Princeton Tec (www.princetontec.com) is recognized worldwide as an industry leader for personal lighting products. Founded in 1975 by Bill Stephens, the company was built on Stephen’s vision to make the sport of scuba diving safer. Princeton Tec started in the back room of a dive retail facility in Princeton, New Jersey, where they developed their first product- the Bottom Timer, a fully automatic underwater timing device. After their successful launch, Princeton Tec began to firmly position itself as an industry leader for underwater instrumentation.

Mag-Lite, Often referred to as "A Work of Art That Works®", the Maglite® and Mini Maglite® flashlights have been honoured by the Japan Institute of Design and by the Museum for Applied Art in Germany. Fortune and Money magazines ranked Mag Instrument® products among the top 100 products that "America makes best". In 1996, the Wall Street Journal referred to the Maglite® flashlight as "the Cadillac of flashlights", and quoted then-CEO of Apple Computer Gilbert F. Amelio as saying he wanted Apple to be "essentially the Maglite® of computers".

Freeplay, Freeplay-powered products give you freedom and independence from traditional power sources leaving you equipped for any situation. Freeplay’s self-sufficient energy technology combines wind-up, solar and rechargeable power into unique, portable radios & torches, replacing conventional battery-powered systems that are wasteful and costly. With Freeplay you’re powered wherever you go… Freeplay have a dedicated Development Sales Team team to ensure that products like the Lifeline Radio are available to communities in developing nations where radios are more than just appliances; they are communication, education and hope. Freeplay Energy PLC also support the Freeplay Foundation, which strives to make access to information and education a reality for all.

The problem with modern technology is that it's designed to work as part of a complete system; take away one of the supports and it collapses. The most important of these supports is power. Three quarters of Africa has no mains electricity, and disposable batteries are prohibitively expensive. It's more than a matter of modern convenience. Without radio or television, people can't access news or health information. Without phones they have no communication. Without light, children can't do their homework. Often, all that's needed is a means of marrying new technology with traditional power sources - manual, animal, water, wind, simple combustion, etc. This was the premise behind Freeplay's wind-up radios and torches, which use manual effort to drive an electronic device.

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