Amglo

Amglo Kemlite Laboratories is a manufacturer of specialty lamps and lamp components, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois. The company says it was established in 1935 and serves OEM equipment makers and distributors. Aerospace and airfield lighting are among its main markets.

Lamp types

• Xenon flashlamps, from low power commodity lamps to high powered quartz flashlamps
• Halogen lamps, including hard glass, quartz halogen and metal halide discharge lamps with a fused glass reflector and lens
• Incandescent lamps
• LED lights
• Custom lamps developed with an in-house R&D team

Aviation applications

• Aircraft: wing tip, navigation, landing gear, cargo and baggage, and tail number lights for airplanes and helicopters
• Airfield and airport: approach, taxiway, beacon, MALSR, PAPI and VASI lighting
• Obstruction lights for towers, bridges, buildings and other tall structures

Other markets include vehicular, rail, scientific, industrial, medical, cosmetic treatment, machine vision and disinfection lamps.

Facilities and capabilities

• Xenon division in Bensenville, Illinois, which the company describes as the largest xenon flashlamp maker in North America, with over 1,600 lamp designs from 1 to 1,800 watts
• Halogen division in Largo, Florida, which is also the main design and lamp research centre, with a laboratory for photometric and spectral measurements plus vibration and environmental testing
• Bravo division in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which is ISO 9001 certified
• Sales office in Shenzhen, China, operated through Firstech Lighting
• The company states 4 production sites, more than 500 employees, average production lead times of about 4 weeks and prototypes in under 2 weeks

Company facts

• Founded as a laboratory in 1935
• Began making flashlamps for aircraft identification in the 1970s
• Acquired Kemlite in 1985
• Acquired Sonlite China and set up Firstech Lighting in 2003
• Recapitalised with Newcastle Partners in 2019