Lumenpulse Acquires Italian company Exenia

Acquisition expands Lumenpulse’s product portfolio into interiors

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Montreal-based Lumenpulse, manufacturer of high-performance, specification-grade LED lighting solutions, has announced that it has acquired all of the equity interest in Italian lighting company Exenia, manufacturer of architectural indoor LED lighting solutions. The acquisition expands Lumenpulse’s product portfolio to include the architectural indoor arena. It also creates an opening for Lumenpulse to market its products in Italy.

Exenia, a privately owned company, was founded in 2010. It established itself with its architectural indoor LED lighting solutions in the Italian and Southern European markets, and has been involved in the illumination of a number of retail, hospitality, and museum projects.

François-Xavier Souvay, President and CEO of Lumenpulse said in a prepared statement, “We share a very similar vision with regards to product design and manufacturing philosophy, and we were drawn to the outstanding design and quality of Exenia’s product families. They fully complement and expand our Lumenalpha family of products, deepening our penetration into the hospitality market.” Souvay also noted, “Our intention is to upgrade these products with Lumenpulse’s proprietary and patented technologies, which would allow us to offer our clients a full suite of connected solutions for architectural specification-grade indoor lighting applications.”

Dario Nistri, Exenia’s Founder and Managing Director, will remain with Exenia as its Managing Director and will manage all of Lumenpulse’s operations in Italy. “By joining Lumenpulse, we will be able to combine our respective strengths with the objective of accelerating our growth both in Italy and internationally,” Mr. Nistri said.

Lumenpulse was founded in 2006 and designs, develops, manufacture,s and sells a wide range of high performance and sustainable specification-grade LED lighting solutions for commercial, institutional and urban environments. The company has more than 451 employees worldwide, with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada, and offices in Québec City, Boston, Paris, London and Manchester.

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Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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