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by thecal 2140 days ago
CBS bought Westinghouse and began licensing out their name to all sorts of companies. I have a "Westinghouse" TV that is made by another company. That lighting company you linked appears to be an old family business that licenses the name as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corpora...