Wipro Lighting, a business of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, has signed a premium partnership agreement with Schreder, a leading global lighting solutions company.
Under the agreement, Wipro Lighting can market Schrder Lighting products and solutions in India, Wipro Lighting Vice President and Business Head Anuj Dhir told reporters here.
"The aim of our partnership with Schreder is to bring their patented technology and products like smart streetlights and smart poles and expertise to empower smart cities in India and address the premium lighting requirements of an urban India," he said.
"This is one more offering on our Internet of Lighting (IoL) platform and we are confident that this will help derive the best outcomes and make cities safe and smart," he added.
As a premium partner, Wipro Lighting would market smartcity products and beyond lighting solutions along with Wipro brand portfolio, Dhir said.
The partnership would allow Schreder to offer world's most advanced and leading smart lighting products and solutions to the highly important Indian market, Chief Regional Officer AMEA of Schreder SA, Carl Watson said.
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"Schreder looks forward to this new partnership and to explore the opportunities it brings to all the stakeholders," he added.
AMEA Strategic and Marketing Director of Schreder Group, Karim Boutaour said the collaboration with Wipro Lighting would provide cities the means to ensure a quality of life while saving energy and reducing costs.
For 111 years, Schreder has been designing lighting solutions - from motorways, tunnels, residential streets and pedestrian areas - to monuments and more.
Schreder employs 2,600 people worldwide, the company said.