Press Release

Company Profile
Advanced Specialty Lighting, Inc.

Among the worlds leading manufacturers of xenon short-arc lamps for Entertainment, Industrial and Scientific applications, Illinois-based Advanced Specialty Lighting, Inc. (ASL) produces a range of precision optical products, it’s line of Xenon short-arc lamps backed by 30 years’ experience. Launched in 2003 following acquisition of the Entertainment and Lithography Division of PerkinElmer, Inc., (its specialty Lighting Division, ORC), ASL remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Strobe Products, Inc. (ASP), its parent company, established in 1990.

It is true that since the 1990’s, ASP has very much led the way in the Lighting Industry. Producing over 1.2m flash-lamps a year, the company gained a reputation for quality and consistency, with its products becoming popular across several industries and applications, including: theatrical, photographic, medical, aviation, vehicular warning, laser, tower lighting and machine vision.

ISO-9001-certified since 1998, today the company manages manufacturing facilities on three continents, with operations in Lodz, Poland, Shenzhen, China as well as its corporate HQ in Harwood Heights, west of Chicago, IL, and, between them, employing 300. A fully-integrated company, its major investments remain devoted to state-of-the-art manufacturing testing equipment, implementation of lean manufacturing and both Six Sigma and Quality ISO-9001 philosophies.

BRIGHTER, COOLER AND MUCH LONGER-LASTING…

ASL’s reputation for manufacturing among the world’s most advanced Xenon short-arc lamps stems from its design and manufacturing heritage. The materials used in ASL Products include the highest grade fused optically-clear, Ozone-free silica quartz and Xenon gas rated at 99.999% purity.

Furthermore, its Xenon lamps are designed for DC operation, offering instant ignition and easy optical alignment; also improved stability and extended life. Too, each lamp uses specially-designed electrode geometries for proper light generation and heat dissipation and the cathode’s unique molecular structure provides much higher electron emission, reduced tip burn-back and arc-wander, resulting in superior output and lamp stability.

Offering lamps ranging from 500W to 7,000W, ASL continues to expand its product offer, its Xenon short-arc lamps being used for Cinema projection, stage and studio entertainment lighting, as well as follow spots and video projection plus a whole host of industrial applications.