Manufacturers of Quality LED Lights for Multifamily Housing, Schools, Industry
The United Lighting Group of Companies (ULG) are manufacturers and importers of commercial LED ligh fixtures. ULG companies and additional partner companies combine their manufacturing, fixture design, buying capacity, and warehousing to better serve architects, wholesalers, real estate developers, municipalities, commercial property owners, and national accounts. With origins in the NYC electrical construction industry of the 1960's, today ULG ships across the USA and exports to multifamily affordable housing (new construction and rehabilitation), mixed-use residential and commercial, condominiums, hotels, schools, office buildings, institutions, and industry. ULG is a pioneer of maintenance-friendly SMART-LED™ technology. Most of its interior lighting fixtures are ENERY STAR qualified or DLC listed. Qualified outdoor fixtures are IDA DARK SKY FRIENDLY APPROVED.
Principals
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Magaly Plunkett, MS, is President of Sovereign Lighting Manufacturing, a W/MBE (Women's and a Minority Business Enterprise). Magaly received a Master of Science in Education from Sarah Lawrence College, and is a former New York State Certified elementary school teacher. Magaly taught in New York City and Westchester County, NY. Today, Magaly owns and co-owns several corporations in commercial lighting and the insurance industry, and has various industry Certificates. Magaly still is passionate about education and believes it helps actualize one’s dreams and fosters equality. Magaly helped establish scholarships and educational programs for young women and orphans in Rajasthan, India; Kathmandu, Nepal; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Cali, Colombia; and closer to her home in New York. She also funded full college scholarships for several women in developing countries.
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Don Plunkett, PhD, is 2nd generation in lighting manufacturing, and is President of United Lighting. In addition to a PhD, Don has an MA, MBA, and MS. Don is an Adjunct Professor at City University of New York, Pace University, and Manhattanville College, and guest lectures at corporations and colleges internationally: McGill University (Montreal), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing, Beishida University (Beijing), HKWC (India). Don volunteers as a distance business professor for students in Iran barred from attending university due to their minority status as Baha'is. As a young man Don served as a police officer in the South Bronx until he was injured and his partner Gary P was killed line-of-duty. As a survivor, Don volunteers in NYPD peer support roles to assist officers who were also critically injured or have job-related challenges.
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The late Donald Plunkett, Sr, was the former partner of Plunkett & Lynch Associates, with warehouses in the Bronx, Manhattan, Long Island City, and Plainfield, NJ. Donald attended Iona College in New York, before proudly serving as a United States Air Force fighter pilot. Before LED was popular, Donald helped develop one of the very first LED light fixtures. LED is now the most widely accepted light source around the world. Even prior to LED, Donald introduced low voltage MR16 lighting to the United States from France, and pioneered some of the earliest prototypes of energy-saving compact fluorescent fixtures. After selling his shares of Plunkett & Lynch in the 90s, Donald remained active as a product development consultant for the United Lighting Group of Companies, where his long history and wisdom in the lighting industry continues to influence product developments and innovations. Donald was also a generous philanthropist overseas and domestically.
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