Acuity Brands, Inc. 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

Atlanta, Georgia

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Georgia (U.S. state)

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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.

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 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.

Acuity Brands Net Sales

Acuity Brands Net Sales and Operating Profit by Geographical Regions in 2008

Geographic Region	Total revenue	Operating Profit
Domestic	$1,804,628	$243,464
International	$222,016	$17,596