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Hadco
Established in 1953 as a decorative outdoor lighting manufacturer. It makes pedestrian, landscape, bollard and pole luminaires at its own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania.
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Lumec and Hadco decorative and pedestrian outdoor lighting
Lumec post tops, pendants and architectural roadway luminaires from Boisbriand; Hadco lanterns, bollards, path, step and accent fixtures cast in Littlestown, PA. Spec sheets, lumen tables, the 3000K and dark-sky options, pole EPA tables and the Florida coastal notes. See the Lumec and Hadco page →
Hadco at a glance
Established in 1953 as a decorative outdoor lighting manufacturer. It makes pedestrian, landscape, bollard and pole luminaires at its own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania. Also listed as Hadco Nightlife.
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At a glance
| Status | Acquired — A Signify brand within the Genlyte Solutions portfolio. |
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| Parent company | Signify |
| Headquarters | Littlestown, Pennsylvania |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Price tier | Architectural / spec-grade |
| Manufacturing | Made in the USA |
| Website | genlyte.com |
| Availability | On the SESCO Ft. Lauderdale card |
About Hadco
Hadco is a specification-grade outdoor and landscape lighting brand founded in 1953, now part of Genlyte Solutions under Signify. It makes pedestrian post-top, landscape, bollard and pole luminaires at its own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, with union labor. It gets specified by landscape architects, municipalities, campuses and site engineers rather than sold through retail.
Collections
| MainView | Post-top family paired with the LumiLock LED GX5 light engine. |
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| VintageView LED Post Top | Large traditional post-top family, the deepest range Hadco publishes. |
| Refractive Globe Post Top | Globe post tops in RL and CL series configurations. |
| Victoria | Traditional decorative post top offered in small and large sizes. |
| Independence | Post-top family in the traditional pedestrian range. |
| CityPost | Urban-styled post-top family for streetscape work. |
| Landscape Bollards | DB-series bollards including DB14, DB21 and DB30. |
| Landscape Accent | Accent and inground family including PB9 line-voltage and PBL9 / PIL9 low-voltage accent lights. |
What you get for the money
Hadco is priced at the architectural and specification tier, not the residential one. What that buys is domestic manufacture with an in-house foundry, die-cast aluminum bodies with thermoset powdercoat, engineered-to-order capability where custom luminaires have become standard products, and Buy America-relevant sourcing on public work. Signify markets the current landscape accent line with a five-year warranty.
Where it gets used
Campus walkways, municipal streetscapes, park and trail lighting, corporate campuses, HOA and master-planned community entries, and high-end residential landscape where the site plan is engineered rather than assembled. In Florida the bollard and post-top ranges show up on condo and country-club grounds, and the cast bronze underwater fixtures are used in fountains and water features.
Specifying notes
Standard post-top finishes documented across the range are black, white, verde, bronze and green, in smooth and textured versions, with globe and panel options in acrylic, clear, frosted, opal, prismatic and ribbed. Bodies are primarily die-cast aluminum with thermoset powdercoat, with stainless steel and an ULTEM high-performance polymer used where chipping and fading resistance matter more. Fitter selection is a per-family choice that determines pole compatibility - get the fitter letter right at ordering, because it is the most common source of a mismatched post-top delivery.
How it compares
| Sternberg Lighting | US-made decorative post-top and bollard competitor with a similar municipal and campus specification base. |
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| Kim Lighting | Architectural site lighting with a stronger cutoff and performance orientation, lighter on traditional post tops. |
| BEGA | German architectural exterior with tighter optical control and higher price. |
| Dabmar Lighting | Value-tier outdoor from a very different position - far cheaper, no foundry, no engineered-to-order program. |
Common questions about Hadco
Is Hadco good quality?
Yes. Hadco manufactures at its own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania and is positioned as specification-grade site lighting rather than residential product.
Who is the Hadco lighting rep in South Florida?
I represent this line in South Florida — if you are specifying it here, call me on 786-395-1222 and I will price it, chase samples and drawings, and keep it on the schedule through submittal.
Does Hadco have a warranty?
Signify markets the current Hadco landscape accent line with a five-year warranty. Warranty coverage varies by product family and is supported through the manufacturer through the channel the fixture was bought from - ask me to confirm the terms on the specific catalog number.
Is Hadco made in the USA?
Hadco states manufacture at its own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, by union workers. Confirm Buy America documentation per item if the project requires it.
Who owns Hadco now?
Hadco is a Signify brand within the Genlyte Solutions portfolio. It remains an active, currently manufactured line.
How do Hadco fixtures hold up near the ocean?
The standard construction is die-cast aluminum with thermoset powdercoat, which needs maintenance in salt air like any coated aluminum. Hadco also offers stainless steel and a high-performance polymer that resists chipping and fading, plus cast bronze underwater fixtures - specify those where exposure is severe.
Quoting Hadco?
send me the fixture schedule or the drawings and I will come back with a line-by-line price and current lead times.
Request a Project Quote Call 786-395-1222Who handles this line here
Hadco is represented in South Florida by SESCO Lighting — that is my line. If you are specifying it here, call me on 786-395-1222 and I will price it and see it through submittal.
Manufacturer
Building outside South Florida? Hadco publishes its own representative locator — use it to find the agency holding the line in your territory.
Who handles this line here
I represent this line in South Florida — if you are specifying it here, call me on 786-395-1222 and I will price it, chase samples and drawings, and keep it on the schedule through submittal.
Why ask me about it
Thirteen years in lighting in this market, most of it on the distribution side and now on the rep side of the desk. I know which lines hold a spec, which ones slip on lead time, and what the substitution is going to be when value engineering starts.
Specifying Hadco in South Florida
Pulled from what the manufacturer publishes, not from a catalog description. If something here has changed since I checked it, tell me and I will correct it.
| Where it is made | Own factory and foundry in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, where all BAA and BABA-compliant Genlyte outdoor luminaires are made by union workers; Genlyte Solutions HQ Bridgewater, New Jersey |
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| Families | MainView post top with LumiLock LED GX5 (Gen3), VintageView LED post top (VVLN, VVPC), Refractive Globe post top (RL32/RL52, RL34/RL54, CL32/CL52), poles and brackets, bollards, landscape |
| Listings and ratings | BAA and BABA compliant; Dark Sky Approved luminaires listed via darksky.org. UL/wet/IP not stated on the brand page |
| Controls | Zhaga-D4i sensor-ready luminaires, Interact City connected lighting software |
| Photometrics | Outdoor 3D Configurator on the site; IES/Revit availability not stated on the brand page |
BAA/BABA-compliant, US-foundry-made post tops and poles for municipal and public work; Dark Sky Approved options. Wind ratings and coastal finishes are not stated on the brand page.
Need it on a job? Send me the project and I will price it, chase the samples and drawings, and stay on it through submittal. Ask about Hadco or call 786-395-1222.
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Ask me about Hadco
Not ready for a full quote? Ask the question — whether the line holds a spec, what the lead time looks like, or what I would put up as an alternative. I usually come back the same business day.
Or call 786-395-1222, Monday to Friday, nine to five. If you have drawings or a fixture schedule to attach, use the quote form instead. For a whole project I handle fixture takeoffs, submittals and procurement across the line card.