Founder of the company

1921 - J.H. Cone founded Connecticut Automotive Specialty Company (CASCO) in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Global expansion

1998 - Take-over of production facilities in Kentucky (USA), Italy, Brazil and Germany.

2003 - New manufacturing plants in Marks (Mississippi) and Tunisia

2004 - Additional development centre for sensors in Frankfurt/Main (Germany)

2005 - New manufacturing facilities in China.

The CASCO organisation is part of the American SEQUA Corporation. CASCO are certified to QS 9000 and ISO 14000 and have over 50 active patents.

1925 - The first wire-free cigar lighter

1928 - Patent for the first cigar lighter with a heated wire coil

1956 - The “V” heated coil is patented

1976 - Patent for pressure-welding the heated coil

2004 - Patent for the “new generation” lighter

1935 - Introduction of automobile ventilator fans and other accessories

1953 - Patent for the sliding ash-tray

2005 - Development of the voltage converter (12/24 VDC to 110/220 VAC)

1980 – 2003 - Development of sensors for cooling fluids, temperature, fluid levels and sunshine conditions

2006 - Development of the combined rain and moisture sensor and distance sensors