PBN 2021 Innovative Companies Awards
Manufacturing: Lumetta Inc.
Lighting can do a lot more than just set an atmosphere.
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For Laura Wistow, marketing manager at Warwick-based Lumetta Inc., a manufacturer dedicated to the production and design of artisan-crafted lighting fixtures made in the United States – called luminaires – for commercial spaces, the appeal is the “art of light.”
In Lumetta’s 29 years, the company counts three inventions as among its greatest innovations: an antimicrobial diffuser material called Lumenate, a more transparent version called TransLumenate, and the contemporary design of the “Echo” collection, which was first created in 2018 and is also made of the Lumenate material.
The Lumenate materials are meant to be flexible, washable and can come in various opacities and shines, and can be equipped with custom graphics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lumetta added a space divider made from the same antimicrobial material to its roster, meeting a demand for tools that could aid with social distancing and reduce viral surface transmission.
Browse the company’s website and you’ll come across a glowing array of products, including colorful hanging “Lite” pendants, “Echo” sconces that seem to pulsate with kinetic energy, and “Acoustic” lights that are designed to help control noise in a particular space.
Clients can buy pieces from the Lumetta website, or they can request custom modifications or designs.
“Sometimes, we’ll get a sketch on a napkin and say, ‘Can you guys engineer something that looks like this?’ ” Wistow said. And the company seems to happily oblige.
For Wistow, much of Lumetta’s success can be attributed to its collaborative approach to design and engineering.
“It’s really, really nice to be able to say, ‘Hey, we did this, we created this from scratch.’ There’s nothing like it on the planet,” Wistow said. “We really get a lot of enjoyment from that. And having every single person in this plant be a part of that.”
