168 Business View Magazine - October 2016
Westinghouse Lighting Corporation
A family firm adopts a new, old name
Westinghouse Lighting is a leading manufacturer and
marketer of more than 4,000 lighting products, includ-
ing light bulbs, lighting fixtures, ceiling fans, and deco-
rative lighting hardware for consumer and commercial
applications. The company was founded in 1946, in
Philadelphia, as a small, family-owned business called
Angelo Brothers Company. “It was my father and one
of my uncles,” says Ray Angelo, current company Presi-
dent and CEO. “They thought they were starting a paint
and hardware store. Through a number of twists and
turns, a lot having to do with the booming economy
after World War II, they wound up wholesaling lamp
parts and that became their niche, through the 40s,
the 50s, and into the 60s - selling all kinds of lamp
parts, glassware, and lighting hardware for both repair
and replacement purposes.”
According to Angelo, during those first decades, Ange-
