EncapSulite International

What EncapSulite International does

EncapSulite International, Inc. is a privately held industrial lighting manufacturer headquartered at 1220 Bamore Road in Rosenberg, Texas, in operation since 1969. The company designs and manufactures waterproof lighting fixtures and shatter-resistant safety-coated lamps serving industrial, commercial, and decorative end-uses. Its core product lines are the WaterGuard waterproof fixture family (LED and fluorescent, in T5/T8 configurations), the UltraGuard FEP safety-coated lamp line for fluorescent and LED form factors, and the ShardGuard PTFE safety-coated HID lamp line rated to 400°F. Supporting specialty lines include UV safelight products for graphic arts and darkroom applications, PoultryLite LED for poultry facilities, TurtleLite and TurtleGuard LEDs for sea turtle compliance, Gold Semiconductor Lighting, and decorative StickLights and colored sleeves. The underlying technology centers on proprietary coating formulations — FEP for fluorescent/LED lamps and PTFE for HID lamps — that provide shatter containment with less than 1% light output loss, and on sealed fixture engineering for wet, dusty, and high-temperature environments.

The company's commercial model is direct-to-customer via its own e-commerce website, which exposes a full product catalog, an RFQ cart, and a checkout workflow. All orders are verified and accepted by EncapSulite's internal sales team before binding commitment. Pricing is custom and quotation-based rather than list-published, with multi-year contract billing cadence and products custom-manufactured per order on 3–5 business day lead times. For non-US customers, EncapSulite does not ship direct; all international inquiries are forwarded to authorized distributors who manage shipping, payment, and customer correspondence.

EncapSulite serves enterprise buyers across food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, supermarkets and retail, semiconductor manufacturing, hospitals and healthcare, printing and screen printing, lighting designers, and trade show/exhibit companies. Safety-coated products are documented as compliant with FDA, USDA, and OSHA standards, and the company's value proposition centers on shatter containment, moisture and temperature resistance, UV safety, and custom manufacturing to specification. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed investors, no subsidiaries, no parent entity, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no patents, awards, or trademarks on file in the source material.

Name

EncapSulite International

Legal name

EncapSulite International, Inc.

Website

https://encapsulite.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EncapSulite International designs and manufactures proprietary waterproof lighting fixtures (WaterGuard) and shatter-resistant safety-coated lamps (UltraGuard FEP, ShardGuard PTFE) for industrial, commercial, and specialty applications. The privately held Rosenberg, Texas firm serves food processing, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, healthcare, retail, and decorative-lighting customers via direct e-commerce and international authorized distributors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (335139)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Location & Explosion-Proof Lighting (ATEX/IECEx, intrinsically safe fixtures) (IMAGAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Protective Coatings (IMADAKAB)

Keywords

• Industrial lighting fixtures
• Waterproof LED lighting
• Safety coated lamps
• Shatter resistant lighting
• UV safelight products

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosenberg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Lighting Products: EncapSulite generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of proprietary waterproof lighting fixtures and shatter-resistant lamps. Products are custom-made per order and sold directly to customers through their e-commerce platform and sales team.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

EncapSulite designs, manufactures, and distributes waterproof lighting fixtures and shatter-resistant lamps for industrial and commercial environments. Core offerings include WaterGuard waterproof LED and fluorescent fixtures, UltraGuard (FEP-coated) and ShardGuard (PTFE-coated) safety-coated lamps, UV safelight fixtures and panels for darkroom/graphic arts use, and specialty/decorative lighting products. Each order is custom-manufactured and built to meet FDA, USDA, and OSHA standards.

Product overview

EncapSulite International is an industrial lighting manufacturer offering specialized lighting solutions with two core product lines: WaterGuard waterproof fixtures (including LED and fluorescent options in various sizes) and safety-coated shatter-resistant lamps (UltraGuard FEP and ShardGuard PTFE product families). The company serves diverse sectors including food processing, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, healthcare, and graphic arts through industrial-grade, commercial-grade, and decorative lighting products. The portfolio spans waterproof LED fixtures, fluorescent fixtures in T5 and T8 configurations, safety-coated lamps for high-temperature applications up to 400°F, UV safelight products for darkroom environments, and designer decorative lighting. Products are custom-produced per order with standard lead times of 3-5 business days.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WaterGuard: Waterproof lighting fixtures including LED, T5, and T8 models for industrial and commercial applications
• UltraGuard
• ShardGuard
• PoultryLite LED
• TurtleLite LED
• Safelight

Products and services

• WaterGuard LED High Output High-output waterproof LED fixture designed for wet, hygienic, and washdown environments in industrial facilities.
• WaterGuard LED Waterproof LED fixture in the WaterGuard family for protected, wet-location interior illumination.
• WaterGuard Double T5 Two-lamp T5 fluorescent waterproof fixture in the WaterGuard series for washdown and moisture-prone areas.
• WaterGuard Single T8 Single-lamp T8 fluorescent waterproof fixture in the WaterGuard line for wet-location environments.
• WaterGuard Single T5 Single-lamp T5 fluorescent waterproof fixture in the WaterGuard family for narrow-profile wet-location lighting.
• PoultryLite LED LED fixture tuned to poultry-house lighting requirements, part of EncapSulite's specialty agricultural offering.
• TurtleLite LED Wildlife/turtle-safe LED fixture intended for coastal exterior lighting to meet sea-turtle protection lighting standards.
• TurtleGuard LED Turtle-safe LED fixture offering from the TurtleGuard line, complementing the TurtleLite variant for regulated coastal lighting.
• UltraGuard FEP LED Lamps LED retrofit lamps encapsulated with proprietary UltraGuard FEP coating for shatter resistance, preserving over 99% of lumen output.
• UltraGuard FEP Fluorescent Lamps Fluorescent lamps encapsulated with UltraGuard FEP coating for shatter containment in food, pharma, and public spaces.
• UltraGuard FEP HID Lamps High-intensity discharge lamps encapsulated with UltraGuard FEP coating for shatter resistance in demanding industrial settings.
• UltraGuard FEP Metal Halide Lamps High-pressure metal halide lamps coated with FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene) under the UltraGuard brand for shatter containment in industrial and high-bay applications.
• ShardGuard Safety Coated Incandescent Lamps Incandescent lamps encapsulated with proprietary ShardGuard PTFE coating to contain glass and mercury if broken.
• ShardGuard Safety Coated HID Lamps HID lamps encapsulated with ShardGuard PTFE coating for shatter-resistant high-intensity lighting.
• ShardGuard Safety Coated Compact Fluorescent Lamps Compact fluorescent lamps encapsulated with ShardGuard PTFE coating to contain breakage in food service, healthcare, and retail environments.
• UV Sleeves UV-blocking sleeves that slide over standard fixtures to convert them into safelight sources for darkroom and graphic-arts work.
• UV LED SafeLight Fixture Purpose-built LED safelight fixture emitting controlled UV wavelengths for darkroom, screen printing, and graphic-arts exposure work.
• UV LED SafeLight Compact UV LED safelight lamp offering within the SafeLight product family, sized for darkroom workstations and graphic-arts benches.
• UV Panel Filters Panel-format UV filters used in darkroom and graphic-arts lighting setups to control the UV spectrum transmitted.
• UV Filter Rolls Bulk roll-format UV filter material for custom darkroom and safelight installations.
• Gold Semiconductor Lighting Specialty lighting fixtures engineered for semiconductor fabrication and cleanroom environments where particle and contamination control are critical.
• StickLights Designer Lighting Fixtures StickLights designer lighting fixtures offered for architectural, exhibit, and decorative lighting projects.
• Designer Colored Sleeves Designer colored sleeves supplied for decorative lighting effects on StickLights and compatible fixtures.

Quantifiable outcome

• Safety coating maintains less than 1% light output loss while providing shatter protection and temperature resistance up to 400°F

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Larson Electronics: Specializes in industrial-grade, explosion-proof, and waterproof lighting for harsh environments. Directly comparable as both companies serve industrial customers with safety- and durability-driven lighting fixtures.
• Kenall Manufacturing: Manufactures specialty commercial and institutional lighting including cleanroom, healthcare, and high-abuse fixtures. Comparable because both serve regulated industries (food processing, healthcare, pharmaceutical) with compliance-driven lighting solutions.
• Dialight: Industrial LED lighting specialist serving hazardous and harsh environments with safety-certified fixtures. Comparable for industrial-grade LED lighting targeting demanding environmental and regulatory use cases.
• Atlas Lighting Products: Commercial and industrial LED lighting fixtures manufacturer. Comparable as a mid-sized specialty lighting player targeting similar commercial and industrial end users.

Broad incumbents

• Hubbell Lighting: Major commercial and industrial lighting manufacturer under Hubbell Inc. Comparable for the broader commercial and industrial lighting category, though operating at far greater scale and broader product scope.
• Acuity Brands: Large North American lighting and building solutions provider offering industrial, commercial, and architectural luminaires. Comparable as a major incumbent with overlapping industrial and specialty lighting lines.
• Eaton (Cooper Lighting Solutions): Industrial and commercial lighting through Eaton's Cooper Lighting division. Comparable for industrial-grade lighting solutions sold to similar facility and infrastructure customers.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting giant covering professional, consumer, and specialty lighting. Comparable as one of the upstream lamp brands EncapSulite coats, and as a broad incumbent in industrial and commercial LED.
• GE Current, a Daintree company: Industrial and commercial LED lighting provider with deep installed base in facility and infrastructure applications. Comparable as another major incumbent serving similar customer verticals.

Emerging players

• NICOR Lighting: Smaller LED lighting manufacturer focused on residential and light-commercial fixtures. Comparable as a smaller specialty lighting brand, though with a different primary end-market emphasis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EncapSulite
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/encapsulite-international-inc-

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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