Elwis
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Founder | Mogens Wilsbech |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Mogens Wilsbech |
| Products | Flashlights, Handlamps, Headlamps, Task lamps, Gaskets. |
| Website | elwis.com |
Elwis, Elwis Royal or Elwis Lighting is a Danish technology company, founded in 1938 by Mogens Wilsbech, which designs and manufactures inspection lighting, handlamps, flashlights and gaskets.[1] It sells products in over 30 countries worldwide. Elwis’ founder, Mogens Wilsbech famously created the first functional fluorescent handlamp, in a workshop near his house in 1953.[2]
History[edit]
In 1938, Wilsbech founded the company and in the early 1950s, he discovered a number of problems with the conventional incandescent worklights available. This developed his idea to encase a fluorescent bulb in a resilient, clear, butyrate tube. This was marketed as a "Light in a tube" originally with a 21-inch fluorescent bulb encased.[2]
Elwis continues to manufacture fluorescent handlamps in Denmark, which have been a workshop essential for service departments, gasoline service stations and repair garages.[3] The company now has two main divisions; Elwis Lighting manufactures a range of advanced Surface Mounted Diode (SMD) and Chip On Board (COB) Light-emitting diode (LED) worklamps, trouble lights and high specification torches for mechanics. Elwis Royal manufactures a range of gaskets to fit a wide variety of automotive vehicles.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Light and Lighting and Environmental Design. Illumiating Engineering Society. 1976.
- ^ a b Car Life. Bond Publishing Company. 1961.
- ^ Export directory of Denmark. Kraks legat. 1966.
- ^ Dänischer Export Kalender. Kraks legat. 1997.
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