Vega Industries
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Vega Industries Limited is a company in Porirua
, New Zealand
which manufactures specialized navigation
and signal lights for use in transportation industries, primarily marine navigation. Vega has been in business since 1972. Among other things, it manufactures the VRB-25
lighthouse optical system which is used in many prominent lighthouses, and the VLB-44 LED Marine Beacon, the first LED
lighthouse beacon used in the United States.
Porirua
Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
which manufactures specialized navigation
Navigation
Navigation is the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks...
and signal lights for use in transportation industries, primarily marine navigation. Vega has been in business since 1972. Among other things, it manufactures the VRB-25
VRB-25
The VRB-25 is a lighthouse optical system designed and built by Vega Industries Ltd. in Porirua, New Zealand. It was originally designed in 1993-95 with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard to meet USCG requirements for a robust mechanism requiring minimum maintenance. It has become the...
lighthouse optical system which is used in many prominent lighthouses, and the VLB-44 LED Marine Beacon, the first LED
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lighthouse beacon used in the United States.