Apr 1, 2020

Regent Lighting Is Acquired See the article in its original context from August 23, 1995, Section D, Page 9 Buy Reprints About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. North American Consumer Products Inc. has acquired the closely held Regent Lighting Corporation, a leading manufacturer of home security lighting products. The company did not disclose a purchase price. North American Consumer Products, a closely held New York-based company, is backed by the Patricof & Company venture capital firm and the venture capital unit of the Chemical Banking Corporation. North American Consumer Products is headed by Michael Hoye, a former executive vice president of the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Regent, based in Burlington, N.C., had sales of about $100 million last year. It was co-founded in 1975 by Gene Rayfield, who served as chief executive and sole stockholder for the last seven years. Advertisement