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ESAB ESAB develops welding and cutting equipment used to manufacture wind turbines. Business direction More than a century of steady research, development and sales has made ESAB a world leader in welding and cutting, as well as a multinational supplier of products, know-how and service. At a glance Annual sales: SEK 9 billion (2006) Contact details: www.esab.se WIND POWER IS GROWING GLOBALLY Wind power is the source of energy that is going to make the primary contribution to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Expansion is expected to increase by 25% a year for the next several years. There is tremendous potential for wind power in Sweden. The expansion rate is on par with the rest of the world, meaning that by 2015, about ten new wind turbines will be built every week. Offshore wind power will have to be exploited to accomplish a truly major expansion. LIGHTING LED – A LITTLE HIGH-TECH POWERHOUSE LED – Lighting Emitting Diode – is a young lighting technology that emerged in the 2000s, but is developing at warp speed. In another ten years or so, it is highly likely that most of our indoor and outdoor lighting will be powered by LED technology. LED – A LITTLE HIGH-TECH POWERHOUSE LEDs are semiconductors that directly convert electric current to light. The diodes emit colored light – red, orange, yellow, green or blue. White light is created using a special LED technology and is becoming more common all the time. NORDIC LIGHT INSPIRES DEVELOPMENT The Scandinavian winter is long and dark, and Scandinavians perhaps have a greater need than others for artificial light. It only makes sense that Sweden is a clear front-runner in the lighting segment, with regard to both research and manufacturing. Swedish companies have developed a very useful technical platform for LED that is built into outdoor lighting fixtures. As an added bonus, the new LED fixtures costs less than conventional fixtures. J?nk?ping University has been offering a degree in lighting