Lighting unit powers Dialight's pretax profit
July 21 (Reuters) - Industrial lighting products maker Dialight Plc (LSE: DIA.L - news) said pretax profit for the first half of the year rose 6 percent on continued strength in its lighting unit.
The company, which was once part of the Dutch giant Philips (Amsterdam: PHIA.AS - news) , said group revenue for the period ended June 30 rose 18.4 percent to 70.9 million pounds. (Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)