Innovative Solutions from the Market-Driven Leader
A division of Philips Electronics North America Corp., Philips Lighting Electronics, or Philips Advance, is the world’s largest manufacturer of ballasts–the power regulating devices at the heart of all fluorescent and high intensity discharge (HID) lighting systems. For more than half a century, Advance has set the standards in ballast technology, growing through innovation to become the most respected and widely specified product line in the lighting industry.
Advance manufactures more than 800 fluorescent and HID models at U.S. plants totaling over one million square feet, offering an unparalleled selection of ballasts to match every performance requirement for new construction, renovation, retrofit and replacement. Combined sales of ADVANCE fluorescent and HID ballasts are greater than those of all other domestic manufacturers.
Holding scores of basic patents, Advance has pioneered numerous technological improvements that represent many of today’s performance standards, including the slimline series-circuit and the “Class P” automatic thermal protector. With engineering and design specialists concentrating on fluorescent electronic, fluorescent electromagnetic and HID product development, Advance builds new ballast designs every year to advance the state of the art and respond to changing customer needs.
Advance is where strength, tradition and technology join to build and market quality ballasts that meet every application need and every customer performance requirement.
