iLight Technologies, Inc. Makes Inc. 500 Magazine's List of Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2006

August 31, 2006

CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country and iLight Technologies, Inc. , leading light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions company, ranks No. 84 on the list with a three-year growth of 929.9 percent. iLight Technologies has taken LED lighting technology to a new level and is in the forefront of this new explosive market growth. Holding sixteen patents with fifty-two pending, iLight designs striking new LED lighting solutions that are displacing older, less efficient technologies such as glass neon, fiber optics, and cold cathode. "Being honored as part of the Inc. 500 is the next level of our initial vision," states Mark Cleaver, co-founder and Chairman. "We wanted to create exciting LED lighting solutions that offer even light tone, energy efficiency, and give designers new lighting solutions to add to their creative tool box." iLight President & CEO, Sean Callahan adds, "iLight will continue to create technology driven, innovative products that put 'Hollywood' into our clients' building projects. Our ability to surprise and delight the lighting world makes us a company to watch." "If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500," said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. "These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition." The award-winning line of Plexineon products is different from all other lighting products due to its durable construction, bright and even light output, ease of installation and energy efficiencies. In addition to its award winning color series, iLight has also developed a new way to achieve white light. iLight's products appeal to architectural, entertainment, hospitality, commercial, residential and signage markets.

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