1901 – founded in Boston, USA.
1912 – Name Sylvania
first used.
1924 – Sylvania brand name first introduced (for radio valves).
1931- Merger forms Hygrade Sylvania Corporation.
1939 – Sylvania is the first company to
mass-produce the fluorescent lamp.
1942 – Name changed to
Sylvania Electric Products.
1959 – Sylvania merger
with General Telephone Company.
1960 – Sylvania
invents the first Dichroic reflector.
1968 – Expansion into
Europe. Manufacturing plants opened.
1971 – Name changed to GTE Sylvania Inc.
1986 – Sylvania
acquired Rotaflex PLC Luminaire manufacturing.
1993 – SLi is formed (Sylvania Lighting International).
1995 – SHP – World’s
first mercury- free HID lamp.
1996 – Sylvania GU10
Halogen invented.
1997 – SLI acquired by
Chicago Miniature Lamp.
2011 – Sylvania’s
Concord Beacon Muse LED Winner
of Lighting Design Awards.
2012 – Sylvania
Hi-Spot RefLED ES50 Highly
Commended Lighting Design Awards.
2013 – Sylvania’s Concord Glace Winner of Lighting Design Awards.
2014 – Sylvania’s
Concord Officelyte LED incorporating Organic Response Winner of Lighting
Design Awards.
2015 – Sylvania’s Concord Beacon Tune Tunable white LED
spotlight RefLED+ ES50 Lux 5* and best overall
GU10 LED lamp.
2016 – Logic finance
solution lauched by Sylvania.
2016 – Sylvania
takeover by Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co., Ltd, Forming Feilo Sylvania.
2017 – Brand
re-position Sylvania.
2017 – SylSmart solution launched by Sylvania.
2018 – Concord Pixer LED 2018 interior luminaire of the
Year – Winner Lux Awards 2018
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