Durable, effective and circular - Pollux New spotlights and Skim Panlens downlights from ERCO

Lüdenscheid, September 2025. Designing for circularity, producing sustainably - exactly where it makes a real difference: ERCO puts this into practice with two new luminaire families, both targeting broad areas of applications. With the Skim Panlens downlights, the manufacturer is for the first time using lenses made from 100% recyclate. And the Pollux New spotlights now deliver 33% more light thanks to an electronics upgrade, with no change in size.

As a guiding principle on the path to greater sustainability, luminaire manufacturer ERCO has coined the term Greenology®. "Light is our contribution to making society and architecture better while also preserving our environment", explains Marcus Schramm, Managing Director at ERCO, about this approach. "Greenology combines ecological responsibility with technological expertise and is our strategy for sustainable lighting." The key factors are particularly efficient lighting technology, durable luminaires, CO2-neutral production and the consistent expansion of the circular economy. The new Pollux New and Skim Panlens families are milestones on this journey. They take different approaches, but as universally applicable to spotlights and downlights, both are designed for a wide range of practical lighting applications.

Skim Panlens: The first ERCO lens made from 100% recyclate

The new Skim Panlens downlights offer a cost-effective solution for ambient lighting - for example, in administrative buildings or offices. As recessed or surface-mounted luminaires, they build on ERCO's proven Skim downlight series. Its sustainability is based on innovative lighting technology: ERCO is using a lens made from 100% recyclate for the first time - with no compromises in light quality or durability. The new lenses are produced from sprue parts left over from the many lenses for spotlights and downlights that ERCO develops and manufactures in-house. Until now, these production scraps were passed on for further use. Now, a new process enables 100% in-house re-use: The material is cleaned, shredded and processed into high-quality plastic granulate by a local partner. This granulate is then used to produce the lens for Skim Panlens. By responsibly using such resources, indirect emissions from raw material procurement are reduced by up to 95% and the carbon footprint is lowered. This makes Skim Panlens the product family with the lowest Global Warming Potential in the ERCO range.

Pollux New: 33% more output from the proven mould

Within the ERCO range, Pollux spotlights are regarded as an entry point into sophisticated accent lighting with excellent value for money. They combine a compact, cylindrical luminaire head with an adapter for the ERCO track, which also houses the control gear. This makes them suitable for a wide range of applications such as museums, hospitality, retail or even private living spaces. Pollux New gives these spotlights a performance upgrade in their timeless, proven design - thanks to newly in-house manufactured control gear. This allows one more LED to be operated on the board within the same compact 66 mm diameter housing, which results in 33% more light than the previous model of the same size. The thermal management of the die-cast aluminium luminaire head and the completely re-designed opto-electronics are built for a service life of at least 20 years, in accordance with the current ERCO factory standard. The environmental bonus: Less material and tooling required - because the smaller, already existing housing now delivers the same output.

Successful sustainability strategy

The consistently sustainable design of new high-volume products like Skim Panlens and Pollux New underlines how deeply this topic is embedded in ERCO's corporate culture. Other building blocks of Greenology® include, for example, a minimum 20-year service life for all newly developed luminaires as part of the ECO Design factory standard, the operation of a PV system on the roof of the light factory, which has saved around 54 tonnes of CO2 annually since 2007, and environmental product declarations (EPDs) that are available for every luminaire. These efforts are also certified by independent bodies: In 2024, ERCO was awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal, placing it among the top 15% of over 100,000 companies evaluated.

More on Pollux New: https://www.erco.com/press/8018/en

Discover Skim Panlens: https://youtu.be/gkTjPqPZp2A

More on Skim Panlens: https://www.erco.com/press/8020/en