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Sacramento, Calif. May 23, 2023—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, announced today that its TruBlu™ Fixture Controller with Long Range Antenna was recognized for performance, reliability, efficiency, ease of integration/use, and innovation with an LEDs Magazine BrightStar Award. The award was announced...

Sacramento, Calif. February 15, 2023—McWong International, the industry leader in award-winning Bluetooth mesh solutions, has received notification from the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) that its TruBlu™ wireless mesh outdoor controls have been qualified on DLC’s Networked Lighting Controls Qualified Products List (QPL). DLC's...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. February 15, 2023— McWong International, the industry leader in award-winning Bluetooth mesh solutions, is introducing another innovation to its award-winning TruBlu™ Bluetooth mesh lighting control platform. The new device, a Wireless Outdoor Controller, features a Zhaga Book 18 compliant connector, integral antenna &...

Sacramento, Calif. February 6, 2023—McWong International, the industry leader in award-winning Bluetooth® mesh solutions, is pleased to announce it has appointed James Robinson as Director of Technical Support and Quotations. Robinson brings more than 30 years of lighting industry customer and technical support experience to McWong International....

Sacramento, Calif. September 21, 2022—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has received the LightSPEC Design Excellence Award for its lighting and controls project, the Spring House Innovation Park. Introduced this year by the LightSPEC events team and sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association, the...

Sacramento, Calif. August 22, 2022—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has been recognized by the Integrated Lighting Campaign, along with project partners MRA Group and Luminosity Lighting Associates and technology partner Silvair, for Advanced Use of Lighting and Controls for the Spring House Innovation Park...

Sacramento, Calif. August 20, 2022—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has been selected for Supporter Recognition by the Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion, for exemplary efforts in advanced lighting that support energy justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion...

Sacramento, Calif. August 20, 2022—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has received notification from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee that the company’s TruBlu™ Bluetooth® mesh Fixture Controller with Long Range Antenna was accepted into the 2022 Progress Report....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. June 21, 2022—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has received the Lightfair Technical Innovation Award for its new TruBlu Fixture Controller with Long Range Antenna. The award was announced today, the opening day of Lightfair 2022. In its 33rd year, the Lightfair Innovation Awards represent...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and EVERETT, Wash. June 7, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, and PLC Multipoint, a recognized leader in photosensor technology, join in announcing the release of a new, multi-platform Bluetooth mesh photosensor. The new photosensor is the first commercially available, full-function...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 7, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, has released a comprehensive set of training videos for its award-winning TruBlu™ Bluetooth® mesh wireless networked control platform. The videos cover all the basics of designing and commissioning a TruBlu system, with specific focus...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 3, 2022—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce its founder and President, Margaret Wong, has been extended membership to the prestigious Committee of 100. A non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. April 6, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce the addition of a new Bluetooth mesh Fixture Controller with Long Range Antenna to its award-winning TruBlu Bluetooth mesh lighting control platform. The new device, with its powerful long range antenna, is a game-changer...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. March 10, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce a new In-Node Scheduling feature in its award-winning TruBlu Bluetooth mesh lighting control platform. The new feature, developed in cooperation with McWong’s technology partner Silvair, allows users to set up...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 19, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, has achieved compliance with the latest cybersecurity requirements for Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certification and is now qualified for NLC5.  DLC announced two additions to the NLC5 technical requirements in late December 2021...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 11, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce it has promoted Blane Goettle and Stephen Zhou to the positions of Executive Vice President. Goettle, who joined the company in 1997, oversees OEM operations as well as business development and key partner...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 5, 2022— McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce it has joined the DALI Alliance (also known as the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance, or DiiA). The DALI Alliance is the global industry organization for DALI® (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface), the...

Sacramento, Calif. August 25, 2021—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, together with its project partners, Energy Management Collaborative (EMC) and Silvair has received the inaugural Sapphire Award for Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls for the recently completed office tower in the Twin Cities....

Sacramento, Calif. August 25, 2021—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has received the coveted Sapphire Award in the Smart and Connected SSL Enabling Technologies category for its TruBlu™ interoperable Bluetooth-Zhaga-DALI controls. The award was announced during the Strategies in Light conference on...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 19, 2021—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to introduce its wireless, self-powered switch for its Bluetooth mesh network solutions. These switches do not require power wiring or batteries, they are equipped with a micro-generator powered Bluetooth BLE transmitter to send the...

Sacramento, Calif. March 5, 2021—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, is pleased to introduce a new level of interoperability to its award-winning TruBlu control platform. The new controls, which include occupancy sensors and control modules, feature compliance with the latest specifications by Zhaga Consortium...

MONTCLAIR, Calif. And SACRAMENTO, Calif. March 1, 2021—ATG LED Lighting and McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider are pleased to introduce a new wireless control platform based on McWong’s TruBlu™ DLC-certified, SIG-qualified Bluetooth® mesh solution. The system is suitable for controlling indoor or...

Sacramento, Calif. January 13, 2021—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, has received notification from the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) that its TruBlu wireless mesh control platform has been qualified on DLC’s Networked Lighting Controls Qualified Products List (QPL). DLC's Networked Lighting...

Sacramento, Calif. May 1, 2020—McWong International, a pioneer in Bluetooth® mesh technology as well as LED lighting components, is pleased to introduce its new series of emergency LED drivers, providing for emergency operation of LED light sources or LED luminaires.   “We’re very pleased to introduce this new series designed for...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19, 2020—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, teamed with project partners Contemporary Energy Solutions, Pentalux, and Silvair to deploy a large TruBlu control network at Yamaha Motors’ midwestern distribution center, located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The SIG-qualified...

Sacramento, Calif. February 6, 2020—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, is pleased to introduce its new Bluetooth®-DALI Controller as an addition to the company’s award-winning TruBlu™ Smart Control suite of control devices. The Bluetooth-SIG qualified controller offers the widest range of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and GUELPH, Ontario Canada, January 14, 2020—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, recently participated in a lighting and controls upgrade project with Wellington Motors, located in Guelph, Ontario. Teaming with project partners Wellington Motors and Nexstar Lighting Limited, McWong provided...

Sacramento, Calif. January 8, 2020—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2020 Sapphire Awards competition, as announced by LEDs Magazine yesterday. The company’s TruBlu Bluetooth-DALI Controller earned this recognition in the Smart and Connected SSL Enabling...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and ESPOO, Finland November 12, 2019—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, and Casambi Technologies, a leader in wireless lighting control solutions based on Bluetooth® Low Energy, recently spearheaded a collaborative demonstration of proprietary Bluetooth mesh capabilities at the McWong...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and ESPOO, Finland September 26, 2019—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, and Casambi Technologies, a leader in wireless lighting control solutions based on Bluetooth® Low Energy, are pleased to offer the marketplace a comprehensive control platform, infused with robust wireless...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 8, 2019—McWong, a leading innovator in Bluetooth mesh technology, is pleased to introduce its TruBlu™ lighting control platform. This platform encompasses the award-winning Smart Sensor Control Platform, introduced in 2018, as well as the Smart Outdoor Control Platform introduced earlier this year, while adding...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 22, 2019—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, is pleased to announce a new product partnership with Autani, LLC. The two companies’ collaboration infuses McWong control devices with capabilities powered by Autani’s EnergyCenter software using a preinstalled radio that...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 20, 2019—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in the Edison Report’s annual Top Ten “MUST See” Awards, awarded today. The Awards focus on products being introduced at LIGHTFAIR® International, such as the McWong Smart Outdoor...

McWong will be showcasing its IoT solutions for indoor and outdoor lighting. Attend our LFI Live session Wednesday May 22 at 1 p.m. in the LFI Live Lounge, Booth # 5455. Pick up a Passport to Bluetooth at our booth or any of our Passport Partners to be eligible to win a $500 gift card! ANP Lighting (Booth #137) Eclipse Lighting (Booth #3814) FC...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 14, 2019—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, is proud to announce its founder and President, Margaret Wong, has been named by Edison Report as a recipient of its 4th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards for the lighting industry. The Awards, announced March 11, 2019, will be awarded May...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 31, 2019—McWong, a leading innovator in Bluetooth mesh technology, announced the launch of its new Bluetooth-enabled outdoor control platform today. This offering extends the company's award-winning Bluetooth mesh control solutions to both indoor and outdoor lighting applications, and with Bluetooth connectivity,...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and ZHANJIANG, Guangdong, January 16, 2019—McWong International, a leading innovator in Bluetooth® mesh technology, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Zhanjiang facility, McWong Lighting Zhanjiang, in festivities today. Founded in 2008, McWong Lighting Zhanjiang today operates from a 20-acre, 50,000 ft2 wholly-owned factory...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 10, 2019—McWong, a leading innovator in Bluetooth mesh technology, has introduced a new commercial ceiling mount passive infrared (PIR) occupancy sensor to its Bluetooth-enabled Smart Sensor control platform. The new sensor, featuring a 360° coverage pattern suitable for mounting heights from 8-12 feet, offers Bluetooth...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. September 14, 2018—McWong, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, has received Bluetooth qualification on 14 devices in its Smart Sensor Control Platform, which was also recently accepted into the 2018 IES Progress Report. This milestone means the devices comply with the Bluetooth mesh networking specifications...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 11, 2018—McWong, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, has received notification from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee that the company’s PacWave® Smart Sensor Control Platform was accepted into the 2018 Progress Report. The PacWave Smart Sensor Control Platform encompasses...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 2, 2018—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is pleased to announce collaborative relationships with Bluetooth® mesh networking companies, including Casambi and Silvair, to expand customer choice in its the PacWave® Smart Sensor Control Platform. McWong International will host a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and ESPOO, Finland May 1, 2018—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is partnering with Casambi Technologies, a leader in wireless lighting control solutions based on Bluetooth Low Energy, to infuse its PacWave® Smart Sensor Control Platform with robust wireless connectivity. McWong’s...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and PARK CITY, Utah May 1, 2018—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, and Avi-on Labs, Inc., a leader in Bluetooth® lighting controls, announced the immediate commercial availability of the complete PacWave® wireless Smart Sensor Control product line on the Avi-on platform. The McWong...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. March 8, 2018—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is partnering with Silvair, a leader in Bluetooth mesh networking technology, to infuse the PacWave Smart Sensor Control Platform with robust wireless connectivity. The control platform encompasses a range of occupancy and motion sensors,...

Sacramento, Calif. February 16, 2018—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is introducing an innovative, Bluetooth-enabled, adaptive current LED emergency driver to its already robust Pacific series of LED drivers. Feature-rich, this latest product offers superior installation and operational flexibility. Offered...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, will be showcasing its PacWave Smart Sensor Control Platform along with other McWong lighting solutions at the upcoming Strategies in Light. This annual event, held at the Long Beach, California Convention Center from February 13-15, 2018, showcase the full...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and SHANGHAI—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its Shanghai facility, McWong Lighting Shanghai, today. Opened in 2003, McWong Lighting Shanghai employs approximately 100 people in its 50,000-square foot facility. With its state of art SMT and electronic...

Sacramento, Calif. December 6, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2018 Sapphire Awards competition, as announced by LEDs Magazine today. The company’s Smart Sensor Control Platform earned this recognition in the Smart and Connected SSL Enabling Technologies...

Sacramento, Calif. November 1, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, will be showcasing its PacWave Smart Sensor Control Platform along with other McWong lighting solutions at the upcoming LED Specifier Summit. This annual event, held at Chicago’s historic Navy Pier on November 14-15, 2017, offers...

Sacramento, Calif. October 10, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, will be showcasing its PacWave microwave occupancy and motion sensors along with other McWong lighting solutions at the upcoming Hong Kong International Lighting Fair. This event, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre October...

Sacramento, Calif. October 4, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, has appointed Anthony Savalle as Eastern Regional Sales Manager.  Savalle is a seasoned LED industry sales professional with more than 25 years of sales and business development across multiple markets. Most recently, he served as Vice...

Sacramento, Calif. September 13, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, is expanding its PacWave® portfolio with the introduction of a new  smart sensor control platform. The solution encompasses a range of occupancy and motion sensors, dimming power packs, fixture controllers, and mobile apps (Android...

Sacramento, Calif. August 29, 2017—McWong International, a leading lighting and controls solutions provider, announced it has joined the Lighting Controls Association.  The Lighting Controls Association (LCA), administered by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), is dedicated to educating the professional building...