Category: Industry News

Carmanah Installs First Solar-Powered Ferry Stop

Carmanah's solar-powered i-STOP® technology is finding new uses in a marine environment. Initially designed to illuminate dark bus stops and help waiting passengers signal oncoming buses, the i-STOP will soon be providing a similar service for ferry passengers. The i-STOP solar-powered transit stop provides a flashing signal light, security lighting, and schedule illumination in a durable, attractive, stand-alone device.

LED Signs from Carmanah Light up Greece’s Leading Casino

Carmanah's LED Sign Group has received an order for custom table limit signs for a major European casino operator, Club Hotel Casino Loutraki in Greece. Loutraki stands on the site of the ancient Grecian town of Thermon on the shores of the Corinthian Gulf and beneath the foothills of the Geraneia Mountains.

First Annual Corporate Knights Ranking

A Unicorn Embodies the Ethos of Cleantech

San Diego Vehicle Detection Systems Use Stand Alone Solar Power

Carmanah's stand alone solar power technology is providing a cost-effective power source for Sensys Networks vehicle detection systems in the San Diego area. Used to collect data on traffic flow and efficiency, potential safety concerns, and infrastructure improvements, wireless vehicle detection systems are an important component of effective traffic management.

New index grades Canadian firms for clean technology, business savvy

An organization that tracks Canadian corporate social responsibility has set up a new index of what it thinks are the country's top 10 public firms in the clean technology sector. Corporate Knights, which publishes a magazine focused on business ethics, set up the index in conjunction with Cleantech Indices LLC, a U.S.

Carmanah Supplies Signs to World’s Largest Casino

Carmanah's LED Sign Group has received an order from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for 293 table limit signs including 236 side-by-side table limit signs, 17 pairs of digital craps signs, and 40 of Carmanah's new three-line table limit signs. Owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Foxwoods is the largest casino in the world, boasting 340,000 square feet of gaming space in a complex that covers 4.7 million square feet, with a 2 million square-foot addition slated to open in the spring of 2008.

Carmanah CEO Hiring Completes Executive Overhaul

VANCOUVER -- Carmanah Technologies Corp. has appointed a new chief executive officer, completing an overhaul of the executive suite that raises the prospect of a more focused strategy at the struggling solar company. "The company has 10 vertical markets, so there is probably some focus that is required," new CEO Ted Lattimore, 55, said yesterday.

New Carmanah CEO Comes From Cellphone Ranks

Former Vodafone executive to drive solar power company growth

US Air Force Installs Solar-Powered Infrared Airfield Lights

Carmanah's A704-5 solar-powered infrared airfield lights are illuminating "small austere airfields" (SAAF) at an undisclosed US Air Force base. The solar-powered portable airfield lights are being used to enhance airfield safety during covert and overt emergency tactical operations at the remote location.

Carmanah Receives Additional Order for LED Edge-Lit Signs for Major North American Consumer Electronics Company

Order follows initial $500,000 order in July 2007