Founded in 1962, originally known as Per-Lux, the company primarily manufactured driving and fog lights for the heavy-duty truck market.
In the early 70's, an engineer at Per-Lux developed an electronic ignition system to replace points and condensers in distributors.
After patenting the product, the Ignitor® was manufactured with a sales and marketing focus on the forklift and industrial engine markets.
Soon, the Ignitor was introduced to the automotive market, offering superior performance, and in 1985, the first replacement electronic distributor was launched.
In 1991, Tom Reh acquired the Ignition Division, leading to the birth of PerTronix, which committed entirely to the ignition market.
In the years that followed, the reliable, high-quality, competitively priced Ignitor dominated the industry with over 4 million units sold to date.
The expertise and industry knowledge within PerTronix led the team to explore new product segments, marking the beginning of the PerTronix Performance Brands legacy.
With the performance industry's tremendous growth in the 90's, PerTronix shifted its emphasis to automotive products.
This substantial growth, along with the addition of FT coil and spark plug wire product lines, necessitated the expansion of production and relocation to a new 22,000 square foot custom manufacturing facility in 1997.
Today, PerTronix is renowned for Ignitor Series points replacement kits, HEI performance modules, FT HEI, Billet and Cast Distributors, Ignition Coils, and Spark Plug Wire sets.
Ignitor kit sales have exceeded 4,000,000 units.
The release of the Innovative Digital HP Ignition Box represents a continued commitment to lead the Ignition Industry.
