light up when there is a Amazon Alexa. you to enjoy music, right from power outage and give continuous Halonix Radar Motion Sensor Bulb - Hyour bulb! The Halonix Speaker Bulb lighting backup. is a 10W LED bulb, with an automatic uses Bluetooth technology to connect Halonix Prizm : Millions of Colour- on/off feature that works smartly with a with a smartphone and stream music Lighting Solutions - The Halonix Prizm motion sensor. It automatically turns on through its powerful 5-Watt inbuilt range provides consumer the option of when it detects motion within a 15-feet speaker. This energy-efficient LED light choosing from millions of colours for radius and turns off after one minute bulb has two light-mode settings – the light in their room. These products when no motion is detected. bright 9W white light and dim 0.5W can be controlled through a smartphone has yellow light and provides for an Halonix All-Rounder LED Lamp - using Bluetooth or WIFI using an three wattages in one bulb. It comes with uninterrupted, no-cable, no-charging Android or iPhone App. With the App an adjustable brightness option in three music experience. user can conveniently and intuitively different wattages – 15W/8W/0.5W. Halonix Inverter Lighting Solutions control the settings of the light such as Customers can switch between bright, are the widest offerings of inverter bulbs colour or brightness – as per their mood right and night light modes according to and inverter battens that come with a and requirements. They are also their needs by switching the bulb off/on. LUKER launches smart backlit panels UKER Electric panel allows users to control colour Technologies Pvt temperature (from 2700K - 6500K) and Ltd recently intensity of the light without the use of L expensive controllers or devices by launched its 2X2 feet Smart Backlit Panel which offers simply using a mobile app. It uses immense flexibility and Bluetooth SIG's mesh networking control options for modern protocol to support multiple devices workspaces, healthcare and control from a single device. educational sector lighting Users can download the mobile app and where grid type fixtures are connect the Smart backlit panel to used. control options for the luminaire from LUKER Smart backlit their mobile phone or tab.
44 JULY - SEP 2021 IllumiNation - THE LIGHTING MAGAZINE BY ELCOMA PRODUCT SHOWCASE Flicker Controlled EYELUV Panels by Orient ased on the positive response square shapes and in all the 3 CCTs from the market for the (cool white, warm white and Neutral EUELUV range of LED bulbs white). Band Battens in 2019, Orient Electric is These products provide consumers with now launching EYELUV LED panels to the additional feature of Flicker extend their Flicker Controlled range of controlled technology which reduces the LED products. invisible flicker present in LED lights These panels are available in 10W, 12W, and as a result reduce eye strain. The 15W and 20W with respective cut-out flicker free feature is provided at the sizes of 4”, 5”, 6” and 8”. The product same pricing as existing panel lights to portfolio is available in both round and consumer.
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