The company's timer line includes the Minute Minder timers, the modern versions thereof introduced by the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company around 1950. Such products may meet the Energy Star ratings under the program started by the EPA. A programmable thermostat can save energy by adjusting heating or cooling for the periods when the building is in use. Lux thermostats have been mentioned by energy bloggers for their energy efficient and mercury-free thermostats. Lux Products Corporation produces electronic (programmable and digital) and mechanical thermostats for nearly every heating and cooling application.

Lux Products' Model TX9000TS touch-screen thermostat Johnson Controls Inc acquired the assets of Lux Products Corporation in October 2018. Lux Products was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with its U.S. The new company, Lux Products Corporation retained the original Lux name and continued to produce thermostats, timers, and additional household items. Robertshaw sold its consumer division of the company in 1991 to Michael DeLuca and it was run by Paul Balon, CEO. Robertshaw also produced clocks and timers under the Robertshaw Controls Company, Lux Time Division name. In June 1961, the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company, a leading manufacturer of thermostats and controls, bought out the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company. Lux Clock produced clocks until 1941, at which time they made war related products.Ĭlock production resumed after the war, and in 1954 a plant was established in Lebanon, Tennessee. In the years that followed, the company grew and began making the entire clock unit. The Lux Clock Manufacturing Company was based in Waterbury, Connecticut and produced only clock movements at that time. Lux, along with his German-born wife Caroline, and sons Fred and Herman, decided to start their own clock business. After being employed by the Waterbury Clock Company of Connecticut, Mr. The company had its origins in the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company, founded in 1914 by Paul Lux.

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