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We’re back from Frankfurt

Well, we made it! 6 days of mostly standing and 2 days of travelling later and Frankurt Light and Building 2012 is officially over. We had a great time, met some great people, and got a few blisters along the way. This was our first time at Light and Building, and we thought it went pretty well.

There were no major mishaps – a few ‘accidental’ lie-ins, one collision with someone else’s stand, one missed step resulting in a smashed glass and a cut finger, and a few chaffed nipples from our lovely flex7 embroidered shirts.

Lessons learnt: Get an early night if you’ve got to be up the next morning, don’t walk around with a carrier bag over your head, look where you’re going, not at the pretty waitress, and wear a t-shirt under your shirt (or invest in some nipple tape).

Flex Connectors at Light and Building 2012

If you missed us while we were there, or didn’t get the chance to come out at all, but would still like someone to come and visit you, or you’d just like a bit of information on our system, then do please get in touch we’d be more than happy to help. Email us at info@flexconnectors.co.uk.

Visit us at Light and Building 2012


Flex Connectors are exhibiting at Frankfurt Light and Building 2012 in April. The show runs from 15th to the 20th April this year, and is the world’s biggest tradefair for lighting and intelligent buildings. We’ll be in Hall 9.0, stand F75. So come say hello if you’re attending the show – and if we like you, we might even give you a free pen!

flex7 – Light Entertainment

Flex Connectors’ flex7 lighting connection and control system has been installed at the prestigious new BBC drama village in Cardiff Bay.

The site is 170,000 sq ft (15,800 sq m), and will eventually be home to productions including Casualty, Pobol y Cwm, and Doctor Who.

Whitehead Building Services Ltd of Cardiff chose the flex7 System because of the simplicity & versatility of the product range. The ‘plug and play’ nature of the system, combined with products, packaged on a room-by-room basis ensured minimal installation time on site.

Lighting consultant Arup had not dealt with flex7 products in the past, but was happy with the use of the system. Earlier this year the BBC, in partnership with Arup, created a guide, co-funded by the Carbon Trust, on low energy lighting for television. It is part of the BBC campaign ‘The Difference’ – the aim of which is to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2013. flex7 energy saving lighting controls were therefore an appropriate choice.

The range of differing requirements throughout the site called for the system to include occupancy & absence control, manual dimming & auto daylight dimming controls – all standard products from the flex7 range.

Flex Connectors – Made in Britain!

We’ve added the official ‘Made in Britain’ logo to our website to show our support for Stoves’ campaign for a standard marque to be applied to all products manufactured in the UK. The logo was introduced in an effort to give consumers a clearer idea of where their products originate from.

Our products are manufactured in Birmingham, and then assembled in our factory in sunny Brentford. This means that you, our lovely customers don’t have to wait for products to be shipped over from abroad, because they’re all sitting on the shelves waiting for you. Of course if you do fancy something a little different (a bespoke lighting control or a specially wired eZeBox for example) then the longest you’ll have to wait is a few days for them to trundle down the M1 and then a couple more while we lovingly program and put them together for you.

So, there you have it – Flex Connectors, Made in Britain! Yet another reason to choose the  flex7 system (I’m losing count now!)

Flex7 Formula 1 Competition

flex7 eZeBox

Entry to the competition is now closed. Thanks to all those who entered and we’ll be notifying the lucky winners shortly!