Automatic Power

More than 100 years in the making, Pharos Marine Automatic Power, Inc. has set the standard in providing high quality engineered marine navigational aids with complete support services in the oil and gas and ports and harbors industries. Today, PMAPI provides the latest innovative designs, most advanced signaling products and customer focused technical services throughout the world. Our global experience and resources are a proven competitive advantage in the harsh environments related to offshore oil platforms, ports and harbors, lighthouse authorities, bridge and traffic signaling, aviation obstruction applications, and many other industries where navigational and personal safety is of primary concern.

Automatic Power Inc.

Originating in 1947 as The Lighthouse, Inc., API provided aids to navigation for the first oil rigs of the coast of Texas. By 1966, the company had expanded to five separate entities throughout the world, and in that year merged with Wallace & Tiernan. A subsequent merger of Wallace & Tiernan and Penn Salt Company formed the Pennwalt Corporation, making Automatic Power a division of the larger group. In 1989, API merged with Pharos Marine, making the combined group a world leader in the field. Today, Automatic Power/Pharos Marine is a Portfolio Company of Toxaway Capital Partners and has strategic locations throughout the and overseas, as well as a worldwide network of agents and distributors.

Pharos Marine

Named after the famous lighthouse that stood on the Isle of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt, Pharos Marine began making aids to navigation more than 100 years ago. The company’s founder, Gustav Dalen, had a distinguished career, winning a Nobel Prize when he introduced a system of acetylene gas lights capable of operating for a year without service. Pharos Marine has provided products for some of the most famous navigation projects around the world, including the first buoys for the Panama Canal.