Concord has announced a partnership with German decorative lighting firm Schmitz. The Havells Sylvania company says the partnership completes its architectural portfolio.
Founded in 1932, Schmitz is a family owned and managed manufacturer based in Arnsberg, Germany. It has onsite production, R&D, and laboratory and showroom facilities and produces high-end decorative lighting fixtures and systems.
LEft to right: Christoph Schmitz, managing director, Schmitz, and Adam Jolliffe, specification sales director, Concord
Schmitz also provides design orientated lighting for residential applications via its Helestra brand. Recent industry accolades include iF product design awards, Red Dot awards and German Design Council interior innovation awards 2013.
"At Concord, we are very pleased to be the UK partner for Schmitz,” said Adam Jolliffe, sales director at Concord. “By bringing together the Concord and Schmitz brands, we can provide the ideal combination of architectural and decorative luminaires for projects specified across retail, display, office, education, hospitality and commercial market applications.”
Christoph Schmitz, managing director of Schmitz-Leuchten, said: “We are delighted to have Concord as our new partner in the UK and look forward to working with the large architectural community in the UK. Our feeling is that the combination of Concord as a UK-based company with its experience in customer service in the UK and large product range is the perfect partner for Schmitz as a design driven lighting company.”
