Acuity Brands buys Sensor Switch

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Expanding its market interests further into lighting controls, Acuity Brands Inc. announced plans to buy Sensor Switch Inc. in a $205 million deal. Wallingford, Conn.-based Sensor Switch makes lighting controls and energy management systems. It generated $37 million in sales in fiscal 2008. Acuity also purchased Lighting Control and Design earlier this year to expand its capabilities into intelligent lighting products and lighting control solutions.

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