Robert Fremont founded the Des Plaines, Illinois-based Juno in 1976. In the early 1950s Fremont had begun traveling the country selling home lighting fixtures for various manufacturers. After working his way up to a position as a vice-president of sales, he decided to quit and start his own company. In 1956 his new business, Halo Lighting, was established in Chicago with help from some of the sales staff that moved with him from their previous employer. Eleven years later Fremont sold the company but remained on as president until the new owners made him a corporate vice-president. He eventually resigned from that position, frustrated by the corporate view that emphasized financing and restructuring over marketing and operations. Finally, 20 years after starting his first lighting company, he again decided to organize and operate his own style of business. Fremont then launched Juno Lighting, specializing in high-end business and residential lighting products. He envisioned luminaires that combined beauty, economy, contemporary styling, and flexibility, qualities manifest in what became Juno's flagship, the Trac-Master, a high-quality, stylish track-lighting fixture. Today, the Juno Lighting Group is a subsidiary of Square D Company and Schneider Electric, the world’s power and control leader.