We are aligned in building a unified awareness

In choosing a partner for our brand," said Robert Sonneman, founder and CEO of Sonneman – A Way of Light, “we wanted a firm with strong ties to the design community as well as proven experience in navigating and connecting our brand to the digital sphere, making inroads.” He continued, “Further, DRS’ technical expertise and industry savvy and passion for design make it an ideal collaborator.DRS and Associates boasts an experienced team with backgrounds in public relations, publishing, social media marketing, brand stewardship and graphic design in traditional and new media practices. Featured in the current roster of DRS’ international clients:led high bay light, Stone Forest®, bulthaup, LAUFEN, Zephyr®, Corbett Lighting, Hudson Valley Lighting® and Troy Lighting, among others. “We are thrilled to embark into a relationship with pioneering brand Sonneman – A Way of Light, working in tandem with design legend Robert Sonneman,” said David Schlocker, president, DRS and Associates.

Partnering with both a visionary brand and designer is truly a privilege. We are aligned in building a unified awareness of how instrumental Sonneman continues to be as a source of American modernist design and thought.The underground coal mine is one of the most difficult lighting applications. It is a low reflectivity, low contrast, high temperature, and high corrosive environment. With the use of LEDs in place of traditional incandescent lamps, coal mine lighting application has become less challenging.The 20W LED lamps come in two designs: - the round shape ones are for general lighting in the underground coal mine while the square ones are for long distance lighting inside the tunnels. Because of the low reflectivity in coal mines, the output of light sources needs to be much higher. With luminous flux of 104 lm warm white to 130 lm cool white, Oslon SSL is the ideal choice for this application.


More importantly, the light output of these LEDs is high enough for good designs. The average luminance is 82Lx, compared to 45Lx of the previous incandescent lamps. With the use of advance optics, we are able to reduce glare to a minimum in this low contrast environment.Apart from high efficiency, these Oslon SSL LEDs excel in all the stringent tests for applications in the coal mine environment. They include the coal mine safety certification, explosion-proof certification, salt spray, waterproof testing, impact test and the 1000-hour burning test.The use of LEDs in coal mine lighting is definitely taking off,” said Kai-chong Cheng, Senior Marketing Director led flood light Semiconductors Asia Ltd.. “We are very pleased that our Oslon SSL LEDs are being chosen to be used in the coal province of China. These are the most compact 1 W LEDs on the market. As LEDs do not use any glass envelope and cannot break, we hope the use of these LED lamps will reduce hazards for the people who work underground.LEDs are robust because they do not have a glass envelope or filament that can break.