Established by Frederick William Thorpe and his son Ernest Thorpe.
Spinning circular reflectors
Moved to larger premises twice to cope with the expansion into linear fluorescent luminaires, and to enter the exterior and hazardous markets
Floated on the London Stock Exchange
Moved to our Redditch headquarters
First acquisition – Mackwell Electronics
Start-up in retail and display lighting
Acquired Philip Payne emergency exit signs
Transferred to AIM
Acquired Solite Europe Lighting for clean rooms
Acquisition of Portland Lighting
Mackwell Electronics disposal
Start-up company TRT Lighting – entering street lighting market
Creation of in‑house LED printed circuit board production
Acquisition of Lightronics – Netherlands
Develop European market
Sugg Lighting disposal
Minority investment in Spain
Target Spanish market and acquire lens specialism
Acquired remaining share capital in Thorlux Australasia
Target Australian market, improve performance
Acquired Famostar – Netherlands
Improved emergency lighting product offering
All operating businesses housed in Group-owned property
Maintained operations during COVID-19 pandemic
Lightronics recovers from factory fire with improved results
Sustainability focus
Acquired Electrozemper – Spain
Acquired SchahlLED – Germany
Joint venture investment with Ratio Electric – electric vehicle charging products