Osram Sylvania in Hillsborough poised for LED revolution

Employees at the Osram Sylvania plant have been helping drivers see the light for decades, and with new technology moving in, they'll be a major force in automotive lighting for years to come. Folks in Hillsborough have been making light bulbs at the local factory since the 1950s, when the focus was on making tiny bulbs that lit up telephone switchboards, said Marketing Director David Hulick. In the 1970s, the plant started making the switch to automobile lighting, and when halogen lighting became the bright idea at the end of the decade, Osram Sylvania jumped on the new technology.