Tony Cooper

Thorlux Lighting Ltd. designs, manufactures, and supplies lighting systems for industrial and residential purposes. The company's products include industrial & commercial floodlight, architectural luminaires, tunnel lighting, and controls & systems. Thorlux Lighting was founded by Frederick William Thorpe in 1936 and is headquartered in Redditch, UK.

ABB Installation Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets electrical lighting and wiring equipment used to manage the connection, distribution, transmission and reliability of electrical power in industrial, construction and utility applications. The company also produces commercial heating and ventilation units used in commercial and industrial buildings and highly engineered steel structures used for utility transmission. The company was founded by Robert M. Thomas and Hobart D. Betts in 1898 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

MEI, headquartered in West Chester , Pa. , holds the world’s largest installed base of unattended payment systems, handling over two billion transactions per week in more than 100 countries. The company developed the first electronic coin mechanism in the 1960s, followed by the first electronic non-contact bill acceptor, and more recently its credit card capability and vending management solution. Recently, MEI reached a milestone of selling more than four million bill acceptors and five million coin mechanisms worldwide. Its products are in widespread use in the vending, soft drink, gaming, amusement, transport, retail, and kiosk markets.