We are pleased to introduce you to OSRAM SYLVANIA. We're proud of our longstanding reputation of providing lighting solutions in homes, businesses and institutions, automobiles and a broad range of specialty applications. In fact, we've been doing just that since 1901. Over the years, we've changed to reflect the markets we serve and the customers we reach. Through this time of change and discovery, one thing has remained constant - a belief that our ideas can make a difference in every person's life and that our products reflect a commitment to making our world more comfortable, more productive and more imaginative. At OSRAM SYLVANIA, "We make better light for better living."
As we strive for continued growth and profitability, we are guided by a core set of values. These values include:
- OSRAM SYLVANIA is its people
- We are customer focused
- We respect and care for the environment
- We are open to, and drive, positive change
- We set clear and ambitious goals to stay ahead of the pack
- We are profitable and strong
Our Organization
OSRAM SYLVANIA has seven principal organizational units:
- General Lighting
- Precision Materials & Components
- Automotive Lighting
- Electronic Control Systems
- OSRAM SYLVANIA LTD./LTÉE
- OSRAM Mexico
- Display/Optic
OSRAM SYLVANIA is the North American business of OSRAM GmbH of Germany, one of the world's largest lighting manufacturers and part of the Siemens family of companies. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of lighting products and precision materials and components for business and industry, consumers, for the automotive industry, and for the computer, aerospace and other major industries worldwide. It employs about 11,200 people in North America and is headquartered in Danvers, Mass.
OSRAM SYLVANIA has 22 manufacturing plants, one equipment assembly operation and twelve research and development laboratories, along with a network of sales offices and distribution centers serving all of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Most of the company's products are marketed in North and South America under the SYLVANIA or OSRAM brand name.
OSRAM, headquartered in Munich, Germany, has over 35,000 employees and 53 production plants in 18 countries around the world. Over the last 10 years, this leading lighting products company has gradually expanded its international presence while tripling sales and doubling its world market share. OSRAM is a Siemens company.
The global headquarters for Siemens also is in Munich, Germany, while the company's North American headquarters is in New York City. Siemens does business in the world electrical and electronics market. In addition to lighting, some of the Siemens business groups are: communication and information systems; electric components; automotive and transportation; energy and power generation; medical electronics; and automation. Worldwide, Siemens has 426,000 employees in over 190 countries.
Our Customers
OSRAM SYLVANIA is committed to developing lamps and ballasts that ultimately create innovative products that exceed customer expectations. Our products are designed to deliver the assurance of quality to our customers that comes from focused, innovative engineering and manufacturing. Our unique solutions appeal to a variety of customers, including the following types of companies and industries:
- Commercial
- Retail
- Display/Optic
- Industrial
- Original equipment manufacturers
- Automotive
- Machine tool
- Mining
- Aerospace