FW Thorpe

FW Thorpe Plc specialises in designing and manufacturing professional lighting equipment. We currently employ over 800 people and although each company works autonomously, our skills and markets are complementary.

Our products are sold throughout the world. The Group management team is passionate about developing the business for the benefit of the shareholders, employees and customers. With the energy and ability of our staff we look forward to the future with enthusiasm. Our aim is to create shareholder value through market leadership in the design, manufacture and supply of professional lighting systems.

We focus on long-term growth and stability, achieved by delivering market-leading products, backed by excellent customer service.

FW Thorpe Plc is a group of companies that specialise in developing, manufacturing and supplying smart lighting and lighting solutions. There are eight companies in the group and each company focuses on specific market segments. These companies are Thorlux Lighting, Philip Payne, Solite, Portland Lighting, Lightronics, TRT Lighting, Zemper and Famostar.

• Thorlux has been manufacturing lighting for the professional lighting market since 1936. In the factory in Redditch, Great Britain, the professional lighting is made and distributed all over the world. The Thorlux products can be found in schools, hospitals, offices and industrial applications. Besides luminaires Thorlux also develops and produces smart lighting systems. The SmartScan system has its origin in Redditch. With this system lighting can not only be easily controlled, it also makes remote management possible.
• Philip Payne joined FW Thorpe as an emergency lighting specialist in 1996. Started in 1968 as a producer of decorative lighting and chandeliers, Philip Payne changed its direction in the 1980s towards emergency lighting. Since then, the Solihull factory in Great Britain has produced high-quality emergency lighting that belongs to the top of the English market. Both the luminaires for escape route lighting and escape route signs can be found in various applications in health care, museums, hotels and office buildings.
• The Dutch company Famostar is located in Velp and specialises in emergency lighting. For more than 65 years, this Dutch manufacturer has designed and supplied emergency lighting. Famostar's emergency lighting can be found in schools, industrial applications and the retail sector. Famostar luminaires can be used for escape route lighting or escape route indication. In addition, Famostar has a knowledge centre where courses are given on legislation and regulations concerning emergency lighting.
• From its factory in Walsall, Great Britain, Portland Lighting supplies lighting for advertisements and logos on façades and signs. The high quality of the lighting ensures that they can illuminate advertisements and logos for years to come. Portland's own powder coating facility ensures that the lighting can meet the high quality standards. Portland Lighting has a high degree of flexibility to meet customer requirements.
• Based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, Lightronics specialises in the development, manufacture and supply of external and impact resistant lighting, which includes street lighting, outdoor wall and ceiling luminaires as well as control systems. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Netherlands but there is also an export presence in other European locations.
• Solite Europe Ltd's specialist lighting can be found in clean rooms, hospitals, laboratories and pharmaceutical institutions in the UK and Europe. To meet the high quality standards required of clean room lighting, Solite has a full in-house manufacturing facility. From CNC machining to specialist powder coating, all work is carried out from the manufacturing facility in Stockport, UK.
• SchahlLED stands for intelligent LED and is the European pioneer in the field of intelligent industrial LED lighting systems. The key values are passion, commitment, intelligent light and a solution-oriented approach. SchahlLED also offers Lighting-as-a-Service and project management.