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Lightolier is a company that manufactures and sells a wide array of lighting fixtures. It was founded in 1904 by Bernhard Blitzer under the name of New York Gas and Appliance Co. When electric lighting started to be more widely accepted, the name was changed to Lightolier , a contraction of the words light and chandelier .
On October 7, 2015, the Commercial division of GE Lighting was separated from the business and a new startup, Current, was created. [9] On July 1, 2020, GE Lighting was acquired by Savant Systems, a home automation company headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States. [10] This was General Electric's last consumer business. [11]
The National Electric Light Association's (NELA) formation and activities parallel the history of the U.S. electric industry and early development of energy use via electricity and its role in lighting. Electric lighting started with the use of Arc lamps, soon followed by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan's incandescent light bulb.
According to Asiaweek, Jimi Wong started out in the industry by working for others, but as the conventional lighting industry became saturated and the emergency lighting industry grew to be a “potentially lucrative market”, Jimi Wong eventually ventured out on his own. [4] Maxspid was founded by Jimi Wong as a sole proprietorship in 1978.
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), is an industry-backed, not-for-profit, learned society that was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. [1] [3] The IES's stated mission is "to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public".
Acuity Brands, Inc. is a lighting and building management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.As of 2024 the company has approximately 12,000 employees and recorded net sales of $3.84 billion for the fiscal year. [4]
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An illustration from Kliegl Brothers' 1922 catalog, depicting portable lighting equipment used at Lasky Hollywood Studios. Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company was an American manufacturer of electrical stage lighting products in the 20th century. The company had a significant influence in the development of theatrical ...