GREENVILLE, S.C.-- Hubbell Lighting, a pioneer and innovator in lighting technology for over a century, and a leader in electronic data transfer for more effective support of the electrical distribution market, has achieved Platinum Level status in IDEA's industry data warehouse (IDW) Bands of Excellence program. IDEA is the official standards body for the electrical industry.

The elite status Hubbell Lighting has earned underscores its ongoing commitment and effort to provide complete textual, numeric, image, ordering, line art and additional information to its national network of distributor partners. This is no small accomplishment and we congratulate Hubbell Lighting.

In making the announcement honoring Hubbell Lighting, Stephen B. Sokolow, Chairman, of the IDEA, said The elite status Hubbell Lighting has earned underscores its ongoing commitment and effort to provide complete textual, numeric, image, ordering, line art and additional information to its national network of distributor partners. This is no small accomplishment and we congratulate Hubbell Lighting.

The cumulative result of Hubbell Lighting's master data effort means its distributors can instantly access the product marketing content in IDW for use on their own websites and more effectively communicate product information with end users. In creating all of this material for data interchange, Columbia Lighting, Spaulding Lighting and Hubbell Outdoor and Industrial Lighting have completed 100% of their top moving SKU's while Progress Lighting and Dual-Lite are currently over 95%.

Hubbell Lighting understands the importance that robust data plays in an effective e-commerce strategy. We feel it is our responsibility to provide this data to our distributor partners to ensure our mutual success as more of the business world moves online. The IDEA Platinum Level award recognizing our accomplishment only reinforces our commitment and resolve to do everything we can to support our distributors sales efforts, and highlights the ease of doing business with Hubbell Lighting, Scott Muse, Hubbell Lighting President concluded.

About Hubbell Lighting:

Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway.