About Us

Tridonic SA (Pty) Ltd was formed in 1993 as the result of a merger between Decalight Manufacturing and W J Parry. The equity of the company is shared equally between Power Technologies Limited (Powertech) and Tridonic.  Bauelemente GmbH (Austria) with Powertech holding management control and Tridonic Austria providing the technical input.
 

Powertech is the largest power electrical group in Southern Africa with an annual turnover of R8 Billion and operates in a wide range of activities including power and telecommunication cables transmission and distribution equipment, electrical wiring accessories, lighting and auxiliary products and industrial automotive and stationery batteries.
 

Tridonic is one of the largest manufacturers/ suppliers of lighting control gear in the world. With its headquarters situated in Dornbirn, Austria manufacturing takes place in three continents strategically sited to ensure that the major world markets are adequately served.
 

Tridonic SA sources its products from Tridonic’s global manufacturing plants.  Distribution outlets are based in Johannesburg and Cape Town with stockists around the country.  Sales/Marketing and technical advice is available on a national basis. The company commands a major portion of the South African switch start-, HID- and ignitor markets and is a supplier of transformers into the low voltage lighting sector. Its control gear is exported into Africa south of the Sahara.  It is also a major contributor to local energy efficiency demands for the lighting sector through the use of management systems and lighting sensors.   
 

Tridonic SA supplies the full range of Tridonic fixed output electronic ballasts for all available IEC specified lamp types together with the full range of dimmable ballasts in either Switch Dim, DSI or the Dali versions, dimming to 1% or 3% depending on lamp type. Also available is a full range of electronic low voltage transformers, LED optics, control gears and sequencers for LED optics. Tridonic’s stable of products further includes emergency inverters and battery packs for fluorescent lighting and electronic control gear for a range of HID units together with a step dim option for certain lamp types.