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Advance
Transformer Co.
Innovative Solutions from the Market-Driven Leader
A division of Philips Electronics
North America Corp., Advance is the world's largest manufacturer
of ballasts–the power regulating devices at the heart of all
fluorescent and high intensity discharge (HID) lighting systems.
For more than half a century, Advance has set the standards
in ballast technology, growing through innovation to become
the most respected and widely specified product line in the
lighting industry.
Advance manufactures more than
800 fluorescent and HID models at U.S. plants totaling over
one million square feet, offering an unparalleled selection
of ballasts to match every performance requirement for new
construction, renovation, retrofit and replacement. Combined
sales of ADVANCE fluorescent and HID ballasts are greater
than those of all other domestic manufacturers.
Holding scores of basic patents,
Advance has pioneered numerous technological improvements
that represent many of today’s performance standards, including
the slimline series-circuit and the "Class P" automatic
thermal protector. With engineering and design specialists
concentrating on fluorescent electronic, fluorescent electromagnetic
and HID product development, Advance builds new ballast designs
every year to advance the state of the art and respond to
changing customer needs.
Advance is where strength, tradition
and technology join to build and market quality ballasts that
meet every application need and every customer performance
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