FALL RIVER, MA., April 8, 2004- Lightolier, Inc. is proud to announce that once again it has been awarded top manufacturer in the 2003 ACE Awards (Architects Choice for Excellence), as voted by readers of Architectural Lighting and Architecture magazines. These awards salute the industry leaders for their commitment to product excellence in all areas including durability, customer service, value, and design.

Lightolier was chosen first out of a field of 209 manufacturers for the Architectural Lighting award, which was up from 166 companies in 2002. For the Architectural portion of the ACE award we were chosen first out of 89 electrical companies, up from 70 companies in 2002.

"Lightolier is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year and it is a great honor to be acknowleged by the architectural community with this award, said Russ Hall, Vice President of Channel Marketing. "It is our company motto to do it first or do it better and we will continue to support architects and designers with innovative, well-made and affordable lighting."

Articles about the awards, featuring Lightolier, appeared in the November/ December 2003 issue of Architectural Lighting and the December 2003 issue of Architecture. Lightolier will also be mentioned on both magazines´ web sites for one year as the winner of the awards.

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Lightolier Marketing Department
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