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Nexxus Lighting Helps Light Dubai Metro Project |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ###### Nexxus Lighting Helps Light Dubai Metro Project CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS - News) today announced that its Lumificient Corporation business unit has shipped over 1400 meters of its Hyperion R-Lite LED lighting system to help light the Dubai Metro / JT Metro project in the United Arab Emirates. The Dubai Metro will be the longest fully automated rail system in the world and will have a total of 43 miles (70 kilometres) of line with 47 stations when completed. The massive $4.2 billion civil engineering project is being constructed by JT Metro JV (Japan Turkey Metro Joint Venture), which is a joint venture of the Obayashi Corporation and Kajima Corporations of Japan and Yapi Merkezi Turkey.Gargash Lighting Systems LLC, Nexxus Lighting’s distributor for the middle east, supplied the product for the project, which is still under construction. The first line is scheduled to begin full operations in September 2009. Lumificient Corporation’s Hyperion R-Lite is a patented, monochromatic LED strip lighting system used in a variety of lighting applications and was selected based on its ease of installation, high performance, energy efficiency and 50,000 hour design life. The Hyperion R-Lite has removable/replaceable LED modules allowing replacement of individual modules rather than entire sections making maintenance easier. Nexxus Lighting is a leader in advanced lighting technology, including solid-state LED and fiber optic lighting systems and controls used in commercial, architectural, signage, swimming pool, entertainment and retail lighting. Nexxus Lighting sells its products through its Commercial Lighting, Lumificient and Nexxus Lighting Pool & Spa divisions under the Array™ Lighting, Savi®, eLum™, LiveLED™, Super Vision® and Lumificient™ brand names. Certain of the above statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Reference is made to Nexxus Lighting’s filings under the Securities Exchange Act for factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Nexxus Lighting undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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