- Products
- Outdoor Step Lights, Illuminated LED Handrails and Balustrades, LED Picture Lights, Vanity Lights, Church Lights, LED Exit Signs, Darkroom Safelights
- Headquarters
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2560 Rosemead Blvd.
South El Monte, CA 91733
United States
C.W. Cole & Company, Inc. is one of the oldest family-owned lighting manufacturers in the United States, having been established in 1911.
Cole lighting is now owned by third-generation brothers Steve and Don Cole, with fourth generation members, Katy Cole and Sean MacFarlane, already on board. Today the company splits its product mix between high-quality standard product lines including Steplites, Downlites, Plugging Boxes, Signlighters, Church Lites, Signage; and, a very diverse mixture of Custom Lighting such as Lightrail illuminated handrail, interior and exterior luminaries, retrofit LED Steplites, and historic fixture refurbishment and replication.
Cole Lighting is confidently growing to meet the needs of the industry, taking great pride in working with new developments while bringing the highest standards of quality craftsmanship to support the lighting design community.
The company grew with the expanding Los Angeles area through the Depression and World War II, with only war production lighting fixtures allowed in the latter case. After the war, pent-up demand for schools and other facilities which had been halted through the war years led to greater growth. Under the ownership and management of Russell Cole after 1952, sales began in other parts of the country as representatives were added. In 1956 a new plant was built in South El Monte.
Today the company splits its business almost evenly between its standard line of products, including Steplites, Darkroom Safelites, Exits and Directional Signs, Plugging Boxes, and Downlites, and its Custom work, including Lightrail illuminated handrail and all types of custom fabrications, from modified simple boxes to elaborate bronze chandeliers. Cole has provided lighting for many of the most significant projects in the country, working with designers in all areas to develop fixtures which meet a wide range of requirements.
Custom lighting remains as the most interesting aspect of the business, as each job presents its own new challenges. The successful accomplishment of these projects requires communication skills and understanding by all parties of each one's needs. The better each one explains their objectives and concerns, the more likely the result will satisfy everyone.
Whether it be our Steplites, Lightrail™, RaiLites, Plugging Boxes, Signlighters, MirrorLites, Downlites, Darkroom Safelites, Exit and Directional Signs or Custom and Restoration Lighting, our quality construction and attention to detail is evident.
Cole lighting is now owned by third-generation brothers Steve and Don Cole, with fourth generation members, Katy Cole and Sean MacFarlane, already on board. Today the company splits its product mix between high-quality standard product lines including Steplites, Downlites, Plugging Boxes, Signlighters, Church Lites, Signage; and, a very diverse mixture of Custom Lighting such as Lightrail illuminated handrail, interior and exterior luminaries, retrofit LED Steplites, and historic fixture refurbishment and replication.
Cole Lighting is confidently growing to meet the needs of the industry, taking great pride in working with new developments while bringing the highest standards of quality craftsmanship to support the lighting design community.
The company grew with the expanding Los Angeles area through the Depression and World War II, with only war production lighting fixtures allowed in the latter case. After the war, pent-up demand for schools and other facilities which had been halted through the war years led to greater growth. Under the ownership and management of Russell Cole after 1952, sales began in other parts of the country as representatives were added. In 1956 a new plant was built in South El Monte.
Today the company splits its business almost evenly between its standard line of products, including Steplites, Darkroom Safelites, Exits and Directional Signs, Plugging Boxes, and Downlites, and its Custom work, including Lightrail illuminated handrail and all types of custom fabrications, from modified simple boxes to elaborate bronze chandeliers. Cole has provided lighting for many of the most significant projects in the country, working with designers in all areas to develop fixtures which meet a wide range of requirements.
Custom lighting remains as the most interesting aspect of the business, as each job presents its own new challenges. The successful accomplishment of these projects requires communication skills and understanding by all parties of each one's needs. The better each one explains their objectives and concerns, the more likely the result will satisfy everyone.
Whether it be our Steplites, Lightrail™, RaiLites, Plugging Boxes, Signlighters, MirrorLites, Downlites, Darkroom Safelites, Exit and Directional Signs or Custom and Restoration Lighting, our quality construction and attention to detail is evident.
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