JALITE History

JALITE History and Time Line

The JALITE Timeline

1971 JALITE started from the small company Decofim S.A. in Switzerland with the JALITE Specified Paint Systems.
1975 JALITE Paint systems used throughout Switzerland for Civil Defence and Military applications.
1978 JALITE launched fully integrated, PVC plastic encapsulated, three layer laminates for safety sign production.
1980 JALITE Corporation S.A. of Switzerland headed the worldwide expansion.
1983 JALITE UK Ltd. founded.
1985 JALITE UK took over as head of the JALITE Group worldwide.
1987 JALITE signs are the standard for International Maritime Organization SOLAS requirements.
1991 JALITE became a founding member of the Photoluminescent Safety Products Association (PSPA) to represent the industry in Standards Organizations.
1992 JALITE A class established the minimum standard for safety signs.
Japanese Ministry of Transport approval for shipboard low location lighting system obtained.
1995 JALITE UK Ltd. became JALITE PLC.
1996 JALITE was a leading member of the Health and Safety Sign Association to further the technical attributes of safety signs.
British Standard for non-electrical emergency lighting was published in the BS5266 Series.
JALITE obtained the Lloyds approval for LLL System.
1997 JLUME mark and new generation high performance products launched.
1998 JALITE AAA became new JALITE standard.
2000 JALITE and both the PSPA and the HSSA instrumental in the elaboration and publication of new British Standards for safety signs.
2002 JALITE USA founded.
JALITE ASIA LIMITED founded.
2003 JALITE highly instrumental in the two milestone International Standards reaching the stage of FDIS to support the use of photoluminescent products in safety way-guidance systems.
2005 JALITE member of NYC Department & Buildings taskforce to write the standard for use of photoluminescent material in highrise buildings.

2006 JALITE used in most of the prestigeous tall buildings in New York City to meet Local Law 26
2007 NYC standard adopted by International Building Code (IBC)

2009 Launch of High Brightness Stainless Steel tunnel way guidance system

2010 High quality, heavy duty sub surface printed Poly Carbonate signs and safety plans

The impressive reference list

The JALITE References for tall building stairway egress systems are:

Entire Tishman Speyer NYC portfolio: (a total of 21 Skyscrapers)
Rockefeller Center: Which includes the GE building, One Rock, and several other buildings.
Met Life building
The Lipstick Building
The Chrysler Building
The Hearst Building
And more…
CBRE Management:
1166 Avenue of the Americas
Trizec Properties:
The Grace Building
One New York Plaza
Macklowe Properties:
The GM building
Boston Properties:
CitigroupCenter
Silverstien Properties
Cushman & Wakefield
Atco Property Management
The Fiel Organization

All these clients needs have been satisfied and supported with installation and maintenance from the JALITE Network of Authorised distributors. For details of distribution possibilities and to find an Authorised, Accredited JALITE Distributor near you please contact us.