Innovative Lighting is celebrating 25 years of engineering, manufacturing, and distributing LED lighting and custom injection molded products. We were one of the first LED manufacturers in the United States and continue being on the leading edge of innovative technology and product development. We offer a variety of solutions with a focus on six main divisions.
• Corporate Headquarters
• Marine, Truck, & Trailer Lighting Division
• LED Lighting Production
• Custom Injection Molding Production
• GENISYS PoE Lighting Systems Division
• Commercial & Refrigeration Lighting Division
• LED Circuit Board Production
• Custom-Injection Molding Production
Over 25 Years of Innovation
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years of innovation
Employees
The Beginning
Owner and founder, Jerry Handsaker, graduated from Iowa State University, went on to law school, and practiced law in Iowa for more than 20 years. During that time, in 1993, he launched Innovative Lighting in Algona, Iowa, by first inventing a revolutionary retractable stern light. Innovative Lighting then dove into the lighting industry by producing a variety of lighting products for the marine industry.
In 1998 Jerry left the practice of law to manage and operate Innovative Lighting full-time. In the year 2000, Innovative Lighting expanded and moved to Roland, Iowa, and began producing lighting using Light Emitting Diodes, or more commonly known as LEDs. As LED lighting evolved, our engineers enhanced the light emitted from these diodes by designing and using proprietary optics to focus and direct the light where it was needed.
Growth, Success, & More Growth
After 15 years of innovation, success, and achievements, Innovative Lighting expanded technologies yet again. In 2008 the company acquired Hawkeye Molding in Albia, Iowa, where an array of custom-injection molded products are manufactured. Company growth and success continued. In October 2013, Innovative Lighting expanded into a new facility in Ankeny, Iowa. This expansion allowed Innovative Lighting to produce it’s own circuit boards, provide additional office space for staff, and create a showroom to showcase the company’s new products and technologies. Fast forward to 2017, and the Ankeny offices expanded and moved to the heart of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, into a larger space with even more room to accommodate future growth.
Hello to Smart Technology
In 2013 Innovative Lighting broke into the world of PoE— also known as Power over Ethernet. What was first called PoE Lighting Solutions became GENISYS PoE Lighting Systems in 2015. GENISYS is the definition of intelligent lighting with hardware & software that powers, controls, and monitors lighting all through a safe, low voltage Ethernet cable. Today, we’ve completed over 70 GENISYS projects from small proof of concepts to large proof of concepts. Again, establishing ourselves as an industry leader, we provided intelligent lighting to the first five greenfields, or new builds, in North America to come up out of the ground with any form of PoE technology.
25 Years of Innovation
January 2018 brought Innovative lighting to the milestone of celebrating 25 years of lighting, molding, & innovative technologies. The official anniversary date of Innovative Lighting is June 16, 1993.
Innovative Lighting has had continued success in the lighting industry including the following awards:
• Supplier of the Year | Lund International – Lafayette, IN [2017]
• Inc. 5000 Honor Roll Alumni Company [2013]
• Inc. 5000 Award Winner [2009]
• ISO 9001 Certified [2007 – present]
• Inc. 500 America’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies Honoree [2005]
• Inc. 500 America’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies Honoree [2004]
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year- Jerry Handsaker [2004]
• Boating Writers International- Innovation Award Winner [2003]
• Inc. 500 America’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies Award Winner [2003]
• Motorboating Boatkeeper Award Winner [2003]
• Inc. 500 Award Winner [2002]
Innovative Lighting, LLC: assessed and approved by QAS International to the following management systems, standards, and guidelines: ISO 900 I :2015
The approved administration systems apply to the following: Innovative Lighting, LLC. Located in both Roland, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa provide, design, manufacture, and supply of lighting devices and plastic injection molding products, including related products and services to meet the needs of commercial and domestic customers.
