Electric Lighting Agencies and O'Blaney Rinker Associates announce joint venture in NYC

Electric Lighting Agencies and O'Blaney Rinker Associates, both based in New York, have entered into a joint venture that will combine their mutual lighting and control system specification efforts in NewYork City. The Electric Lighting Agencies, Inc. is the oldest and largest commercial lighting manufacturer's representative in the New York metropolitan area, while O'Blaney Rinker Associates is a boutique design alternative lighting agency specializing in architectural lighting and providing service from schematic development through project completion and after-market service.

The joint venture expands the current line card of both representatives to commercial lines including Juno Lighting Group, Hubbell Lighting Inc., and Philips Color Kinetics with boutique specialty lines such as Specialty Lighting Industries, Litemakers Inc. and Modular International Inc., in addition to of over 30-plus other manufacturers. Sales offices will remain independently operated with O'Blaney Rinker Associates location in Manhattan and Electric Lighting Agencies with three additional locations in New York City, New Jersey and Long Island.