One of Europe’s largest office products manufacturers, DURABLE began manufacturing in Germany in 1920. The company now has presence in 80 countries, including its UK headquarters that has experienced significant growth since its inception in 1980. They have since become known as pioneers in developing and producing office supplies. Creative conception combined with continual focus on innovation, quality and design have always played a major role in our corporate philosophy – critical factors that determine the success and future viability of any company in today’s competitive marketplace.
Leveraging these core values, DURABLE has spent a lot of time researching, designing and manufacturing its new human centric task light LUCTRA® at the company’s head office in Germany. Based in Iserlohn, the office is in an area of excellence for lighting and places DURABLE in the perfect position to enter this market.
LUCTRA® is a revolutionary LED lighting range scientifically proven to enhance wellbeing and productivity within the workplace by harnessing the biological effect of light. LUCTRA® uses the highest grade of materials and is designed in conjunction with the latest scientific research.
The LUCTRA® range is able to grace a multitude of environments such as desks in the workplace and home, in public spaces or even health care settings. The range, endorsed by Dr Dieter Kunz, an expert in the importance of lighting for health, features superior quality cold white and warm white LEDs that produce an illuminance of up to 1,000 lux. As well as offering an impressive Kelvin level between 2,700K and 6,500K, LUCTRA® provides an intensity and colour that closely replicates daylight.
The natural colour of daylight stimulates the production of melatonin and serotonin that controls the circadian rhythm in the human brain. Lack of exposure to daylight can result in symptoms such as fatigue and at worst, depression, therefore the light colour provided by the LUCTRA® family of lamps are able to remedy this deficit by helping to stabilise the human biorhythm, ensuring individuals are able to sleep well and feel more rested when carrying out their daily tasks.
The LUCTRA® range:
FLEX: This is LUCTRA®’s most innovative and eye-catching luminaire yet. FLEX’s unique design takes human centric task lighting to the next level of personalisation and mobility, by offering a rechargeable, cordless lamp that provides complete freedom to work anywhere without compromising the quality of light. Available in orange, black, white and aluminium finishes, FLEX can operate as a table lamp or a wall lamp, with its unique angled design able to support itself against a wall or the side of a table. FLEX’s integrated lithium-ion battery is capable of powering the lamp for up to four hours, delivering unrivalled portable human centric lighting.
Table and Table Pro: The flagships models are available in three contemporary finishes of aluminium, black or white and two lamp head designs, geometric (LINEAR) or rounded (RADIAL). Stylish and practical open cooling fins are featured in the lamp heads to effectively dissipate the heat from the LEDs, maintaining an operating temperature which never rises above 40°C. This ensures an extremely long service life for the LEDs of up to 50,000 hours, low power consumption and sustainability in every respect. Self-locking joints specially developed for LUCTRA® allow adjustment of the lamp to any desired position and a total of three mounting options are available: a table top (BASE), a table clamp or a pin for insertion into drill holes between 20mm and 80mm in diameter (PIN). The Table Pro model includes two integrated USB connections that allow users to charge smart phones and tablets without affecting the life of the LEDs.
Floor and Floor Twin: The LUCTRA® floor models are available in sleek individual or twin lamp head versions, distributing perfectly even light from a maximum height of 1.80 metres. The individually adjustable lamp heads provide maximum flexibility; in particular the twin version can be adjusted independently to provide multiple users their own personal lighting sequence. Both models are available with geometric (LINEAR) or rounded (RADIAL) lamp heads, and the attractive floor standing design removes the need for a desk light. Manufactured from the highest grade of aluminium and steel, LUCTRA® is available in three contemporary finishes of aluminium, black or white.
Every luminaire in the range benefits from the innovative VITACORE® electronic system. This technology offers users intuitive access to LUCTRA® functions and the ability to control the brightness and colour of the light by simply placing a finger on the glass touch panel. A VITACORE® app (not available on the Table model) is also available on Apple and Android systems, allowing a fully adjustable 24-hour lighting sequence to be programmed to automatically vary the colour and intensity of light to simulate natural illumination through the course of the day. Bluetooth technology allows the lamps to be controlled from a 10 metre distance.
To receive further information about LUCTRA®, request a brochure or to speak to a DURABLE lighting specialist, please call 01202 893799, email enquiries@luctra-uk.com or visit www.luctra.co.uk
