Stan Pope and Sun Systems & Service

Sun Systems and Service is a Metro Detroit tanning equipment company founded in 1990 by Stan Pope, a former salon owner who became Michigan's tanning bed technician and, along the way, a co-author on five peer-reviewed papers on ultraviolet light. This page has what a reporter, producer or editor needs. For anything else, use the form below or call (248) 545-5577.

Short bio (50 words)

Stan Pope founded Sun Systems and Service in Metro Detroit in 1990 after running his own tanning salon. He has repaired and installed tanning beds for Michigan salons for 35 years and co-authored five peer-reviewed papers on ultraviolet light with researchers at the FDA and Boston University School of Medicine.

Medium bio (120 words)

Stan Pope is the founder of Sun Systems and Service, a Metro Detroit company that has repaired, installed and serviced tanning beds for Michigan salons since 1990. He came to the work as a salon owner who could not find a technician who knew the equipment, learned the machines himself, and turned the calls from other owners into a company. Between 2008 and 2012 he was an author on five peer-reviewed papers on ultraviolet measurement, two as first author, with Dianne Godar of the FDA, Michael Holick of Boston University School of Medicine and William Grant. Today the company serves salons and private homes across Michigan, installs red light beds, and puts Stan on video for salons anywhere in the United States.

Fast facts

• Founded 1990, Metro Detroit, Michigan. Owner-operated; the founder answers the phone and does the work.
• Former tanning salon owner before founding the company.
• Hundreds of Michigan salons served over 35 years; every make and model, including discontinued beds.
• Five peer-reviewed publications on ultraviolet light, 2008 to 2012, two as first author (list below).
• Services: on-site repair across Michigan, parts by request, installation and relocation for salons and homes, red light and hybrid bed installation, used equipment inspection, new salon setup, paid video repair sessions nationwide.
• Open seven days, 9am to 6pm. Phone (248) 545-5577.

Publications

• Pope SJ, Holick MF, Mackin S, Godar DE. Action spectrum conversion factors that change erythemally weighted to previtamin D3-weighted UV doses. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2008. Source
• Pope SJ, Godar DE. Solar UV geometric conversion factors: horizontal plane to cylinder model. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2010. Source
• Grant WB, Pope SJ, Moan JE. Indoor tanning and risk of melanoma: a case-control study in a highly exposed population, letter. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2010. Source
• Godar DE, Pope SJ, Grant WB, Holick MF. Solar UV doses of adult Americans and vitamin D3 production. Dermato-Endocrinology, 2011. Source
• Godar DE, Pope SJ, Grant WB, Holick MF. Solar UV doses of young Americans and vitamin D3 production. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2012. Source

The research concerns UV measurement: converting meter readings into the dose a human body receives, and sunburn-weighted doses into vitamin D-weighted ones, applied to American children and adults. Stan speaks to equipment and measurement. He does not give medical advice and does not make health claims about tanning or red light.

Story angles

• The Metro Detroit repairman who co-wrote UV research with the FDA and still answers his own phone.
• Winter light in Michigan: what the measurement papers actually say, from a co-author who lives here.
• Tanning salons in states with no technician left, and the video session that replaces the truck.
• The physics of a lamp: why output fades long before the tube goes dark, and what it costs a salon.
• Red light beds moving into Oakland County homes: the electrical nobody budgets for.
• A one-man company that has outlasted most of the brands it services.

Downloads

• Headshot, 1200 px, JPG
• Headshot, square, 1000 px
• Logo, horizontal, PNG and SVG

Media inquiries

Name

Outlet

Email

Deadline

What you need

Send