| Type | Public (NYSE: AYI) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Vernon J. Nagel (CEO) (Chairman) & (President) |
| Industry | Home Furnishings Fixtures |
| Products | Consumer Goods List of brands |
| Revenue | ▲ US$ 2.026 billion (2008) |
| Operating income | ▲ US$ 261.06 million (2008) |
| Net income | ▲ US$ 148.25 million (2008) |
| Total assets | ▼ US$ 1.408 billion (2008) |
| Total equity | ▼ US$ 575.55 million (2008) |
| Employees | 6,500 (2008) |
| Website | Acuity Brands.com |
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI), through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, and distribution of lighting equipment and specialty products worldwide. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Acuity Brands has spun off its specialty chemicals business effective November 1, 2008. The new company is known as Zep Inc. and is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol ZEP. [2]
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Lighting
Lighting equipment includes indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. The company offers its lighting equipments to electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, national accounts, electric utilities, utility distributors, municipalities, contractors, catalogs, and lighting showrooms.
It distributes these products through independent sales agents, factory sales representatives, distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses. [3]
Lighting Brands
- Lithonia Lighting
- American Electric Lighting
- Carandini
- Gotham
- Holophane
- Hydrel
- MetalOptics
- Peerless
- SpecLight
- Antique Street Lamps
- Mark Architectural Lighting
- Sensor Switch
Acuity Brands Technology Services
- SAERIS
- ROAM (Remote Operations Asset Management)
Pollution
In 2002 and 2003, Acuity Brands faced investigations from the city of Atlanta and the United States federal government over reports that it had released excessive amounts of phosphorous into wastewater.[4]
References
- ^ AYI: Profile for ACUITY BRANDS INC - Yahoo! Finance
- ^ Acuity Brands, Inc. News Releases
- ^ Acuity Brands Lighting
- ^ McNaughton, David (October 3, 2003). "Atlanta-Based Chemical Firm Reveals Federal Probe into Its Wastewater Disposal". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119626936.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- Gove, Matt (February 15, 2002). "Real Estate Notes: Acuity Brands unit moving to Fulton Industrial". Atlanta Business Chronicle. http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2002/02/18/newscolumn4.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
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