CCS America

Name

CCS America

Legal name

CCS America, Inc.

Website

https://ccsamerica.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Machine Vision Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Machine Vision & Inspection Lighting (Ring lights, bar lights, backlights, strobed illumination) (IMAGAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

LED Drivers, Ballasts & Power Modules for Lighting (Constant-current/voltage drivers, ballasts, control gear) (IMAGAIAJ), Lighting Controls & Building Integration (Drivers, sensors, dimming, lighting control panels, networked lighting) (IMAGAIAI)

Keywords

• Machine vision lighting
• LED illumination systems
• Industrial lighting controllers
• Precision lighting products
• Automated inspection lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Woburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Machine Vision Lighting Equipment Sales: Sale of LED lighting products, controllers, cables, and accessories for machine vision applications. Revenue is generated through direct product sales to industrial customers who use lighting for quality inspection, automation, and machine vision systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CCS America designs, manufactures, and distributes LED-based machine vision lighting products and intelligent lighting controllers for industrial automation and quality inspection applications. The company offers 13,000+ standard lighting products across three sub-brands (CCS precision lighting, Effilux flood lighting, and Gardasoft DC current controllers), supported by custom-engineered lighting solutions and a free 30-day demo loan program with 38,000+ units available.

Product overview

CCS America is a machine vision lighting solutions provider representing the CCS Group brands in the Americas, offering a portfolio of 13,000+ standard lighting products across three sub-brands: CCS (precision lighting), Effilux (flood lighting), and Gardasoft (lighting control/DC current controllers). The product portfolio is organized around four solution categories: Precision Lighting (including spot lights, ring lights, flat lights, dome lights), Flood Lighting, Lighting Control (controllers and drivers), and Custom Lighting. Core product lines include HLV3 Series Spot Lights for directional illumination, FPQ3/LDR2/HPR2/HPD2 Series Ring and Dome Lights for multi-angle coverage, LFL/LFXV/TH2 Series Flat Lights for diffuse surface illumination, and PD4/PD3/PSB4/CN-EIPT/CN-PoE Series Controllers managing lighting output. The ecosystem is supported by FCB/M12 Series Cables and connector converters for system integration. The company emphasizes free 30-day demo loans (38,000+ units available) and application evaluation services to help customers select the right lighting solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CCS: Precision lighting products for machine vision applications.
• Effilux
• Gardasoft

Products and services

• HLV3 Series Spot Lights High-output, high-uniformity spot lighting for directional illumination of specific areas on samples in machine vision applications. HLV3 L-type is ideal for limited horizontal installation space; HLV3-C cylindrical type is direct substitution for HLV2 Series. Designed for machine vision system integrators and industrial manufacturers.
• FPQ3 Series Low-Angle Lights Diffused light at low angles from four directions, ideal for evenly illuminating square and rectangular workpieces in machine vision applications. For engineers and integrators requiring flat-surface illumination.
• LFL Series Flat Lights Ultra-thin diffuse illumination from a flat emitting surface with minimum thickness of 6mm for space-saving installation in machine vision systems. For applications requiring compact, diffuse backlight illumination.
• LFXV Series Flat Dome Lights Combines dome light and coaxial light illumination effects in a thin, compact design with fine dot pattern diffusion that does not appear on samples. For industrial inspection of reflective and complex surfaces.
• TH2 Series Flat Lights Diffuse illumination from a flat emitting surface available in high-directivity (TH2-PM) and camera-window (TH2-CR) types, with large sizes and rectangular emitting surfaces. For wide-area inspection in machine vision systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products returned due to quality issues: <0.25%

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CCS (Parent Company)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCCS America is the authorized representative for CCS (precision lighting) in the Americas. CCS provides the most reliable precision lighting products including HLV3, FPQ3, LFL, TH2, LDR-LA1, LDR2-LA, LDR2, HPR2, and HPD2 series lighting products. This is a core distribution partnership covering the primary product line.
• EffiluxcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCCS America is the authorized representative for Effilux (flood lighting) in the Americas. Effilux specializes in flood lighting driven by optical engineering. Products include EFFI-FLEX, EFFI-BL, EFFI-FD, EFFI-RING, EFFI-LASE, EFFI-SHARP, and EFFI-SBL series. Partnership enables access to high-power flood lighting solutions.
• GardasoftcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCCS America is the authorized representative for Gardasoft (integration-focused DC current controllers) in the Americas. Gardasoft provides RT400 Series, PP600 Series, TR-HT Series, and RC Series controllers. This partnership complements the lighting portfolio with intelligent controller solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Smart Vision Lights: Direct competitor specializing in LED machine vision lighting with a broad portfolio of ring, bar, back, and dome lights plus integrated controllers. Highly comparable to CCS America in target customers (machine vision integrators) and consultative evaluation sales model.
• Advanced Illumination (Ai): Specialty manufacturer of LED lighting for machine vision and industrial inspection, offering spot, ring, line, and backlights with matched controllers. Closely comparable to CCS America on product category, integrator customer base, and high-mix/low-volume custom capability.
• Metaphase Technologies: Designs and manufactures LED machine vision lighting including line lights, backlights, and dome lights for inspection and automation. Directly comparable product overlap with CCS America's precision and flood lighting families.
• ProPhotonix: Specialist in LED illumination for machine vision, including structured light, UV, and custom solutions for industrial inspection. Comparable niche focus and custom-engineering value proposition to CCS America.
• TPL Vision: European-based manufacturer of LED lighting for machine vision and industrial inspection with ring, bar, back, and dome products. Comparable to CCS America on product type and integrator customer base, though primarily competing in EMEA.
• Moritex: Japanese manufacturer of machine vision lighting and optical components with global distribution. Sister-archetype competitor to CCS America given similar Japanese heritage and precision lighting focus, though its Americas presence is structured differently.

Broad incumbents

• KEYENCE Corporation: Global leader in factory automation including machine vision systems, sensors, and integrated lighting. Competes with CCS America as a broad incumbent offering bundled vision-plus-lighting solutions to industrial customers.
• Cognex Corporation: Leading machine vision systems company with integrated lighting, smart cameras, and vision software. Represents a bundling threat to CCS America's standalone lighting model in industrial inspection applications.
• Edmund Optics: Broad optics and photonics supplier offering machine vision lighting, lenses, and filters alongside a deep catalog of optical components. Overlaps with CCS America on illumination products while serving a much wider photonics customer base.

Others

• Effilux: French LED lighting manufacturer specializing in flood and bar lighting for machine vision. Listed as a peer rather than partner to flag the structural overlap with one of CCS America's represented brands; relationship disclosed in the company data is distributor-based rather than competitive in the Americas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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