Passion for LightZumtobel Group AG Press Kit

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Contents

3 Zumtobel Group: Background information

9 Facts and figures

10 The Management

18 Project / product references

23 Service

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The Company

The Zumtobel Group is a leading global player offering innovative, high-quality lighting solutions and lighting components. The Group pursues a multi-brand strategy and offers its customers around the world a comprehensive range of products and services with its three internationally established brands, Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel, and its two smaller brands, acdc and Reiss. In the lighting business the Group with its Thorn, Zumtobel and acdc brands is the European market leader. The Reiss brand supplies OEMs with luminaires with a higher degree of protection.

The product portfolios of the Thorn, Zumtobel, acdc and Reiss brands are marketed by a single sales organisation. The sales function plays a key role in the Zumtobel Group’s business model. The Group had 1,943 employees working in this area during the 2015/16 reporting year. The restructuring of sales to implement a multi-brand strategy focused on the various target groups allows the Zumtobel Group to meet and optimally cover the diverse needs of its customers. This allows customers to profit from a very broad product portfolio across the full range of applications in professional indoor and outdoor lighting, including lighting control components and systems.

In the components sector, through its Tridonic subsidiary the Zumtobel Group applies proven electronics and software expertise to create innovative system solutions that incorporate the latest technology trends. Tridonic supplies luminaire manufacturers across the globe with control gear, lighting management systems and LED modules. The Zumtobel Group is focusing on a common product development and platform strategy that will lead to the use of the same components (above all from the Group’s Tridonic components subsidiary) in various Thorn, Zumtobel, Reiss and acdc lighting products. This maximises synergies, reduces costs and strengthens the Group’s innovation power.

The Zumtobel Group has created the basis to offer its customers innovative services and will increasingly rely on new business models. With its “NOW“ programme, the company is offering its customers light as a service for a monthly rate. This innovative sales approach is based on professional project management and flexible service contracts that allow customers to delegate the issue of light to the Zumtobel Group as an experienced partner, starting with a needs analysis and continuing through planning and financing all the way to installation and maintenance of the lighting solution.

Above all, the mission of the Zumtobel Group is to create unique value for its customers, taking lighting beyond illumination. And to focus on improving the quality of life through the vital element of light. With its many years of experience, the combined expertise of its workforce, and its global network of leading technology partners, lighting designers, architects and artists, the Zumtobel Group sees itself as a pioneer, setting the pace in the international lighting industry.

Zumtobel AG is a listed company with 14 production plants on four continents and sales offices and partners in about 90 countries. With a workforce currently numbering 7,234 employees, the Group posted revenues of EUR 1,312.6 million in the 2014/15 financial year. The Zumtobel family remains the largest single shareholder with a stake of 35 percent, providing stability and continuity. The Group is based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria. The Zumtobel Group’s lighting and components plants are integrated in two global production networks.The individual plants are linked in a way that best utilises their regional and technological strengths for the benefit of the entire Group.

Zumtobel Group: Background information

Multi-brand approach drives success

Platform strategy boosts cost- and process efficiency

Worldwide sales by customer target groups

A pioneer that sets the pace in the lighting industry

Light as a service

Presence in 90 countries

Global productionnetwork

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Zumtobel Group: Background information

One of the few global players in the lighting industry

R&D collaboration between Group brands creates synergies

Expansion of market position in times of shifting technology

Brands structured in business divisions

Light in the Internetof Things

Market position

With production plants and sales activities around the world, the Zumtobel Group is one of the few global players in the lighting industry. Some 80 percent of the Group’s revenues are generated in Europe, its most important market. The European professional lighting industry is highly fragmented, and the ten largest European luminaire producers cover roughly 45% of the total market. In this fragmented market, the Zumtobel Group – with its internationally established Thorn and Zumtobel brands and the smaller Reiss and acdc brands – holds a leading position.

In contrast, the global conventional component sector shows a higher degree of consolidation. In the LED module and LED converter segments, however, many new suppliers have been pushing into the market for several years now, primarily from Asia. The Zumtobel Group’s Tridonic brand is a global leader in cont-rol gear and lighting control systems.

At the Zumtobel Group, cooperation between the Lighting and Components Segments, above all in the area of research and development, leads to increased opportunities for differentiation from the competiti-on. With its multi-brand strategy, comprehensive product portfolio and multi-channel market access, the Zumtobel Group is well placed to continue expanding its market position during the technology shift to LEDs. In addition, the Group profits from its strong technology position, long-standing customer relations and combined expertise in lighting applications.

The Group sees a further focal point and significant opportunities in the area of “connected lighting“. Light is predestined to become a key element for the infrastructure of the Internet of Things (IoT). Lighting iseverywhere, integrated and digital. Together with external partners, the Zumtobel Group is investiga-ting the combination of lighting and the IoT. The Internet of Light will make new and better experiences possible for the retail trade, buildings and cities and therefore offers a wide range of opportunities for the development of innovative business models. The Zumtobel Group is therefore systematically working to expand its expertise in the areas of software, connectivity and IoT.

The business divisions

The four brands – Thorn, Tridonic, Zumtobel and acdc – are organised as business divisions. Theresponsibility for special products is centred in a fifth division “Special Purpose Products (SPP)”. It includes,above all, externally manufactured products, the Reiss portfolio with its focus on high protection productswhich are now also marketed through the global sales organisation as well as merchandise and OEM brands for the Group’s wholesale partners. The goals of each business division are to drive the strategicdevelopment of the product portfolio, to strengthen the brand profile and to ensure that customers’ needs are exactly met. The heads of the business divisions are responsible for profit and loss as well as for the entire logistics process, from customer specifications to delivery of the finished product.

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Thorn – the performance brand for the internationalvolume business

Thorn

Thorn is a globally trusted supplier of outdoor and indoor lighting with integrated controls. The Thorn brand stands for high-performing, efficient and reliable lighting solutions with great lighting quality that are easy to use. The brand delivers products and services to a variety of customers, from wholesalers and contractors, through to public and private specifiers and end-users. Thorn’s high performance lighting so-lutions can be found in many different applications such as sport, road, tunnel, cityscape, office, education or industry. The aim is to exceed the requirements of customers all over the world to become the trusted, reliable, professional long-term partner for cost-effective lighting. Thorn offer energy savings without compromising performance, efficiency and comfort. To achieve a lighting solution where aesthetics, opti-cal performance, and energy consumption are all in perfect balance is at the core of what Thorn do.

Tridonic

Tridonic is a globally active brand providing solutions to make lighting smart, connected and efficient. The brand offers a holistic architecture of high quality, reliable and energy-efficient hardware and software. In addition to producing components and system solutions for the Group’s Thorn and Zumtobel brands, Tri-donic serves as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) supplier to luminaire manufacturers worldwi-de, generating around 80 percent of its sales outside the Zumtobel Group. Customers appreciate Tridonic‘s ability as an innovative and competent partner to make their lighting smarter, more exciting and more sustainable. More than 2,500 patents testify to Tridonic’s innovative strength. Most recently the compo-nents manufacturer has further expanded its expertise, particularly in the fields of lighting management systems, software and the Internet of Things.

Zumtobel

As an innovation leader in the lighting world, the premium Zumtobel brand offers a comprehensive range of high-quality, unique luminaires and lighting control systems across the full range of applications in professional indoor lighting. The mission of the Zumtobel brand is to empower everybody to experience and enjoy light in the best possible quality. The ongoing development of the Zumtobel product portfolio is driven not only by the latest advances in research and technology but above all by the brand’s long-stan-ding collaboration with leading international architects, lighting designers and artists in its project busi-ness. Zumtobel products represent a harmonious blend of outstanding design and innovative technology, allowing the brand to create lighting solutions which enrich human life with lighting that is purposeful and inspiring. Zumtobel’s activities are intended to strengthen the globalisation of its market presence, to drive the future-oriented development of the product portfolio with outdoor and residential lighting and to expand the offering of intelligent lighting management systems.

Tridonic is a specialist in operating, controlling and managing light

Zumtobel – the premium brand form architectural lighting

Zumtobel Group: Background information

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Zumtobel Group: Background information

acdc is an innovative and dynamic brand for ambitious LED projects

Reiss – the specialistfor high protectionlighting

acdc

acdc is a unique, innovative and dynamic LED manufacturer for ambitious LED projects. The compa-ny, which is exclusively LED-based, supplies its international customers with high-end architectural lighting solutions, focusing on façade lighting and lighting solutions for hotels and restaurants.Because of the early and continuous investment in LED-technology, acdc has positioned itself well within the rapidly expanding LED market. Since the company’s inception, it pursues a unique design method that starts with the LED itself, supported by a great mix of architectural design, extensive engineering knowledge and technical expertise. This combination has led acdc to produce a port-folio of ground breaking LED products which today, continue to revolutionise the lighting industry. acdc’s approach has enabled the company to develop a number of award winning products, that highlight some of the most distinctive buildings throughout the world.

Reiss

Reiss is a long-standing, recognised worldwide specialist for high protection lighting. Featuring innovative LED technology, its quality products boast high resistance, impact resistance, explosion prevention and vandal resistance. Founded in 1926 by plastics engineer Joseph Reiss, the company enjoys a proud heritage and can draw on an extensive pool of expertise that has evol-ved over the years. Customers around the globe put their trust in Reiss’s extensive experience in processing high-quality plastics, benefiting from the brand’s wide-ranging expertise in technology and applications, reliability, and helpful and efficient service. Collaborative dialogue with customers generates valuable ideas that help drive the ongoing development of the specialised product port-folio. Reiss complements the multi-brand strategy of the Zumtobel Group in the area of “X-treme Lighting“.

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Zumtobel Group: Background information

Growth since 1950

Conversion to joint stock company

Initial public offering

New organisational structure creates synergies

LED lighting ushers in new era

Acquisition of Staff and Thorn

Milestones

The present-day Zumtobel Group originated as Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG, which was founded in Dornbirn, Austria, in 1950. In the decades that followed, the Zumtobel family – represented initially by the founder Dr. Walter Zumtobel then by his two sons Jürg and Fritz Zumtobel – pursued the continuous expansion of the company‘s business, particularly in the German-speaking markets, through a mixture of organic growth and minor acquisitions.

From an early stage the Zumtobel organisation was geared to achieving profitable growth. As early as 1976 this family-owned company was converted into a joint stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft), before in 1991 the two divisions – luminaires and lighting components – were restructured as legally autono-mous subgroups.

The 1990s were marked by further growth: Key milestones during this period were the acquisition of the German luminaire manufacturer Staff in 1994/96 and the takeover of the UK-based Thorn Lighting Group in 2000. These steps enabled the Zumtobel Group to almost double its revenues, as well as strategically enhancing its market presence.

The new millennium brought the beginning of a new era for the Zumtobel Group, as LED technology was first used in smaller areas of application and then throughout the professional lighting industry. As early as 2001, Tridonic in Jennersdorf began development and production of LED components and modules. Today the plant serves as a centre of competence for LED technology for the entire Zumtobel Group. The transformation from conventional lighting sources to LED has, for the most part, been completed: the LED share of Group revenues reached 63.4% in 2015/16, and nearly all of the new products introduced during the reporting year are equipped with energy-efficient LEDs.

After decades of expansion that had transformed this former family-owned company into a global player, the next logical step was to obtain a listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Zumtobel Group’s initial public offering on 12 May 2006 followed the decision of U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts (KKR), which had acquired a stake in the Group during the takeover of Thorn Lighting, to sell its shares.

In December 2013 Ulrich Schumacher, the new CEO of the Zumtobel Group, rolled out a new organisati-onal structure which built on synergies and led to improved market cultivation based on a multi-brand approach. All of the Lighting Segment brands are now marketed by a joint sales organisation. The Tridonic components subsidiary allows the Zumtobel Group to follow an internal platform strategy, using the same components in Thorn, Zumtobel, acdc and Reiss luminaires. The procurement volumes for the entire Group have also been bundled in a central purchasing department. This maximises synergies in producti-on, sales and development, reduces costs and boosts innovative strength.

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Zumtobel Group: Background information

Portfolio expanded with products for private consumers

New business divisionfor “Controls &Systems“

Milestones

The increased cooperation between the brands in the joint sales organisation has allowed the Zumto-bel Group to establish a strong market position over the last two years. Today, the Zumtobel Group is concentrating on the expansion of its expertise in the areas of intelligent controls, data management and software development as well as the expansion of the service business and innovative business models.

At the Light + Building trade fair in spring 2016, the Zumtobel Group and its brands presented their first product portfolio for private consumers. This launch expands the current business area in close connection with the Group’s partners – electricians / electrical systems planners – to also cover the demanding area of residential lighting (“Living“).

After the reorientation of the lighting industry to focus on LED, the issue of “connectivity“, meaning intel-ligent and Internet-linked lighting, represents the next major phase in the technological transformation. The Zumtobel Group will bundle its resources, including activities related to the Internet of Things (IoT), in a separate business division “Controls & Systems (C&S)“ starting on 1 May 2016.

Strong foundation for dynamic growth

Facts and figures

Our business: • Professional indoor and outdoor lighting (Thorn, Zumtobel, acdc und Reiss)• Lighting components, management systems and modules (Tridonic) • Innovative LED technologies (all brands)

What sets us apart:• A consistent focus on technological innovation • Well-established market access in the professional project business • Close collaboration with leading international architects and designers • Our employees’ knowledge and expertise

Facts at a glance

Founded in 1950 as „Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG“

Headquarters Dornbirn, Vorarlberg (Austria)

Market position One of the few global players in the lighting industryThe European market leader for professional lightingA global leader in control gear and lighting control systems

Worldwide presence 14 production plants on 4 continentsSales companies and representatives in about 90 countries

Key financial indicators (FY 2015/16, 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016)

Employees, incl. incl. 6,761 FTE

contract workers (full time equivalent, FTE)

of which 2,030 FTE in Vorarlberg

Revenues EUR 1,356.5 million

EBIT EUR 23.8 million

Adjusted EBIT EUR 58.7 million

Net income EUR +11.9 million

Net debt EUR 134.8 million

Equity capital EUR 333.2 million

Zumtobel Group AG listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange

Legal form Stock corporation: Zumtobel Group AG, listing: Vienna Stock Exchange

Shareholder structure

Zumtobel family: approx. 35.4%remainder in free float

Trading abbreviation ZAG

ISIN AT 0000837307

Management Board Ulrich Schumacher, Chief Executive OfficerKarin Sonnenmoser, Chief Financial OfficerAlfred Felder, Chief Operating Officer

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Management

Ulrich Schumacher

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

of the Zumtobel Group

Ulrich SchumacherChief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zumtobel Group Ulrich Schumacher has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zumtobel Group since October 2013.

“The Zumtobel Group is gearing up for the new era in the lighting industry with the focus on smart connectivity between the lighting infrastructure and the Internet, opening up whole new opportunities for our customers. We see great potential for the Zumtobel Group in the field of connected lighting and are engaged in systematically expanding our expertise in the areas of software, connectivity and the Internet of Things. As a lighting group, we benefit here above all from our expert knowledge of lighting solutions combined with the expertise in smart lighting components that our Tridonic brand brings to the table. On the sales side we have chosen to adopt a multi-brand approach with our lighting brands Thorn, Zumtobel, acdc and Reiss. This leaves us ideally placed to offer our customers a comprehensive range of products and services. We aspire to deliver solutions and services that go way beyond conventional lighting. In the future, light will be a more exciting topic than ever and the Zumtobel Group will be a driving force in this new world of light.” Professional career

Ulrich Schumacher was born in 1958 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. He took up his post as Chief Exe-cutive Officer of the Zumtobel Group in October 2013. In 1986 Ulrich Schumacher launched his career at Siemens, where he was responsible for the semi-conductor business starting in 1996. In 1998 he was ap-pointed to the managing board of Siemens AG. Between 2000 and 2004 he took the carved-out Siemens Semiconductor Group public, renamed as Infineon Technologies AG. On leaving the company in 2004 he became a partner in Francisco Partners, a U.S. private equity firm. From 2007 to 2011 Ulrich Schumacher was CEO and President of Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation in Shanghai. Since then he has held several board positions and provided consultancy services to technology companies.

Academic Background

Ulrich Schumacher studied Electrical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, Germany and completed a PhD in this field. He also studied Business Administration.

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Management

Karin Sonnenmoser

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Zumtobel Group

Karin Sonnenmoser Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Zumtobel Group

Karin Sonnenmoser has been the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Zumtobel Group since May 2014.

“In a market dominated by the technology shift to LEDs, we are leveraging Group-wide synergies and ma-king targeted investments in the innovative power of the Zumtobel Group. The company is in a very sound financial position and the foundations on which to build further growth are in place. With our new service offering “NOW” we are offering our customers a very attractive model that will cut their lighting costs and save energy. This package delivers a complete solution, from lighting design via financing to installation and maintenance. Without having to make any upfront investment in their lighting system, from the very first minute the customer benefits from an energy-efficient, state-of-the-art lighting solution and, as a direct result, from instant cost savings through lower energy consumption. We are going to continue along this successful path, enabling our customers to hand over responsibility for all aspects of lighting to an experienced partner in the shape of the Zumtobel Group.”

Professional career

Karin Sonnenmoser, who was born in 1969 in Biberach an der Riss (Germany), took over the job of Chief Financial Officer in the Zumtobel Group AG Board on 1 May 2014. She started her career at Volkswagen AG in 1995 and has held numerous positions in Group Finance. From 2002 to 2006, she was the head of the General Secretariat for the Volkswagen Brand Group and was also the General Secretary of the CEO of Volkswagen AG in this position. During the period from 2007 to 2010 she was initially appointed Mana-ging Director and subsequently Chair of the Management Board of AutoVision GmbH. Following till 2014, Sonnenmoser held the position of Managing Director of Finance and Controlling at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH, Gläserne Manufaktur GmbH and Volkswagen Bildungsinstitut GmbH in Zwickau.

Academic background

Karin Sonnenmoser studied business economics at the University of Augsburg / Germany and during her course, gained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton in Ohio / USA .

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Management

Alfred Felder

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Zumtobel Group

Alfred FelderChief Operating Officer (COO) Zumtobel Group Effective 1 April 2016, Felder assumes the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Zumtobel Group. Professional career

Alfred Felder was born in South Tyrol in 1963 and, prior to his appointment as COO of the Zumtobel Group, held the post of CEO of Tridonic from November 2012 to March 2016. His professional career began in 1990, when he was a Project Manager in the R&D Department at Siemens. He held various specialist and management positions there up until 2003, including in the central Siemens R&D Department in Germany, as well as at Infineon in Japan. In September 2003, Felder moved within the Siemens group to Osram and occupied various management positions in the OLED and LED Technology divisions. Before becoming part of the Zumtobel Group, he was the Senior Vice President Sales, with global responsibility for Osram‘s General Lighting sales activities.

Academic Background

Alfred Felder obtained a doctorate in the field of Electrical Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology.

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Management

Klaus Vamberszky

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

of the Zumtobel Group

Klaus VamberszkyChief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Zumtobel Group Klaus Vamberszky has been Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Zumtobel Group since October 2013. He started his career at Zumtobel Licht GmbH in 1985.

“Together, the brands of the Zumtobel Group form a lighting ecosystem. The luminaire and component seg-ments collaborate in research and development, which creates synergies and economies of scale for us. The Group follows an internal platform strategy, using the same components in different luminaires. This boosts the power and speed of our innovation during the technology shift. And going forward, it positions us to apply our competencies and sharpen our focus on software, connectivity and the Internet of Things.“ Professional career

Klaus Vamberszky was born in 1961 in St. Pölten, Austria. He began his career as a luminaire designer at Zumtobel Licht GmbH in 1985. Since then, Klaus Vamberszky has held various positions in the areas of research, development and marketing within the Zumtobel Group. He was appointed EVP Technology for the Zumtobel Group in October 2009 and subsequently named CTO of the Group. In this function, Klaus Vamberszky is responsible for the ongoing technological development of the Zumtobel Group and the coordination of the technological approaches followed by Tridonic as a manufacturer of components and Thorn and Zumtobel as producers of luminaires.

Academic Background

Klaus Vamberszky holds a degree in Mechanical and Process Engineering from the Technical Universityof Vienna.

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Management

Michael Ball

Executive Vice President (EVP) Business

Division Thorn

Michael BallExecutive Vice President (EVP) Business Division Thorn Michael Ball is Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Business Division Thorn since April 2014.

“As a leading supplier of professional solutions for indoor and outdoor lighting, Thorn stands for high-per-formance, cost-effective and user-friendly products. We aspire to be the trusted partner and a competent consultant to our customers. With the unique multi-brand sales approach of the Zumtobel Group and building upon a strong focus on speed in our core processes, we will further develop Thorn into a global and agile high-tech player. In addition to an intelligent product strategy, the strengthening of our product development capabilities is of particular importance for us. Focus is the further improvement of our compre-hensive product offering for a range of applications – from office and education, via sports facilities, to road and tunnel, always having the customer benefit and the user experience in mind.” Professional career

Michael Ball was born in Hamburg in 1973 and worked as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. be-fore joining the Zumtobel Group. His clients included globally leading companies in the high-tech and automotive industries. In his project work he focused on strategy/customer insights, comprehensive performance improvement pro¬grams, and product development. Since April 2014, Michael Ball is as EVP Business Division Thorn responsible for further strengthening and driving the globalization of the Thorn brand.

Academic Background

Michael Ball studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen and at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. During his doctorate he was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkley with a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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Management

Christoph MathisExecutive Vice President (EVP) Business Division Zumtobel Christoph Mathis has been Executive Vice President (EVP) of Business Division Zumtobel since January 2016.

„Zumtobel focuses on the individual needs of people over a period of 24 hours. Only by consistent orienta-tion towards the user and through the knowledge surrounding the effects of light on the body do we create quantifiable and noticeable added value. Only in this way are we able to develop lighting solutions which meet our customers‘ high technical and aesthetic standards. We‘re aware of the importance of light for people, the economy and culture“. Professional career

Christoph Mathis was born in 1968 in Bregenz/Vorarlberg, Austria and has been EVP of the Business Division Zumtobel since January 2016. He began his career at HEAD sports equipment in 1995 and after a short time became a project manager at Zumtobel Lighting. Over the years, Christoph Mathis has passed through many stations within the group. This includes as stint as head of product management in Dorn-birn and Usingen before taking over international coordination of new product launches as Launch Ma-nagement Director of the Thorn and Zumtobel brands in 2005. From 2009 until 2014, he managed Global Application, Product & Launch Management at Zumtobel and worked in the same role for the Thorn brand from 2014 until 2016.

Academic background

Christoph Mathis acquired his Master‘s degree in business economics from the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, where he specialised in marketing and industrial management.

Christoph Mathis

Executive Vice President (EVP)

Business Division Zumtobel

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Management

Gareth Frankland

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) acdc

Gareth FranklandCEO acdc acdc joined the Zumtobel Group in 2015.

“We are acdc. A team of lighting experts who share an uncompromising commitment to exceptional design and innovation. We’re dedicated to crafting the very best in beautiful, highly engineered lighting products. We offer a limitless choice of options throughout our range, with flexibility being an integral factor when designing our products. We’ve developed one of the most advanced and efficient product ranges in the world. Yet we’re always striving to improve on what came before. Always looking to expand the possibilities of light to fulfil our mission of creating emotional connections between people and spaces.We call it, bringing light to life. We joined the Zumtobel Group in 2015, that gives us a great opportunity for true international growth.” Professional career

Gareth Frankland has over 20 years’ experience leading acdc, a dynamic SME in the fast-moving LED ligh-ting sector. One of the founding directors of acdc LED, he has been CEO since 2009, leading two manage-ment buyouts and the acquisition with Zumtobel Group in 2015. Not only has Gareth grown the business from a small start-up LED company to a significant global player in architectural LED lighting, he also pioneered the company’s international development, setting up offices in London, Dubai and the USA. Gareth has developed a dynamic, innovative and fun culture throughout the company, receiving nume-rous business and industry awards along the way. Today he has positioned acdc as a technology leader within the architectural lighting field, with broad ranges of LED products.

Academic background

BA (Hons) Degree in European Finance and accounting – including 1 year in Berlin, Germany where he learnt German to a fluent level.

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Management

Christian Ranacher

Vice President (VP) HR

Zumtobel Group

Christian Ranacher, Vice President (VP) HR Zumtobel Group Christian Ranacher has been Vice President (VP) HR of the Zumtobel Group since March 2014.

„Many of our employees identify with the Zumtobel Group and make use of the development opportunities that we offer to grow with and within the company. To this end we provide a wide range of continuing professional development options, through which our employees can acquire additional skills that open up new career opportunities. As an international group, we can also offer our employees a range of assign-ments across the globe. The important thing for us is to identify the talents that our people have, leverage those talents and foster them. As an employer, we give them the space they need to develop, realise their potential and share our passion for light. The modern and flexible terms of employment that we offer add a new level of personal freedom. We also do our best to integrate our employees into our corporate culture. 2016 saw the first ever presentation of the Dr. Walter Zumtobel Award, named after the company’s founder and supported by the Zumtobel family. The award is presented to employees who actively live the corporate values or contribute innovative ideas and projects that open up new prospects or set new standards for the company.“ Professional career

Christian Ranacher was born in 1972 in Villach, Carinthia, and has been Vice President HR of the Zum-tobel Group since March 2014, with responsibility for personnel management throughout the Group and global HR organisation. He began his career in 2000 as an HR Controller at Hilti AG, at Group HQ in Schaan, Liechtenstein, becoming Head of Compensation & Benefits in 2004. In September 2010, Christian Ranacher moved to the Zumtobel Group in the same capacity.

Academic background

Christian Ranacher studied Technical Mathematics at Graz University of Technology and completed a Master‘s Degree in Economics at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, specialising in Controlling and Organisational Development.

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Thorn

Thorn has provided new lighting for three of the stadiums hosting Euro 2016 in the run-up to the tournament. A key factor here was the stringent requirements imposed by UEFA for TV broadcasts. Thorn floodlights are in use at Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étien-ne, at the “Stade des Lumières” (Stadium of Light) in Lyon and at the Allianz-Riviera stadium in Nice. In the lighting for the Euro 2016 stadiums the primary concern was to comply with UEFA’s guidelines for TV broadcasts in full. At the same time offering various lighting modes was also very important. Thorn can draw on decades of experience in sports venue lighting.

Photo credit: Allianz Riviera, Nice - OGC Nice - www.ogcnice.com

Photo: © Serge Demailly

As one of the most modern and dynamic schools in the country, Skive Business College in Denmark has most recently extended its facilities with a new wing comprising 15 new classrooms and shared facilities. To illuminate the new wing the college chose Thorn LED luminaires with a combination of Omega LED fixtures in classrooms and Chalice LED fixtures in the corridors. The lighting had to be efficient and work well for both students and teachers.

For the City of Copenhagen, Thorn developed a customised lantern (Thor) which is connected to the city’s central management system. Thorn installed 10,000 smart street lights that automatically adapt lighting levels to traffic density, The pioneering lighting solution offers enhanced safety as well as comfort and better lighting quality and leads to energy safings up to 60%.

Project / product references

Allianz-Riviera stadium

Nice, France

Lighting solution:

OMEGA LED

CHALICE LED

Lighting solution:

Floodlights

Lighting solution:

Latern THOR

Customised solution

Skive Business College

Denmark

Connected urban lighting

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Tridonic

connecDIM is a lighting management system solution for industry and trade that can be easily integrated into any environment. The system consisting of connecDIM Gateway and connecDIM Cloud combines cost efficiency and user friendliness with decentralised lighting monitoring and control options from anywhere in the world. Smaller applications with only a few DALI devices benefit in the same way as complex ligh-ting systems in large buildings and properties.

With Tridonic‘s ready2mains interface, luminaires can be controlled and dimmed directly via the mains network without any additional wiring. Accordingly, manufacturers can use ready2mains to configu-re their luminaires flexibly and even save time in the process, thus reducing the costs of production and installation as well as eliminating possible sources of error.

Featuring a service life of 50,000 hours, this LED module for spotlights offers a wide range of applications with different white light colours. For applications in art and culture, SLE ART provides a new compre-hensive technology. SLE FOOD is the ideal module for presenting foodstuffs. With the new brilliant white light SLE FASHION version, the LED module is a trendsetter in the sphere of fashion lighting.

connecDIM

ready2mains

TALEXXengine SLE G5

Project / product references

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Zumtobel

St Martin Tower marks a huge step forward in the development of the Frankfurt office scene, both in terms of the architecture and the lighting solution. Incorporating a total rental area of more than 24,000 sq, this is where LED luminaires from Zumtobel systemati-cally provide coordinated light at the workplace and help create an inspiring atmosphere throughout the building. The flexible interior design naturally placed high demands on the lighting solution, which was developed by the architects msm meyer schmitz-morkramer in cooperation with Zumtobel. Traditional priorities such as functionality and task-oriented spaces shared equal weighting with new aspects like optimised working environments and the associated wellbeing of people who use the building.

Zumtobel let designer store shine in new light in the historic centre of the Belgian town of Antwerp. The design of the shop proved to be a major challenge. On the one hand, every aspect of the plans, including the LED lighting solution from Zumtobel, had to meet the strict requirements of the Tokyo-based fashion brand. On the other hand, the issue of historic preservation placed the emphasis firmly on improvisation, as the 300-square-metre venue is housed in a buil-ding from the 16th century. Enthralling lighting effects designed to follow a subtle dramatic scheme draw attention to the store, creating a feel-good atmosphere and helping extend the amount of time that the customer is likely to spend browsing.

Zumtobel illuminates the new constructed Sägerbrücke bridge in Dornbirn by using a customised LED outdoor solution. With SUPER-SYSTEM outdoor it was possible to achieve a completely uniform illumination of the entire surface and maximum visual comfort for the bridge and the “Do.Helix” installation crafted by the artist Hubert Lampert. The precise light distribution helps avoid unnecessary light pollution, mean that the lighting solutions represents an extremely energy-efficient choice. The minimalist design language of the pro-duct delivers high visual quality without taking centre stage, so that both the architecture of the “island bridge” and the sculpture in the centre can be fully appreciated.

Project / product references

Lighting solution:

LED luminaire SEQUENCE,

Special solution SEQUENCE track,

LED lighting system SUPERSYSTEM,

LED Downlight PANOS infinity

Wallwasher DIAMO,

Recessed luminaire CARDAN LED,

LUXAMTE LITENET

Lighting solution:

LED lighting system INTRO,

LED Downlight PANOS infinity,

Modular lighting system MICROTOOLS

Lighting solution:

SUPERSYSTEM outdoor

customised solution

Bridge Sägerbrücke

Dornbirn, Austria

Issey Miyake Shop

Antwerpen, Belgium

St. Martin Tower

Frankfurt on the Main, Germany

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When Lead Designer James Sultan and the lighting design team of Studio Lux, LLC in Seattle designed the lighting for the newest Por-sche dealership in this discerning area of Bellevue, they were looking for a fully integrated and flexible LED lighting solution to illuminate the displayed automobiles in the area right inside the showroom, with the objective to really make them sparkle in all their beauty. acdc 360+ delivered just what was needed. The quality and ease of usage of acdc’s 360+ made it a perfect choice for this exquisitely designed Porsche dealership.

As a new addition to the Zumtobel Group, at the light+building fair 2016 acdc presented an extensive portfolio of innovative luminaires which bring life to buildings. Three new products were presented for the first time: The Fusion spotlight, the Blade family for outdoor con-tinuous row lighting systems as well as the Novus downlight which sets new standards on the market with exceptional vertical perfor-mance. The atmospheric centrepiece of the presentation was the bar, lit by acdc, which acted as a central meeting point at the stand and was illuminated in various colours.

Knightsbridge Estate comprises over 500 years of architectural herita-ge. The challenge for lighting designers GIA Equation was to develop a lighting scheme that would create a sense of unity while retaining the Estate’s elegance. To achieve this, acdc produced a specially adapted Plaza flood fitting, along with adapted versions of Blade and Fino linear. Independent levels of 2700K and 6000K colour tempe-ratures were created for different scenes and a DMX onboard driver was installed for individual luminaire control. acdc installed multiple optics within Plaza, including a narrow 12 degree beam to punch up the height of columns and 18 degree beam to wash the base of the columns and blend the two colour temperatures.

Project / product references

Lighting solution:

LED luminaires 360+

Lighting solution:

LED luminaires

Knightsbridge Estate

London, UK

Porsche Braevern

Bellevue, USA

International light+building fair 2016

Frankfurt on the Main, Germany

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Reference projects with combined brand offer

With a combined product offer from Zumtobel and Thorn including Tridonic components, the infrastructure of King Abdulaziz Int. Airport in Jeddah is ready for the requirements of the 21st century. For Zum-tobel and Thorn, the airport is a joint success story. Among others, 50,000 units of the Thorn X-Force moisture-proof luminaire were used. Hence, this was the biggest single contract for this product so far. In addition, PRISMA and COLLEGE surface-mounted and pendant luminaires as well as TITUS industrial luminaires by Thorn were in-stalled. The lighting solution was rounded off by TUBILUX luminaires and LED emergency luminaires by Zumtobel. The contract volume of the Jeddah Airport project amounts to some 7 million US dollars.

A combined package of Zumtobel and Thorn products provides for the lighting system of the ten-storey Mästerhuset financial centre in Stockholm. The heart of the lighting solution is formed by more than 1000 Zumtobel MELLOW LIGHT V office luminaires. Other Zumtobel products used include KAVA wall-mounted luminaires, CARDAN LED recessed luminaires, DISCUS evolution spotlights as well as an emer-gency lighting solution consisting of RESCLITE and COMSIGN. From the Thorn portfolio, PRISMA surface-mounted and pendant luminai-res as well as OMEGA LED recessed luminaires were chosen.

The cooperation between Thorn and Zumtobel has enabled the Zumtobel Group to implement a comprehensive lighting solution for indoor and outdoor lighting of the public hospital AZ Damiaan in Ostend, Belgium. In collaboration with the artist Luk Van Soom, an artistic outdoor lighting concept was implemented using Thorn luminaires. For indoor lighting, Zumtobel products were used. The contract volume of the AZ Damiaan Ostend project amounts to some 835,000 euros.

King Abdulaziz Int. Flughafen

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Finanzzentrum Kv. Hästen /

Mästerhuset

Stockholm, Sweden

AZ Damiaan

Oostende, Belgium

Project / product references

Lighting solution:

combined product offer from

Zumtobel and Thorn including

Tridonic components

Lighting solution:

customised offer comprising

Zumtobel and Thorn products

Lighting solution:

artistic outdoor lighting by Thorn, interior

lighting by Zumtobel

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