Lighting Solutions Hoffmeister

Edison receives the patent N°223898 for the incandescent lamp

Foundation of the company by Wilhelm Hoffmeister

First production facility (for electrical switchgear) in Lüdenscheid

Hoffmeister booth at the Leipzig trade fair

GE acquires Germers patent for fluorescent lamps and starts their mass production

Hoffmeister produces first luminaires for linear fluorescent lamps

Hanover Fair - first participation in a fair after the war

Since its development in 1961, the high-pressure discharge lamp finds widespread application in luminaire production from the 1980s

Hoffmeister under new management. An Impressive sign of company development Guy Harding at Light+Building in Frankfurt

Hoffmeister launches development offensive in the field of LED lights and new technologies

Sill Leuchten GmbH in Berlin becomes a member of the Hoffmeister Group

Hoffmeister and Sill merge to form SHS Lighting, the European specialist for technical lighting