UK-based lighting manufacturer Thorlux Lighting is marking its 90th anniversary with a series of events in September and the opening of a refreshed visitor centre at its Redditch, Worcestershire headquarters. The festivities will include a charity golf event and a party day for its five hundred employees.
Founder Frederick William Thorpe first manufactured Thorlux luminaires in 1936. Based in a small factory in Small Heath, Birmingham, the company initially made vitreous enamelled steel reflectors.
This was the beginning of a journey that would see Thorlux grow into a globally recognised manufacturer of luminaires and lighting control systems, becoming the largest company in the FW Thorpe Group with an annual turnover of over £90 million.
Thorlux has installed a spinning lathe used since the 1930s as the centrepiece of its refreshed Thorlux Application Centre. Visitors to Thorlux HQ can learn about the machine’s history and how luminaire production has evolved over nine decades. The centre also includes an improved Emergency Lighting Experience, providing guests with a realistic, educational power failure escape scenario.
In September, Thorlux will host two major events. The first, a charity golf day in Warwickshire, will invite customers to raise money for MIND and Prostate Cancer UK. The second event will be a carnivalesque fun day for employees and their families to thank them for their hard work, taking place at the company’s Redditch site. The day will include barbeques, children’s entertainers, face painting, live music and much more.
Mark Stevenson, Marketing Lead at Thorlux, said: “90 years is a major milestone for Thorlux, and weare looking forward to celebrating this with our customers and our team members. As a proud UK manufacturer, it is important to us to host events in the local area and raise money for charities that are close to our hearts.”
