The scalability of LC&D’s products, coupled with a strong support team, offers customers superior lighting control solutions across multiple sizes of applications throughout the United States.
Vernon J. Nagel, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Acuity Brands said, “Lighting controls are an important part of our growth strategy, and this acquisition will enable us to accelerate the introduction of innovative and energy-efficient products and services, as well as expand our presence in this market.”
David Wilson, president and founder of LC&D, added, “Our team is extremely pleased to join the Acuity Brands Lighting family, the acknowledged leader in the lighting industry in North America. Because of the complementary nature of our two companies, this combination provides a great opportunity to realize meaningful growth by bringing a broad array of superior solutions not available from anyone else.”
LC&D is a provider of daylight harvesting and distributed lighting control solutions. The company, with the 2008 annual sales of approximately $20 million, is a provider of daylight harvesting and distributed lighting control solutions.
Acuity Brands, Inc. owns and operates Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. and Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc. The company declared a net sales of approximately $2.0 billion for fiscal year 2008.
