Light + Building 2014 Zumtobel Group demonstrates innovation competency at leading trade fair in Frankfurt

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1 Press release Dornbirn / Frankfurt, 30 March Light + Building 2014 Zumtobel Group demonstrates innovation competency at leading trade fair in Frankfurt Dornbirn, Austria / Frankfurt Germany These days, the Zumtobel Group is demonstrating its ability to innovate in Frankfurt am Main, where the world's largest trade fair for the lighting industry, Light + Building, opened this morning. As a leading provider of professional lighting systems, the Austrian lighting group is represented with three large stands. Its multi-brand strategy encompassing Zumtobel, Thorn and Tridonic covers the whole spectrum of innovative lighting solutions. In a total area of 1,500 square metres, visitors will this year find almost exclusively energy-efficient LED products, as well as intelligent control systems and flexible lighting solutions. For us, this year's Light + Building is a perfect platform for presenting our brands' innovation competency. Thanks to our multi-brand strategy, we are in a position to provide outstanding products and solutions in professional lighting to all customer target groups. As a group, we also benefit from the technology expertise of Tridonic, our components subsidiary. In terms of organisation, the Zumtobel Group has recently been restructured to ensure we are able to improve these strong points in a target-oriented manner and considerably strengthen collaboration among the brands, explains Ulrich Schumacher, CEO Zumtobel Group. Zumtobel: exclusive application know-how as a basis for trend-setting lighting solutions At this year's Light + Building, Zumtobel is presenting intelligent lighting solutions that feature an advanced level of personalisation, focusing on users needs. LED technology plays a major role. In an area of 780 square metres, Zumtobel presents exclusively LED lighting solutions. At this year's Light + Building, Zumtobel is focussing on know-how about light and its effects on people. Two recent studies on retail and office application areas provide an important basis for developing new, innovative lighting solutions. In a laboratory study conducted jointly with Gruppe Nymphenburg, people's unconscious reactions to various different lighting scenarios in retail areas were measured on an empirical basis. On the basis of the study findings, Zumtobel has adjusted and extended its product range for retail applications. Modular spotlight systems like INTRO incorporating innovative litecarve reflector technology provide lighting solutions that can be fully customised. This enables Zumtobel's retail customers for the first time to use lighting scenarios in their shops that have been optimised for the relevant target group. A study on perceived lighting quality in offices has served as a scientific basis for extending the product range for office applications. The new SEQUENCE LED luminaire featuring advanced optic technology and the LIGHT FIELDS luminaire range featuring Tunable White technology demonstrate how various employee requirements can be met by adaptable, pinpoint task area lighting. Findings from the largest user study in the company's history, which Zumtobel conducted in collaboration with Fraunhofer IAO, have influenced the development of products. Within the scope of such customisable lighting, lighting control plays a key role. In order to break new ground in this respect, Zumtobel has cooperated with partners like IBM and interface experts. The outcome of these joint efforts is the innovative LITECOM lighting management system, which boasts easy installation and intuitive operation via apps. As an open system it provides a high degree of flexibility and customisation.

2 02 Thorn: innovations for outdoor lighting At this year's Light + Building, Thorn is presenting an extensive range of new products for outdoor and indoor lighting. These products combine reliability with high output and energy efficiency. As an outdoor lighting expert, Thorn is introducing the new and comprehensive R2L2 LED road lantern range, which can be used in various applications in public spaces, the built-in control system and low maintenance effort required ensuring a long service life. The URBA LED street lantern developed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, too, is presented for the first time. Thorn seeks to become the world leader in the area of sports facility lighting, identifying huge potential in the renovation and new build of numerous stadiums for the 2016 European Football Championship. The Altis floodlight plays an important role in achieving this ambition, meeting the international requirements of high definition sports TV broadcasting. Altis boasts a patented optic with a unique combination of photometric qualities. The fully electronic solution provides flicker-free light, making it particularly suitable for broadcasting slow-motion sequences. Tridonic: innovative product range ensures dynamic LED growth This year, also for the first time, Tridonic, the lighting components and systems brand within the Zumtobel Group, is presenting exclusively innovative LED and OLED products at Light + Building. In recent months Tridonic has completed its new range of LED converters and launched numerous product innovations, dynamically increasing LED converter sales in the current year by some 130%. Supplemented by additional solutions for outdoor areas, Tridonic now presents a completely new generation of LED converters at Light + Building that are perfectly tailored for use in any application. The TALEXX converter ECO, TOP and TEC series meet the typical requirements made on LED lighting solutions when used in offices, schools, shops as well as hotels/restaurants. Tridonic also presents several highlights in the field of LED modules, including TALEXX engine STARK LLE PREMIUM with continuously adjustable white light (Tunable White) light in the range from 3000K to 6000K. Tridonic is the first supplier in the market to provide this technology for linear and wide-area lighting. By using adjustable white light the course of daylight can be perfectly simulated, increasing people's wellbeing in many different application areas. Another major technology trend is LED modules with built-in converters. In this area, Tridonic is presenting exciting innovations such as the cost-effective TALEXXengine STARK CLE Integrated and DLE Integrated single-component solutions. This gives customers plenty of creative scope, even for designing particularly low-profile luminaires. Integrated solutions incorporating light source and control gear in one component also allow for easy and quick replacement in hotels and restaurants. The brands of the Zumtobel Group at Light + Building (30 March 04 April 2014) Zumtobel: Thorn: Hall 2.0, stand B30+B31 Hall 5.0, stand A square metres 299 square metres Tridonic: Hall 2.0, stand A square metres

3 Light + Building 03 At Light + Building, the world's largest trade fair for the lighting industry, the Zumtobel brand is represented with a 780 square metre stand. Thorn is presenting an extensive range of new products for outdoor and indoor lighting at this year's Light + Building in Frankfurt. A round structure situated at the centre of the Tridonic stand provides insight into the innovative product range and the wealth of possible applications and design options.

4 Zumtobel 04 Left: The SEQUENCE pendant LED luminaire highlights Zumtobel's position as a leading innovator: the LED tiles can be controlled individually, allowing for maximum customisation in office lighting. Right: The personalised INTRO spotlight system featuring innovative litecarve reflector technology provides uniform, rectangular light distribution. Thorn Left: The new R2L2 range of LED street lanterns featuring a built-in control system stands for low maintenance effort and a long service life. Right: Flicker-free light, even for slow-motion sequences. With innovative products such as the Altis floodlight, Thorn seeks to become the world leader in sports facility lighting.

5 Tridonic 05 Left: Tridonic is the first supplier in the market offering the TALEXXengine STARK LLE PREMIUM LED module that provides continuously adjustable white light (Tunable White) for linear and wide-area lighting. Right: Tridonic's first flexible OLED module emits glare-free intermediate white light, perfectly tracing curves. Information This press release and the accompanying high-resolution images can be downloaded at: Media Contact Astrid Kühn-Ulrich Simone Deitmer Head of Corporate Communications PR-Manager Phone +43-(0) Phone +43-(0) About the Zumtobel Group The Zumtobel Group, based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria, is one of the few global players in the lighting industry. The group, which started life as Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG in 1950, employed a workforce of 7,162 employees at the balance sheet date of 30 April 2013 (2011/12: 7,456) and in the 2012/13 financial year posted consolidated revenues of EUR 1,243.6 million (2011/12: EUR 1,280.3 million). Within its multi-brand strategy, in the professional luminaire and lighting solution business the Group is represented in the marketplace by the Thorn and Zumtobel brands. The lighting components business (control gear, lighting management, LED components/modules) is handled by the Tridonic brand. The financial year of the Zumtobel Group commences on 1 May and ends on 30 April. For more information, please visit