Lutron Time Line
Follow Lutron through its 40 years of innovation as
the world leader in lighting controls.
Click on a decade to see highlights in Lutron's product development and worldwide
expansion.
1960s | 1970s
| 1980s | 1990s
1960s
- 1961
- Lutron's Chairperson and founder, Joel Spira, invented and patented
the first solid state dimmer
- 1967
- First lamp debuzzing coil
1970s
- 1971
- First Linear Slide incandescent dimmer -- Nova
- 1974
- First totally solid state fluorescent dimming ballast and system -- HiLume
dimming to
1% light
- 1976
- First linear slide lamp cord and table-top dimmers -- Attache
and Credenza
- 1977
- Puerto Rico facilities opened
1980s
- 1982
- First complete family of lighting and fan speed controls that fit
into designer wallplate -- Skylark
- 1983
- First UL listing for low voltage dimming
- 1984
- Brookdale facilities opened
- 1985
- London office opened
- 1986
- First flush mounted line of dimmers up to 1500W -- Nova T
- 1987
- St. Kitts facilities opened & GRAFIK Eye was introduced
- 1988
- First family of color coordinated dimmers, switches and accessory
devices -- Luméa
- CBIII opened
1990s
- 1991
- UL listed true 3-way, preset toggle dimmer Ariadni
- 1992
- Motorized window treatment offering up to 5 separate
"preset" panels at the touch of a
button -- Serena
- Japanese market opens
- 1993
- MicroWATT combines automatic and manual fluorescent lighting
control for maximum energy savings
- 1995
- PerSONNA personal remote fluorescent dimming control for the
workplace
- 1996
- Dimming from bed, chair or anywhere! -- Spacer
- Dubai office opened
- Lutron Online -- http://www.lutron.com
Lutron Hotline 1-800-523-9466
product@lutron.com
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