. lux products corporation type private founded 1991 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania united states key people rob munin president products thermostats timers range parts number of employees 50 website www.luxproducts.com lux is a privately held company based in philadelphia pennsylvania with a research & development center in hong kong manufacturing in asia and packaging and distribution plant in laredo texas . with more than 100 years of experience delivering reliable products for the way people live with a priority on home comfort lux is one of the largest brands of thermostats . the company sells more than one million thermostats each year and has garnered a best buy rating from a top well regarded consumer magazine . lux is dedicated to bringing innovate ideas for comfortable living to market for today and for the future . lux products minute minder timer . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 thermostats 2.2 timers 2.3 range replacement parts 3 references 4 external links history edit the company has its origins in the lux clock manufacturing company founded in 1914 by paul lux . after being employed by the waterbury clock company of connecticut mr. lux along with his german born wife caroline and sons fred and herman decided to start their own clock business . the lux clock manufacturing company was based in waterbury connecticut and produced only clock movements at that time . in the years that followed the company grew and began making the entire clock unit . lux clock produced clocks until 1941 at which time they made war related products . clock production resumed after the war and in 1954 a plant was established in lebanon tennessee . by 1959 a lux time ltd. facility was built in ontario canada . in june 1961 the robertshaw fulton controls company a leading manufacturer of thermostats and controls bought out the lux clock manufacturing company . 1 robertshaw also produced clocks and timers under the robertshaw controls company lux time division name . robertshaw sold its consumer division of the company in 1991 to michael deluca and it was run by paul balon ceo . the new company lux products corporation retained the original lux name and continued to produce thermostats timers and additional household items . 2 lux products is headquartered philadelphia pennsylvania with its u.s. plant based in laredo texas . in august 2014 lux products corporation was acquired by edwin mcauley electronics eme . eme is an original design manufacturer and has been a major supplier to lux products for more than 20 years . lux products continues to operate as an independent manufacturer headquartered in philadelphia pennsylvania . its nationwide distribution center remains in laredo texas . products edit thermostats edit lux products win100 heating & cooling programmable outlet thermostat shown with control door closed and open . next generation lux products tx9600ts universal 7 day programmable touch screen thermostat . lux products model tx9000ts touch screen thermostat lux products corporation produces electronic programmable and digital and mechanical thermostats for nearly every heating and cooling application . lux thermostats have been mentioned by energy bloggers for their energy efficient and mercury free thermostats . 3 a programmable thermostat can save energy by adjusting heating or cooling for the periods when the building is in use . such products may meet the energy star ratings under the program started by the epa . 4 timers edit the company s timer line includes the minute minder timers the modern versions thereof introduced by the lux clock manufacturing company around 1950 . the originals were originally offered in white with red numerals but different colors were later added to the line . the timer line also includes a variety of additional timers including digital timers and kitchen timers made of anti microbial materials . range replacement parts edit lux products corporation produces gas and electric range parts . references edit the lux clock manufacturing company danielle scott nyc interview with paul balon july 2009 . simram sethi energy blogger http www.oprah.com home the importance of energy efficiency simran sethi 2 epa programmable thermostats archived july 13 2011 at the wayback machine . external links edit company residential web site company commercial web site industry blog for climate control april 1 2011 consumerreports.org retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lux products & oldid 744084037 categories companies based in burlington county new jerseymanufacturing companies established in 1991electronics companies of the united statesmount laurel new jersey1914 establishments in connecticuthidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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