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Following
the example of its parent company, Toshiba, Toshiba Lighting
is eagerly pursuing the challenge of creating new products and
technologies to suit the new information age.
These efforts are concentrated at Toshiba Lighting's R &
D Center in Yokosuka which is just 90 minutes from Tokyo.
It is here that Toshiba Lighting's highly qualified staff work
in an ideal environment to combine the immense knowledge of
lighting technology advancement with innovative change.
The Toshiba Lighting Research and Development program has very
wide scope. In addtion to the central task of developing new
elements for general lighting applications it also extends to
office automation equipment, special bio-related industrial
gas sources based on applied photo radiation technology and
hybrid IC's.
Equally important are the development of photometry and colorimetry
technologies to maximise efficiency on the production line.
Results at the R & D Center reflect ever new and ever broadening
lighting applications to keep pace with the new technology age
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Lamp
and Lighting Laboratory
The
lamp and lighting laboratory takes a medium
to long range point of view to basic and applied
research for new technology and new products.
The laboratory's operations cover all aspects
of software and hardware applications
technology.
Its research into advanced optical and
electronics technology encompasses new
age thinking with lighting and illumination,
optical design, development of light fittings,
radiation technology and applications,
lighting circuits, electrical circuits and
signal contact systems.
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Quality
Assurance Division
Toshiba
Lighting's reputation is built on the reliability of its products
and
the Quality Assurance Division handles all aspects of quality
control,
including product reliability and product liability control
and after sales
service.
Part of its function is the scrupulous monitoring of every
stage of the
manufacturing process from product development and all the
way
through production.
Its staff are involved in scrutinising designs, guiding production
plants,
testing prototypes, supervision of control transfer for new
mass
production starts and evaluation of practical product tests.
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Design
Centre
Based
upon information provided by R & D department
the Design Centre develops designs to meet quality lifestyle
objectives.
By thorough production planning the Centre is instrumental
in
the development of new forms, new materials and new structure.
Ambitious yet carefully planned designs play a major role
in
providing the market with continually improving products.
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