Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) will seek acquisitions. Neil Ashe Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “the company is in a position to process, and how can we focus on how to continue to grow the company through acquisitions. That will flow into 2 big camps. The first would be bolt-on acquisitions to our existing businesses. So we have a healthy pipeline now of opportunities that are relatively small, but we -- which we feel like we can do in the foreseeable future around our existing businesses. And then we'll start to turn our attention, and it's very early and we don't have a lot to share on this, on what other areas we would invest in post that".
Acuity Brands, Inc. is an industrial technology company. The Company uses technology to solve problems in spaces and light. It operates through two segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG). ABL's portfolio of lighting solutions includes commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting in addition to lighting controls and components that can be combined to create integrated lighting control systems. It offers devices, such as luminaires that utilize light emitting diode (LED) technology designed to optimize energy efficiency and comfort for various indoor and outdoor applications. ABL's brand portfolio include Aculux, Indy, Gotham, and more. ISG offers a building management platform and location-aware applications. Its building management platform includes products for controlling heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, shades, and building access that deliver end-to-end optimization of building systems.