In April, electronics assembler Mack Technologies completed work on a substantial installation of money-saving technology at its factory in Westford, MA. The company didn’t get a new paste printer, reflow oven or pick-and-place machine. In fact, the plant’s slick new technology had nothing to do with assembly.
What Mack did was install new lighting. On the shop floor, Mack replaced 2,600 T-8 fluorescent bulbs with high-efficiency LED fixtures. In the office area, Mack replaced several hundred older bulbs with high-performance T-8 bulbs. The project was the largest retrofit deployment of LED lighting in any manufacturing space in New England.