- CEO
- Craig Muncaster
- Full Time Employees
- 900
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Electrical products
- Address
- Merse Road Redditch WO United Kingdom B98 9HH
- IPO Date
- Jan 20, 1986
- Business
- FW Thorpe Plc designs, manufactures and supplies professional lighting equipment and control systems for commercial, industrial, education, healthcare, manufacturing, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, retail and hospitality sectors. The company offers recessed, surface and suspended luminaires; emergency lighting systems including general illumination and exit signage; hazardous area lighting; high and low bay luminaires; lighting controls; exterior, street, amenity and clean room lighting; and LED road luminaires under brands including Thorlux Lighting, Philip Payne, Solite, Portland Lighting, TRT Lighting, Lightronics, Famostar, Zemper, SchahlLED and Ratio Electric. Products serve markets from advertising and breweries to research facilities and housing, with additional EV charging solutions through its Ratio joint venture. FW Thorpe Plc, founded in 1936 and headquartered in Redditch, United Kingdom, operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Australia and other international markets. Recent developments include the 2022 acquisition of an 80% stake in SchahlLED Lighting GmbH in Germany for €15.9 million revenue business focused on energy-saving projects; the 2021 purchase of a 50% stake in Ratio Electric BV adding EV chargers such as the UK-manufactured io7 in-ground pillar; launch of Ratio EV charging products compliant with UK wiring regulations up to twin 22kW; and a focus on improving underperforming Lightronics and SchahlLED operations through sales investments amid flat FY2025 revenue of £175.2 million and pretax profit up 5.9% to £31.6 million.