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Acuity Brandsa? Lighting Expert to Present at Upcoming 2011 DOE Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop in Boston, MA

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Tuesday, April 12th 2011 at 5:41 GMT by Market Wire}  

ATLANTA--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Acuity Brands, Inc ]. (NYSE: AYI); (aCompanya), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is proud to announce that Jeff Quinlan, Acuity Brands Lighting Vice President, Technology, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming [ Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop conference ] on April 12-13, 2011 in Boston.

"Home-Grown Manufacturing: Lessons from Companies Who Walk the Talk"

[ Quinlan ] will participate in and present during the aHome-Grown Manufacturing: Lessons from Companies Who Walk the Talka panel discussion on Wednesday, April 13th, at 1:30 pm. This roundtable presentation will address the lessons that can be learned from companies who have made a commitment to establish and maintain a manufacturing presence in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring this conference to bring together a diverse gathering of participants to share insights, ideas, and updates on the rapidly evolving solid-state lighting (SSL) market. In 2009, the DOE launched a new SSL research and development initiative designed to enhance the quality and lower the cost of SSL products through improvements in manufacturing equipment and processes. At that time, more than 350 industry-leading stakeholders joined DOE at two workshops to build a roadmap for SSL manufacturing in the U.S. The participants in the current workshop will re-examine roadmap priority topics and network with the nationa™s leading manufacturing experts.

For more information, please visit [ Acuity Brands ], and view the entire portfolio of [ Acuity Brandsa™ LED luminaires and intelligent control systems ] on the web and the [ Acuity Brandsa™ YouTube Channel ]. You can also become a fan of [ Acuity Brands ] and [ Lithonia Lighting ] on Facebook® and follow [ Lithonia Lighting ] on Twitter®.

About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the worlda™s leading providers of luminaires, lighting control systems and related products and services with fiscal year 2010 net sales of over $1.6 billion. The Companya™s lighting and system control product lines include Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Mark Architectural Lightinga", Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®, RELOC®, Antique Street Lampsa", Tersen®, Renaissance Lighting®, Winona Lighting®, Synergy® Lighting Controls, Sensor Switch®, Lighting Control & Designa", DTL®, ROAM® and Sunoptics®. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.