Osram Sylvania
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| OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. | |
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| Type | Corporation |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Founder | Frank Poor |
| Headquarters |  Danvers, MA, USA |
| Key people | Charlie Jerabek, President and CEO |
| Industry | Lighting |
| Employees | 11,200 |
| Parent |  Osram GmbH |
| Subsidiaries | Valeo Sylvania |
| Website | www.sylvania.com |
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. is the North American operation of lighting manufacturer Osram GmbH, which is owned by Siemens AG. The company produces a wide range of lighting products for home, business and automotive use. It sells its North American products under the SYLVANIA brand name and uses the brand OSRAM in the rest of the world. The company is title sponsor of the Sylvania 300 NASCAR race.
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[edit] Company profile
OSRAM SYLVANIA sales in North America totaled about €2 billion in fiscal year 2006, comprising 43% of OSRAM sales worldwide. [2]OSRAM SYLVANIA employs about 11,200 people and has 17 manufacturing plants, 1 equipment assembly operation and 11 research and development laboratories, along with a network of sales offices and distribution centers across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
[edit] Products
The company’s business includes compact fluorescent lamps, light-emitting diode systems and other lighting products and services. Sylvania is among several established American brands that are licensed to global consumer electronics manufacturers.[1]
[edit] History
SYLVANIA traces its history back to 1901, when company founder Frank Poor became a partner in a small light bulb refurbishing company in Middleton, Massachusetts. Poor relocated the business to Danvers, Massachusetts. and called it the Bay State Lamp Company. The company was renamed Sylvania Electric Products in 1942. From 1951 until 1956, Sylvania were sponsors of the game show, Beat the Clock. The grand prizes on the show would be Sylvania television sets, and some consolation prizes would be Sylvania radios. Sylvania "blue dot for sure shot" flashbulbs would be used to take a photograph of the contestants in awkward outfits or messy stunts.
In 1959, Sylvania Electronics merged with General Telephone to form General Telephone and Electronics (GTE). OSRAM SYLVANIA; Inc. was established in its current form in January 1993, with the acquisition of GTE’s SYLVANIA lighting division by OSRAM GmbH.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Associated Press quoted by The Olympian: Some name brands in name only, 2007-04-15
- ^ The Washington Post [1], 1992-08-07
[edit] External links
- OSRAM official website
- OSRAM SYLVANIA official website
- OSRAM Opto Semiconductor official website
- US Government Energy Star's page on fluorescent bulbs
