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THORN Lighting won three highly commended awards in the annualEMILAS competition this year, taking the total number of awardswon by the company to more than fifty since the scheme began.

The three lighting schemes Tom Fairhurst, of Cardiff,won certificates in the "Newo' designed the lighting system forinstallations category. David the County of South'Welch, based at Romford, Glamorgan's new headquarters,provided the scheme for M & M and Clive Goodier, ofWindows - a small factory Manchester, was responsible formanufacturing double glazing the lighting of the North Westunits. Electricity Board new, hi-tech,

energy-efficient head office inTrafford, Manchester.

All three, and AndrewOsmond, director and generalmanager, Lighting SystemsDivision, were present at theaward ceremony at the CaféRoyal, London, where BaronessHooper, the UK EnergyMinister, made thepresentations.Below, from left: NORWEB guest; M& M Windows guest; TomFairhurst , Cardiff; NORWEB;NORWEB; Andrew Osmond,director, Lighting Systems; DavidJones, Gounty of South Glamorgan;Peter Goldsworthy, NORWEB;Baroness Hooper; Terry Murtagh, M&MWindows;M&MWindowsGuest; Clive Goodier, Manchester;M & M Windows guest; David Welch,Romford.

O Profit up substantially.

O Acquisitions strengthen international position

O Sales outside the UK represent 6l per cent ofturnover.

The further increase in profit over the previousyear is well ahead of growth,irlans, and confirrnsthe progress made by the management teamestablished two years ago.

Profit before taxation for the THORN EMIgroup increased 25 per cent to a record f289m(f225.3m) on turnover up 8 per cent to f,3,290m(f3,054m).Earnings per share rose by 2l per centto 64.2p (53.Ip) and the dividend grew by 23 percent to 27p net.

In his statement to shareholders, THORN EMI

TAKE a look at the variety oflogos being used throughoutTHORNLighting.

Confused? It's not surprising!Many more logos exist whichhave been altered to please butthe result is a confused image.

Now, turn to the back page!There you will see a newsignature mark for THORNLighting. It signals an overallTHORN EMI group identitydrive.

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THE year to March 31 1989, was one of the most successful in the historyof THOR N Lighting in terms of profitability, strateg¡c direction and operationaldevelopment.

chairman, Colin Southgate, said, "THORN EMIis focussed on three main businesses: Music,Rental & Retail and Lighting, all of which aresuccessful, international and well positioned forfuture growth.

THORN Lighting is now number one in theNordic region and the UK and number three inthe rest of Europe -- with the .Holophaneacquisition. It is market leade¡ in Australasia withthe acquisition of ALI, Rymer and Kempthorne,and the Hong Kong and Malaysian joint venturesare keeping the company in step with growth inthe Pacific basin.

Over the last three years strong internal growth,targetted acquisitions and faster and more productlaunches are bringing us closer to becoming theworld's leading supplier of lighting solutions."

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Beryl Evans, Enfield, was given the go-ahead by her boss, John Davis,to come to work dressed as a clown on Red Nose Day. She collectedf575 from colleagues, friends and sponsors. Beryl, who has workedat Enfield's halogen factory for lour years, and who is a localcouncillor, made her own costume and was up at sam that morningto make sure her remarkable make-up was right.

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oIneBound to be active

Apprentices and trainees line up before boarding a coach for an Outward Bound course

EIGHT apprentices, two lamptrainees and five YTS traineesfrom Leicester recently spent aweek at the Outward BoundCentre, Aberdovey.

They were split into four groups andthrown together with trainees from otherTHORN Lighting sites to spend seven daysliving in wooden chalet and fending forthemselves.Fortunately, the weather was good all week

and the hot sunshne with not even a hintof rain, saw many people getting a suntan.

The activities included climbing,abseiling, canoeing, sailing, rafting,orienteering and other team exercises buteverything came to an end with a projectinvolving a murder solution!

Many found qualities in themselves thatthey did not believe they had - leadershipskills, working in a team, and havingconfidence in other people.

Sometimes0r never?

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Þo frrursellsome good

FOR the 26 million people in this country in full-time employment, most waking time is spent atwork. Why not, then, make the workplace ashealthy as possible.

Everyonecanbenefit-bosses within office areas. Results werefrom a healthier, more efficient mostly positive, showing manyworkforce, and workers from areas already having "No smok-better physical and mental ing" areas designateci by them-approach to life and work. selves. Several areas allowed

Heart disease remains Bri- quite a high percentage of smok-tain's number one killer. Despite ing, and more help will be offereda slight drop in the death rate to reduce it.over the last decade, we still head O Relaxation is all-imp ortant.the v¡orld table for heart disease Make sure you take time to relaxmortality. at the end of the day. Try to

Deaths from heart disease spend half an hour relaxing oroften deprive British companies in gentle exercise, before facingof their most valuable and expe- up to the evening's activities.rienced staff, accounting for Since this campaign wasalmost 40 per cent of all male launched in 1987, more than 70deaths inthe 35 to64age group. employers have signed up to

And2l per cent of all absences adopt workplace-based healthfrom work are due to heart and schemes for their staff. Amongcirculation problems. Women the f,rrms supporting the cam-are as much at risk as men. In paign are British Telecom, Coal1985, over 23,000 women died Board, British Aerospace, andprematurely from the disease. Whitbread.

. But de.spite this pessimistic PrOgramme

picture, there. are mány simple A11 employ-ers who join themeasures which everyone

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incorporate into their working ^to aäopt at least three of a seriesda¿_t9þþ_-avo_id.the disease. of ten measures, which range

THORN's Leicester site. is from distributiág leaflets iosupporting this "..ampaign, which implementing a fui_scale healthincludes a number of effective prômotion stlategy.ideas: ^

Here at Leicesiér, leaflets areO Instead of heading for the pub available in the Ueâtttr Centre.at lunchtime, Iry a little gentle I will advise on diet, exercise,exercise such as a brisk walk. smokine etc. We heÍd a ve,.iTwenty minutes exercise two or successfîl health exhibition las'tthree times a week is enough.to year -

g04 blood pressures wereboost your overall fitness, and is iaken,24 were foúnd to be highbetter for you than an exhausting enough to refer those employJesgame of squash-once a week. to thãir Gp. As a result, )+ íivesDoes

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. job involve long have potentially been saíed from

p^eriods of sitting in one place? a stroïe or heart problems.Ifso,trytosituprightratherthan Looking ahead I am planningslouched, with shoulclers. ba.ck a demonítration of liie-savin!and head up, to avoid the build- techniques by the St John Ambulup of stress. lance Brigadé, and am examiningt D.9es you lunch -consist of a the posísibiiity of fraving ãhastily-?qten hamburger and cholósterol - tésting machine.chips? Check our Restaurant There will also be niore articlesmenu for low-fat, high-fibre ín Lampline.meals, and choose those instead. Wort-base schemes can andOr, if you bring.a-packed. lunch, do reach hundreds of people atexperiment w^ith_-wholemeal once. Overall, it is estiniateä thatbread and low-fat fìllings.. in it's first year alone, theO Try to reach a "workplace camoaisn ,"uóh.d more thanagreement" on sm-oking. If_col- t*o'-illion people throughleagues, particularly in confìned workplace initiãtivês.areas around you smoke, try. to Coìning to work really can behave a designated area set aside a healthv"business! If vãu-needwhere they can do so without helo or'advice o., u.rv healthoffending non-smokers. Remem- topic, come along to thä Healthber, passive smoking puts every- CËntie.one at risk.

I have recently completed an SISTER J. JONESinitial survey into smoking habits Occupational Health Advisor

THE following questionnaire hasbeen prepared to enable em-ployees to comment on the StaffSales Shop on site. Please tickyour answer and return thecompleted list to the PersonnelDepartment.

Did you know that you were ent¡tledto buy goods from THORN EMI StaffSales (now trading as Mistral Consu-mer Sales Ltd) at lower than HighStreet shop prices?YEsn Non

Could you easily get hold of a recentcopy of the:Product Catalogue YES ! NO !Price List YES fl NO !

Do you consider that Staff Salesprices are generally:Very much cheaper than elsewhere(at least 1 O per cent) [A little cheaper than elsewhere !About the same !More expensive !Don't know n

When purchasing items availablefrom Staff Sales, how often would youconsider buying from Staff Sales:Always fl Sometimes !Usually ! Never !

Have you purchased anything fromStaff Sales in the last year?YEsn No!

Would you object if the Staff Salesfacility was withdrawn?YEs! No[

Would you be interested in obtainingHouse and Car lnsurance from StaffSales?YEsn NOn

MAY we take this opportunity to remind you about the special Olympicswhich THORN Lighting has adopted as its charity for 1989? So far, though,no ideas for fund raising have been suggested!

Employees who do have any ideas about fund raising should tell thePersonnel Department, which would be only to pleased to provide everyassistance. * * *STAFF at Leicester have raised f,133 for eight-year-old cancer suffererDarren Allen. Darren's mum's friend, Dorothy Freestone, works forTHORN Lighting. The money will go towards sending Darren on a holidayof a lifetime. Dorothy, along with Manjo Dave, Jackie Malpne, Chris Wilson,and Edna Reid, presented the cheque.

***A GROUP of youngsters have joined the Melton Road site as part ofthe MSC's Youth in Business scheme. The trainees are studying everythingfrom office practice to mechanical and electrical engineering, and aretransferred between departments to put their newly learned skills to thetest.

HOW many words of three or moreletters can you make from the lettersin this Hexwo¡d Puzzle, all includingthe central letter'E'?

Plurals and proper nouns are notallowed. A score of 24 ís fair, 36is good, but more than 48 is veryvery good.

A prize of f1 O goes to the entrantwith the h¡ghest number of words.Entries, please to: Personnel Depart-ment, Le¡cester, by August 31.Don't forget to include your nameand department.

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Matthew Turner , Mrs Yeung and Paul Hook.

Io Paul Bullimore and Mr Matthew-

Wolfe.Ros Marsh and Ken Mita Patel and Ken Wolfe.Kaxa

recently received thei¡ awards ata presentation evening.

The apprentice winners were:Paul Bullimore, Best OverallApprentice; Matthew Turner,Best First Year; Ian Brown,Challenge Trophy.

LEICESTER'S top apprenticesand YTS trainees for 1987-88

WIN A TENNER WITH YOUR WORDS

PAGE 2 LAMPLINE JUNE 1989

Front, from left: Dave Barrett, Marilyn Wilson (canteen), Birch Hamilton, Keith Brewer, Nurse Barter, Stuart Hill, Dave Dicker, DennisCammiade; back: Steve Carter, lan Horse, Jeff Byrne.

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Angeline Hemmings operatesthe re-conf¡gured mach¡ne,which enables operators visu-ally to inspect the f¡n¡shedproduct and take responsibilityfor its quality.

Betty Sweeney, lris Leyton, Jean Oates, Angeline Hemmings,Clarke and Joan Marriot.

LAMP Presscaps at Edmonton has become a part ofLightsources Fluorescent Division. The step ¡s a logicalone s¡nce the factory produces a staggering 11/z - 2million bi-pin cap assemblies per week and ¡nsulatorsfor T8, T12 and T5 lamps.

In fact, it could be said that Lamp Presscapsis the beginning of the fluorescent tube line!

Lamp Presscaps also produces components forother finished lamps - backbone clips for theincandescent lamps made at Preston; backplatesfor the auto lamps made at Leicester, and theinjection-moulded casing for fluorescent starterswitches.

The company also supplies components forexternal customers, and is beginning to startproduction on the pinning of the plastic mouldedcap which is fitted to 2D lamps.

Presscaps is not only taking on a new business.It is also a self-sufficient unit. With its large teamof highly qualified engineers, it is able to designits own tools and dies, and can provide its ownmaintenance service with little help from outside.

It is probably this self-suffìciency which hasmeant that little has previously been known aboutthe company and the people who provide suchimportant products to THORN Lighting.

RebuildingThe factory is located in a part of industrialised

Edmonton. Many of the surrounding buildingshave been demolished, but rebuilding is beginningand many new units are beginning to appear.

The existing factory of 24,000 square feet hasbeen on its site since 1952 following Sir JulesThorn's worry that supplies of caps from LampCaps at Chesterfield would evaporate during thewar years. In typical Sir Jules style he set up thecompany at Hampstead in 1940, transferring it toLincoln Road and, finally, Edmonton in 1952.

Stan Gillard is the director and manager andalso has the added fame of being the company'slongest serving member. He's worked at the factoryfor 39 years.

He leads a team of five managers - Ron Decort,Peter Collins, Brian Phillips, Les Patmore and PeterFenn, and a total staff of 53. Eightly per cent ofthem have worked for THORN Lighting for morethan 20 years.

Despite this long service record, Lamp Presscapshas witnessed and accepted major and fundamentalchanges in the way which the factory operates. Untileighteen months ago, the fluorescent factory atEnfield held one month's stock of caps, but in thedrive for greater manufacturing effectiveness it wasfelt that this could be significantly reduced.

As a result, Presscaps became one of the firstTHORN Lighting factory sites into which theprinciples of J.I.T. were introduced. And thefactory has never looked back since.

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ImprovementsThe search for continuous improvements has led

to the setting up of regular discussion meetingsbetween operators. Most feel that they now havea big say in many of the changes. One of the biggestdifference to methods of working is the flexibilityof operators in the assembly areas.

Each person trained to work on any section -T8, Tl2, T5 caps and Pin and Paxolin insulators

- and this brings an element of variety to thework, which has traditionally been regarded assomewhat tedious.

Responsibility for own quality has also changedthe status quo. It has also caused a few headaches!Many of the assembly machines were traditionallyset up so that components were fed into the frontof the machine and finished goods came out ofthe back - out of the operator's sight.

Obviously, responsibility for the quality offìnished products leaving the machine in thismanner could not be expected, and so experimentswere carried out to re-configure the machinery.

After a couple of attempts, one machine wassuccessfully modified so that finished goods arenow emitted at the front and can be visuallyinspected. The remaining machines will also bemodified.

Actual improvements to efficiency have also beeneffected.

Changeover times on assembly machines havebeen reduced from betweçn four to six hours toonly twenty minutes and, in some cases - onpressings - to as little as five to ten minutes!

Continuous improvements, however, are notsimply related to methods of working but alsoworking conditions. Lamp Presscaps - it has tobe said - is extrçmely noisy, particularly on themassive pressing machines.

But the sound level has already been reducedfrom a hundred decibels to ninety. The target iseighty-five decibels. Safety is an important featu¡etoo, and operators all wear ear protection and otheritems of protection such as boots and glasses.

The most enduring impressing of Lamp Press-caps in Edmonton is the closeness of the workforce.Everyone knows each other, and the team spriritis very much in evidence. So too is pride in theirproducts.

Eunice Macdonald, V¡ Herbert, Denise Browning, Sheiia Kingdom, lvanWiseman, Eileen Denobriga and Gertrude Lyndon.

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Erica Marshall, Teresa Smith. Ernie Cogman, AngelaBragg and Julie Hine.

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(seated), Joan Shadbolt, John Thomas and Keith Bailey (factorymanager for FLW, Enfield, who was visiting Presscaps).

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CAUGHT IN THE SAs THORN Lighting becomes more international it relies on theskills of the people who work in every one of its' offices andfactories all over the world. ln short, the company's mostcrucial asset is its people and their unique knowledge oftheir own lighting markets.

But of course each country has its own customs andindividuals have different hobbies and interests.THORN Lighting News wanted to find out a little moreabout some of the individuals who make up such ani nternationa I corn pa ny.

Here are some of those individuals who havebeen caught in the spotlight

Jahn's plant at Nordhorn includes 12(X)m2 of warehousing. The complete site covers140ü)m2.

Ouality andsefuice forsuccess!

JAHN is the German company more'Gluhlampenfabrik Jahn Gmbh'.

formally known as

Founded in 1965 on its existing site.in Nordhorn, West Germany, Jahnmanufactures aqd assembles lightsources, which are chiefly supplied tothe OEM market. In 19'72, Jahn joinedTHORN Lighting and now makes ninemillion products annually.

The German market accounts for 48per cent of Jahn's sales of non-halogenlight sources. The rest of Europeaccounts for another 45 per cent. In all,Jahn sells to more than 50 countriesaround the world.

Jahn's success with new products has

been encouraging. From being 100 percent reliant on sales of auto lamps in1975, new products accounted for 20per cent ofturnover in 1988. This figureis budgetted to rise.

CustomersJahn puts its success down to a high

level of quality and service. Personalcontact with customers is backed upwith a 24-hour supply service. Jahn alsohas the ability to accept smaller lamporders because of its short machinechangeover times. The main aimthroughout has been to make Jahn a

company with which it is easy to do inbusiness.

Sixty-six employees work atNordhorn, headed by Dirk Weniger,who leads a management team of six:Gary Keen and Renate Wevers(finance), Bernhard Reiners (sales),Peter Heinsch (purchasing), HeinzPlogmann (production) and KnutTierling (marketing).

Links with Light Sources Divisionare strong. Dirk Weniger reports in theUK to Mike Murphy, director of thecommercial arm of Light SourcesDivision, and Leicester site, whichprovides strong technical support.

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DIDIER MARECHALFRANCE

Didier Marechal is an engineer who works inHolophane's drawing office. He lives in Vandrimare,northern France, is married and has a three year old

son -the birth ofwhom, he says, gave him the best dayof his life.

The Export Manager

Export managers are knownFor sitting by the linguaphone,Perfecting, as we others can'tTheir 'dans le jardin de ma tante'And other abstruse words they utterFor gins and tonics in Calcutta.

Their office, though they're rarely there,Has Gauloise fragrance in the air,And other half-suggestive tracesOfjourneys in romantic places.

To go with hope, but not arrive,Is not how export men suruiveIt's exile, once they've crossed the borderAnd no way home without an order!

Didier's great hobby is riding horses but he alsoenjoys DIY around the home and enjoys listening to

music - particularly classical and Viennese music. Heis not keen on modern, hard rock music.

Didier's ambitions are to be successful in aninterestingjob, to own a Jaguar XJ6 car and to enjoy a

holiday of a lifetime in Canada or Polynesia.

Didier Marechal's favourite ....FOOD: Fish and ShellfishDRINK. ChampagneTV PROGRAMME: Sporlnature and wildlife programmesFILM/BOOKS: Detective films and booksACTOR/ACRESS: Michael Douglas and Marlene Jobert.

Nan Tyrrell's favourite.. ... ..FOOD: Baked DinnerDRINK: BeerTV PROGRAMME: GoldenGirlsBOOKS: Thorn BirdsACTRESS: KâtherineHepburnTYPE OFMUSIC: Ballads

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Seppo Sutinen's favourite.....DRINK: BeerTV PROGRAMME: F'actual pldocumentariesAUTHOR: Arto PaasilinnaACTOR: Paul NewmanTYPE OF MUSIC: Dire Straits

GUNNAR WESTERLINGFINLAND

Gunnar Westerling is theMarketing Director of Orno,in Finland. He has worked hisway up through the companywhich hejoined in 1947-aremarkable 42 years ago.

He lives in Rekola, which is 12km South of theOrno factory, is married and has three grown updaughters and two grand daughters. ,<f-t-h^

Gunnar has a wide variety of hobbies. He sings ln )Iff Ifirst bass in both a male voice choir and a quartet. U)

^VHe enjoys many types of music from blues, \Jlldixieland and 'big band' sounds from groups such as

Manhattan Transfer, to Ravel's Bolero. He is also akeen sportsman enjoying fishing, tennis, slalom ,Æskiing (which he hasjust.started) and football t"y(which he is just quitting).

Gunnar's holiday of a lifetime would be to spendone month in every capital city in Europe andconsiders that to be an excellentway ofspending therest of his life!

Gunnar Westerling's favourite ...FOOD: All soups - especially burbot soupDRINK: Water, beer, gin and tonic. Beer-water-gin and tonic ....TV PROGRAMME: Nature programmes, all kinds of sport

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FILM/BOOKS: The last frlm he saw was his favourite - A Flast book he read was Kingsley Amis', 'The Old Devils'.ACTOR/ACRESS: Spencer Tracy/Jeanne Moreau.

A RADICAL new range oflow voltage fittings,'Lightstream A¡ia', waslaunched last month.

The spotl¡ghts werê des¡gned atEnñeld in con¡unct¡on withKenneth Grange, ol Pentagram, afamous designer in the UK, whohas created products such as theKenwood Chef.

The nat spots take advantage ofthe lastest sealed beaml¡ghtstream lamps, which are madeat Enf¡eld. Avallable in Ash white orBlac*, the luminairæ received a DieGute ¡ndustrieform Awa¡d whenshown at the Hanover Fair inGermanythis year,

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LLEW OELOFSENSOUTHAFRICA

ONTHEMOVETHORN Lighting has to vacate its headquarters at284 Southbury Road, Enfield, by March 1990, whenthe Iease exp¡res.

Although a number of options in the Enfield area have beenexamined a new, modern building on a small, prestigiousdevelopment in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, has been proposed.

The building has extensive facilities, gives easy access to the southand north via the AL, lvl25 and ML and, set back from the road,surrounded by grass and trees, it's close to shops and otheramenities.

It is intended that the Executive Board, their support staff andthe corporate functions already at Southbury Road, will berelocated.

o Watch out for more details in the next edition of THORNLighting News.

Llew Oelofsen works in the export department of the company'sJohannesburg office in South Africa. He joined THORN Lightingin 1973, is married and has fwo sons - Shaun, 10 and Lynton, 8.

Llew's hobbies are playinggolf, golf, golfand abit ofbridge andthe best day of his life was when he shot level par in his club'schampionships. His ambitions are to own a BMW 735i and totravel around the vrorld - with his golf clubs of course. Chinawould be Llew's destination for a holiday of a lifetime - weunderstand that the Chinese golf courses are a great challenge!

Llew's most embarassing moment also involved travel.Retuming home from a trip abroad, a customs official decided toscrutinise every item of Llew's luggage before allowing him toboard the plane. Not only did this happen at 1.30 in the morning,but also in front of a full flight of tired and weary passengers whocouldn't pass customs until he - and his 10 days worth of dirtywashing, - strewn over the customs hall - had also passed!

Those of us who don't work in export depalments may beexcused from feeling rather suspicious of those who do get theopportunity to travel to mysterious , and far-off lands on 'compmybusiness'. But, Llew sent this poem which explains the job better:

CHARLES GAUCHRANIRELAND

les Gauchran's favourite.. .....rD: Indian cuisineNK: Vodka & Tonic'ROGRAMME: Documentaries, plâys and sport.,{: 'The Boys in the Band')K; 'Is that It'- Bob Geldof'OR/ACTRESS:.Jack Nicholsone Lee CurtisE OF MUSIC: Everything

Charles Gauchran works on the trade counter in Ðublin,lreland. He is married with two boys aged 18 and 9 and hasworked for the conpany since 1981.

Charles' spare time is spent playing cricket but he has manyambitions. He would like to become an accomplished actor,be able to play the saxophone and travel to the romantic FarEast. He would also like to own a Cherokee Land Cruiser.

NAN TYRRELLAUSTRALIA

Nan Tyrrell joined THORN Lighting morethan 30 years ago and works in the New SouthWales sales region in Australia. Nan lives inWest Ryde, NSW.

Although she has no unfulfilled ambitions-her holiday of a lifetime would be to visithistorical sites and the white beaches of theGreek Islands - which may seem remarkableto those ofus in the northern hemisphers whocan think of no other paradise than BondiBeach or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia!

Nan enjoys reading and doing crosswordsbut hergreât love is tennis- a hobby for whichthe very best and very worst days of her lifeare remembered. The best day was when shewon a tennis doubles championship. Theworst day was when she had to play in anill-fitting, borrowed tennis skirt whichdropped off on the courtl

Embarassing, but certainly entertaining forthe crowd.

SEPPO SUTINENFINLAND

EVERYONE knowsthatthe Welsh are greats¡ngers. Didyou also know that they are pretty good poets, too?

Appropriately, the best poetic talents in THORN Lighting have comefrom Merthyr - particularly from the High Watts production team and fromMargaret Connolly, secretary to Steve Hayes, Merthyr's new personnelmanager.

The recent burst of verse started when the High Watts team decided thatsomething ought to be done about the Merthyr canteen...

As we all suffer from indigestionWe'd like to give you our suggestionA change of Menu would be our wish:No more sausage, pie or fish.Steak and lamb chops, what a treat!And strawberry flan as a sweet.We'd go on our knees to begWith what they could do with an egç:Omelettes, scrambled, even fried.The chef could do it if he tried!Low calorie meals high on the list,Fresh fruit to follow. Do you get our g¡st?And, oh, the pleasure for us allTo see the menu on the wall,A bigger print, if you please,Our tired eyes to read with ease.

And in this electronic age

Micro-waves are now the rage.So how about a few for us

To warm our food wíthout any fuss?Roller blinds, a coat of paint,Would make our canteen what it ain't.Please, Mr Hayes, do your best;Consider our simple requesí.Morale, will lift. We know that's true,So now we leave it up to you!

The High Watts

To which Margaret replied:

Your poem has been received with ioy,No longer are you a 'Fish and Chip' boy.What delights we can now'coniure up,Because our sole aim is to fill your cup.

No more dirty overalls to mar the scene:We think you realise what we mean!Micro-waves are food for thought;Lowest calorie food, almost nought.

Oh, High Watts, without you what would we do?Now, put the foot on the other shoe:With co-operation from everyone,This enormous task will be done.

LIGHT Sources Commercial (TELC)and Omega Lighting began a phasedprogramme this month to merge.Completion is due by March 31st ofnext year.

The aim is to establish a newTHORN Light Sources Commercialorganisation that is better structured totarget international growthopportunities. The combined grouprepresents a major market force and is

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a key move to secure a strongerpresence. It will offer a wide customerbase and an increased product rangefrom a single supplier. Better customersupport services will also result.

Under managing director MIKEMURPHY, with KEITH APPLIN as

sales director, the new managementstructure becomes: Mike Murphy(managing director) and AlexHalberstadt (development director).

And finally, on the installation of the new loos at Merthyr'Margaret writes:

The day will now soon dawn,When a new era will be born:For your pleasure, new loos,Pink and grey, even blue,Vanity units by the suite,Everything new and very neat,Tiles around the basins,And. There's more:This is not the end by far:A new restaurant on a par,With new seating. plants in pots.Cuisine especially for High Watts,Lounges, rest rooms by the score!Who could even ask for more?Ideas are welcome from everyone.We're goíng places. Things are going to be done.

The time has come for change.We cannot and will not stay the same.For you to earn a good living is our aim.Surely, your views are the same?

Now, here's the crunch:We will only do things once.No more vandalism, please;No more stealing to make us ill at ease.

Allow THORN Lighting to shed a guiding light:CO-OPERATE EVERYONE. PLEASE DON'T BLIGHT!

We wait, with baited breath, for the reply!

Reporting to Mike Murphy areOLIVER SANDERS (operationsdirector), TREVOR JAGGARD(financial and IT director), BARRYDAHILL (commercial director) andDIRK WENIGER (managing directorJahn Gmbh). JOHN WHEEN(marketing director, general lighting)and KEITH APPLIN (sales directorgeneral lighting UK and Ireland) willreport to Barry Dahill.

Seppo Sutinen joined Orno Oy,in Finland, 24 years ago andworks as a supenisor in thefactory paint shop. Seppo livesin Kerava, where the factory issituated, he has two sons andtwo daughters- one of whom isfostered-

Seppo enjoys outdoorrecreation such as tennis, but heis very interested in localpolitics and trade unionactivities.

Seppo's favourite food is aspecial Finnish delicacy calledCarelian Stew which is madefrom several different varietiesof meat stewed in their ownjuices for several hours. Soundslike a delicious remedy forthose long, cold Finnish

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Phased merge beg¡ns

The picñrre shows, fromleft: Bill Milford' StevePenney, Kay Minshaw' andAlan Pattinson.

TIIORN'S Sales DirectorBill Mitford, and Newey &Eyre's Southern Regionmanaging director, AlanPattinson, made thepresentation at THORNLighting's showroom at theBusincs Design Centre,Islington.

But it was true, and MrPenney, of S.J. Penney,Crawley, and hÍs fiancee,Kay Minshaw, were invitedto London to receive hisprize - 93,000 worth ofthe lastest video andphotographic equipment.

IVIIEN etectrical contractorSteve Penney of Crawleywas told that he had wonTHORN Lisbting andNewey & Eyrens Snap It Uppromotion on the day beforeApril Fool's Day, he said hedidn't believe it.

Lectu¡ers David Cheetham, Adrian Heads, David Monkman and WllFort from Bishop Auckland Technical College flank, THORN Lighting'sAlan Wilkinson, David Wright, Barry Lightfoot, Arthur Gash, TonyBennet, Dennis Hickson, Keith Anderson, lvan Gray, John Wr¡ght, JohnMetcalfe, Paula Temple, lan Chapman, John Holmes, John Barnett,Shaun Kenna, Alan Harper, and Derek Hagar.

$taff becomem0re aware

STAFF from THORN Lighting, Spennymoor, recently receivedAMT Awareness Course certificates from John Cammell, head ofDTI's Manufacturing Technology and Materials Division.

The course, spread over 15 evenings, had been held at BishopAuckland Technical College. It is jointly certifìcated by theEngineering Industry Training Board and the Institution ofProduction Engineers with backing from the DTI's Managing intothe 90s programme.

In making the presentation, John Cammell stressed the import-ance of advanced manufacturing technologies to the continuedsuccess of manufacturing industries. He said that he hoped thestudents would make good use of their newly acquired knowledgeto help improve the competitiveness of their companies.

Len Weaver, vice-president of the IProdE, congratulated thestudents on successfully completing the course and the college stafffor the innovative way in which they had presented it.

ComprehensiveJohn Metcalfe, financial controller, who was one of the 19

students from THORN Lighting, said, "The course provided acomprehensive overview of the issues and problems of implementingAMT. For THORN Lighting, this complemented Lighting SystemDivision's policy which is to achieve world class manufacturingstatus."O Paula Temple, cost department supervisor, was one of sevenaccounts staff to complete the AMT Awareness course. She wasthe only woman on the course and is only the seconcl womanto receive the certificate.

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ROB Ferguson, Leices-ter, tells how peopleachieved zero defects:

Within two days of starting mynew position in January as thesupervisor of the MercuryDepartment in the DischargeDivision at Leicester, I was facedwith a daunting task.

It was how to achieve the newconcepts set out in the LightSources Production Handbook,using a well-established work-force, very old equipment, andreasonable material quality(supplied) but high scrap values.

Entrenched in traditional con-cepts and processes, I beganlooking for a short-term remedyto generate enthusiasm, trust,control and success. I hoped itwould help to establish a firmfoundation for a long termstrategy to reduce manufacturingcosts of the Mercury product.

It was clear that the workforcehad vast amounts of skill andknowledge, and I realised that tochannel this energy in the rightdirection could be the key.

Having divided the depart-ment into five individual Cells,

THORN Lighting was recently commended for its sponsorship of the artswhen a Business Sponsorship lncentive Award was presented by ArtsMinister Richard Luce to Andrew Osmond, director and general manager,Lighting Systems Division. The award was presented for the company'ssponsorship of the Diorama Arts, whose chief patron is Sir Clement Freud.The line-up shows, from left, Andrew Osmond, Richard Luce, Sir ClementFreud, and Tish Francis (Diorama).

From left: Praba Mistry (seated); Jane Chawner, supervisor; RamillaKotecha (seated); Ray Bull, cell leader; Jitan Shukla and Bharat Tailor.

I decided to follow the clichéwhen tackling large problems to,"Eat the elephant in small bits,"and started my campaign in CellOne - the beginning. Workingas a team they decided to targetfor a 50 p€r cent reduction inscrap from the pinch-sealmachine producing 1400 doubleended lamps per day.

Scrap was running at an aver-age of seven to eight per cent \Ã/ithhigh and low peaks occurringfrom day to day. Basically, theprocess was out ofcontrol. Beingavailable to support and guidewithout taking over, the teamtook ownership and were fullyinvolved with the target they hadto achieve.

Down came the scrap level dayby day until they surpassed theirset level of three and a half tofour per cent and hit zero defect.For three days running there wasa buzz of excitement as eachperson asked, "Have we had anyscrap yet?"

Clearly, total committment toachieve a self-made target. Onthe fourth day, the scrap levelmoved away from the zero line,but there were no high peaks, andthe process was in control,moving back to zero within afurther two days.

A team to be proud of reach-ing levels beyond our expecta-tions! Success tends to be infec-tious, as other cells are nowsetting their own targets, havingthe opportunity to "have a go"at scrap.

We have initiated "Improve-ment Teams" to work on a scrapreduction programme meetingweekly to remove once and forail product and process prob-lems. Giving equal attention toeach, we have a recipe to achievezero defects through people.

All the.above success has beendone by teamwork. Clearly, ourgreatest asset is our people -working as teams with a com-mittment to QUALITY.

RYMER Lighting has been mak-ing light fittings for more than 40years - since Jake Rymer madehis first fluorescent light fìtting byhand. Now, the company enjoysa tradition of high quality lightingproducts, particularly in fluores-cent, but also in exterior, amenityand security lighting.

A key to the continuing successof the business lies in the devel-opment of increasingly flexiblemanufacturing systems.

Rymer's main manufacturingbase is on a four-acre site nearMelbourne. Sales offices andwarehouses are based in each ofAustralia's capital cities - Ade-laide, Sydney, Perth, Brisbaneand Canberra. There is a glassbending operation based inSydney.

About 260 people work forRymer, many of whom haveworked for the company for morethan 20 years. It is their commit-tment to the business which hashelped it survive and succeed.

Rymer management team, from left:Peter Ferguson, financial controller;Rick Dockerty, general manager;Joe O'Shaunnessey, national salesmanager; Ray Zolter, engineeringmanager; Brendan Craney, factorymanager. Ross Clark, marketingmanager, was not present to takepart in the debate!

THORN EMI ammounced the sign-ing of formal agreements on April13 to acquire through EMI MusicWorldwide a 50 per cent interest inthe records business of ChrysalisGroup for an initial sum of up to$79.1m (fa6m).

This means that artists such asJethro Tull, Debbie Harry, TheProclaimers, Midge Ure and TheWaterboys come into the EMIorbit, which already contains starssuch as David Bowie, Cliff Richard,Tina Turner, Pink Floyd andRobert Palmer.The Sun, April 3, reported thatDavid Bowie was back! The 42-year-old singer has formed a newband, called Tin Machine, whohave completed recording in onlytwo weeks their first album. The LPis due to be released this monthalong with a series of live dates.

THORN EMI Leie-TV haslu n-ded E u rope's I a rgest v ideo wa I I

in Atruimet, Oslo - Norway'slargest shopping centre. The video-wall contains 64 monitors with atotal surlace area of twenty squaremetres.

Capitol-EMl swept the board atthe Grammy awards recently. EMIartist Bobby McFerrin won fourawards, including Record of theYear, Song of the Year, and PopYocal/Male for the song 'Don'tWorry, Be Happy.'

Tina Turner won Rock Yocal/Female for 'Tina Live in Europe'on Capitol label, and RobertPalmer won Rock Vocal,/Male for'Simply Irresistable' on the EMIlabel.

The Royal Navy is to use atraining system developed by Data-solve Education. It will teach

recruits to read morse code atspeed.

THORN EMI has sold virtuallyall its interests in the Inmos micro-chip business to the FrerrcVltalianSGS-Thomson. In exchange, thecompany acquires a l0 per centstate in SGS-Thomson.

Mel and Kim, the chart-toppingsisters, have signed up with EMI.A spokesman lor the companyìãid"I don't really know why they havecome to us; maybe because theythink we are the best company!"

Dr Ken Gray, technical directorof THORN EMI, is to co-ordinatea major programme to develop theresources for technological innova-tion throughout the Grou world-wide, and will assume overallresponsibility for THORN EMIResearch, comprising the CentralResearch Laboratories (CRL) and

the New Business Ventures (NBV)operation.

Professor Gareth Roberts,THORN EMI's director ofreseãrcñ;TãsJlie responsibility ofdrawing up long-term technologyplans with the operatingbusinessess.

Steve Bates has been appointeddirector of CRL, reporting to KenGray. The new board of THORNEMI Research now comprìses-KenGrat-siñãfiman and ðhief exec-utive, Gareth Roberts, Steve Batesand Jeff Wynne, director of NBV.

Juggy Pandit has been app-ointeddirector, Corporate Projects, andwill concentrate on corporate bus-iness development initiatives andon acquisitions and disposals.Juggy will be based at TenterdenStreet, reporting to ColinSouthgate.

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some have crucial bits missing.All of them are pretty tricky - but the

answers are on the back page.Below: all of these people regularly appear

in THORN Lighting News. Can you recog-nise them?

Answers on the back page.INTERNATIONAL: Jim Fifield has takenover from Bhaskar Menon or pres¡dent andchief execut¡i,e officer of EMI MusicWorldwide. Mr Menon continues as anexecut¡ve director of THORN EMl. andchairman of EMI Music Worldwide, Cap¡tol-EMI Music and ÊMl Music.

Hamish Bryce has ioined THORN EMIChairman's Committee.

THORN Lighting SA has aPPointed a

riarketing manager, Tina Collins, for P.R.

and Advert¡sing.Eric Whall, who ¡s now concentrating h¡s

.regional responsib¡l¡ties ¡n Austral¡a andNew Zealand, has effect¡vely taken over themanagement of THORN ALI ¡n Australiafollowing Roy Sims'dec¡s¡on to retire. Er¡c

will be relocat¡ng himself and his familyfrom New Zealand to SydneY.

Karl Schrader has been aPPointedregional manager. Asia. He reporls to BobSteele and is based in Hong Kong. SteveGrao (Hong Kong), Graham Dennis(Sinqapore) and B¡ll Greener (Malaysia)report to Karl Schrader. Rudi VAn Eck willassume respons¡bil¡ty for the South Africanoperation as act¡ng general manager for thes¡x months during which Karl is developingthe reg¡onal strategy. ln this role, Rudi willconl¡nue to report to Karl Schrader.

lan Allan has been appointed marketingmanager, report¡ng to Peler Jones. andbased at 284 Southbury Road.

UK Light¡ng Systems: LeslieÏckton hasjo¡ned as operat¡ons manager at SouthernD¡str¡bution Centre, Romford.Nick Hrst¡c has been appointedlnternat¡onal Supplies and Distr¡butionmanager at Romford report¡ng to LesTickton. Building on the supply centreconcept.

lan Russell has decided to pursue outs¡deinterests. L¡ghting Systems distr¡bution ¡s

now the respons¡bility of Cl¡ve Wheeler, LesTickton and Peter Duggan Castleford,report to Cl¡ve.

Tony Cox has jo¡ned as manufacturingmanager - Mouldings, SpennYmoor,report¡n9 to Bill Burn.

Brian Hill is appointed Techn¡cal TrainingManager, report¡ng to Bob Bell.

Finance/lnformation Systems:Paul Durber ¡s the information

technology controller and is carry¡ng out astrateg¡c review of our Systems worldwide.

Brian Owens is seconded from THORNEMI company Datasolve to run UKlnformation Systems and will prepare andimplement plans to devolve lnformationSystems into the UK D¡visions. Paul Durberand Brian Owens report to Mick Stringer.

Finance: Colin Thom has jo¡ned asdeputy chief accountant at 284 SouthburyRoad, report¡ng to Les Scott.

Personnel: Paul Keene has joined in aproject management capac¡ty, and isworking on investment appra¡sal for the UKlncandescent Division. He is based at 284Southbury Road.

John Fredericks has joined asmanagement tra¡ner based at Leicester.reporting to management development andtraining manager, Ray Turner.

Light Sources: Viv Charrett has beenappointed marketing manager ¡n theFlúorescent Division, reporting to JamesMoore.

lncandescent: George Hodge has takenup the posit¡on of general manager, MerthyrTydfil.UK Dìstribut¡on: Wendy Morton, oflnternational Direct Sales, is join¡ng aslnternational admin¡strat¡on manager onJuly 3. She will have accountab¡lity forperformance of both supplies and shippingexperts.

Ernie Watts has taken early retirementbut will cont¡nue to help ¡n a trainingcapacity.

Stan May has left to pursue otherbusiness interests.

OMEGA: Eddie Coupland becomesNorthern regional manager, while DavidN¡cholas has been promoted from SalesDevelopment manager 10 Southernregional manager.

Sales representative Jan Gaunt has beenpromoted to Southern d¡v¡s¡onal manager,David Hannam takes on the Post ofMidlands divisional manager, and DonBoyle ¡s promoted to Northern divisionalmanger. Rolfe Aveyard moves fromMidlands D¡vis¡on to Eastern D¡v¡sion asd¡visional manager.

Celebrat¡ng almost fifty years betweenthem at Omega L¡ght¡ng. Southerndivisional manager Eddie Golding andLondon divisional manager No¡man Bellrecently ret¡red.

Eddie joined the company in 1968 as asales representat¡ve and was promoted tohis current pos¡t¡on ¡n 1973. He owns a

d¡nghy and is looking forward to spendingmore t¡me sa¡l¡ng.

Norman joined Omega in 1962 and hasbeen London divisional manager for tenyears. He is plann¡ng a trip to Hawa¡i withhis wife.OFollowing the organisat¡onal changes inoctober 1988, which incorporated thelncandescent Division ¡nto the L¡ghlSources D¡vision and a subsequent decis¡onto br¡ng the Omega operations w¡th¡n theoverall Light Sources Commercial Division,M¡ke Sm¡th, director and general manager.lncandescent Division, has dec¡ded to leavethe Company to pursue h¡s careerelsewhere.

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sayTHORl,l Lighting has shed itsstuffy image of the early eightieswith a global strategy forexpansion. THORN Lighting hasmanaged to ffi itself from thedoldrums and is now a force tobe reckoned with in theint ernational lighting markeÍ....

Hamish Bryce is confident thatstrategic øcquisitions v¡illcontinue: 'We are fast becominga truly internølional companYwith a mission: to be the largestlighting solutions company in theworld'

Electrical Review, April 5-18

LIGHTING on its ownwon't cureeverything, but if you leave it out,you'll probably be wasting yourmoney on everything else.

Dr Ian Twinn of MiddlesexPolytechnic on the EdmontonProject in the Sundayläï:

THORN Lightings C-VAS lightcontrol system can dramaticallYcut energy costs in offices bYroughly 40-45 per cent and makethem more comforîable places towork, claimed a spokesman forthe c o mp any. During p erio ds w henthe offîce is underused, light levelsdrop; when it is cloudy, they rise.

Light levels close to windows staylower than in the heart of theoffice.

Building April2lCD sales were worth f,l20m in1988, a sum likely to nearly doublethis year. EMI, which also mskesCDs for other record lqbels, saidits factories are running 24 hoursa day, seven days a week.

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lN this bird-eye view of agame of five-a-sidefootball, the goalkeeper atthe bottom hasjustperformed an amazingfeat: he's kicked the ball sohard that its bounced offthree of the players andended up in the opposinggoal!

On the way, it passeddirectly over the heads ofevery single player, but notthe Referree.

Which spot representsthe Ref?

A î2O Marks andSpencer voucher for thewinning entry.

All answers to the Editorby August 30.

OSRAM is to market a wide range of advanced lighting systemsin the UK - many for the first time - as a result of a deal withSiemens.

UK customers will soon be able to receive Siemens' technologymodified for the UK market. Similarly, products which havepreviously been available only at very high prices will, as a resultòf ttre expanded market and UK manufacturers, now be offeredat a more modest cost.

They now hope to provide effective lighting solutions for customersin all the majof lightìng application areas, and to individually-tailorlighting to meet specifiõ requirements, using the combinedteihnological and design facilities of Osram-GEC and Siemens:

TTTGEC Streetlighting has supplied 1,200 special extruded aluminiumtunnel lanterñs foi the tunnel linking Devon and Cornwall on the438 bypass at Saltash.

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But can you also find YummyRêdcurrant lcecream. or Gola andMuscat to qu€nch your Thirst asyou lie in your Bikini on a Balcony,Sand, or Beach this SummerHoliday?

Pérhaps Modesty o. the factthat you Burn rathei than Tán willlead you to seek the Shade, in aGrandstand, maybe. to watchsome Tennis or Cricket..

They're all here, too, w¡th BestLemons, Omaha and Gairo, aYodeller with a Sitar, and anEskimo with some lissues. Canyou find them all?

There are many more wordshidden too. lf you can find 6O youcould do bettor; find 9O ondyou've done wel!, but can youfind more than 120?

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SeptemTHIS year's THORNLighting World GolfCompetition will be heldon September 9-1O.

Proposed by THORN LightingNew Zealand. the competition is.

administered by THORN Lighting(UK), and the inaugural match tookplace in July 1988. All teams arerequired to play during the sameweekend in their respective homecountries, forwarding their results tothe UK scrutineers.

The annual trophy - in the lormof a Maori canoe - was presentedby New Zealand, and four replicasare provided for each member of thewinning team to retain.

Last year. the competition wAS

won by Leicester on a countbackfrom the Australian Branch team.Team entries and results were:

ber I tee-off! To: Brian Ayling, Govt. Dept., THORN Lighting, 284 Southbury Road

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CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: JULY 28, 1989

TLL Leicester (UK) Total 142 pointsOut 73 In 69: TLL Australia(Branch) -lotal 142 points Out 74 ln68; FLW Enfield (UK) Total 138

points; LL Spcnnymoor (UK)Total 133 points; TLL New ZealandNo.2 Total 132 points; TLLAustrali¿r HQ Total I l0 points; TLLNew Zcaland Nol Total 86 points;(only thrce returns).

The winning Lciccstcr tcarncomprised R. Pawlcy, D. Adams, M.Teasdale and -1. Liggins, whoschandicaps rangcd lìom 13 to 20.Congratu lations !

Rulcs lbr this ycur's tc¿rm L'ntricsare as follows:OEach playcr nrust havc a nationalor society handicap, which must bcstated on cntry fbrn-r.OAny changc ol hanclicap r.trust bcentered on the competition carcl and

notified to the UK organisers opeweek belore the competition datc ifpossible.OHandicap limitations arc 24 lormcn and 36 lor wome n.OThc strokcs and scorcs to bccntcrcd fàirly, honcstly and ncatly.OThc intcrnational rulcs ol' goll,togcthcr with local rulcs, must bcobscrvcd.OAll playcrs must bc cmploycd byTHORN l,ighting at thc timc thcm¿ìtchcs arc playc<J. This will bcvcril'iccl by thc organiscrs fbr thcwinning individuuls and tcams.

Plcasc scnd cntry lorms and tcamphotographs ASAP to Brian Ayling,Govcrnmcnt Dcpartmcnt, THORNLighting, 284 Southbury Road. Anycountry wishing to contributc lourmain prizcs lbr thc winning tcam.prcf'crably of a national or local

thcmc, should indicate whenrcturning thc entry form.

Depending on the response, wehopc to havc sevcral prize categories.These include a trophy for thewinning te am combined lullallowancc stableford points: prizes

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for the lowest nett score stroke play,individual man, and individualwoman, and highest gross score(bunny or booby prize).

Further details will be forwardedby the UK organisers as soon as thetotal entries are known.

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A NEW logo is to appearthroughout thecompany Iater thisyear.

It is the outcome of marketresearch, which has revealedthat THORN Lighting is notwidely known, nor fullyunderstood, in the keymarkets of Europe, AsiaPacific and the USA.

Where it is known, the companyimage is unclear or inaccurate.

Research has also confirmed thatthere is a distinct correlationbetween a strong corporateidentity and commercialsuccess.

Fo¡ these reasons, the company'ssignature mark has beenmodernised and strengthened.The result is one which isrecognisable in all countriesthroughout the world.

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will be greatly aided by a markthat signifies the strength andqualities of the company.Every effort will be made tomaximise its impact.

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THERE was great cause lorcelebration at the new factory inMalaysia in early May when thefirst test samples of the Beta 79street lighting fittings came offthe injection moulding machine.Bill Greener, managing directorof the joint venture company inMalaysia, said: "This is anhistoric day for the Malaysianoperation and a most imporl"antStep towards responding to thegrowing exterior lighting marketin the Asia Pacific Region."

OBJECTS: 1 Coiled coil filament against a human hair. 2 Dichroic reflectorsused in Lightstream lamps, without the lamp capsule. 3 Part of the Oueen'sAward to industry. 4 The Equinox Sculpture, Dallas, USA. 5 Holophane - theFrench glass manufacturer's logo. 6 Humphrey Davey's carbon arc lamp.PEOPLË: 1 Joseph Swan. 2 Hamish Bryce. 3 Colin Southgate. 4 Jules Thorn.5 Andrew Osmond.

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The mysterious attractÌon ol Cluny Water in Braemar, Scotland, has boenmost unusually lit by Derd¡ llìlilkinson, of larkhall.

Floodlights with l5OtY Arcs{ream lamps and specially-made colour

filtors provide an enchant¡ng, grotto-l¡ke appearance, making tho areaa popular - and romantic - tourist attraction by night as well as by day.

THORN LIGHTING IYENTSTHORN Lighting News is the staff newspaper for all lighting employees. It isproduced by the Public Affairs Department, Enfield, but the contents do notnccessarily reflcct official Company views.

Fditor: Helen McCorry (Enfield x 2040); Deputy Editor: Hugh King (Enfieldx 2731). Correspondents: Enfield, Barry Hooper; Spennymoor, Peter Almond;l{ereford, Jeff Scourfield; TELC, Jenny Byewater; Methyr, Steve Hayes; Omega,Maureen Hàll; Preston, Joan Barnes; lnternational, lan Allen; Leicester, SteveFinnie; Cardiff, David Goodman; Birmingham, Graham Wortley; Larkhall,Elizabeth McGibbon; NDC, Jeanette Meek; Romford, Deena kdkdkd; Manchester,Chris Whitelegg.

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