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Carmanah Supplies Lighted Beverage Tubs to Major US Beverage Distributor

Carmanah's LED Signs Group has been contracted by a leading US beverage distributor to supply an additional 700 lighted beverage tubs. This order follows an initial order for a full range of LED edge-lit promotional signage solutions in October 2006, including write on boards, back bar point-of-purchase (POP) signage and an initial order of the lighted beverage tubs.

Alternative Energy: Carmanah Turns Focus on Ontario Solar Sector

B.C.-based company betting incentives will spark increasing market demand

Carmanah Provides Solar Power Systems for Water Level Monitoring in Ontario

Carmanah's Power Systems Group recently supplied a number of its proprietary MAPPS remote solar power systems to an Ontario-based public utility. These solar power supplies will be installed to operate water level sensors in a creek located upstream from a hydroelectric dam in Southern Ontario. The water level sensors will be monitoring creek levels several times per day and providing this information to dam operators via a cellular modem.

Mayor: Barren Bus Stops a Blight

Saanich's Leonard looks for ways to make that wait for the next bus more inviting

Carmanah Supplies Scrolling and Color-Changing Table Limit Signs to First Nations Resort and Casino in Ontario

Carmanah's LED Sign Group has received an order from a First Nations Resort and Casino in Ontario for 98 color-changing table limit signs, 64 of which will feature the Company's new integrated LCD scrolling message unit. Located in Rama, Ontario, the resort and casino offers a complete entertainment experience to visitors, with over 2,300 slot machines, more than 120 gaming tables, nine unique restaurants, a world-class 5,000 seat entertainment centre and a 300-room full-service hotel, featuring spa and health club facilities.

Carmanah Supplies Portable Airfield Lighting to Piarco International Airport

Carmanah's Solar LED Lighting Group has been contracted by the Piarco International Airport, Trinidad & Tobago, to supply wirelessly-controlled, portable airfield lights. These solar LED lights will be used to illuminate a threshold and runway edge during construction on the airport's main runway.

Carmanah Supplies Remote Solar Power Systems for Automated Gate Entrances in Ontario

Carmanah's Power Systems Group has recently supplied a number of its proprietary MAPPS remote solar power systems to an Ontario-based fencing manufacturer and installer. These remote solar power systems are scheduled for installation in a rural area just outside of Sarnia, Ontario for the purpose of driving remotely-activated gates for vehicle entry and exit. The rural location of the installations made grid-based power impractical from a cost standpoint.

Carmanah Supplies Airfield Lighting to the US Air Force

Carmanah's Solar LED Lighting Group has received an additional order from the US Air Force for a number of its A704-5 portable airfield lights. This solar-powered LED airfield lighting will be used as part of a wirelessly-controlled installation on a US Air Force base in the United States. Prior to using Carmanah's solar LED lighting technology, a rechargeable battery-based portable airfield lighting system was being used.

Carmanah Wins Light Contract

Victoria-based Carmanah Technologies Corp. has entered a supply agreement with the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Portland, Ore., to provide more than 550 solar-powered LED bus shelter lighting systems. The supply agreement is valid from March 1 to Feb. 28, 2009. The district has an option to extend the contract for three more years. If fully exercised, the value of the deal is about $1.6 million. The district has been using Carmanah's unique i-Shelter solar-powered light-emitting-diode bus shelter lighting systems since 2004, when it retrofitted 52 systems to existing shelters along one of its frequent service lines. Carmanah's i-Shelter lighting systems are designed to operate without servicing for up to five years, at which point only battery replacement may be required. The district serves 1.3 million people and has ridership of 60 million passengers a year..

Carmanah Supplies Helipad Lighting to Remote Location in British Columbia

Carmanah's Solar LED Lighting Group recently supplied its A601 helipad lights to the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Mill. These self-contained, solar LED lights will be used to increase safety and visibility on a corporate helipad at a remote location in British Columbia, Canada..