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Selecon and Philips Host Successful Seminar in Taiwan
A recent seminar held in Taiwan proved to be a successful day for all involved, thanks to a layout that highlighted the supply chain from lamp manufacturer to end user. “We had a challenging situation,” says Phil Sargent, regional market manager for Selecon. “You can do a nice presentation together with product demonstrations but it really doesn’t do justice to the whole background story behind the optical system development and thousands of hours of R&D time.”
Normally the partnership between the luminaire and lamp manufacturer’s R&D teams is glossed over and presenters move on to more product-specific areas. This leaves the story of the often fascinating collaboration untold, but a solution to this dilemma was in the offing.
“Philips and Selecon have the same dealer in Taiwan, and when Mr. Anthony Wu, managing director of Ming Li approached us with his idea of a joint seminar, we were delighted to be involved,” said Sargent. “After discussing the concept further with Paul Peeters, Philips product manager for Optical HID Lamps we realized that we had a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of a close working relationship between lamp and luminaire manufacturers.”
Ming Li staff organized the seminar at their premises in Taipei using a conference style layout and a display area with lamps from the Philips Range. There was also a demonstration area for Selecon’s Performance Lighting range including the Rama luminaire and the new Performer Series followspots which had their Taiwan debut at this event.
Assisted by Philips Taiwan Ltd’s Marty Jang and Alex Lee, Paul Peeters led the morning session by going through the Philips product range of Broadway and HID lamps. Paul’s presentation included the 80V Hi-Brite halogen lamp, the Bluepinch 1000W compact filament halogen lamp, and the new 1200W Mini MSR lamp. All of these lamps are used in Selecon luminaires.
After a break for lunch, there was then the opportunity to see the lamps in action with strong interest in the Rama lens luminaires and the new Performer Series followspots.
The afternoon session concluded with a presentation on the optical systems used in luminaires by Selecon’s Phil Sargent, assisted by Mr Anthony Wu from Ming Li. “After Paul’s informative presentation, it was really great to be able to show how we utilise Philips lamps in our luminaires and how our close R&D partnerships benefit the end user.”
So the story was finally able to be told and the seminar was declared a success by all those participating.
In picture: Selecon’s Phil Sargent demonstrates the Rama to some of the seminar participants.
8th February 2007
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