Blachère Illumination
Blachère Illumination is a French company in the field of Christmas lights and light decorations. The seat is in the southern French city of Apt .
Blachère Illumination is a global company with over 200 employees in its worldwide offices. According to its own information, it is the international market leader in its division with sales of more than € 50 million. The company has been exporting since 1989. In 2010 more than 50 countries are supplied from France. There are 16 branches in Europe, North and South America and Africa.
history
The company was founded by Jean-Paul Blachère in 1972. He had lamp motifs first made on wooden panels and from 1974 on steel structures. In 1987 the company developed the Fil Lumière light tube . Since 2001 branches have been opened in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, the USA, Spain, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Belgium, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, Colombia, Sweden, Holland and Tunisia. From 2002 the light motifs were made of aluminum. In 2003, Blachere Illumination was the first company in Europe to use white and blue LEDs for Christmas lights. In 2007, Blachere Illumination developed solar-powered light motifs.
Lighting projects
- 2012: Christmas lights in Garmisch-Partenkirchen's pedestrian zone
- 2011: Christmas lighting "Rheinwellen" for the city of Bingen am Rhein
- 2011: Christmas lights for Linzer Gasse in Salzburg
- 2011: Christmas lights for the city of Vöcklabruck
- 2011: Christmas lights for the town of Altötting
- 2011: Christmas lights for Habsburgergasse in Vienna
- 2010: LED globe for the Life Ball in Vienna
- 2010: Solar tree for the Festival of Light in Jerusalem
- 2010: 1,000 m² canopy of lights that can be animated for the Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral
- 2010: Majestic Christmas for Bad Ischl
- 2010: Überseeboulevard in Überseequartier, HafenCity Hamburg
- 2010: "Parallel swing" for St. Anton am Arlberg
- 2010: Sonnenball for Bahnhofstrasse in Gelsenkirchen
- 2010: Light-silhouette for the Kölnstrasse in Düren
- 2010: Light sail for the Georgsbrunnen in Burglengenfeld
- 2010: Lilies of the Bourbons, Saarlouis 2010
- 2010: Shining coffee enjoyment for Kurkonditorei Oberlaa, Vienna
- 2010: VARENA Shopping Center, Vöcklabruck
- 2009: Dynamic light sculptures shone on Kärntner Strasse in Vienna
- 2009: A transformable Christmas tree made of fairy lights and effect lamps for the Sony Center in Berlin
- 2009: Total light decorations for Monaco
- 2009: Programmed light installation for St. Petersburg in iLED Cube technology
- 2009: Complete light installation for Doha as part of "National Day" on December 18th
- 2009: Pink Christmas market for La Défense in Paris
- 2009: Christmas lights for Val-d'Isère as part of the Alpine World Ski Championships
- 2009: Light sculptures for Futuroscope
- 2009: Light event for the Papal Palace in Avignon as part of the 700th anniversary celebration
- 2009: Christmas lights for Courchevel
- 2008: Dynamic lighting at the De Bijenkorf department store in Amsterdam
- 2008: Light tunnel for Lisbon
- 2008: Christmas lights for Europe's largest inner-city shopping center Westfield in London
- 2008: Animated light installation for the Mafra National Palace
- 2007: The Champs-Elysées in Paris was decorated for the first time with LED Christmas lighting and dynamic light sticks
- 2007: The world's largest Christmas tree at the Dortmund Christmas market is given a new top and the Christmas lighting has been switched to LED
- 2007: The glass dome roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is equipped with a light sky
- 2007: DMX facade for the Shinsegae building in Seoul
- 2007: Largest LED Christmas lights in Austria for Rotenturmstrasse in Vienna
- 2006: At Christmas time, the " Graben " shopping street in Vienna becomes Europe's largest ballroom with chandeliers
- 2006: DMX facade for the Lyon Cathedral as part of the Festival of Lights in Lyon
- 2000: Eiffel Tower was equipped with thousands of Starflash flash lamps
- 1992: “Palace of Discovery” at the World Exhibition in Seville with 14 km of light tube
Social Commitment
The company is committed to environmental protection and documents this commitment with an "Environment Charter for Sustainable Development ". The Jean Paul Blachère Foundation for Modern African Art, founded in 2004, has an art center with exhibition rooms, an apartment with a studio for artists, a documentation center, a gallery and a shop.
Web links
- Official Blachère Illumination Website (Germany / Austria)
- Official Blachère Illumination Website (International)
- Jean Paul Blachère Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christmas lights give Bingen a new look ( memento from November 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Allgemeine Zeitung from November 17, 2011
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.pnp.de/region_und_lokal/landkreis_altoetting/altoetting/127585_Altoettinger-Advent-bekommen-ein-neues-Gesicht.html
- ↑ When the world turns around the town hall , diepresse.com
- ↑ www.kaiserstadt.info
- ↑ Christmas under the Pegasus
- ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/gelsenkirchen/Bahnhofstrasse-bekommen-Weihnachtslösungen-id3923914.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/schwandorf/artikel/die_leuchtsegel_des_heiligen_g/617033/die_leuchtsegel_des_heiligen_g.html
- ↑ http://www.wochenspiegelonline.de/content/nachrichten/saarland/article/typisch-und-unverwechselbar/?s=0&cHash=5bff184928
- ↑ Tourists love Viennese Christmas flair. In: oesterreich.orf.at. December 21, 2008, accessed November 30, 2017 .
