Jelitto Star

Name

Jelitto Star

Legal name

Jelitto Star GmbH

Website

https://jelitto-star.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jelitto Star GmbH was a German decorative Christmas lighting manufacturer serving fairground operators and municipalities with green garland motifs and custom illumination concepts. The company closed in September 2022, with Ebeling Licht GmbH acquiring its product range and Schwanewede production facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Festive Decorative Lighting

NAICS

Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Seasonal/Holiday Outdoor Lighting Installation & Takedown (HSAIAHAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Holiday & Decorative String Lighting Retail (CRAIAHAJ), Holiday & Seasonal Event Decor (Home/Commercial) (HSACAOAM), Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB)

Keywords

• Christmas illumination products
• Decorative festive lighting
• LED garland motifs
• Outdoor holiday lighting
• Municipal Christmas displays

Headquarters

HQ city

Schwanewede

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Christmas Illumination Products: Sale of physical Christmas lighting products including green garland motifs, custom Sondermotive (special motifs), and related decorative illumination products for fairground operators and municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Jelitto Star designed and manufactured LED-based Christmas illumination products for outdoor festive displays, with a portfolio centered on Grüngirlandenmotive (green garland motifs with mast/wall and street-span designs) and Sondermotive (custom-designed special motifs for businesses and municipalities). Following the closure of Jelitto Star GmbH on 1 September 2022, Ebeling Licht GmbH acquired the majority of the product assortment and the production facility in Schwanewede near Bremen, continuing to supply fairground operators and municipalities with the Jelitto Star Christmas lighting line through direct sales and a webshop.

Product overview

Jelitto Star is a Christmas lighting brand that offers a specialized portfolio of holiday illumination products. Following the closure of Jelitto Star GmbH on September 1, 2022, Ebeling Licht GmbH (based in Schwanewede near Bremen) took over the majority of the Christmas lighting product range and production operations. The product line centers on decorative Christmas illumination including Grüngirlandenmotive (green garland motifs with mast/wall-mounted designs and decorative street crossings) and Sondermotive (custom special motifs for businesses and municipalities). Ebeling Licht continues to serve existing Jelitto Star customers through the same contact persons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grüngirlandenmotive (Green Garland Motifs)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ebeling Licht GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Following the closure of Jelitto Star GmbH on 01.09.2022, Ebeling Licht GmbH acquired the majority of the Jelitto Star Christmas lighting product assortment and the production facility in Schwanewede near Bremen. Ebeling Licht now serves Jelitto Star customers, maintaining continuity of supply through the existing contact persons (Katja Neumann and Philip Heidkämper) and continues selling and supporting Jelitto branded products.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Kaemingk: Netherlands-based supplier of seasonal decorations including Christmas lighting, trees and outdoor festive décor to retail and wholesale customers across Europe. Directly comparable in decorative Christmas outdoor lighting categories.
• Festive Lights: UK-based specialist retailer and supplier of decorative indoor and outdoor lighting, including extensive Christmas/festive ranges sold to consumers and trade buyers. Comparable in outdoor and decorative Christmas lighting category.
• Ebeling Licht GmbH: Acquirer of Jelitto Star's product range and Schwanewede production facility; now sells the Jelitto portfolio alongside its own Schaustelleranwendungen, Weihnachtsbeleuchtung and Allgemeinbeleuchtung lines. Most directly comparable in product and customer overlap.
• Blachere Illumination: French designer and manufacturer of decorative Christmas and urban festive illumination sold to municipalities and retail destinations across Europe. Closely comparable to Jelitto Star in seasonal municipal city-center lighting.
• Polygroup: Global manufacturer of artificial Christmas trees, seasonal lighting and holiday décor, serving mass-market retail. Comparable as a large-scale seasonal Christmas lighting and décor manufacturer.
• MK Illumination: Austrian-headquartered manufacturer of decorative Christmas and festive illumination for cities and shopping centers; explicitly named alongside Jelitto Star as a product portfolio within Ebeling Licht's Weihnachtsbeleuchtung offering, indicating direct product and customer overlap in municipal festive lighting.

Broad incumbents

• GE Current, a Daintree company: North American lighting solutions provider covering commercial, industrial and outdoor applications. Broad incumbent operating adjacent to but not specialized in seasonal decorative illumination.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting incumbent offering professional, consumer and outdoor lighting solutions across residential, municipal and architectural segments. Broader incumbent with overlapping outdoor/architectural lighting capabilities but not focused on seasonal decorative motifs.
• Zumtobel Group: Austrian-listed professional lighting group serving architectural, commercial, outdoor and infrastructure applications across Europe. Broad incumbent with overlapping outdoor lighting manufacturing capabilities.

Emerging players

• Sirius (Sirius Wholesale): European wholesale supplier of seasonal and Christmas lighting, decoration and festive products to retail trade customers. Comparable as a regional seasonal-lighting specialist operating in adjacent European geographies.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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