8th October 2014 – Highland Park, IL – Group in Parity LLC announces a joint partnership with two new partners in the roadmap to form a leading resource for the design, development and application of world class optics made in plastic and silicone resin. 

With the collaboration and expanded talent team to serve domestic customers, Parity provides a combined resource pool unmatched for the product design and engineering leading up to and the production of parts related to optics, mostly in the LED lighting and applications markets.

We are excited about working closer with Parity partners especially the folks at Gaggione, clearly producers of the highest quality optics on the market,” noted Kevin Pelletier Founder of Photon Ink.,  “… and this brings us as designers closer to the whole process and what the market needs and can get.” 

Group in Parity works primarily within the LED applications industry, providing off-the-shelf solutions or custom designed parts and components for products and projects involving light, using high powered LEDs from Bridgelux, Cree, Osram, Lumileds, Seoul and Citizen to name a few.

The applications for the technologies and talent team range from general to specific lighting, medical, transportation, the arts including performing and architectural, to underwater, solar, fiber, consumer products, street and area lighting, scientific, and a host of other commercial projects.  

Group in Parity has for years served Gaggione SAS of LaCluse, France and its family of companies, as a global leader in the finest optics available,” says Aslam Khazi, Founder of Helios Engineering, “and this really strengthens our ability to deliver on product designs and for engineering projects.”  The Gaggione family includes Quadratec Injection, Inc. a production facility near Montreal, Canada and the specialized surface analysis and treatment “clean room coatings” company Surcotec based in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Group in Parity LLC provides clients and partners specialized business services focused on corporate relationship development and quality of business improvement.   Group in Parity is a privately-held, independent owned and operated entity from the group of companies represented and partnered with.  Terms of the partnership agreement were not disclosed.