Pictured above: (l-r) Andrew Morris-Richardson, chairman of
Russia and main board director at Abacus Lighting and Vadim
Komarov, Executive Director of the Abacus Russian office
Exterior lighting specialists Abacus Lighting visited the
Interlight conference in Moscow this week to announce plans for
their new Russian business to build a plant in St Petersburg and
open a new office in Moscow 2011.
This expansion will happen at a time when Russia, as a nation is
pursuing several ambitious construction projects in preparation for
the Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and the 2012 international APEC
summit.
"Abacus is looking at how we can best support exciting
developments in Russia including the Olympics and the 2012 APEC
summit in Vladivostok" explained Andrew Morris Richardson, board
director.
"As world leaders in lighting, we manufacture lights and
lighting structures for projects ranging from road schemes, retail,
airports and major sports grounds so we're well placed to help the
Russian government strengthen the infrastructure in these
areas."
Abacus opened an Russian office in St Petersburg in March this
year and intends to open a Moscow office in the first quarter of
next year.
Abacus's presence in Russia and represents an important staging
post for the lighting firm's global ambitions and continued
development into Eastern European markets.
Abacus recently unveiled the launch of a new global range of
next-generation architectural, amenity and road LED lanterns and
floodlights called 'Power/Beauty'.
The range has been designed to operate in almost any outdoor
environment using less electricity than other light sources, whilst
producing a better quality of brilliant white light. With a
longer lifetime and significantly lower energy consumption, LEDs
are thought to be the future for exterior lighting worldwide.
These high-performance, design-led products have demonstrated
Abacus's commitment to innovation and brought together over 50
years of sound engineering principles and expertise with the latest
technology" commented Morris-Richardson.