Universal Lighting Technologies is based in Nashville, Tennessee and is part of the Panasonic family of companies. They design and manufacture high-efficiency lighting ballasts and control systems and produce electronic and magnetic ballasts for CFLs, linear fluorescent bulbs, and HID lighting, as well as digital and analog dimming systems. The company acquired Vossloh-Schwabe’s North American operations in 2009. This allowed them to also offer a full range of HID products, ignitors, transformers, lampholders, capacitors, and other components.
History
Universal Lighting Technologies originated about 60 years ago from the combination of two lighting industry corporations – Universal Manufactring Company and Triad-Utrad Energy Savings Incorporated. Universal Manufacturing Company was one of the first companies to manufacture lighting ballasts, and Triad-Utrad was the first company to introduce the electronic lighting ballast.
Triad-Utrad
Triad-Utrad was founded in 1943, and, with the installation of electronic DC ballasts in the mass transit industry, was the first in the industry to introduce the electronic ballast, continuing on with later introductions of ballasts for T12, T8, and compact fluorescent lamps.
