How to become a lighting trader

Anders Hall's entrance into the lighting industry was in fact somewhat of an accidental occurrence. Anders, who in 1972 was a manufacturer of paper plates, had an uncle who was producing cheese-dish covers in a plastic material. In August the same year the previously mentioned uncle had received a fairly large order of 5000 plastic covers from a customer in Southern Sweden. It so happened that the customer went into bankruptcy simultaneously with the production being finalized.

What to do with 5000 cheese-dish covers?

Anders was commissioned to solve the arisen problem. He then drilled a 42 mm hole on the top of the plastic cup, glued a textile fringe around its lower part and attached a lighting suspension. A new lamp was born - "Stina". This ceiling lamp was later on complemented by a table lamp built up by two assembled cheese-dish covers on a small base - "Bullen", which often appears in antique shops and in interior magazines. The production and product range increased and Anders' passion for lighting had arisen.

And that is how one becomes a lighting trader!

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