Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting CorporationIndustrial Directory of New York State, 1949ed, 1953ed was an American mass manufacturer of fluorescent lighting fixtures from the time of the public introduction of the fluorescent lamp at the 1939 World's Fair. Artcraft was first to announce and start mass manufacturing of a liner showcase striplight fixture and slimline ballast in 1946.Electrical Consultant, Volume 50, Page 4, 1946 - Lighting, Volume 53 & 54, Page 174, 175, 1948Westinghouse Engineer, Volume 12-13, Page 141, 1952

Fluorescent lighting was new to consumers, businesses, and professionals, who were familiar with incandescent lighting.John H. Campbell, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, The University of California, Berkeley, California, The History and Technical Evolution of High Frequency Lighting, pages 1-2, 1977

The benefits of fluorescent lighting were lower operating costs, more light for the same power input, and less maintenance.Mark Stanley Rea, PH.D. FIES, Editor-In-Chief, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Lighting Handbook and Reference, 1993Arthur A. Bright and Rupert Maclaurin, Economic Factors Influencing The Development and Introduction of The Fluorescent Lamp, The Journal of Political Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [MIT], University of Chicago Press, 51, No.5, 1943, pp. 429-450 The company remained in existence until about 2002 in Brooklyn, NY.New York State, Division of Corporations, State Records

The three top fluorescent fixture manufacturing companies from the beginning were, Lightolier [Blitzer family], the largest, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, with approximately $500 million in annual sales, followed by Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation [Levy family], and Globe Lighting Products, Inc. [Waitzkin family], originating from New York City.Paul Levy, Early industry leaders in New York City, Sillman Family Private Collection, 1998, currently, Managing Director of former Artcraft corporate & business registry, Rick Sillman, grandson.

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