Buckeye Shapeform builds custom extruded aluminum enclosure for innovative LED spotlight

Like many great inventions and discoveries, FUEL Lighting, a manufacturer of innovative wireless lighting systems, emerged into the market after the unique needs of its preceding company, Boston Uplights, went unanswered.

Boston Uplights owner Paul Therrien needed a new kind of spot light that was light weight, battery powered and controlled remotely. He put in a request for it with his suppliers, but soon realized the unique light he was searching for was absent from the market. Instead of accepting defeat, he saw an opportunity and decided to make it himself.

Therrien purchased Buckeye Shapeform's standard E2 extruded aluminum enclosure because it had the perfect look, feel and quality for his new product. But as he tested and refined his new light system, Therrien discovered the case dimensions were slightly too small to fit the product's exact requirements. Therrien contacted Buckeye Shapeform and inquired about fabricating a custom extruded aluminum enclosure to fit his needs for the innovative new light.

Buckeye Shapeform worked with FUEL Lighting to create four completely custom parts, helping to meet Therrien's exact product requirements by making several adjustments to the units during the design stage. In the end, FUEL Lighting received a fully-customized E2 Series extruded aluminum enclosure that it could use in two of its industry-leading lighting systems: the Angle Light and the Penda Light.

As a result, a new company of innovative lighting systems was born. Buckeye Shapeform provided an end packaging solution for FUEL Lighting that it took to market and successfully sold as a high-end, truly innovative event lighting product.

FUEL Lighting first released the Angle Light, the lighting industry's first battery powered LED highlight system. The Angle Light features a visually pleasing warm-white LED light output, full dimming capability and a high-contrast optical system that has virtually zero light spill outside a super-narrow 3 deg beam. It's easily positioned and adjusted using industrial magnets and a remote control system to create various lighting ambiance and effects during events. The Penda Light is FUEL Lighting's latest addition; it is the industry's first wireless pendent light.

Buckeye Shapeform helped FUEL Lighting from product conception to fabrication--ensuring a smooth ride throughout the process for this up-and-coming lighting company and its innovative and ever evolving lighting products.