MOBILITY NOW! PODCAST HOME EVENTS COMPANY NEWS LOCATIONS CAREERS CONTACT Video Player North American Lighting is the leading tier one supplier of vehicle lighting to auto makers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. NAL produces a full range of products including forward lighting, signal lighting, rear combination lighting, accessory lighting, and our upcoming all-digital adaptive driving beam lighting systems. Technology With 80 years of automotive lighting experience behind us, our research and development teams in Japan and Michigan are redefining automotive lighting for the 21st century. Today, we are transforming traditional manually-controlled static headlights, with next-generation ADB (adaptive driving beam) technology—dynamic lighting systems that will see, sense, adapt and react to rapidly changing driving conditions. Design Engineering Manufacturing The lighting systems on today’s vehicles have evolved from being necessary safety features into being distinctive design statements that create brand personality and intrigue. Ramon Gomez Senior Stylist, Technology Research Center Rapid Advances in Lighting Technology NAL is a leader in emerging lighting technologies. While we have the largest number of HID headlamps in the field today, traditional halogen lamps remain the dominant lighting technology. In 2012, we produced zero LED lamps. Yet less than four years later, 2016 LED production is projected to rise to 27%. That’s unprecedented growth, especially for the automotive industry. And with conservative estimates projecting our LED sales to surpass 50% in 2018, NAL is in the fast lane to an LED-lit future. Halogen Headlamps In 1978, halogen bulbs (which for the times had high luminous intensity and excellent glare-proofing properties) were approved and standardized for automotive use in the United States. That year, Koito began producing industry-standard, round sealed-beam and semi-sealed-beam headlamps for the rapidly growing United States market. Soon after, in 1979, Koito introduced what was then a radically new concept—uniquely shaped headlamps, engineered specifically to fit individual vehicle designs. These new lighting designs were so popular with automotive stylists and consumers alike, Koito began production and sales of an all new, C-6 halogen bulb in 1982. In 1983, Koito launched North American Lighting as their first United States subsidiary. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps Mercury-Free HID LED Adaptive Driving Beam Organic LED Laser Headlights Lexus images courtesy of, and copyright by, ©Lexus, a Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Acura images courtesy of, and copyright by, ©Acura. Subaru images courtesy of, and copyright by, ©Subaru of America, Inc. Lincoln and Mustang images courtesy of, and copyright by, ©Ford Motor Company. Where Innovation & Technology Come To Light. See What’s Ahead. NAL SILICON VALLEY LAB ©2015-2021 North American Lighting, Inc. | A Koito Group Company Site developed by Roundtable North American Lighting, Inc. (NAL) is a Koito Group Company. NAL is the leading producer of innovative automotive lighting systems in North America. NAL is an equal opportunity employer. HOME CAREERS CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY