History

2024

• Opening of the new production hall and warehouse in Leipzig

2019 

• Leipziger Leuchten expands its reach by establishing

a new sales company in Stockholm, Sweden - LEIPZIGER

LEUCHTEN Nordic AB.

2018 

• A year to celebrate! Leipziger Leuchten marks its 25th

anniversary.

2017

• The company continues to grow, this time with the

founding of LEIPZIGER LEUCHTEN SCHWEIZ GmbH in Wallisellen,

Switzerland.

2016

• To support our growth, we expanded our production

and storage facilities with the help of the „Improvement of the

Regional Economic Structure“ (GRW) funding program.

2013

• Leipziger Leuchten celebrated its 20th anniversary.

2011

• Construction of a new production and warehouse facility

at Heiterblickstraße 37 was completed.

2009

• The grand opening of the Leipziger Leuchten Park was

celebrated with the attendance of Saxony‘s Minister-President

Stanislaw Tillich and Leipzig‘s Mayor Burkhard Jung.

2008

• Leipziger Leuchten moved into a state-of-the-art

production facility and office building at Heiterblickstraße 37

in Leipzig.

1996

• The company relocated to Heiterblickstraße 42 in

Leipzig.

1993

• The end of an era: Leuchtenbau Leipzig was liquidated,

and Leipziger Leuchten GmbH was founded on October 1st,

starting operations at Riesaer Straße 64.

1990

• German reunification. Leuchtenbau Leipzig was placed

under the trusteeship of the Treuhandanstalt.

1951

• VEB Lelifa was renamed VEB Leuchtenbau Leipzig,

becoming the largest lighting manufacturer in East Germany

with 1100 employees.

1948

• The company was repurchased from the Soviet occupation forces and established as the state-owned enterprise

Leipziger Lichttechnische Spezialfabrik (VEB Lelifa).

1946

• Körting & Mathiesen was expropriated and partially

dismantled by the Soviet occupation forces. Production continued

under Russian control.

1889

• Körting & Mathiesen was founded in Leipzig, becoming

one of Germany‘s first lighting manufacturers.