Two Cooper Lighting Products Named 2010 Products of the Year

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Two products from Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), have been selected as 2010 Product of the Year winners in the Lighting category by Plant Engineering. The winning products are the McGraw-Edison Ventus™ LED Area Luminaire, which took the Silver award, and the Metalux OpticaHP High Performance Parabolic Series, which took the Bronze award.

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In its 23rd year, the annual reader-choice Product of the Year awards program was created to recognize top new products in the plant engineering market, with readers choosing Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners in 13 categories. A panel of industry experts chooses finalists in the competition, which are then featured in Plant Engineering.

"At Cooper Lighting, we are always striving to offer innovative products that help our customers exceed their efficiency goals," said Mark Eubanks, President, Cooper Lighting. "We are pleased that Plant Engineering readers awarded our products with this prestigious honor."

The McGraw-Edison Ventus LED Area Luminaire offers unmatched optical performance and versatility with superior light quality. Utilizing patent-pending modular LightBAR™ technology, the outdoor luminaire is able to deliver application-specific uniform illumination, eliminating wasted energy and obtrusive spill light. The Ventus LED Area Luminaire is optimized to deliver energy-conscious illumination to parking lots, building areas, roadways, and security lighting applications, and can provide up to 75 percent in energy savings over traditional high intensity discharge (H.I.D.) outdoor sources.

The Metalux OpticaHP High Performance Parabolic Series is an energy saving solution for both new construction as well as lighting retrofit and renovation applications for significantly reducing energy usage. The high-efficiency T8 two-lamp design can save over 40 percent on energy costs, when compared to standard 3-lamp, 18-cell parabolics. The OpticaHP series also features a precision-faceted blade design that produces soft, evenly distributed illumination, while delivering optimum light levels.

The 2010 Plant Engineering Product of the Year award recipients were honored as part of Plant Engineering's annual Manufacturing/Automation Summit, which took place in Chicago, March 20-22. The winning products are showcased online at www.plantengineering.com.

To learn more about Cooper Lighting and its comprehensive range of lighting products and solutions, visit www.cooperlighting.com.

About Cooper Lighting

Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of innovative, high quality interior and exterior lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.  

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2010 revenues of $5.1 billion. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market positions and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2010 fifty-nine percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-nine percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 21 countries as of 2010. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.

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