ETAP Lighting
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ETAP Lighting is a Belgian company manufacturing lighting and located in Malle
. President of the Board is Christ’l Joris
, who is also president of Agoria Flanders
and of Flanders Investment and Trade
.
Campine
region.
The ETAP name is derived from Electro Technische APparaten, roughly translated as Electro Technical Apparatus.
Expansion from its traditional domestic Belgian/Dutch market started in the '70s with France, '80s into Germany and the '90s into UK and Portugal. ETAP now also have offices in Spain and partnerships in Sweden and Norway.
ETAP established itself in making high performing & quality light fittings for the commercial and industrial lighting markets also including healthcare, education, local government and retail. ETAP has also moved into the building lighting controls system market with the launch of its Excellum range to the company with complete energy reduction solutions.
The company employs approximately 500 people, produces approximately 330,000 luminaires annually and has a turnover of approximately €60 million per annum.
The company is still family owned & re-invests 6 - 7% of its annual turnover for research and development.
In 2006 ETAP won the Best Interior Product at the Lighting Design Awards http://www.lightingawards.com/Welcome.asp with its UM1 MesoOptic.
ETAP also owns LDI (LED Design Innovation)http://www.leddesigninnovation.com/ and Alter http://www.alter.fr/accueil.html
ETAP Lighting also has a sister company ETAP Yachting. http://www.etapyachting.com/index.php?lang=en http://www.etapyachting.com/index.php?pageID=264
ETAP Hotels have no association with any of these companies.
Lighting Industry Federation http://www.lif.co.uk/site/manulist.asp?ni=1
ICEL http://www.icel.co.uk/site/manulist.asp?l=e&ni=2
Malle
Malle is a municipality located in the Campine region of the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostmalle and Westmalle. On 1 January 2006 Malle had a total population of 14,083...
. President of the Board is Christ’l Joris
Christ’l Joris
Christ’l Joris is a Belgian businesswoman. She is the President of the Board of ETAP Lighting, president of Agoria Flanders and of Flanders Investment and Trade...
, who is also president of Agoria Flanders
Agoria
Agoria is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association. The companies represented by Agoria are active in 13 branches of the technology industry: aerospace, automotive, construction products, contracting & maintenance, electrical engineering, industrial automation, ICT,...
and of Flanders Investment and Trade
Flanders Investment and Trade
The Flanders Investment and Trade was founded by the Flemish government in 2005. The FIT agency helps both Flemish companies with expanding their business abroad as well as to assist foreign companies sourcing Flemish suppliers of quality goods and services. The FIT agency is headed by Christ’l...
.
History
The company started with the production of ship's lighting in Antwerp in 1949. In 1960 the company moved to Malle in the FlemishFlanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
Campine
Campine
The Campine is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-western Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands...
region.
The ETAP name is derived from Electro Technische APparaten, roughly translated as Electro Technical Apparatus.
Expansion from its traditional domestic Belgian/Dutch market started in the '70s with France, '80s into Germany and the '90s into UK and Portugal. ETAP now also have offices in Spain and partnerships in Sweden and Norway.
ETAP established itself in making high performing & quality light fittings for the commercial and industrial lighting markets also including healthcare, education, local government and retail. ETAP has also moved into the building lighting controls system market with the launch of its Excellum range to the company with complete energy reduction solutions.
The company employs approximately 500 people, produces approximately 330,000 luminaires annually and has a turnover of approximately €60 million per annum.
The company is still family owned & re-invests 6 - 7% of its annual turnover for research and development.
In 2006 ETAP won the Best Interior Product at the Lighting Design Awards http://www.lightingawards.com/Welcome.asp with its UM1 MesoOptic.
ETAP also owns LDI (LED Design Innovation)http://www.leddesigninnovation.com/ and Alter http://www.alter.fr/accueil.html
ETAP Lighting also has a sister company ETAP Yachting. http://www.etapyachting.com/index.php?lang=en http://www.etapyachting.com/index.php?pageID=264
ETAP Hotels have no association with any of these companies.
External links
Lighting Industry Federation http://www.lif.co.uk/site/manulist.asp?ni=1
ICEL http://www.icel.co.uk/site/manulist.asp?l=e&ni=2