Eaton - Lighting

What Eaton - Lighting does

Cooper Lighting Solutions is a North American lighting manufacturer and wholly-owned business unit of Signify (Euronext Amsterdam: LIGHT), tracing its origins to 1959 and operating today with a 27+ brand portfolio spanning indoor, outdoor, industrial, residential, sports, and infrastructure applications. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes LED lighting fixtures and connected lighting control systems through brands including HALO, Metalux, NeoRay, Portfolio, McGraw-Edison, Lumark, Ephesus, Trellix, WaveLinx, PrentaLux, and Nemalux, with manufacturing concentrated at its Americus, Georgia facility — the first lighting manufacturer certified under NEMA's Make It American program for Build America, Buy America Act compliance.

Its technology stack spans WaveLinx DALI-based commercial controls, WiZ Pro connected residential lighting, Trellix smart-city infrastructure, Ephesus AirMesh sports-venue controls, and Sure-Lites FirstLink emergency monitoring, supplemented by emerging capabilities such as PrentaLux proprietary 3D-printed fixture manufacturing, BioUp melanopic human-centric lighting, VividTune color tuning, UV-C germicidal products, and the Light ARchitect AR visualization app. The WaveLinx CORE Developer Portal and PRISM Portal extend the platform to integrators and distributor partners via documented APIs and EDI integration.

Revenue is generated through a multi-channel go-to-market architecture: direct enterprise sales via regional agents and the agent locator, distributor programs (MarketPro stock and Quick Spec 10-day-ship), the PRISM Portal digital partner platform with API/EDI integration, OEM embedded solutions, and DIY consumer channels. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. End customers span 18+ vertical segments including airports and rail/port infrastructure, auto dealerships, cleanrooms and labs, correctional and high-abuse facilities, data centers, education, healthcare, hospitality, office workplaces, parks and municipal, parking garages, residential, retail and grocery, sports and entertainment, utilities and DOT, warehouses and manufacturing, wildlife/turtle/observatory, and industrial hazardous locations.

Name

Eaton - Lighting

Legal name

Cooper Lighting LLC

Website

https://cooperlightingsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Cooper Lighting Solutions is a North American business unit of Signify that designs, manufactures, and distributes LED lighting fixtures and connected lighting controls across 27+ brands serving 18+ verticals including commercial, industrial, residential, sports, infrastructure, and hazardous-location customers via distributors, agents, and digital partner portals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335131), Wiring Device Manufacturing (33593)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Controls & Building Integration (Drivers, sensors, dimming, lighting control panels, networked lighting) (IMAGAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB), Specialty & Task/Workstation Lighting (Inspection/task lights, cleanroom/food-grade, portable work lights) (IMAGAIAK), Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC)

Keywords

• LED lighting fixtures
• Smart lighting controls
• Commercial lighting systems
• Industrial hazardous lighting
• Architectural lighting solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Americus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Lighting Hardware Sales: Sale of LED lighting fixtures and luminaires across indoor, outdoor, and industrial categories through extensive brand portfolio including HALO, Metalux, NeoRay, Portfolio, McGraw-Edison, Lumark, and others
2. Lighting Controls Systems: Sale of connected lighting control systems including WaveLinx, Trellix, and related sensors and software platforms
3. Professional Services: Control services including startup request, service contracts, technician support (CLSTN), controls technical support, education/training, cybersecurity, and OEM solutions

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cooper Lighting Solutions designs, manufactures, and sells LED lighting fixtures and connected lighting control systems for residential, commercial, industrial, sports, and infrastructure applications. The company operates a portfolio of more than 27 sub-brands covering indoor, outdoor, hazardous location, emergency, and specialty lighting, supplemented by proprietary technologies including WaveLinx (DALI-based controls), Trellix (smart city street and area lighting), PrentaLux (3D printed fixtures), HALO Connected by WiZ Pro (residential smart lighting), and BioUp melanopic lighting.

Product overview

Cooper Lighting Solutions is a commercial lighting company offering a comprehensive portfolio of residential, sports, infrastructure, industrial, and commercial LED lighting products plus lighting controls and smart lighting systems. The company operates as a platform of multiple sub-brands including HALO (recessed, outdoor, track, under cabinet lighting), Metalux (commercial fixtures), NeoRay (specification-grade linear), McGraw-Edison (outdoor), Ephesus (sports lighting), Trellix (smart city infrastructure), Nemalux (hazardous location), PrentaLux (3D printed), Portfolio (downlighting), WaveLinx (lighting controls), and others. The portfolio includes both core lighting products across indoor (architectural, downlights, troffers, linear, industrial) and outdoor (area/site, roadway, floodlighting, landscape) categories, plus supporting technology platforms for controls, wireless connectivity (WiZ Pro), color tuning (VividTune), human-centric lighting (BioUp), and AR visualization (Light ARchitect App).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ametrix: Sports and entertainment lighting brand
• AtLite
• Corelite
• Ephesus
• Fail-Safe
• Fifth Light
• Greengate
• HALO
• HALO Commercial
• Intelligent Lighting Controls (ILC)
• Invue
• iO Lighting
• IRiS
• Lumark
• Lumark AP
• Lumière
• McGraw-Edison
• Metalux
• MWS
• Nemalux
• NeoRay
• Portfolio
• PrentaLux
• RSA
• Shaper
• Streetworks
• Sure-Lites
• Trellix
• WaveLinx

Products and services

• HALO Residential Lighting

Quantifiable outcome

• Optimized energy efficiency through connected lighting automation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments18 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 TeamflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerSignify proudly sponsors the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 team, showcasing commitment to innovation and sustainability. Cooper Lighting Solutions supports this partnership, driving progress in lighting and powering a sustainable future.
• WiZ ProcoreTechnology or IntegrationHALO Connected by WiZ Pro brings residential and commercial connected lighting technology to Cooper Lighting Solutions portfolio, enabling control of entire lighting network through single platform using sensors, software, and wireless technology.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Hubbell Lighting: Hubbell's lighting segment (formerly Hubbell Lighting) offers commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting through brands like Columbia, Prescolite, and Architectural Area Lighting — directly comparable to Cooper's commercial/outdoor portfolio.
• Lutron Electronics: Dominant lighting controls specialist (dimming, shading, centralized controls). Cooper's WaveLinx competes against Lutron's Quantum, Athena, and myLutron platforms in commercial and high-end residential specification.
• GE Current (a Daintree company): GE's commercial and industrial lighting spin-out (acquired by American Industrial Partners), combining LED fixtures with Daintree network lighting controls — directly comparable to Cooper's WaveLinx-based commercial + controls play.
• Leviton: Major wiring device and lighting controls manufacturer with Leviton Lighting brands and Lumina RF/Decora controls; competes with Cooper's controls portfolio in commercial specification and residential connected lighting.
• Acuity Brands: Largest North American direct competitor with Lithonia Lighting, Gotham, Juno, and Controls (Distech) brands across commercial, industrial, and residential lighting plus building controls. Closest portfolio analog to Cooper's multi-brand strategy.
• OSRAM / ams OSRAM (Sylvania): Global lighting manufacturer whose Sylvania brand competes with Cooper in commercial, industrial, and residential North American segments, plus LED components and specialty lighting.

Broad incumbents

• Eaton: Former parent of Cooper Lighting (sold to Signify in 2019). Eaton's broader electrical portfolio — including lighting controls and the Halo Commercial line acquired — still competes in adjacent categories with Cooper.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Cooper's parent company and global market leader, also offering Philips, Color Kinetics, and Interact lighting products. As parent, it both supports Cooper and competes via parallel brands in North America.
• Legrand (Wattstopper): Wattstopper brand is a leading commercial lighting controls competitor to WaveLinx; Legrand's broader electrical portfolio overlaps with Cooper's wiring devices and smart building segments.

Emerging players

• Kenall Manufacturing: Specialty manufacturer of specification-grade, healthcare, cleanroom, and high-abuse lighting — directly comparable to Cooper's Fail-Safe, cleanroom, and correctional vertical offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooperlightingsolutions

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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