sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message acuity brands inc. type public nyse ayi industry home furnishings fixtures founded 2001 headquarters atlanta ga united states coordinates 33 47 10 n 84 22 59 w 33.786 n 84.383 w 33.786 ; 84.383 coordinates 33 47 10 n 84 22 59 w 33.786 n 84.383 w 33.786 ; 84.383 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 operating income us 155 million fy 2009 1 net income 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 office . acuity brands inc. nyse ayi is an electronics manufacturing company . it was founded in 2001 in atlanta georgia . 3 acuity brands created formed a new business selling specialty chemicals . this change was effective november 1 2007 and is known as zep inc. zep is traded on the nyse under the ticker symbol zep . 4 lighting edit 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 references edit 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 archived february 8 2007 at the wayback machine . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to acuity brands . acuity brands webpage lithonia lighting webpage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acuity brands & oldid 743264543 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangemanufacturing companies established in 2001electronics companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in atlantahidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles lacking reliable references from january 2016all articles lacking reliable referencescoordinates not on wikidatapages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view