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Friday, 24 January 2025

MESSAGE FROM FRANCIS LACOMBE, PRESIDENT AND CEO – TECHNOSTROBE GROUP

Growing a business is hard work.

Since launching Technostrobe in 2001, we have constantly faced challenges that extend beyond growing market share by offering creative lighting solutions for the energy, telecom and maritime industries. From a worldwide recession in 2009/10 to a global pandemic in 2020 and a global supply chain crisis in 2022 due to the war in Ukraine, there are constant headwinds testing our resilience. The latest challenges: the Presidential order suspending federal permitting of wind projects in the United States and looming new U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports.

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Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Lids Technology: increasingly present in the Canadian market

Obstruction lighting on wind farms has ensured the safety of pilots and passengers for many years. However, dimming the lights has increasingly become an important mitigation factor for today’s wind projects. In fact, in just three years, the majority of wind projects announced or built in Canada have chosen to install light mitigation measures using LIDSTM (Lighting Intensity Dimming Solution) technology). With LIDSTM technology, the light intensity automatically adjusts to the surrounding visibility. This reduces light pollution, while keeping the sky safe for pilots.

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Thursday, 4 March 2021

FRANCIS LACOMBE IS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF TECHNOSTROBE

FRANCIS LACOMBE IS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF TECHNOSTROBE Coteau-du-Lac, March 4, 2021 - Technostrobe, a leader in the manufacturing of obstruction lighting systems for marine and air navigation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Francis Lacombe as the Company's President. Mr Lacombe, who has been Vice President of Technostrobe since 2008, will take over from the company's founder, Guy Buisson, who will be retiring in June 2021. He will also acquire company shares, held by Mr Buisson, to become the sole owner. OUR MISSION REMAINS UNCHANGED: TO SUPPORT NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY When Guy Buisson founded Technostrobe in 2001, his aim was to design, produce and distribute innovative, robust and efficient obstruction lighting solutions to ensure the safety of air traffic. Considerable emphasis was placed on research and development to help create innovative products which found a ready market in Canada. With the arrival of Francis Lacombe, the company turned its attention to exports in a ...

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Thursday, 4 June 2020

LIDS TECHNOLOGY NOW EASILY ACCESSIBLE!

OBSTRUCTION LIGHTING FOR WIND FARMS: TRANSPORT CANADA CONFIRMS THE EXEMPTION Transport Canada recently announced that Canadian wind farm owners will now be able to include the installation of LIDSTM Technology in their regular obstruction Lighting application for their new facilities.

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Thursday, 25 July 2019

OBSTRUCTION LIGHTING AND NAVAIDS FOR THE NEW SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN BRIDGE

The new Samuel De Champlain bridge - a beacon for Montreal. The bridge is the first project combining the obstruction lighting technology made by Technostrobe with the aids to marine navigation made by ITO Navaids. As a group, we now offer turnkey solutions to protect the tallest structures in the world – at sea and on land.

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