Burn Brite was established in 1955 in Melbourne, Australia, and is now a Member of the Ampcontrol Group of Companies. It commenced with the development of portable fluorescent safety lights for motor vehicle repair workshops and also for industrial and leisure applications.

Since the original products an extensive range of lighting designs have been released over the last 50 years. Applications have included oil rigs, food processing, petrochemical, paper mills, marine, military use, mines and many others.

Hazardous area lighting and associated equipment were introduced into the product range with Certificates of Compliance for above ground gas groups and hazardous dusts gained from mid 1970 onwards. Equipment was then provided for on and offshore petrochemical complexes, coal conveyors at power stations and coal and grain shiploading terminals.

Burn Brite has provided lighting products for use in gaseous underground coal mines since 1979. In 1984 an innovative longwall lighting system was developed and currently the majority of Australian longwall mines are fitted with Burn Brite turnkey lighting systems. Many of these mines now use Burn Brite’s Intrinsically Safe Power Supply to power either DBT or Joy roof support control systems. Mine equipment lighting and a longwall lighting system have also been exported to China.

To cater for its expanding sales in Australia and overseas, Burn Brite today operates from a 4,200 square metre site in Bayswater North, housing its manufacturing, R&D, service and administration operations.

Burn Brite continues to innovate, with the recent launch of the LED powered lighting for longwall mines and portable lights in 2007.

Burn Brite became a Member of the Ampcontrol Group of Companies in late 2007 when it was purchased as part of Ampcontrol’s strategy to grow and diversify its business, domestically and globally, in hazardous area equipment.