Business profile
Selux Lighting - innovation from the start
Selux’ s founder,Hermann Bansbach,
believed that light had a social and cultural significance that went far beyond doing business and making a profit. That mindset is still alive today
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hen Selux was founded in Berlin in 1948, the city still lay in ruins, with little electricity or light. Its very
first products were developed to meet the local need - providing Berliners with simple, affordable, battery-powered lamps. Selux’ s founder Hermann Bansbach believed that light had a social and cultural significance that went far beyond doing business and making a profit. That mindset is still alive today and Selux still experience the fascination and satisfaction of adding quality to people’s lives through the realisation of sophisticated lighting concepts. Within 65 years this craftsman’s shop in Berlin turned into a global company with 500 employees in Europe, North America, and Australia including its UK base in Leamington Spa. Evolution that spans so many decades does not become a success through ad-hoc decisions; it comes from careful planning and sophisticated ideas that reflect the company’s ongoing demand for high standards in every detail. Selux bases its worldwide success on its ability to know and understand local markets. In Europe and overseas, it develops and produces products to meet specific project needs as well as for
global appeal. As project partners, Selux applies the same care and attention on all its projects whether working with large international teams or national and local projects. Selux knows that the best ideas and solutions are born in an open-minded,
reliable, and friendly environment built on trust and working in a spirit of close collaboration that leads to successful project outcomes. The result of this collaborative approach is a reputation for the development of bespoke, project specific solutions through the application of professional expertise in design, engineering and technology, and the ability to provide additional services such as lighting calculation, stress modelling, product testing and photometry. Simply put, Selux offers its clients the freedom to design.
High-quality light control and
calculation are the company’s core competencies. Decades of experience in calculating light, along with relevant professional expertise in materials, light sources and digital control systems allow it to deliver highly efficient, ergonomic and energy efficient solutions. Selux optics are designed so that projects can fully benefit from the consistent long- term quality provided by top-grade light sources. Quality is a question of detail, materials
and craftsmanship - from die-cast metals to aluminium components and premium quality plastics – from the screws to the
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