Lithonia Lighting Celebrates 75 Years

 

The Lithonia Lighting brand celebrates 75 years of providing products and services to its customers and the electrical industry.

The story began in 1946 when Sam Freeman founded the Lithonia Lighting Products Company. Operations began with just two employees working out of a 2,000-sq.-ft. garage in Lithonia, Georgia, which at the time was a small town of about 1,500 residents located outside of Atlanta.

Initially, the business involved finishing and assembling metal parts and first year sales were $287,000.

Today, Lithonia Lighting offers customers an industry-leading selection of quality LED lighting products in nearly every category. These include commercial indoor and outdoor lighting to industrial, life safety systems and residential lighting, for a diverse array of market applications ranging from commercial office to education, healthcare to retail, and from manufacturing and warehousing to parking garages and pedestrian walkways.