Zumtobel Group

Zumtobel Group AG is an international lighting group and a leading player in the field of innovative lighting solutions and components. With roots in Austria, Zumtobel has been synonymous with innovation, unique product and service quality and superior design since its birth. Creating lighting solutions of perfect quality and aesthetics is our passion. For 70 years, we have been working continuously on the light of tomorrow, guided by a unique design approach. We are always striving to improve the quality of human life through light and provide the right light for every activity at any time of day or night.

With its core brands, Zumtobel, Thorn and Tridonic, the Group offers its customers around the world a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. This international strength provides the company with a strategic presence in every major global market, and also contributes to its cultural diversity. The product portfolios of the Thorn, Zumtobel, acdc and Reiss luminaire brands are marketed by a single sales organisation. This means our customers can draw on a single source for an especially broad range of products and comprehensive services. Our sales team focuses on offering the best possible solution to each and every customer. Their expert knowledge allows them to assess the customer’s requirements and select a tailored solution from our portfolio of brands and services.

The Zumtobel brand stands for holistic lighting solutions that above all enhance people’s wellbeing. The brand’s products unite multi-awardwinning design with thoughtful integration into the architectural setting. As an innovation leader, Zumtobel offers an exceptional range of premium luminaires and lighting control systems across the full range of applications – office, school, retail, hotel, wellness and healthcare facilities, the arts, urban outdoor lighting, industry, and, most recently, the residential sector. For 70 years, Zumtobel has been developing innovative, custom lighting solutions that meet extremely exacting requirements in terms of ergonomics, economic efficiency and environmental compatibility and also deliver aesthetic added value. Zumtobel uses integral lighting solutions to create lighting scenes that make it possible to experience the interplay between light and architecture in all its diverse complexity. The combined use of luminaires, lighting management and emergency lighting systems is geared towards the architecture of a building and the particular application situation.

Thorn Lighting is a globally trusted supplier of outdoor and indoor luminaires with integrated controls. Thorn’s mission is to make great lighting easy for you – offering lighting solutions that are easy to install, operate and maintain. The Thorn brand stands for outstanding optical performance and energy savings without compromising functionality and comfort. The brand can trace its roots back to the Electric Lamp Service Company, founded in the UK in 1928 by Austrian-born Sir Jules Thorn. Today Thorn is a global brand with a wide-ranging infrastructure offering professional lighting solutions with integrated, smart control systems. The consistently high quality of its products helps make even the largest projects a success. Our high performance lighting solutions can be found in many different applications such as sport, road, tunnel, cityscape, office, education or industry. Thorn products target a wide range of customers worldwide, from wholesalers and electricians to electrical planners and end users.

In the components segment, the Tridonic brand operates as an OEM supplier, offering its products to a highly diverse range of luminaire manufacturers worldwide. Since 1991 Tridonic has been serving the OEM market as an independent brand, generating some 80 percent of its revenues with luminaire manufacturers around the globe. All over the world, Tridonic is a synonym for excellent products and services associated with perfect light. Producing smart and energy-efficient LED modules, LED drivers, sensors and software, Tridonic delivers the innovative components that help keep the Group at the cutting edge of lighting. The company is impressive with a clearly arranged portfolio that will meet any requirement. The Tridonic think tank creates innovative technologies for connected light, smart lighting controls and complete LED lighting systems for the global market.

Established in the UK in 2001, acdc is a global lighting application expert in outdoor architecture, plazas and landscapes. Designing ground breaking luminaires which integrate market leading technologies. Working closely with the leading lighting designers, the brand develops ground-breaking architectural lighting for facades and lighting solutions for hotels, restaurants and private homes. acdc follows a unique design approach, with product development centred on LED technology. acdc has specialized in creating innovative LED lighting with colour change and dynamic light for hotels, boutiques and high-prestige facades.

The Zumtobel Group is active around the globe, offering a strong local presence on the ground. Luminaire sales are grouped into three distribution channels. In the “Specification” channel, specialised sales advisors work with architects, lighting designers and electrical planners from start to finish of a building project, contributing their expertise to the development of specifications for suitable lighting solutions. In the “End-User” channel, another team of specialists provides services targeting end-users in the industrial, commercial and municipal sectors, as well as private customers. In the “Trade” channel, numerous sales employees cater to the needs of wholesalers and electricians in all of the Zumtobel Group’s seven sales regions. Because our sales organisation is aimed at meeting the needs of different customer groups, we can provide in-depth and targeted service on the ground. As a company that aspires to innovation leadership in the lighting industry, we are committed to outstanding quality in every segment of our business. From the careful selection of suppliers and compliance with international production standards, this principle extends all the way to our professional after-sales service.

All of our production facilities are certified in line with ISO 9001, and the certification process serves as the basis for the continuous development of our quality standards. The improvement of processes and products is professionally managed through our continuous improvement process. We apply Lean Six Sigma methodology to systematically minimise potential sources of error. Our lean management experts optimise processes and cut back activities that do not create value. The Zumtobel Group guarantees that all our products comply with the applicable standards and regulations. This includes in particular standards for lighting applications, international electrical engineering standards such as IEC, EN, and UL (USA), as well as legal requirements such as the CE certificate. In addition, we conform to voluntary certifications such as ENEC. We test our products in internationally accredited light laboratories to ensure compliance with norms and standards as well as quality and safety criteria.

In a highly competitive market, marked by the technology shift to LEDs and ever shorter innovation cycles and product lifetimes, new business models are more essential than ever. Innovation driven by superior technology is a core element of the Zumtobel Group. The Group leverages the synergies that result from collaboration between its brands in the luminaire and component segments, and applies a platform strategy in its product development activities.