American lighting makers
Every line below is a quote from the manufacturer, with the page it came from and the date it was read.
| Manufacturer | Origin | The maker’s own words |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Ave. LightingCompany-level claim | Made in USA, as claimed | 2nd Ave Lighting creates custom lighting made in the USA while operating its 180,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Yorkville, New York. Founded in 1979, we are your One-Stop-Shop for luxurious decorative lighting because we offer customizable luminaires. Hence, if you don’t see what you like, we will create an original design based on your specific lighting needs. |
| Coast Lamp ManufacturingCompany-level claim | Made in USA, as claimed | We proudly manufacture our products in the USA with a dedicated team of 22 employees. Our production staff boasts a wide range of talents, from artistic to logistical. Every aspect of our products is handmade, from the casted pottery pieces and beautifully crafted wood items to the artfully designed metalwork and handcrafted, painted lamp shades. All of these talented departments come together to create beautiful, durable, and lifelong products that we are happy to share with our community and beyond. |
| Fine Art Handcrafted LightingCompany-level claim | Varies by product | We are especially proud to manufacture in the United States of America, based on the belief this ensures design integrity, quality control, reliable delivery, and personal service. We are honored to have our handcrafted lighting grace exquisite spaces in private homes, and commercial applications in more than 70 countries around the globe. Some outdoor fixtures are manufactured overseas as noted on the product detail page. |
| Herwig LightingCompany-level claim | Made in USA, as claimed | , using high-quality American materials and skilled craftsmanship. We take pride in supporting U.S. manufacturing and delivering durable lighting built to meet national standards. |
| Meyda LightingCompany-level claim | Varies by product | Vertical Operation Based in Yorkville, NY |
The word "imported" on a made-in-USA page
Meyda's page is at the address made-in-usa.aspx. It describes a vertically integrated lamp-making operation in Yorkville, New York that does its own design engineering, CNC production, metal fabrication, finishing, wiring and UL testing. All of that is a real American manufacturing claim.
Four paragraphs further down the same page is this:
All of our made-to-order, custom, and imported lighting fixtures are UL and cUL-certified for dry, damp, or wet locations.
Imported. On the made-in-USA page, in a sentence about safety certification rather than origin, which is exactly where a detail like that goes unnoticed. Meyda is not hiding it. It is simply not the sentence anyone reads that page for.
So Meyda is recorded as varying by product. Some of its fixtures are made in Yorkville and some are imported, and its own page is the source for both halves.
Designed, and made
The same page calls its stained glass "American-designed". Designing something in America and building it in America are two claims, and only one of them is about a factory. It is the same shape as a soap company that says its products are "formulated in the USA" on a page answering where they are made.
We record the verb the company used.
Two towns, and a lot of quiet manufacturers
2nd Ave. Lighting gives a 180,000 square foot facility in Yorkville, New York. Coast Lamp counts its staff, twenty-two people, next to its claim, and says every part is handmade down to the cast pottery and the wood. Herwig says it designs and manufactures all of its decorative lighting in one place and that the materials are American too.
Lighting turns out to be one of the more straightforward shelves on this site. Fixtures are heavy, bulky and often custom, and the economics of that seem to keep more of the work close to home than in clothing or electronics. That is a pattern in what we have read, not a rule we have tested.