headquarters buckingham uk products led lighting wipers aerials number of employees 350 2 parent carclo plc divisions ultra auto design website http www.wipac.com wipac is a british automotive engineering company based in buckingham . the company resulted from a merger in 1941 of the british subsidiary of the american wico company and british spark plug manufacturer pacy to become the wico pacy in bletchley before eventually becoming the wipac brand which became well known in the uk for car and motorbike accessories including driving lamps and windscreen wiper blades . wipac moved to buckingham in 1959 with 500 employees . 3 in 1998 wipac was acquired by carclo and in recent years became specifically known for led lights for vehicles including the high mounted stop lamp for the 1995 cadillac catera one of the first multifunction led tail lamps for the 2001 porsche carrera gt 4 and the front and rear lights for the 2011 lamborghini aventador . 5 the company manufacturers vehicle antennas producing 1.4 million in 2005 . 6 in 2007 wipac acquired high wycombe based ultra auto design . 7 references edit competitions commission report 18 12 1963 page 125 british car parts buckingham a history of a county market town by vernon & bonner 1984 wipac official website wipac press release 14 march 2011 the manufacturer march 2005 ultra auto design official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wipac & oldid 650129915 categories manufacturing companies of the united kingdomtechnology companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in buckinghamshirecompanies established in 1948auto parts suppliers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 march 2015 at 10 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view