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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

Carmanah Appoints Ted Lattimore as Chief Executive Officer

Company completes new executive suite with arrival of internationally experienced officer

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

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 named among British Columbia’s Top 25 Exporters

Carmanah Technologies Corporation has been named among BC's Top 25 Exporters in an announcement October 4th by Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development and Werner Knittel, Vice President BC Division, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME). As one of 25 finalists in the 2007 BC Export Awards, Carmanah will take its place among BC's top exporters at the 25th Annual BC Export Awards Gala on November 23rd at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver.

U.S.Coast Guard Approves Carmanah’s M704-5 Solar LED Marine Lantern for Aids to Navigation

Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) is pleased to announce that its top-of-the-line M704-5 marine lantern has received official US Coast Guard (USCG) approval for federal aids to navigation. The high-intensity M704-5 marine lantern joins Carmanah's other USCG-approved products - the M701, M702, and M702-5 lanterns - all of which have been successfully used on low-light-intensity coast guard aids to navigation since the late 1990s. Carmanah's new M704-5 self-contained solar LED lantern combines four nautical miles of visibility with oversized solar modules and a heavy-duty battery for increased energy collection and storage.