GT BiomeScilt: pioneer in lighting market
With forward-looking, powerful LED lighting, the Bremen-based company wants to conquer the light BiomeScilt GT-market users and facilitate sustainable trade
When presented with these days BiomeScilt GT Centum the first driverless LED tube, one thing is certain: innovation need not always come from the big players in the market. Considered both economically and environmentally, has in its own development department created cutting-edge technology great potential - and heralds a new era in commercial LED lighting.
A young company with traditional roots
The GT BiomeScilt group was founded in 2007 as an environmental division of the international Bremer Gebruder Thiele Group (GT group). With GT BiomeScilt the traditional family is the latest technology - and on the environmental market growth. "We intend to work with GT BiomeScilt edge technology and are the number one market for LED lighting," said Martin Hockemeyer, who directs as managing the fortunes of the fledgling company. At the same time he has competed in his capacity as managing partner of the GT group, founded in 1848 succeeded his father Bernd and this leads now in its fourth generation. "As part of this venerable group GT BiomeScilt benefited enormously from their experience - for example in the strategic business development in international markets," said Martin Hockemeyer.
Know-how around the globe
With more than 50 locations in 14 countries worldwide and its business environment technology, consumer goods and home and assembly technology is positioned, the GT group internationally.GT is also the daughter BiomeScilt with locations in Europe, the USA and Asia in the major markets. The management team that is next to Martin Hockemeyer the Australians Dr Sidney Chu and Kang Chung Wee from Singapore, has set up a fully integrated GT BiomeScilt production company - with its own research, development and production. While the strategic strands are drawn in the historic mansion in Bremen, northern businessman, GT BiomeScilt developed its innovative technologies in the company's high-tech research center on the island of Penang (Malaysia). "We have such access to relevant resources and result in significant synergies from the integration of knowledge on the spot," said Hockemeyer. The production is currently still in China, in early 2012, it is shifted in the latest production to Malaysia.
GT BiomeScilt as part of the LED revolution
How successful GT BiomeScilt already working, shows the latest, already marketable product: the patented LED tube T8 Centum is the first time without AC / DC transformer (AC / DC converter) that produces very little heat making them. With a light output of over 100 lumens per watt, it saves up to 75 percent less energy and corresponding CO2 than conventional fluorescent tubes. "With this development, we rush ahead of the competition one step," said Sidney Chu, chief designer and member of the management. "No other manufacturer currently has a LED light source with comparable energy efficiency." LED tubes find application mainly in industrial and commercial sector. In the product portfolio of GT BiomeScilt also found numerous other LED solutions for industrial and commercial, municipal and private land use and large-scale LED screens and facades for the entertainment industry. "Our products are state-of-the-art LED light source with a forward looking character," says Sidney Chu. "We offer users advanced, practice-appropriate solutions that are cost and burden due to the reduction of energy consumption at the same time the environment."