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Dornbirn (euro adhoc) - Press Release
Dornbirn, 22 January 2010

LEDON Lamp: Zumtobel Group enters the LED lamp business

• LEDON Lamp GmbH founded as sales company for LED lamps
• LED technology "made in Austria" by LEDON Lighting Jennersdorf GmbH
• Development partnership with Lemnis Lighting B.V.

Dornbirn, Austria - The Austrian lighting company Zumtobel
Group, which specialises in professional light fittings, lighting
solutions and lighting components, is set to enter the lamp
business. To this end, the Group has founded a subsidiary,
LEDON Lamp GmbH, based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of
Austria. The new company will promote the sale of a broad
portfolio of innovative LED lamps. The product range will focus on
"retrofit" lamps - innovative LED lamps designed to look like
and replace all conventional incandescent light bulbs (e.g. with
E14 or E27 screw caps). Sales of these high- tech LED lamps will be
via retail outlets (e.g. DIY stores) and sales partners across
Europe. LEDON Lamp GmbH is headed up by Detlef Mikulsky and Peter
Petz.

"LEDs are where the future lies. We have built up a leading level of
expertise in this technology and we´ll be making use of this
knowledge to supply high- quality light bulbs to consumers, which
is a first in our corporate history. We are convinced that these LED
lamps will make a breakthrough in the market. With their high energy
efficiency and outstanding light quality, they are already
superior to conventional energy-saving lamps, which have never
really appealed to the consumer. With our decision to enter the lamp
market at this point, we are ideally positioned to profit
from this dynamic business," explained Zumtobel Group CEO Andreas
Ludwig.

Leading LED technology from Austria The LED technology for these
future-oriented lamps originates in Jennersdorf in the Burgenland
region of Austria, where Zumtobel Group subsidiary LEDON
Lighting Jennersdorf GmbH is based. Founded in 2001, the
company has established itself as a leading source of expertise
in the development and production of high-performance LED
light sources. LEDON Lighting mainly supplies the Zumtobel Group
brands with LED modules and components. The core competency of
LEDON Lighting is high quality white light from LEDs, an
expertise with respect to warm-white LEDs and stable,
homogenous colour distribution. LEDON Lighting began production
of LED modules for use in retrofit lamps as early as 2008. In
this sector, the company already ranks among the world´s leading
suppliers.

Co-operation with Lemnis Lighting B.V. With the common goal of
driving the dynamic development of the market for high quality and
affordable energy-saving LED lamps, the Zumtobel Group has
concluded a development partnership agreement with the Dutch
company Lemnis Lighting B.V. Lemnis Lighting specialises in
sustainable LED-based lighting solutions and markets various LED
retrofit lamps under its renowned Pharox brand name. In line
with the agreement, Lemnis and LEDON will jointly develop a
full-line portfolio of technologically advanced and high quality
LED-based lamps for residential and professional use. This portfolio
of LED lamps, which are designed to replace not only conventional
light bulbs but also halogen spots, is to be marketed by both
companies under the LEDON and Pharox brands. In conjunction with
the product developments already ongoing at LEDON Lamp, Lemnis
Lighting is to contribute its existing lamp range to the
joint portfolio. The combined capabilities of the Zumtobel Group and
Lemnis Lighting will provide a wide product base for LEDON Lamp´s
market entry as well as significantly increases the Lemnis
Lighting product portfolio in the short term. Under the terms of
the agreement, Zumtobel Group companies are also defined as a
preferred supplier for Lemnis Lighting.

Zumtobel Group CEO Andreas Ludwig expressed his delight at the
agreement: "LEDON and Lemnis are the perfect partners to drive the
breakthrough of the LED lamp. Our joint strategic goal is to build
up a significant volume of business in the lamp market."

Lemnis Lighting CEO Remko Gaastra highlighted the importance:
"Lemnis Lighting is very pleased to announce the development
partnership with the Zumtobel Group as a key driver for its rapidly
increasing product portfolio. It is a further step in our strategy
to form strong partnerships with key players in the industry
to enable fast technology and product development in order to
provide our customers with high quality LED lamps as a
genuine alternative to incandescents and CFLs. This partnership
further enhances Lemnis Lighting´s leading position in LED lamps
and we are proud that our strong relationship with the Zumtobel
Group is taking a further step forward."

This press release and the high resolution images can be downloaded
from: http://www.zumtobelgroup.com/de/press_center.htm

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