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Osram Sylvania Opens $30-Million Energy-Efficient Lighting Operation

Oct. 27, 2008 | Electrical Construction and Maintenance

Company becomes the first T5 lamp producer in North America

Danvers, Mass.-based Osram Sylvania has opened a $30-million manufacturing operation for energy-efficient T5 fluorescent lamps in Versailles, Ky., the first in North America.

The new highly automated production line will employ approximately 25 people and produce tens of millions of energy-efficient lamps each year.

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