Industry Leader
Dauer can customize your LED lighting systems to your needs. Dauer values quality, and our top priority is the satisfaction of our LED distributors, LED contractors, and commercial LED lighting clients. We offer streamlined delivery direct to you. As we celebrate more than 20 years strong, we’re proud to continue our legacy of innovative and durable LED lighting solutions.
We treat customers like family
Many of our clients are family-owned companies passed down from generation to generation. We know the importance of customer service and responsiveness no matter your company’s size and understand the challenges small businesses may experience working with large, public companies that may not provide you the time and attention needed. Our top priority is the satisfaction of our LED distributors, LED contractors, and commercial LED lighting clients. No matter what size your company, you are always family to us.
Experienced
Founded in 2001, Dauer Manufacturing has earned a reputation for innovation and quality, a reputation that is backed by a lifetime warranty for our brass drop-in landscape fixtures and professional-grade stainless steel transformers, a ten-year warranty on integrated LED fixtures, a five-year warranty on LED drop-in lamps, and a five-year warranty on integrated LED submersible fixtures.
Quality Guaranteed
Dauer backs their products with best-in-the-business warranties:
Life
Warranty
Brass and Copper fixtures for drop-in lamps
10 year
Warranty
Integrated LED fixtures
5 year
Warranty
Integrated submersibles and Dauer LED lamps for drop-in fixtures
Made in the USA
We’re proud to say that all of our Silhouette Collection and Minimalist Series bollards, our pier mounts, and our entire line of indoor decorative lighting and wall art décor under our sister company, Artemix Lighting and Décor, are proudly made in the USA at our company facility just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. As well, many of our Dauer products are hand-assembled in the USA. This allows for strict quality control and oversight so that you are assured no faulty components are used in the creation and development of your landscape lighting fixtures or Artemix products.
Exclusive Territories for Distributors
In order for distributors to be successful, their manufacturing partners need to protect them so that supply doesn’t outweigh demand. At Dauer, we provide protected territories for authorized distributors because with us, it’s business quality over quantity.
Experienced Management
Craig Klomparens
President
Kino Obeso
Vice President
Craig Klomparens –President
Fueled by a vision to bring more creativity and variety to the wholesale and retail lighting market, Craig founded Dauer in 2001. Since that time, he has led the company to be a dominant player in the LED lighting category with smart, artistic, durable designs that reflect today’s consumer tastes. Prior to founding Dauer, Craig oversaw global sales for a large international specialty lighting company which gave him first-hand insight into the unmet segments of the market. Leveraging his strong relationships with engineers and developers in the industry, he then created Dauer as a solution for those unmet needs.
Joaquin “Kino” Obeso – Vice President
Heading up Dauer’s sales and marketing initiatives is Kino Obeso, a lighting industry veteran with extensive expertise in architectural, artistic lighting design across retail, hospitality, and consumer markets. His keen eye for trends and innovation has been a driving force behind Dauer’s many captivating interior and exterior lighting offerings. As well, Kino serves as our key liaison between our trade customers and our product lines, deepening our relationships at every level.
