SERMES S.A.S. (Holophane Europe)
French industrial and roadway lighting manufacturer.
Holophane Europe manufactures industrial luminaires, road lighting, tunnel lighting, sports lighting, and energy-efficient commercial systems. Founded in 1898, the company supplies electrical wholesale distributors, municipal procures, and industrial facility managers globally.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
- Founded
- 1898
- Website
- holophane.com
- Categories
- Lighting & Lamps, Electrical & Power Equipment
- Markets
- France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Verified facts
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-08-01 INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- workforce-on-record (green), checked 2026-08-01 INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- registered-since (green), checked 2026-08-01 INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- registered-trade-only (amber), checked 2026-08-01 INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- places-goods-on-market (green), checked 2026-08-16 Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- lei-active (green), checked 2026-08-23 GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)