TIR Systems Destiny ColorWash Wins LightFair 2003 Best New Product of the Year Award The award is the highest accolade offered by the industry

May 6, 2003 -- Vancouver, B.C. -- TIR Systems Ltd., a leader in light enabling technology, has won LightFair 2003 Best New Product of the Year Award" for its Solid State Lighting (SSL) product the Destiny ColorWash.

Winning this award is an incredible honor; it is the most prestigious award we could hope for," says Ian Ashdown, P.Eng., LC, FIES, Senior Research Scientist at TIR Systems Ltd. The Destiny ColorWash stands alone as a truly unique product. There is no rival for its high performance engineering -- TIRs proprietary optical systems provide unprecedented photometric control of high-brightness LEDs [light-emitting diodes] in an energy-efficient package."

TIRs Destiny ColorWash is a color-changing luminaire that provides a wash effect for accentuating and modeling architectural structures. It offers astounding light distribution, with a well-defined rectangular projection, and a choice of either vertical or horizontal wash optics. Destiny ColorWash creates a bright uniform projection of light. The luminaires light color and dimming level can be easily controlled with various pre-programmed color sequences. The products futuristic aesthetic quality and ease of installation make it a perfect choice for adding a new dimension of color-changing light to lighting design.

LightFair International is the lighting event of the year. Global leaders in the architectural and commercial lighting industry come together to showcase new products, introduce new technology, demonstrate applications and effectively solve design problems.

This award is confirmation from the lighting industry that TIR is pursuing the correct path for bringing SSL into the mainstream of lighting," says Leonard Hordyk, President and CEO of TIR Systems. It shows that our ability to innovate and turn new technology into commercially viable products has tremendous value for the lighting community."

TIR Systems Ltd., a world leader in delivering specialty lighting systems, is building the foundations for tomorrows lighting. Through sound innovation and proven technical capability, TIR is developing, designing and marketing the core technologies that will allow Solid State Lighting (SSL) to move to the forefront of mainstream lighting.

To find out more about TIR Systems Ltd. (TSX Venture Exchange: TIY), visit our website at www.tirsys.com

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