PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), has announced that its Halo brand of recessed and track lighting products has once again been named by Builder magazine as the Brand Leader in lighting. Awarded for the thirteenth consecutive year, Halo was awarded top honors in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past 2 Years and Brand Used Most. The company was featured in Builder's April issue.

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"Halo is proud to be honored by the builder community again this year as their preferred choice for lighting products," says Mark Eubanks, President, Cooper Lighting. "We are constantly working to understand our customers' business goals and to develop products that meet their needs. We will continue to adopt and adapt to the latest advancements in lighting technology to provide the most innovative, high quality, energy-efficient lighting products available."

Cooper Lighting, which developed the first ENERGY STAR® qualified LED recessed downlight, remains committed to providing a wide range of industry-leading, energy-efficient recessed technologies including CFL and LED options to meet the challenging needs of builders in today's marketplace. As legislation requires lighting products to advance beyond the incandescent options used today, Cooper aims to help builders adhere to the changing energy landscape with industry leading technology, variety and service.

The 2011 Brand Use Study, sponsored by Hanley Wood, LLC, publisher of Builder, provides an in-depth look at the product brands builders recognize and use most and how they rate the brands' quality. The report, which is produced by Readex, an independent research company, highlights respondents' opinions about brands in 81 product categories. The 2011 Brand Use Study can be viewed on the Builder website at www.builderonline.com.

For additional information on Cooper Lighting, visit www.cooperlighting.com.

About Cooper Lighting

Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of innovative, high quality interior and exterior lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2010 revenues of $5.1 billion. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market positions and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2010 fifty-nine percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-nine percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 21 countries as of 2010. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.


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