Peak Beam Systems is a family-owned, woman-owned Pennsylvania manufacturer whose Maxa Beam searchlight grew from founder Bill McManus’s 1985 Navy security-lighting consultation. The company has made the searchlight in the USA since 1986, supplying military and security users in more than 65 countries while continuing to support older units and develop new illumination technology.
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The Carlisle & Finch CoSince 1894, Cincinnati-based Carlisle & Finch has designed and manufactured searchlights and other illumination equipment for military and commercial vessels, yachts, and land-security operations. The Finch family has owned the company since 1926, and today great-great-grandsons Garth and Kurt Finch lead a business whose searchlights have been used on nearly every U.S. military watercraft and on ships and security installations worldwide. Its history includes the world’s first electric toy train line and pioneering work in carbon-arc, xenon-arc, and LED searchlight technology.CINCINNATI, OH
StreamlightFor more than 50 years, Streamlight has designed and manufactured portable lighting products at its headquarters and manufacturing plant in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, serving professional and consumer users worldwide. Its lights are shaped by hands-on field experience, with employees training alongside firefighters and spending time with customers to understand the demands of low-light work, emergencies and the outdoors. Streamlight’s products are distributed in more than 90 countries and backed by a limited lifetime warranty.EAGLEVILLE, PA
Koehler-Bright Star LLCA Pennsylvania manufacturer with more than 110 years behind its name, Koehler-Bright Star is known for developing portable lighting and battery power solutions for demanding workplaces. The Hanover Township company makes most of its products in a 75,000-square-foot U.S. facility, where its designs are tested and produced under an ISO 9001-certified quality system.HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA
Megaray LLCFounded in 1982 after spinning out of a night-vision-device manufacturer, Megaray LLC develops high-intensity visible, infrared and SWIR illuminators for military, border-security and law-enforcement use. Its patented Galilean-telescope optical system produces uniform illumination beyond three miles, while the company’s engineering work has also extended into driver-vision enhancement and high-speed imaging. Megaray says its systems are used by the U.S. military, NATO and the Japanese Navy, with many products designed for MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461F conditions.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY