R. E. Dietz Company Limited (DIETZ) was founded by Mr. Robert Edwin Dietz in New York, U. S. A. in 1840 and began manufacturing kerosene lanterns, which are commonly know as hurricane lanterns. The terminology reflects the characteristics of the lantern for safely used in hurricane weather. In commemoration of United States of America's bicentennial, Dietz produced a limited edition of no. 50 Bi-Centennial lantern, which was a tribute to the country's historic past.
Since its establishment in 1840, Dietz has continually emphasized on on-going research and development aim to improve existing products and develop new products in order to satisfy market requirement. It was one of the major manufacturers that had developed numerous pioneer technologies on manufacturing of lanterns. Some of them won awards and obtained patents during the past century.
In order to reduce production cost and increase market share, Dietz relocated its production facilities from New York, U. S. A. to Hong Kong in 1956 and subsequently from Hong Kong to China in 1988. It maintained its head office in Hong Kong for administration, financing, logistics, markeing and sales. Dietz's policy to provide good and reliable lanterns at reasonable and affordable prices has earned good reputation and established good brand recognition and image in the lantern industry. This policy has always been kept although it had been moved from U. S. A. to Hong Kong and subsequently to China.
Nowadays, Dietz has a team of 30 technicians and engineers responsible for research and development. Apart from hurricane lanterns, product ranges have been expanding to include LED lanterns, torches, energy saving bulbs, electric kettles, camping accessories and metal display racks. To keep pace with fast-moving market trend and innvoation on technology, Dietz has always kept a team of experienced and talent staffs on marketing and sales, logistics and supporting services and engineering. Consequently the Dietz lanterns are famous of its supreme quality and being widely used as the industry standard.
We welcome potential customers to visit our office for selection of appropriate products. We are more than capable of making OEM and ODM products, especially relevant metal ware products. We are also diversifying our business to household product and small electric household appliances.