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Contact: Vance Grosso
Westinghouse Lighting Solutions
215-268-1087
vgrosso@westinghouse-ls.com

4/7/08 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Continued Strong Growth Creates Need for Operations Director, New Sales and Marketing Personnel

Philadelphia, PA — Westinghouse Lighting Solutions' continued strong growth requires the addition of a new executive position and several other hires, announced Jay Goodman, Managing Director. He said, "We are excited and confident that these changes will pave the way to reach our goals of aggressive growth, best-in-class service and performance, and an overall easy and profitable experience for our dealer base. We will continue to make the investments necessary to expand our reach and further enable us to deliver our core values: savings without compromise to our end users and opportunity to our dealers."

Andrew Joseph will move up to the newly created position of Operations Director. The Westinghouse Lighting Solutions fixture line is manufactured in their Philadelphia assembly plant. Among other things, he will be responsible for fixture quality, performance, production, purchasing and implementation of lean-assembly initiatives. According to Mr. Goodman, "We are all excited as Andy embarks on continuing our mission to provide a best-in-class customer experience, and maintain our market position as the quality and performance leader."

Larry Schmidt will be assuming the role of Sales Director, based in the Philadelphia office. Most recently an executive with Columbia Lighting, a division of Hubbell Lighting, Larry Schmidt has more than 20 years of international experience in the fluorescent fixture manufacturing industry. Mr. Goodman said, "We welcome Larry's industry knowledge and experience, and are certain he will help Westinghouse Lighting Solutions carry out our aggressive growth plans by continuing to support, train and develop our dealer network."

Additionally, sales will get continued support from Vance Grosso, a veteran of the fluorescent lighting industry for over 20 years, including a managerial position at Simkar Lighting. He joined Westinghouse as a marketing and communications specialist last October responsible for print and web-based presentation materials, and to improve and expand web training and educational collateral. Vance Grosso will also be responsible for trade show exhibits and advertising.

For more information, visit www.westinghouselightingsolutions.com or call 1-800-671-6799.

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