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2014 1800 1879 Lighting Technology
Humphry Davy invents the arc light lamp. This counts as the origin of electric light.
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1800 1879 1907 Lighting Technology
Thomas Alva Edison develops the previously invented light bulb further and subsequently gets it ready for series production.
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1879 1907 1919 Lighting Technology
Henry Joseph Round discovers that anorganic substances are capable of illuminating when an electric current is applied. This counts as the first step towards development of the LED.
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history04
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Start of holders production
1907 1919 1923 -
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Start of Export Business1919 1923 1933 -
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1923 1933 1935 Lighting Technology
Low-pressure sodium lamps enter the market.
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1933 1935 1946 Lighting Technology
André Claude develops and patents the world's first fluorescent lamps.
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Start of magnetic production
1935 1946 1962 -
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1946 1962 1964 Lighting Technology
Nick Holonyak develops the visible (red) LED.
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history10
1962 1964 1966 Lighting Technology
The first high-pressure sodium lamps enter the market. Halogen metal vapour lamps also come onto the market in 1964.
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The Company
Start of ignitor production
1964 1966 1972 -
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1966 1972 1980 Lighting Technology
The halogen bulb moves into the market.
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1972 1980 1985 Lighting Technology
The first compact fluorescent lamp comes onto the market.
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1980 1985 1987 Lighting Technology
The first compact fluorescent lamp with an electronic ballast integrated in the socket comes onto the market.
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history15
The Company
Acquisition of Hermann Schwabe GmbH, Urbach
1985 1987 1989 -
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The Company
Start of electronics production
1987 1989 1992 -
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The Company
Introduction of the VS brand
1989 1992 1993 Lighting Technology
Shuji Nakamura manages to the develop the first commercial blue LED.
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history18
The Company
Acquisition of Elektrobau Oschatz KG, Oschatz
Market introduction of ALF - the world's first wiring/test robot for luminaires
1992 1993 1999 Lighting Technology
The range is extended with white LEDs and blue lasers.
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history19
The Company
Introduction to capacitor division
Acquisition of Wustlich GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort
Introduction of the VS Group to the LED business
1993 1999 2002 -
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The Company
Takeover of the VS Group by Matsushita Electric Works, Osaka
1999 2002 2005 -
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The Company
Fusion of the US American subsidiary Vossloh-Schwabe Inc. with the area of lighting from Aromat Corp. under the VS brand
2002 2005 2009 -
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The Company
Fusion of the Asian VS subsidiary with the Asian ULT subsidiary under the VS brand
2005 2009 2010 -
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The Company
Fusion of the US American ULT with the US subsidiary Vossloh-Schwabe Inc. under the ULT brand
2009 2010 2011 -
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Start of production in Serbia
2010 2011 1800 -
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The Company
Realignment of the company towards LED Solutions
2011 2014 1800
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