Specialty Lighting Applications

Bead understands your business. We have supplied precision, cost effective lamp pins to the lighting industry for over 60 years.

Bead’s economical lamp pins are used in the T12, T8 and T5 lamps that light homes and businesses around the world. They are also used in specialty applications such as UV lamps for water and air purification and high intensity theatrical, operating theater and runway lighting.

Our Bead-formed process assures quality and reliability at the most affordable price. Bead's unique engineering, manufacturing and processing capabilities allow us to design, tool and produce custom components very quickly with minimal tooling charges.

With Bead you get quality, value and a proven track record.

Typical applications include:



T12 and T8 Bases


T5 Base


UV Bases


Custom Bases


High Intensity Bases