Name

JUST Normlicht

Legal name

JUST Normlicht GmbH

Website

https://just-normlicht.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Standardized color viewing and lighting equipment

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

Specialty & Task/Workstation Lighting (Inspection/task lights, cleanroom/food-grade, portable work lights) (IMAGAIAK)

Keywords

• Standardized color viewing lighting
• LED color matching systems
• D50 D65 illuminant solutions
• Graphic arts viewing stations
• Industrial color assessment lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Weilheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Color Viewing Equipment: Sale of LED-based standardized viewing stations, color matching booths, desktop viewers, proof stations, and light tables for professional color assessment applications
2. Fluorescent Lamps (Legacy): Sale of standardized daylight lamps (D50/D65) for graphic arts and industrial color matching. Note: Mercury-containing fluorescent lamps face market restrictions after August 2023, with exemption for standard light luminaires until February 2025
3. Services and Maintenance: Light audits, repair services, factory calibration and maintenance, on-site calibration, remote calibration, and recalibration of JUST LED devices
4. Software - adJUST Calibration Software: adJUST DLS Calibration PRO v2 and adJUST DLS Control PRO v2 software for recalibration of JUST LED devices and monitor calibration for softproofing applications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JUST Normlicht designs and manufactures LED-based standardized color viewing lighting systems (Digital Light Systems / DLS) used by commercial printers, packaging producers, and industrial color-assessment buyers to evaluate color under D50 and D65 illuminants. Its portfolio covers modular proofStations, dedicated proofing tops, wall-mount viewing units, virtual proofing stations, large-format duplex stations, retrofit frames for legacy installations, calibration/reporting software (adJUST), and light-measurement instruments. The company sells to commercial users via country-specific web shops and a global reseller network, with products shipped to customers in 80+ countries.

Product overview

JUST Normlicht provides standardized lighting technology for visual color matching and assessment. The core product is the patented Digital Light Systems (DLS), an LED-based technology that simulates D50 and D65 illuminants exceeding ISO 3664 and ISO 3668 standards. The product portfolio includes color viewing stations (DLS proofStation, DLS Color proofStation, DLS proofTop, DLS Challenge, DLS Virtual proofStation, DLS Duplex proofStation), LED color proofing lights (DLS moduLight, DLS multiLight, DLS Color Proof Light), large-format solutions (DLS Wall Illuminator, DLS Wall Illumination, DLS Color Companion multiLight), and desktop viewers (LED colorFrame, LED colorFrame multiLight, LED colorMaster, DLS colorCommunicator). Supporting products include Smart Light 5000, LED Light Tables, and GL Optic light measurement instruments. The company also offers DLS Upgrade Systems for existing JUST stations and DLS Retrofit Systems for third-party stations, plus accessories (side walls, sample holders, control units, interior linings) and services (calibration, repair, light audits).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Digital Light Systems (DLS): Patented LED-based standardized lighting technology for color matching with D50 and D65 illuminants, exceeding ISO 3664 and 3668 standards.
• GL Optic
• multiLight

Products and services

• DLS proofStation Modular color viewing station for the prepress environment, configurable to customer requirements, using patented Digital Light Systems (DLS) technology to evaluate proofs under D50 standardized lighting. Designed for commercial printers, prepress houses and packaging producers.
• DLS Color proofStation Ergonomic ready-to-use color viewing station providing standardized D50 illumination for everyday proof viewing in prepress and print production. Targeted at commercial print buyers seeking a turnkey solution.
• DLS proofTop Top-viewing color matching station for prepress work with original prints, providing standardized D50/D65 illumination over a desk-top footprint. Intended for prepress operators and color specialists.
• DLS Wall Illuminator Wall-mounted color viewing solution that brings standardized D50/D65 illumination to environments without a dedicated booth, freeing up production floor space. Suited to commercial printers and packaging producers with limited space.
• DLS Virtual proofStation Dual-screen color viewing station that combines a calibrated monitor with DLS standardized lighting to evaluate physical proofs against soft-proof displays. Used by prepress and remote-proofing workflows.
• DLS Challenge New-standard proofStation with mixed lighting capability, combining multiple illuminants in one unit for color comparisons across lighting conditions in the graphic arts workflow.
• DLS Duplex proofStation Large-format color viewing station that extends DLS standardized viewing to oversized sheets and packaging proofs requiring a generous viewing area. Built for commercial printing houses and large-format packaging work.
• DLS Color Companion multiLight Compact color matching station built on the multiLight technology, delivering portable, standardized viewing for desks and small QA workspaces. Targeted at users needing on-the-spot color verification.
• DLS moduLight Modular LED-based standardized lighting system that underpins the DLS product family, delivering matched D50/D65 spectra with 50,000-hour lifetime in a configurable form factor. Used by OEMs and integrators building color-critical workstations.
• DLS multiLight Standardized multi-illuminant lighting engine engineered into DLS viewing stations, providing switchable D50/D65/UV and other illuminant options under JUST's patented LED calibration.
• DLS Color Proof Light Portable standardized proofing light allowing prepress and production staff to bring D50/D65 viewing capability directly to press, plates or finishing areas.
• DLS Wall Illumination Wall-mounted standardized illuminator offering DLS-quality lighting along the wall of a production area, with the same LED calibration as the booth products.
• DLS colorCommunicator LED-based standardized lighting product family line developed around the patented DLS technology, marketed with an Italian-design collaboration and German engineering pedigree.
• LED colorFrame LED-powered color frame for light tables and inspection stations, offering an upgrade path for customers with existing non-LED viewing surfaces.
• LED colorFrame multiLight Multi-illuminant version of the LED colorFrame, providing switchable illuminants on existing light tables and inspection stations.
• LED colorMaster LED-based standardized lighting system for industrial color management applications, complementing the colorFrame range with broader illumination control.
• Color Viewing Light (CVL) Halogen-based color viewing light marketed under JUST's standardized lighting portfolio, predating the firm's migration to LED and offered as a reference product.
• Smart Light 5000 Smart standardized lighting system with networked functionality for connected color-management workflows, extending the DLS family into Industry 4.0 / smart-factory environments.
• LED Light Tables LED-lighted inspection tables for industrial color QA, supplied alongside existing JUST lighting products for buyers needing a flat-surface viewing surface — Continental Bakeries is cited as an end user.
• DLS Upgrade System Kit that upgrades existing fluorescent viewing booths and proofStations to JUST DLS LED-controlled standardized lighting, avoiding the cost of a full booth replacement. Targets the existing installed base.
• DLS Retrofit System Retrofit kit for installing DLS LED standardized lighting into existing viewing booths and proofStations of various sizes, extending product life and bringing legacy booths into ISO compliance.
• adJUST Software Cloud/PC-based calibration, certification, reporting and verification software for DLS lighting systems, used to log illuminant condition and produce ISO-conformant quality records.
• GL Optic Light Measurement Instruments Spectral light measurement instruments (spectrometers/illuminance meters) used to verify and certify the photometric performance of color viewing installations.
• JUST Services Service contract offering calibration, repair, audit and supporting services for JUST lighting installations, designed to keep equipment in ISO-spec and extend its operational life.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50,000 hours LED lifetime versus 2,500 hours for fluorescent tubes
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GL Optic - Lichtmesstechnik GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGL Optic is a division of JUST Normlicht developing, manufacturing, and supporting precision light and radiometric measurement solutions worldwide. Products include GL SPECTIS 1.0 touch, GL SPECTIS 1.0 VIS spectrometers, and SPECTROSOFT analysis software. GL Optic instruments provide reliable light measurement and recalibration of LED cabinets and lights.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Barbieri electronic: Specializes in automated color measurement and spectrophotometer solutions for digital printing and photographic workflows — adjacent to JUST but competing for the same printer/prepress customers evaluating color QA hardware.
• VeriVide: UK-based manufacturer of standardized color assessment cabinets and D50/D65 viewing booths used in textile, apparel, print and industrial color QC — direct overlap with JUST Normlicht's core color matching booth business.
• Byk-Gardner (ALTANA): Part of ALTANA's BYK division, Byk-Gardner manufactures color and appearance measurement instruments plus standardized viewing stations for industrial QC — closely comparable to JUST Normlicht's industrial color assessment product lines.
• GTI Graphic Technology Inc. US manufacturer of color viewing stations and inspection lighting for graphic arts and industrial QC; JUST explicitly lists GTI as a third-party station it retrofits, confirming direct head-to-head competition in the same product category.

Emerging players

• 3nh (Shenzhen 3nh Technology): Chinese manufacturer of colorimeters, spectrophotometers and light booths aimed at price-sensitive buyers in APAC; an emerging competitor to JUST's standardized viewing products with comparable D50/D65 offerings at lower price points.
• ColorLite (Lightmeter.eu): Austrian/German small specialist in color measurement and standardized lighting for industrial color QC — niche competitor with partial overlap to JUST's European industrial color assessment footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Konica Minolta Sensing: Industrial color and light measurement instruments (spectrophotometers, colorimeters) that compete with JUST/GL Optic in professional color QA while serving a much broader range of display and industrial applications.
• Esko (Danaher): Provides prepress workflow, color management and software for packaging and label printing; while not a booth maker, Esko competes indirectly with JUST for the same prepress customers' color QA budget via software-led workflows.
• Datacolor: Color management solutions spanning spectrophotometers and software for textiles, paint, plastics and print — a broader incumbent whose color measurement and QC tooling competes for the same downstream customers as JUST.
• X-Rite (Danaher): Global leader in color science (spectrophotometers, color management software, Pantone) under Danaher. Overlaps with JUST in physical color measurement and standardized viewing, but as a much broader portfolio targeting the same industrial print/QC buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JUSTNormlicht
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/just-normlicht

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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