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A family business since 1910, Hinkley’s Lighting produces outdoor and indoor custom and catalog lighting, fans and accessories. It is moving to Scottsdale this fall. (Special to the Progress)
Erik Nagli is giving airport hangers a shiny new look with his unique flooring system. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)
Airpark flooring company makes hangars shine BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer
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rik Nagli was searching for a business to acquire when he came across Airpark-based Brilliant Epoxy Floors in 2018. It was a perfect fit. “I spent the better part of 10 years looking for a business that was vertically integrated, meaning you are the solution from the beginning to end,” said Nagli, whose resume is rich with experience in building materials and running large construction businesses. “If you’re reliant upon somebody else,
that’s where you get into trouble. I also wanted a company that had a great reputation.” Brilliant Epoxy Floors is a concrete restoration and epoxy coatings installation company that offers hangar flooring systems. The 27-year-old company provides consultations and epoxy flooring installation services for general aviation and privately owned hangars. “In the last several years, we’ve developed somewhat of a niche and become well-known for our work within aircraft
see EPOXY page 24
Hinkley’s turning on the lights in the Airpark BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer
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inkley’s Lighting turned its lights on at its iconic Central Avenue store 70 years ago. This fall, the Phoenix fixture will close that location and move its operation to a bigger warehouse and showroom to 16049 N. Greenway Hayden Loop in Scottsdale. “We have had a fantastic journey here in this Phoenix building for the last 70 years, but it’s time to expand and move everything under one roof in a bigger and more sophisticated space,” says Michael Jackson, owner of Hinkley’s Lighting. “The last few years have been very good ones for us and now we are ready to offer our longtime customers and
friends a really cool space and experience at our newly expanded Scottsdale location.” To celebrate the move, Hinkley’s Lighting is hosting a progressive sale with 10 percent of all retail sales of in-stock merchandise benefitting Phoenix Children’s Hospital. “We’re doing 60 percent off in August and 70 percent off in September,” Jackson says. “Then we’ll have a black tag sale party, where some of the fixtures will either be free or by donation and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to PCH.” A family business since 1910, Hinkley’s Lighting produces outdoor and indoor custom and catalog lighting, fans and accessories. The company has a variety
see LIGHTS page 25
