Leicestershire lighting firm plans US expansion

Andy Twigg and Scot Walker

Coalville-based leading lighting specialist, Parify, is set to enter the US market after doubling its turnover for the fourth successive year.

Co-owners Andy Twigg and Scot Walker founded the business back in 2013 when they discovered a gap in the market around issues that jewellers were having with their lighting systems.

The pair of growm the company to meet the needs of the jewellery and retail sector.

Twigg said: “People warmed to us and Parify quickly. We started very small, with a range of lights that we’d manufactured. Within that range we offered bespoke elements that no one else was making. As word of mouth got around, we grew organically and instantly.”

The business hit the £1m turnover after four year and set up Progressive Display, a firm that supplies bespoke furniture with Parify’s lighting technology built in.

The Parify team now supply to over 1,000 jewellers in the UK and the firm is about to enter the US market.

Twigg said: “We are at a point where we are well known in the UK, and we also have several unique products in the portfolio which we believe in a global market would be accepted as very interesting products to clients out there.”

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