SABIC Lights the Way on High-End Design Freedom and Weight Out for BritePointe’s New Line of Pioneering Extreme Brightness LED Lamps

Published Jan 19, 2012

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Jan. 19, 2012 – SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is helping BritePointe, Inc. – a pioneering solid state light emitting diode (LED) lamps and fixtures manufacturer – break ground with innovative new LED luminaires molded using high-performance Cycoloy* and Lexan* resins. The Hayward, Calif., company selected these advanced resin technologies over traditional aluminum for their light weight, outstanding performance and exceptional design freedom – essential capabilities for integrating a patent-pending thermal management system. Thanks to the SABIC materials, BritePointe’s HyBeem high-bay LED downlights for commercial and public buildings may cut energy use by up to 65 percent vs. high intensity discharge (HID) fixtures and fluorescents and last up to five times as long, thus potentially reducing maintenance costs. SABIC’s collaboration with BritePointe demonstrates the company’s commitment to supporting the lighting market’s shift toward sustainable lighting technologies and reinforces the value of its high performance resins, which give LED lighting designers the freedom to take new approaches, unfettered by the limitations of traditional materials such as metal.