Millerbernd Lighting Increases Footprint and Capacity

Winsted, MN - Millerbernd Lighting announced today that to accommodate their growing business, they have expanded their footprint in their 120,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.

“With our strong 2011 finish, and our continually growing customer base, it became necessary to increase our assembly and warehousing capacity to improve operational efficiencies and ensure that our commitment to quality is never compromised,” states Mitch Gaida, national sales director of Millerbernd Lighting.

“Over the past five years, in addition to adding over 35,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehouse space, we have significantly increased our focus on Quality Control Management and support personnel including achieving an ISO 9001-2008 certification. Now with this recent expansion, we have taken another giant step in meeting our goals and our customer’s expectations.”

Millerbernd Lighting relies on a base of architectural lighting representatives from around the country to provide sales support for their products and custom lighting services. “Millerbernd Lighting has been a strong partner in our market of delivering specification sales and custom lighting applications”, states Mark DeVries, president of Alliance Lighting. “Their growth and recent plant expansion are encouraging signs of the market demand for true custom solutions as we continue to represent Millerbernd Lighting.”

Simultaneously with the addition of this expanded capacity addition, Millerbernd Lighting implemented new processes to streamline production and reduce costs with a specific focus on supporting a niche but growing need for the fabrication, assembly and packaging of custom lighting applications. “We have some unique core competencies which have helped us develop a number of tactical partnerships around custom lighting solutions,” states Mr. Gaida.

Millerbernd Lighting, a division of Millerbernd Systems, utilizes leading-edge creative engineering, manufacturing tools, and LED technologies to produce the most cost-effective, yet environmentally friendly, custom lighting solutions possible. All Millerbernd Lighting fixtures are designed and built in the USA. For more information contact Mitch Gaida at 320.224.8736 or mgaida(at)millerbernd(dot)com.

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April 4, 2011 – A slow and steady pace may help the turtle win a race, but it’s Millerbernd Systems Lighting division’s new Turtle Friendly Lighting that is designed to help him find his way home.

The Millerbernd turtle-friendly lighting received its Florida wildlife lighting certification last week because its shielded, low-to-the-ground amber light doesn’t interfere with the sea turtles’ environment and behavior.

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Millerbernd’s Stainless Steel Bollard Receives Florida Wildlife Lighting Certification

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – Millerbernd Lighting has received the Florida Wildlife Lighting Certification for its MBT-24 “S.S. Turtle” Bollard, a non-corrosive “turtle-friendly” solution for coastal lighting. “It’s exciting to represent a solutions driven, environmentally concerned, lighting company such as Millerbernd Lighting”, said Kenny Wolfe, principal of Lighting Solutions of Alabama. “Coastal environments are very corrosive and the concept of creating an amber LED bollard constructed of solid 316 stainless is a great, ecologically friendly solution.”

“We received and tested Millerbernd Lighting’s MBT-24 LED Bollard equipped with a Philips amber LED for our Wildlife Lighting Certification Program,” stated Eric Seckinger, environmental specialist II, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “We are pleased to report that MBT-24 Bollard met or exceeded all three criteria for Wildlife Lighting Certification and is now recommended for use in areas where artificial lighting is needed adjacent to ecologically sensitive areas, sea turtle nesting beaches, migratory corridors, and Dark Sky Friendly communities.”

City of Fargo Saves Money While Enhancing Downtown Lighting

Monday, November 22, 2010 - Millerbernd Lighting announced the completion of the Post-Top LED Retrofit Solution for the city of Fargo, North Dakota. “The solution met our expectations in appearance, performance and ease of installation,” explained Dave Helland, street lighting coordinator for city of Fargo. “By retrofitting our existing acorn fixtures we have been able to maintain existing look and feel of our downtown walkways, while at the same time not being able to tell the difference between the LED retrofit and our existing metal halide lamp source.”

Millerbernd Laser Receives ISO Certification

September 24, 2010, Winsted, MN –Millerbernd Lighting is ISO 9001:2008 Certified. “ISO certification has been part of our strategy to be the industry choice for high quality lighting products and solutions,” said CEO Brad Millerbernd. “Achieving the ISO standard was a natural evolution for us because of our long-term commitment to our customers and quality products.” Millerbernd Lighting achieved the ISO status from British Standards Institution (BSI), North America's leading management systems registrar, through the re-certification of its sister company’s (Millerbernd Laser) 2009 certification.