Located in the west area of Chicago, Multi Electric Mfg. Inc. was founded in 1917 beginning as a small family owned manufacturer of lighting equipment and accessories. In the early fifties, Multi Electric became involved in Airport Lighting and has become a standard for quality, reliability and product development. Since that time, we have been working with various government and federal agencies including FAA, the US Air Force and the US Navy. In April of 2001, Multi Electric Manufacturing, Inc. was purchased by OCEM Group headquartered in Bologna (Italy) becoming officially OCEM Corporation Acquisition d.b.a. Multi Electric Mfg. Multi Electric falls now under the umbrella of a larger top-notch organization combining the American and European knowledge and engineering experience able to serve the ICAO and FAA aviation market with a full range of airfield lighting products.