Articles from Current

Crete Professionals Alliance, a national platform for independent accounting firms, today announced its rebranding as Current. The name reflects the company’s conviction that AI has created the opportunity for local firms to compete with large incumbents and bring Fortune 500-caliber advisory services to Main Street businesses.

Current, a leader in commercial and industrial lighting and controls, has made a major expansion to its U.S. distribution capabilities.

Current announces the appointment of Shannon Thomas as the new Vice President of Marketing. She brings a wealth of expertise and a visionary approach to help drive the company's strategic growth.

Current Chemicals and LED technology company Seaborough B.V. are pleased to announce that they have engaged in a partnership project to bring Seaborough’s “EuroLED®”, a new, red phosphor technology for highly efficient warm white LEDs, to the market on an industrial scale.

Current™ has chosen Bell & McCoy Lighting and Controls as its representative in the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Western Tennessee, and Alabama-Florida-Mississippi Panhandle markets for the HLI Brands and GLI Roadway Portfolios (GLI Roadway Portfolio excluded from Alabama-Florida). Effective September 1, 2023, this partnership expands upon Bell & McCoy’s existing representation of Current’s GLI Brands Portfolio in Texas and Oklahoma.

Current announced today that Steve Harris has been appointed as the new CEO of the company, effective May 30, 2023. An experienced business leader and strong operational CEO, Harris succeeds the interim CEO Bill Tolley who will remain with the company as Chairman of the Board.

Current™, a leading commercial and industrial (“C&I”) lighting and controls company, has appointed William (“Bill”) Tolley as its Interim CEO, effective today. Departing CEO Manish Bhandari was instrumental in leading the company through the pandemic and a transformative acquisition of Hubbell’s C&I Lighting business.

Current is expanding its portfolio once again to include the Lifeshield brand which offers lighting for health care, behavioral, vandal and cleanroom environments.

Lighting pros crave convenience and control and Current provides both with the NX Dual Tech OMNI (NXSMDT-OMNI) smart occupancy sensor—new to the NX Lighting Controls portfolio designed exclusively for specifiers and contractors.

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New to the Current lighting controls portfolio are simple and scalable options that let customers think bigger without the usual bottlenecks. NX Lighting Controls wireless controls are expressly designed to be contractor-friendly for straightforward installation and commissioning, making it much easier to provide intuitive room-based, zonal and networked control of environments without the extra training investment. With solutions for wireless, wired and hybrid configurations, NX gives lighting pros the control they crave including:

Current™, a leading manufacturer of advanced lighting and intelligent controls, announced today, the launch of a newly redesigned website; CurrentLighting.com. The new site replaces the former Hubbell C&I Lighting website as an important step in Current’s rebranding and is a fresh take on the former site. Agents, distributors, and customers will need to redirect product searches for the Hubbell C&I Lighting family of brands to the new website.

Current™ selects Vertex Innovative Solutions, Inc. as its new representative in upstate New York for its HLI, GLI and Forum Brands effective September 1st.

Six lighting solutions from Current™ were featured in the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report Committee’s annual report, which was released and presented on Aug. 19 at the 2022 IES Annual Conference. The report is an important reference guide for those who spec new builds and retrofit projects.

Current™ selects newly announced Convergence Partners to be its main representation in the multi-state region.

Current today announced that Jason Scott Fokens has been named VP, General Counsel. Jason brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in legal, patent and intellectual property to this role. Most recently he served as Head of Legal and Assistant Corporate Secretary at GOJO Industries.

Current™ invites growers to learn about never-before-possible methods for smarter farming and faster growth at Cultivate’22—the premier event for the entire green industry. Representing a new era in LED lighting for controlled environment agriculture, Current’s reenergized Arize® brand will showcase all-new ways for growers to increase yields without compromising quality in booth #2421.

Current™ (formerly GE Current, a Daintree company) will unveil several new products along with new branding at the 2022 LightFair International Trade Show June 19-23. Attendees are invited to see the latest intelligent solutions for indoor, outdoor and commercial lighting control needs in booth 2543 in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West hall.

Current™ (formerly GE Current, a Daintree company) has unveiled a new brand identity following the historic acquisition of Hubbell’s Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Lighting business. The enterprise brand—to be formally introduced at LightFair 2022—unites the companies under a single identity with one purpose: To deliver the innovation customers require, with solutions that create inspiring, efficient and safe environments.