Dia
light, a leader in the
lighting revolution for industrial users across the world, announced that its US subsidiary, Dia
light Corporation, has finalized the acquisition of the assets of Airinet Inc, a lighting controls company headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado.
Airinet develops next generation
lighting control, energy management, and automated network control systems and employs six
lighting control engineers. Focused on industrial applications, Airinet has developed leading edge networked management systems for
lighting, which deliver features such as dimming, daylight harvesting, flexible scheduling, tailored occupancy, diagnostics, power monitoring, and real time data reporting.
Dia
light has assumed no liabilities on the acquisition and all employees will transfer to Dia
light Corporation on completion. All patent applications have been transferred to Dia
light ownership. The goodwill on acquisition is expected to be $7.7m with the final balance to be confirmed as part of the 2012 Preliminary Results. Management expect the acquisition to be earnings accretive from 2013, at the earliest.
Dia
light will manufacture the Lumitrol™ controls at its facility in Ensenada, Mexico and the
LED products incorporating the controls will be sold by Dia
light’s direct sales force and distributor sales representatives.
Commenting on the acquisition Roy Burton, Group Chief Executive, said:“The acquisition of controls capability will be key to further driving the value proposition and improving payback to our hazardous
LED lighting customers”.