- Zumtobel Lighting Group
Zumtobel Group (also known as Zumtobel AG) is a company based in
Dornbirn ,Austria which comprises two sub-groups: Zumtobel Lighting Group, which includes the lighting brands "Zumtobel" and "Thorn"; and TridonicAtco, which manufactures lighting components. Thorn Lighting maintains head offices inEssex ; the other divisions in the group are all headquartered in Dornbirn.The division with the longest history in the group is Thorn Lighting, which was acquired from
Thorn EMI in a leveraged management buy-out. Its integration in Zumtobel was completed in 2000. Thorn Lighting had been founded in1928 byJules Thorn and Alfred Deutsch.Zumtobel was founded in
1950 by Dr.Walter Zumtobel as "Elektrogeräte- und Kunstharzpreßwerk W. Zumtobel KG" in Dornbirn. The company produced ballasts for the newly introduced fluorescent light fittings.Thorn lighting had a factory in Leicester which was sold to GE Lighting
External links
* [http://www.zumtobelgroup.com/com/en/index.htm Zumtobel Group]
* [http://www.zumtobel.com/ Zumtobel]
* [http://www.thornlighting.com/ Thorn Lighting]
* [http://www.tridonicatco.com/ TridonicAtco]
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