Acuity Brands
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| Company type | Public (NYSE: AYI) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home Furnishings Fixtures |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, GA, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Vernon J. Nagel (CEO) (Chairman) & (President) |
| Products | Consumer Goods List of brands |
| Revenue |  US$1.66 Billion (FY 2009)[1] |
| US$155 Million (FY 2009)[1] | |
| US$84.9 Million (FY 2009)[1] | |
| Total assets |  US$1.29 Billion (FY 2009)[2] |
| Total equity | US$672 Million (FY 2009)[2] |
Number of employees | 6,500 (2008) |
| Website | Acuity Brands.com |
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a North American market leader and one of the world's leading providers of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. With fiscal year 2012 net sales of over $1.9 billion,Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and Asia. The Company's lighting solutions are sold under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®,Peerless®, Gotham®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Winona® Lighting, HealthcareLighting®, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Carandini®, Antique StreetLamps™, Tersen®, Sunoptics®, SensorSwitch®, Lighting Control & Design™, Synergy® Lighting Controls, PathwayConnectivity™, Dark to Light®, ROAM®, RELOC® Wiring Solutions, and acculamp®.[3]
Acuity Brands has spun off its specialty chemicals business effective November 1, 2007. The new company is known as Zep Inc. and is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol ZEP. [4]
Lighting
Lighting equipment made by the company includes indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. The company offers its lighting equipment 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.[5]
Acuity Brands Net Sales
Acuity Brands Net Sales and Operating Profit by Geographical Regions in 2008[6]
| Geographic Region | Total revenue | Operating Profit |
| Domestic | $1,804,628,000 | $243,464,000 |
| International | $222,016,000 | $17,596,000 |
References
- ^ a b c Acuity Brands (AYI) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest
- ^ a b Acuity Brands (AYI) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest
- ^ AYI: Profile for ACUITY BRANDS INC - Yahoo! Finance
- ^ "Acuity Brands, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Nov 6, 2007". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Dec 30, 2012.
- ^ Acuity Brands Lighting
- ^ Breakdown of net sales and operating profit by geographical markets from company 10ks
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