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Thorn is a global supplier of lighting projects based on a long, successful history of customer service and technical innovation.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life by lighting people and places in professional outdoor and indoor lighting applications.

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Light and Building 2010

February 2010

Thorn will be exhibiting at Light and Building 2010 in Frankfurt, presenting a comprehensive portfolio of indoor and outdoor lighting for Buildings and Surrounds, Road, Cityscape and Sports lighting applications. More info
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UK Chancellor hails Thorn Spennymoor
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has praised the Thorn site at Spennymoor, County Durham, the largest single manufacturing project in the North East in the last decade.

Lighting companies initiate LED light engine standardisation
3 February 2010
An international group of companies from the lighting industry – including Acuity Brands Lighting, Cooper Lighting, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, Schréder, Toshiba, TRILUX and Zumtobel Group (Thorn's parent company) – is to initiate the formation of Zhaga, an industry-wide cooperation aimed at the development of standard specifications for the interfaces of LED light engines.

Thorn offer road lighting advice
The Borough of Mäder in western Austria has cut its energy consumption on road lighting by 49 per cent while simultaneously improving illumination levels. This startling information is revealed by the Borough’s Mayor, Rainer Siegele, in Thorn’s road lighting microsite. The dedicated site features specific individuals and municipalities who care about lighting and how their communities have benefited from using the latest equipment.