Light bulb maker increases daily CFL production

Ohio-based Lighting manufacturer TCP says it's increasing its production of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) by 23 percent to 800,000 per day in order to meet heightened consumer demand.

TCP makes 70 percent of the CFLs on the market today through name brand, private label and other lighting manufacturers (OLMs), including the n:vision line for The Home Depot.

The company anticipates its production will jump to one million CFLs per day by the fourth quarter of 2007.

“For the first time since the invention of the light bulb, homeowners are changing a century-old buying habit of using incandescent light bulbs,” said Ellis Yan, CEO, TCP. “More people are seeing the immediate benefits of making the switch to CFLs.”

CFLs use 75% less energy and last an average ten times longer than old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs.

Many large companies, and now finally the federal government in the U.S., have begun installing large amounts of CFLs as short-term energy efficiency initiatives on the way to larger carbon reduction programs.

TCP's product line includes compact fluorescent lamps, cold cathode, linear and high bay systems, exit and emergency lighting, HID, energy efficient fixtures, and LED lighting products/solutions.

In 2006, TCP sales totaled $152 million.

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