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Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has expanded its popular Lumark Crosstour™ line to include the industry’s first patent pending floodlighting kit that converts its energy-efficient LED wall pack luminaires to floodlights. The versatile Crosstour luminaires offer superior optical performance including high lumen output, a low-profile aesthetic design and easy installation while providing solutions for wall, surface, post (bollard), low-level, inverted and now floodlighting applications.
 
The Lumark Crosstour luminaires’ unique design offers contractors desired installation features including the industry’s first universal back box that easily adapts to all standard junction boxes (no additional hardware or loose plates needed); an interface door hinge that makes electrical connections easy; and a single point captive door screw. The new floodlight kit, which allows wall- and ground-mount installation, includes a choice of either a knuckle or trunnion base, top visors and impact shields. It allows wholesalers simple stocking—no need to stock both wall and floodlighting products in multiple wattages—and is the only LED luminaire that allows for field changeability from a wall-mount fixture to a floodlight. The desired low profile aesthetic appearance offers lighting specifiers a consistent look throughout an environment, in addition to energy-efficient optical performance, multiple lumen packages and products with important industry LED compliances.
 
Both LM-79 and LM-80 compliant as well as DesignLights™ Consortium and Lighting Facts® accredited, the Crosstour series is designed to replace up to 175-watt metal halide fixtures with the latest energy-efficient LED technology. The Crosstour luminaires also offer up to 90 percent energy savings compared to equivalent metal halide products. The Crosstour series is available in 10-watt, 20-watt and 30-watt systems in small and large housing configurations with a choice of brilliant white 5000K or neutral warm 3500K CCT. The super-efficient 30-watt system delivers up to 2650 lumens—the largest lumen package on the market for this wattage at 5000K—while the 20-watt system delivers up to 1430 lumens and the essential 10-watt system distributes up to an impressive 720 lumens. Additional compliances include ADA, ARRA, RoSH and Title 24 and the fixtures are IP66 rated, UL/cUL wet location listed and a -40°C to 40°C rating. The fixtures also feature a full cut-off design to meet Dark Sky compliancy.
 
Cooper Lighting has made a significant investment in people, resources and technology to ensure the company provides first-class solutions to its customers’ lighting challenges. The Company offers a range of indoor and outdoor LED lighting products and controls, all of which are specifically designed to maximize energy and cost savings. For additional information on Cooper’s LED product offering, visit www.cooperlighting.com.
 
About Cooper Lighting
Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of world-class lighting fixtures and controls to commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.
 
About Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2011 revenues of $5.4 billion. Founded in 1833, Cooper’s sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation and evolving business practices, while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market positions and world-class products and brands, including Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2011 sixty-two percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and forty percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2011. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.