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Press Release Dornbirn, 01 March 2017
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Zumtobel Group launches new Zumtobel Group Services business unit
All services brought together under a single roof Innovative service portfolio marketed under new ZGS brand Business model carried forward into field of connected light
Dornbirn, Austria – The international lighting company Zumtobel Group, a leading player in the field of innovative lighting solutions and components, bundles all its services in a single business unit. This move supports the Zumtobel Group’s aim of strengthening its position as a service-oriented company, while at the same time expanding its portfolio in the fast-growing connected lighting market. Under the ZGS (Zumtobel Group Services) brand the lighting group will offer a wide range of services – not only providing light contracting, design services, and consultation on intelligent lighting controls and emergency lighting systems, but also meeting the growing demand for project management of turnkey lighting solutions from a single source. These offerings will joined by new, data-based services such as building-use analyses. “By bringing our complete range of services under one umbrella in the new Zumtobel Group Services business unit, we are taking the next logical step in the strategic realignment of the Group. The highperformance ZGS team of some 240 employees will help us focus even more sharply on services going forward. So this is not only a milestone for the Zumtobel Group, but a way to add real value for our customers. With ZGS we are offering one of the most comprehensive integrated service portfolios in the entire lighting sector, as well as developing ourselves into an innovative, software-oriented service provider,” says Zumtobel Group CEO Ulrich Schumacher. Examples of service projects Past project experience has shown that – in light of the increasing complexity – customers want a single partner who can offer competencies in project development and management as well as the actual implementation. This was evident in the Zumtobel Group’s EUR 22 million contract with Wilko, a British supermarket chain, for the modernisation of the lighting in 380 stores. Here the lighting group not only provided the new LED lighting, but also oversaw its installation. For the customer this meant a single point of contact for all its lighting needs. Projects in the field of connected lighting also illustrate the Zumtobel Group’s stronger focus on services, with ZGS offering its customers new possibilities for the use and analysis of data-based software services. In the LifeCycleTower ONE project, for instance, the Group teamed up with Bosch Software Innovations to develop a system providing real-time technical status and space-utilisation data for the building. The new ZGS brand will make its debut at the EuroShop trade fair, which will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 5 to 9 March.
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Caption: For the LifeCycleTower ONE project, Zumtobel Group Services teamed up with Bosch Software Innovations to develop an integrated system that provides real-time insights into the status and technical condition of the building, including energy consumption data and visualisation of space-utilisation. (© Müller Norman A.)
Caption: For the British supermarket chain Wilko, Zumtobel Group Services drew up a turnkey project solution for modernisation of the lighting in 380 stores.
Information This press release and high-resolution images can be downloaded from: http://www.zumtobelgroup.com/de/presse_center.htm
Media contact Zumtobel Group Simone Deitmer Head of Corporate Communications Tel. +43-(0)5572 509-575
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Media contact Zumtobel Group Services Nadja Matern Brand Communications Manager Tel. +43-(0)664 80892 3548
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About Zumtobel Group Services The Zumtobel Group Services (ZGS) brand offers one of the most comprehensive integrated service portfolios in the entire lighting sector. In addition to project management for turnkey lighting solutions, the range of services includes financing models for lighting systems, design and installation of lighting management systems and emergency lighting systems, and global aftersales services. ZGS also provides its customers in the high-growth connected lighting market with data-based software services and analyses. Zumtobel Group Services turns light into customised, integrated, ready-to-use solutions. The brand is part of Zumtobel Group AG, based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria. Further information will be available from 6 March 2017 at www.zgservices.com About the Zumtobel Group The Zumtobel Group is an international lighting group and a leading player in the field of innovative lighting solutions and components. With its internationally established brands, Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel, and the acdc and Reiss brands, the Group offers its customers around the world a comprehensive range of products and services. 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. Through its lighting components brand, Tridonic, the Group plays a leading role worldwide in the manufacture of hardware and software for lighting systems (LED light sources and LED drivers, sensors and lighting management). The Group is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (ATX) and on the balance sheet date (April 30, 2016) employed a workforce of 6,761 employees. In the 2015/16 financial year, the Group posted revenues of EUR 1,356.5 million. The Zumtobel Group is based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria. For further information, please visit http://www.zumtobelgroup.com/en
