Universal looks to expand.

With over a half century of designing and manufacturing more than 500 styles of residential and commercial builder trade lighting fixtures, Universal Fixture Mfg. Co. of Braintree, Mass. has established a niche for itself among builders, owners and managers with a broad range of commercial applications for their products; all of which are USA-made and UL-approved.

Universal has recently expanded their lines with a wider variety of energy and cost-saving PL lighting fixtures. These decorative flush-mount and tri-pole fixtures are available in new finishes, including polished chrome and brushed nickel.

"Our customers want to take advantage of the efficiency of fluorescent PL, but also have to meet certain illumination and/or design requirements," says Allen Bodenheim, Universal's Vice President of Sales. "In particular, we have been strong in our ability to adapt PL to applications where the customer had previously been confined to incandescent."

Now Universal is making its custom creative lighting design services available to a wider range of users. According to Mr. Bodenheim, "We're looking for more input and opportunities from decorators, designers, architects and specifiers involved in installations of 50 to 500 fixtures."

Universal will be introducing their newest PL lighting styles at Booth 816 at the Buildings NY Trade Show on June 20 & 21.

Their current catalog presents an impressive line of art deco, classic and traditional designs. A recently introduced web site (www.Universal Fixture.com) offers a convenient way to browse the collection.