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Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation was an American mass manufacturer of fluorescent lighting fixtures from the time of the public introduction of the
fluorescent lamp A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, to produce ultraviolet and make a phosphor ...
at the
1939 World's Fair The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities ...
. Artcraft was first to announce and start mass manufacturing of a liner showcase
striplight A strip light is a multi-circuit stage lighting instrument. Striplights are one of the most basic types of lighting fixtures available. They usually consist of row of lamps. A single striplight is usually wired internally into either three or f ...
fixture and slimline ballast in 1946. Fluorescent lighting was new to consumers, businesses, and professionals, who were familiar with
incandescent Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation emitted by the thermal motion of particles in matter. All matter with a temperature greater than absolute zero emits thermal radiation. The emission of energy arises from a combination of electro ...
lighting. The benefits of fluorescent lighting were lower operating costs, more light for the same power input, and less maintenance. The company remained in existence until about 2002 in Brooklyn, NY.New York State, Division of Corporations, State Records The three top fluorescent fixture manufacturing companies from the beginning were, Lightolier litzer family the largest, a division of
Royal Philips Electronics Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), simply branded Philips, is a Dutch multinational health technology company that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, its world headquarters have been situated in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarter ...
, with approximately $500 million in annual sales, followed by Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation evy family and Globe Lighting Products, Inc. aitzkin family originating from New York City.Paul Levy, Early industry leaders in New York City, Sillman Family Private Collection, 1998


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(previous editions published under title: IES lighting handbook)


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