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What happened to light bulbs being US made? — Part 2
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What happened to light bulbs being US made? — Part 2

The lighting industry was changing fast. As LED technology moved into the mainstream, manufacturers like Sylvania had to adapt to an entirely new way of doing business. Part Two looks at that transition and how LEDs transformed an industry that had operated much the same way for generations.

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What happened to light bulbs being US made? - Part 1
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What happened to light bulbs being US made? - Part 1

I hope you buy and enjoy Web of Deceit, a fictional novel about how the dot.com boom created both opportunity and disaster for one dishonest entrepreneur. Below is an account of another industry and how it dealt with the paradigm shift of how it competed for over 100 years.

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