Feilo Sylvania
Feilo Sylvania is a lighting concept company. The company has locations in Europe, Asia, North Africa, Central and South America. It is one of the few manufacturers in the lighting industry that produces both lamps and lights. The company has been part of Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co., Ltd. since 2016.
history
Development of the company 1900–1993
Sylvania's roots can be traced back to the early 1900s. The predecessor companies (Merritt Manufacturing Company in Middleton, Massachusetts and Bay State Lamp Co in Danvers, Massachusetts) initially specialized in replacing burned-out filaments in lamps. New lamps were later produced under the company names Hygrade Incandescent Lamp Company, Novelty Incandescent Lamp Company, Inc. and Nilco Lamp Works. In 1924, Nilco finally founded the Sylvania Products Company in Emporium, Pennsylvania . This developed radio tubes and manufactured them.
In 1931 the Sylvania Products Company merged with the Hygrade Incandescent Lamp Company to form the Hygrade Sylvania Corporation. Only a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor , the company introduced almost entirely on war production order and now called himself Sylvania Electric Products, Inc . At that time, Sylvania managed to produce a fully functional proximity fuse . As a result of its rapid growth, the company expanded its portfolio to include many areas and, in addition to lamps and radio tubes, now also manufactured lights, radar display devices and entertainment electronics such as televisions and radios.
In 1959 Sylvania Electric Products merged with General Telephone and became a manufacturer of electronics, lighting, TV, radio and chemistry and metallurgy. The new company was called General Telephone & Electric Corporation . Sylvania continued to operate as a separate business unit producing cameras, photo flash bulbs, general lighting, televisions and anti-missile defense systems. In 1981 GTE sold its consumer electronics company to Philips North America.
Division of the group in 1993
In the early 1990s it was clear that GTE would have to make significant investments in the emerging mobile communications sector in order to remain competitive. It was therefore decided to sell Sylvania to fund these new investments. At that time, Sylvania, GE, Philips and Osram each held around a quarter of the world market. International monopoly regulations prohibited the takeover of the entire Sylvania group by one of these three competitors. Therefore an agreement was reached according to which the company was split up. Osram received the brand and distribution rights to Sylvania in North America, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The rest of the company in Europe, Asia and Latin America and the associated trademark rights were the subject of a management buyout . This led to the establishment of SLI Holdings International LLC.
Havells Sylvania 2007
In April 2007, SLI was acquired by Havells India Ltd. acquired and now operates under the name Havells Sylvania. Havells India Ltd. Corporate group is one of the largest and fastest growing manufacturers of electrical components and systems in India. With 94 branches and sales offices and 8,000 employees in over 50 countries, the group generates sales of 1.25 billion US dollars .
Feilo Sylvania 2016
At the beginning of 2016, the company was acquired by the Chinese Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co., Ltd. taken over and renamed to Feilo Sylvania. Shanghai Feilo Acoustics holds 80% of the shares in Feilo Sylvania.
Locations
Headquarters
- Noida, India - Havells Global Headquarters
- London, UK - Sylvania Headquarters
Production sites
- Tienen, Belgium - halogen, discharge lamps, LED and special lamps
- Erlangen, Germany - fluorescent tubes, LED moisture-proof lights
- Neemrana, India - Compact fluorescent lighting
- Newhaven, UK - Lighting fixtures for professional use
- Saint-Étienne, France - Luminaires for industrial applications
Logistics locations
- Paris, France
- Atlanta Ga, USA
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vintagesylvania.net/?page=history
- ↑ a b https://www.sylvania.com/en-us/about/Pages/history.aspx
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 19, 2015 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.
- ↑ Havells Sylvania becomes Feilo Sylvania. In: Highlight Web. Hüthig GmbH , February 18, 2016, accessed on February 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Feilo Sylvania. Feilo Sylvania, accessed February 12, 2018 .
