Industry | Electric lighting |
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Predecessor |
National Electric Lamp Company /
National Electric Light Association GE Edison lamp division |
Founded | 1911 |
Headquarters | , USA |
Revenue | ~$3 billion (2011) [1] |
Number of employees | ≈700 (2020) [2] |
Parent |
General Electric (1911–2020) Savant Systems (2020–present) |
Website |
www |
GE Lighting is a division of Savant Systems Inc. [3] headquartered in Nela Park, East Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The company traces its origins to Thomas Edison's work on lighting in the 19th century. [4]
In 1911, General Electric was found to have acquired three quarters of the National Electric Light Association, an association of lighting product companies through which GE had licensed its patented products; this trading arrangement was the subject of an antitrust investigation, and as a result the association was dissolved. GE subsequently acquired several of the association's member companies. [5] These were later consolidated with the Edison lamp division. [6]
In July 2011, GE Lighting entered a licensing agreement with Nuventix for its LED cooling technology and invested $10 million into the company. [7] Two weeks later, the company announced its plans to buy Lightech, acquiring its LED and halogen power supplies, for a deal reportedly worth between $15 million and $20 million. [8] 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. [10] This was General Electric's last consumer business. [11]
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(footnote 6) In converting the old National Electric Lamp Association ... into a fully acknowledged lamp division, GE had not yet consolidated it with its Edison lamp division