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Tour of the Lightolier Manufacturing Plant

Bob visits the Lightolier manufacturing plant which covers 6 acres or 700,000 square feet. Bob Wetikin the director of design gives Bob a tour. The ultra modern plant makes lighting products from recessed residential to heavy industrial. The raw material that makes the recessed light can or rough in kit is aluminum sheet material. The sheet of aluminum is stamped or pressed into place to form the rough in kit.

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" Now that that went on numerous lightolier facilities around. I'll -- he would do his very life cleverly plotted facility located near -- Matthew three run -- that they've been manufacturing. It off if you're talking like 300 -- where approximately. And what do you make here we -- making here lighting product. So rough inspection garages. You've been a builder you put many of these up in the operate. Courtroom and then what's the fifth -- the finishing section that. Let the customers actually seeing -- it's -- up in the ceiling exactly. For the fifth round yet. If it is the main thing you make primarily a clinic and a variety of shapes and what's the raw material that you -- raw material here is aluminum and wheat market at this marvelous -- raw material to -- against becoming huge rolls of I'll aluminum guarded around the circular pipe that direct our raw material that's not go along and keep it here where does that come. Client off the Catholic hard line I'm contributing scanning back but I'll I'll tell me about what the person in manufacturing these things. It's definitely picked -- aluminum faculty. And went through to roll it won't -- help -- home. Warmth that part of rough outline not you have to put that lubricant on the third in the north report it -- to take shape yes. -- of the brick. Rock okay then what we're looking into the giant. Into the story brighter around them now -- capable -- I think we'll. -- You want to come Don that machine what happens stood next to them that's not in the operation here right. Rock tomorrow around yeah. Landed -- The operation turned apartment honey okay going to -- that entire operation which."

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" It's still kind of in the raw aluminum what. What you did it make it -- thank you right. After the Harlem -- And we ticket and all the process in another area of Atlanta -- potter opponent. Okay we're looking at. We're at the beginning of the end of the process -- is right here is -- our apartment at that over here that while the material itself. Warming and how it's vehicles and actually its way to. Are you hang them on all these little -- left. And it travels through an -- leaders at the fancy name for water back -- don't want about and that -- back here and I'll tell. But some time to thank all our for the component -- in advance and so at the other end of the car lot they're basically wet. That's next. Tack them into an apartment about it in -- backpacks air combat involvement and sometimes aren't. I'm very. Ride they'll eventually there's no high technology involved up until now. That would sophisticated manufacturing brought him. Can you explain what's happening here that it is coming down behind what happened here is that about right point on Iraq. You have a positive on an electrostatic. Trail went right that private process of powder coatings. Are afraid. Positively taught art at -- executive god particle the main. Thanks for the office. He stayed at the art and then movement Altman while it -- Todd OK so all of the these particles are. Late being bonded to the battle in. And electronic way and electrical attraction them. Well exactly now this that he not not in this process through the automobile faint dot though is that -- Vietnam. And musical. They're ripping us and when they come out -- have to go through another drying process when they can -- you haven't felt the pain. And -- school founded it -- removed after their label the very picky about that we -- plane. Bob thank you for it's that human values and articles have borne. Strike can be thought of that material very different. Much better and went right it's very thoughtful and very enlightening Bob. Before we ended floor that'll just one last question what kind of lighting be used here at the lightolier lighting factory he's been very efficient I thought each night you with. I don't hand my thoughts. We can't -- arrested several years ago but -- fifty. Lost my doubts terrific thanks for the tour you're very well."

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