One of the largest importers of fresh fruit in the United Kingdom, MMD Shipping’s inbound facility at the City of Ports- mouth handles roughly 60 percent of all bananas brought into the UK. With a dozen ships that traverse the Atlantic hauling fruit “across The Pond” from the Caribbean, MMD operates a 12-warehouse facility that receives and distributes all varieties of fresh fruit to the British market. Already coping with a nearly 20 percent increase in energy rates over the past year, the company was facing an additional 10-15 percent year-over-year increase down the road. In an effort to overcome the rising cost of electricity and improve overall operational efficiency, MMD has recently begun to install Dialight’s high-efficiency LED lighting fixtures at both its new and existing

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