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-- Marie Erikson, Merrick, N.Y. A. The holiday season in Boston gets into full swing next weekend, with the two largest lighting ceremonies.
Philips said the acquisition would strengthen its position in energy-efficient lighting and would allow it to surpass General Electric as the largest lighting company in North America.
The thousand-hour life span of the modern incandescent dates to 1924, when representatives from the world's largest lighting companies — including such familiar names as Philips, Osram, and General Electric (which took over Shelby Electric circa 1912) — met in Switzerland to form Phoebus, arguably the first cartel with global reach.
Philips, which is based in Amsterdam and is the largest lighting manufacturer, agreed to pay $95.50 (64.77 euros) a share, a 52percentt premium over Friday's closing price, in a deal supported by management that values Genlyte at 1.83 billion euros.
All of this is spurring the world's largest lighting suppliers to play catch-up.
According to Philips, the Genlyte acquisition will thrust it past General Electric as the largest lighting company in North America.
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The U.S., with the largest light blue circle in the graph below, has the largest total addressable audience (TAM) at 200 million.
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