Spotlight on: Nexxus[TM] lighting.

• Position: Charlotte

Why: Reached an agreement to sell its light-ernitting-diode bulbs through Lowe's, the nation's second-largest hardware chain.

Incorporated: In Florida in 1991 as Super Vision International Inc., which went public in 1994.

How it got here: "Our mission is to grow rapidly. Charlotte, North Carolina, provides a more strategic and geographically central location on the east coast, in a state where LED technology and the technical talent is being embraced."--2007 press release announcing new name and headquarters.

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Full-time employees: 33

Financials: Net loss of $8 million in 2010 on $5.4 million revenue, up 9% from '09.

Patents: 33, with 29 more pending.

Manufacturing: Most is outsourced, including all of its Array brand, to plants in Mexico, China and Minnesota.

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