Sweeney Selected By Lithonia Lighting
CLEVELAND – January 27, 2009 – Lithonia Lighting, an Acuity Brands Company, has named Sweeney (www.sweeneypr.com) to implement a national publicity and media relations campaign for its emergency lighting group.
Lithonia Lighting provides the industry’s broadest line of commercial, industrial, institutional and residential fixtures. It is the most specified brand in the lighting business.
“Lithonia Lighting is a phenomenal company with a well-deserved reputation for product strength and customer service,” said Jim Sweeney, Sweeney president. “Our efforts will focus on furthering the company’s reputation for advancing technologies and setting new standards that benefit the marketplace-at-large.”
About Lithonia Lighting
Lithonia Lighting, an Acuity Brands Company (NYSE: AYI), is North America’s largest manufacturer of lighting equipment for commercial, industrial, outdoor and residential applications. Acuity Brands, Inc. owns and operates Acuity Brands Lighting. With fiscal year 2007 net sales of approximately $2.0 billion, Acuity Brands Lighting is one of the world’s leading providers of lighting fixtures and includes brands such as Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Hydrel®, American Electric
Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®, SpecLight®, MetalOptics® and Antique Street Lamps™. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 7,000 associates and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.
About Sweeney
Sweeney, established in 1986, is a leading full-service marketing and public relations firm with offices in Cleveland (headquarters) and Wilmington, NC. For additional information, visit www.sweeneypr.com.
