The R. E. Dietz Company Ltd. was established in the USA in 1840. The Dietz family have produced hurricane lanterns ever since! From the 1920s to the 1960s R.E. Dietz was a supplier of lighting to the automotive industry. R.E. Dietz also produced the majority of road work warning lights.

In 1956 the Hong Kong office and production was established and in 1971 all production was moved to Hong Kong. In 1982 the Hong Kong factory was relocated to mainland China.

The hurricane lanterns by R. E. Dietz were used by sailors all over the World because of the good quality.

However, the Dietz company closed the production in China because of declining sales mostly because of the competition from LED lighting.

We sold the last garden lamp in the Summer of 2020.