The lighting companies acquisition list in 2019
Ecosense Acquires Lumium
Ecosense®, a fast-growing LED technology company, announced today that it has acquired Lumium Lighting. Lumium Lighting is a privately owned, CA-based lighting company that specializes in the design and development of architectural linear lighting. Ecosense and Lumium both share similar values, development and innovation philosophies. This acquisition allows Ecosense to expand its presence in the architectural linear market, which coupled with the company’s other products will enable Ecosense to fully compete in the tier one, general office space. “Lumium’s specifier-grade product portfolio is a great complement to our brand,” said Mark Reynoso, CEO of Ecosense Lighting. “We are thrilled to partner with Ecosense and leverage their key strengths, including new technology development, manufacturing efficiencies, and global sales expertise,” said Jordan Kloos and Jeff Mitchell, Co-Principals of Lumium Lighting.
About Ecosense
Ecosense is an LED technology company. Recognized by the likes of Red Dot for innovation and design, as well as Inc. 500 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for consistently making their fastest growing companies lists, we serve a creative class of artists and designers and have been fortunate to light the most coveted spaces on earth. Ecosense strives to invent, inspire, and reshape how the world understands and interacts with artificial light.
About Lumium
Inspired by creativity, motivated through innovation, and dedicated to producing visually stunning and high performing light fixtures, Lumium is a company passionate about lighting. Holding to the belief that form and function can be intertwined to create efficient works of architectural art, Lumium is driven to produce stylishly designed and engineered linear lighting fixtures
Signify Acquires Firefly, its Second LiFi Company
EXCLUSIVE: MUST CREDIT LiFiREPORT. Our sister company, LiFiReport, can confirm that Signify has acquired Firefly LiFi. According to their website, Firefly has an office in San Diego as well as Germany.
We can confirm that the transaction has already occurred. In February of 2017, Signify (then Philips Lighting) acquired a small French LiFi company, Luciom.
In addition, the CEO of Firefly LiFi, Heinzz Willebrand, has changed his Linkedin title to “Chief Evangelist LiFi Systems at Signify.”
We spoke to Elco van Groningen, the Signify Senior Office Press Manager, who explained, “We want to be THE lighting company in IoT so the expertise from Firefly LiFi will help accelerate our developments. It was a very strategic acquisition.”
Mr. van Groningen is located in Amsterdam. After our conversation, Mr. van Groningen emailed the following statement:
“Signify’s strategy is to focus on lighting products, systems and services and connected LED lighting the aiming to become the leading lighting company in the Internet of Things.
The acquisition of Firefly’s technology is in line with this strategy. It will allow us to complement and strengthen our expertise and accelerate our LiFi innovations.
Signify has acquired Firefly’s assets related to LiFi, including a small number of its employees. The transaction was completed on December 17, 2018. Financial details were not disclosed.”
Australian IoT vendor Buddy acquires lighting company LIFX for $51m
Australian Internet of Things (IoT) vendor Buddy Platform on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to fully acquire San Francisco-headquartered smart lighting vendor LIFX for about $51 million in a cash and stock transaction.
RLR Industries, Inc, Acquires A.L.P.’s Thermoforming Business and Engages in OEM Sales Representation Agreement with Bill Brown Sales Co
RLR Industries, Inc., the leading fully integrated North American manufacturer of thermoformed lighting components, lenses and diffusers, announced today that it has acquired the thermoforming business of A.L.P Lighting Products. In addition, in conjunction with RLR’s Sales Management, the Bill Brown Sales Company will represent RLR’s product lines in the Continental United States (excluding flat sheet sales) to the lighting OEM Marketplace.
Customers located inclusive and northeast of Washington, DC, and in Eastern Canada will continue to be serviced by RLR’s existing sales representation and structure.
“We are excited for the new product development potential that we can offer the Lighting OEM industry with this transaction and in working with BBS on our overall market approach on existing business and new product developments”, explained RLR’s V.P. of Operations, Andrew Lewis, and Stewart Lewis, RLR’s V.P. of Sales & Product development.
The A.L.P./BBS team has worked closely with RLR for decades, in fact, previously BBS represented RLR for 30 years. “We have always had a close personal relationship with RLR the utmost respect for their manufacturing capabilities,” explains Steve Brown, CEO of A.L.P. “We are pleased to be once again formally aligned with this outstanding organization and team,” Brown adds.
A transition plan for sales and operations is in place between RLR and A.L.P. to ensure a smooth transfer of production and shipping for A.L.P.’s customers.
RLR Industries, Inc is a privately held manufacturer of lenses and diffusers servicing the Lighting OEM market for over 60 years, with core competencies ranging from vacuum forming, pressure forming, in-house sheet extrusion, CNC, Laser and manual fabrication to turn-key OEM solutions for our customers. From our standard product offering to custom product development, our ability to service the lighting OEM with thermoformed and fabricated components is unsurpassed in North America.
Arkansas Lighting Acquires Prima Lighting
Arkansas Lighting has announced this week the acquisition of Prima Lighting, effective on March 1, 2019, significantly expanding its combined
product offering and customer base.
Arkansas Lighting, a family-owned business, is a market leader in decorative commercial lighting with over twenty years’ experience in the hospitality industry; Prima Lighting is one of
the oldest US manufacturers for cable systems, bendable track lighting systems, and mini recess fixtures in the specification market. The merger between companies will increase offerings for customers and sales representatives within the lighting industry.
Arkansas Lighting began its journey in 1972 as Arkansas Lamp Manufacturing. In 1997, Bob Null purchased the company, and was able to immediately improve manufacturing operations
and expand the product line. Now led by the second generation of the Null family, Jeff and Greg Null each offer their unique skill sets that continue to make the company stronger. As one
example, Arkansas Lighting’s innovative manufacturing equipment and techniques allow for production of large fabric pendants, up to 72 inches in diameter. These pendants are custom
made in Arkansas in 4-6 weeks and have no minimum order quantity.
“We expect this merger to vastly expand the product options available for our existing Arkansas customers and our new Prima customers”, said President of Arkansas Lighting, Jeff Null. “Both
client bases will gain new opportunities for introductions to products they may not know exist at this time.”
California-based Prima Lighting has manufactured high-end pendant and track lighting products for over twenty years. Most of their product lines are assembled in the United States and
tailored to fulfill fast paced commercial, hospitality, and government project requirements.
“Our mission has been to always provide the best combination of product design, quality, customer service, and pricing.” explains Adam Lee, Owner of Prima Lighting. “We look forward
to the new opportunities that this acquisition will bring for Prima employees and customers as Arkansas Lighting continues to build upon the accomplishments of our company.”
For general questions about Arkansas Lighting and the merger with Prima Lighting, please contact Jeff Null, President of Arkansas Lighting, at jnull@arkansaslighting.com.
For sales-related questions or comments, please contact Vice President of Sales, Greg Null, at gnull@arkansaslighting.com.
For customer-service questions please contact Jesse Casher, Customer Service Manager, at jcasher@arkansaslighting.com.
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About Arkansas Lighting
Originally founded as Arkansas Lamp Manufacturing in 1972, Arkansas Lighting has since grown to fill a 120,000 square-foot factory in Van Buren, Arkansas with decorative lighting
products made specifically for commercial use. The family-owned company discovered the hospitality industry as their natural-fit and began growing within that niche, while also diversifying into Made in USA lighting for government contracts. Arkansas Lighting provides an unparalleled experience in servicing custom lighting needs, paired with exemplary customer service. For more information, please visit www.arkansaslighting.com.
About Prima Lighting
Based in Santa Fe Springs, California, Prima Lighting has served as a top commercial lighting manufacturer specializing in high-quality LED lighting for pendant and track lighting product
lines. With representation throughout the country and select Canadian locations, Prima Lighting prides themselves on delivering excellence through production and customer service, while also
providing technical assistance as needed. For more information on Prima Lighting, visit www.primalighting.com
Luminii, Maker of Architectural LED Lighting Systems, Looks Beyond Linear Expanding its Product Portfolio and Geographic Reach with Latest Acquisition
Chicago Ill, Dec 10, 2019 – Luminii, an industry-leading manufacturer of specification grade architectural LED lighting systems, announced it has acquired Calgary, Canada based lighting manufacturer, Senso Lighting.
Founded in 2007, Senso has been designing robust, environmentally conscious lighting solutions including downlights, track, surface mount, and pendants serving a wide range of applications.
Luminii is an industry-leading, specification-grade LED lighting manufacturer on a mission to enhance architecture delivering high-performance products in a simply brilliant way.