Multi Electric

Multi Electric Mfg. Inc. was founded in 1917 in Chicago by Clarence McDonald as a maker of lighting equipment and accessories, and the McDonald family owned it until 2001. In April 2001 it became part of the OCEM Group, headquartered in Bologna, Italy, which it says now falls under the Energy Technology organization; its footer names Cocchi Technologies as parent, and it trades as Multi Electric with OCEM Airfield. In 2024 it relocated to Franklin Park, Illinois, near O'Hare. It says production is in Chicago and that it supplies US commercial airports and the US Army and Navy.

Multi Electric says its equipment is installed at air carrier, general aviation and military airports, and it lists general aviation airports among its client groups. Product families cover approach, runway and apron, and taxiway lighting, power and control systems, heliport products, accessories and an LED line that includes the LERE elevated runway edge and threshold/end light and the LEMIRL elevated medium-intensity runway light. Its about page also lists in-pavement lights, approach solutions and portable lighting, and the site offers an LED savings calculator for estimating the return on replacing incandescent fixtures.

The company offers services alongside equipment and keeps a references page and a news blog. Buyers request quotes through its contact page; pricing is not published. Its sister company OCEM Airfield Technology sells a wider range of airfield systems internationally, so buyers should confirm which entity will supply and support a given product. The homepage does not list FAA L-type numbers for its fixtures, so ask for product data sheets when specifying.