To boost its sales, Evolucia Inc. will begin offering up to 100 percent financing so customers can more easily buy its light-emitting diode products.

The company also said Wednesday that it has joined forces with Solarmax International SA, of Colombia, to take advantage of a 2012 U.S. free trade agreement with the South American country.

Through financing partners, the company hopes to increase sales by offering customers the chance to install even major new lighting systems with little or no money down.

"Cost and cash flow are often the major barriers for customers when it comes to retrofitting both interior and exterior lighting," said Evolucia chief executive Mel Interiano. "Evolucia has removed that barrier with a program designed to finance the installation of state-of-the-art, energy-efficient LED lighting and to help customers start saving dollars on day one."

Evolucia's key selling point is its patented optics system, which aims light exactly where needed. Its LED parking and roadway systems have been installed at Andrews Air Force Base, the U.S. Marine Corps' base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and at Chicago's DePaul University.

With Solarmax, meanwhile, several lighting projects are underway. They include the installation of Evolucia's newest area lighting solution, the PAL 1000, in one of the main ports in Colombia.

"We are preparing for quick market penetration and explosive growth," said Olga Lucia Giraldo, Solarmax's vice president of sales and marketing.

The Solarmax joint venture comes on the heels of several other partnerships Evolucia has entered lately.

The company has recently completed Asian, European and Australian partnership agreements and finalized a joint marketing agreement with a global lighting brand in Mexico.

"Our agreement with Solarmax opens up another important international market for us," said Carol Gutierrez, Evolucia's vice president in charge of global strategies. "This alliance also allows us to introduce our portfolio throughout the rest of South America."

The two announcements come just days after the company revealed it will move its headquarters and research operations into a larger space at Lakewood Ranch later this summer.

Evolucia's 30 employees will move by late August to the new space, a building formerly occupied by artificial diamond maker Gemesis.

The LED company moved out of offices on Cattlemen Drive late last year and has been operating in temporary quarters in Lakewood Ranch since then.

Its new offices, on Professional Parkway East, will include a customer demonstration and education area that showcases Evolucia's LED fixtures and controls.

Formerly known as Sunovia Energy Technologies, Evolucia stock is traded over the counter. In its first quarter this year, the company reported a net loss of $2.1 million on sales of $457,000. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.hmhid.com.

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