Precise LED Brings Its Shallowest Downlights Yet to ArchLIGHT Summit
At ArchLIGHT Summit in Dallas, I sat down with Birgit Collins of Precise LED, an architectural lighting manufacturer based in Valley Stream, New York, on Long Island.
Precise is a relatively young company — about 11 to 12 years old — but has built its identity around precision manufacturing. Its calling card: some of the shallowest downlights on the market, at just an inch and a half, using a remote driver and heat pipe technology to manage heat, similar to cooling in a gaming computer. The company also does extensive work in linear curve lighting, giving designers room to bend and shape linear products without real limitations — all manufactured at its New York factory.
From Competitor to Convert: How Birgit Landed at Precise
Collins is new to Precise, having joined in April — but her path there is a story in itself. After decades in the lighting industry working with numerous manufacturers and reps, she said she got tired of losing spec business to Precise and sought the company out herself at LEDucation. The product that pulled her in was Wave, a linear fixture that can be surface- or pendant-mounted with essentially no design limitations. Collins now serves as West Coast Regional Sales Manager, based in Dallas but covering the West Coast and Texas.
Precise is privately held and was founded by Daniel Mockus, who remains its owner and president — someone Collins described as the genius behind the company and well respected industry-wide.
Market Outlook, Custom Manufacturing, and What’s Next
Collins called ArchLIGHT Summit a well-coordinated show this year, praising the manufacturer communication, a Monday welcome event, and CEU sessions she’d heard positive feedback on from specifiers stopping by the booth.
On the broader lighting economy, Collins sees things improving, even with some uncertainty tied to AI’s growing role — and singled out Texas as a particularly strong market right now. She emphasized that lighting designers are the most important partners for Precise, since the company’s manufacturing capabilities are built around custom work — in fact, custom is essentially all Precise does. The company works locally with rep firm ALA, led by Bill Gavin’s team.
Looking ahead, Precise plans to exhibit at LEDucation next year and will be at the SDA show in New York this October, where founder Daniel Mockus is expected to attend as well.
Watch the Full Interview
There’s more in the full conversation than fits above, including more on Precise’s custom work and Daniel Mockus’s role at the company. Watch it below.