Holding company Bairnco formed the Genlyte Group from nine lighting companies in 1984. [1] [2] The Genlyte Group formed a joint venture with Thomas Industries in 1998. [3] Genlyte Group brands at the time included Bronzelite, Canlyte, Crescent, DiamondF, ExceLine, Forecast, Hadco, Lightolier, Stonco, and Wide-Lite. [4] Thomas Industries brands included Capri, Day-Brite, Emco, Gardco, Lumec, mcPhilben, Omega, and Thomas. [5] Additional brands appeared, and in some cases later disappeared, from the Genlyte Thomas website as follows:
The Genlyte Group reached an agreement with Thomas Industries in 2004 to acquire its 32% minority interest in Genlyte Thomas. [19] The Genlyte Group (now including Genlyte Thomas brands) acquired the JJI Lighting Group in 2006, thereby adding the following brands: Alkco, Allscape, Ardee, d’ac, Guth, High-Lites, Hoffmeister Leuchten, LAM, Metrolux, Morlite, Nessen, Quality, Specialty, and Vista. [20] It also acquired Strand Lighting in 2006, [21] followed by Hanover Lantern in 2007. [22]
The Genlyte Group was acquired by Philips in 2008, [23] [24] and became part of the Philips Lighting Business Unit Professional Luminaires North America. [25] Philips Lighting N.V. included Genlyte brands when it was created in 2016, and the spinoff was renamed Signify N.V. in 2018. [26]
The name was brought back as Genlyte Solutions by Signify in 2020 to cover a subset of its brands. [27] Genlyte Solutions brands include Advance, Alkco, Bodine, BrightSites, Chloride, Color Kinetics, Day-Brite CFI, Gardco, Hadco, Interact, Ledalite, Lightolier, Lumec, Philips, Philips Dynalite, and Stonco Keene. [28]