Zumtobel | Business | Aug 04, 2025

Zumtobel Group Shapes the Future of Its U.S. Organization

As part of its ongoing strategic review, the Zumtobel Group has decided to cease manufacturing production at its Highland, New York, USA location.

This decision is part of the implementation of the updated FOCUSED [+] strategy, which is intended to align the company’s focus on its core markets and align its global production facilities to best meet changing international market conditions and demands. This approach will best enhance the ability to ensure the resilience and long-term competitiveness of the Zumtobel Group and its three strong brands.

Due to the current strained economic situation and the resulting low production volume in the USA, the management of Zumtobel Lighting Inc., USA, has decided to cease production at the Highland facility, which has been structurally unprofitable and significantly underutilized for some time. The Management Board of Zumtobel Group AG supports this decision.

Zumtobel Group AG expects this closure will result in a one-time, non-recurring charge of approximately EUR 9 million. Most of these effects will be recorded in the 2025/26 financial year. However, these one-time effects are expected to be more than offset in the following years.

Approximately 70 employees in production, research & development, logistics, and administration will be affected by the closure.

Sales operations in the Americas to be restructured Despite this closure, the Zumtobel Group will continue to maintain a strong sales and marketing presence in the U.S. through a new sales and distribution structure. Sales operations for the Americas will be divided into two independent units: North America and South America. The goal is to continue providing reliable support to existing customers, architects, and planners, while tapping into and expanding in new markets. Future deliveries to the American markets will be handled through the Zumtobel Group’s global production and distribution network.

Zumtobel Group AG
The Zumtobel Group is an international lighting group and a leading supplier of innovative lighting solutions, lighting components and associated services. With its Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel brands, the Group offers its customers around the world a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The Group’s know-how about the effects of light on people, acquired over decades, forms the basis for the development of innovations and for accessing new fields of business. In the lighting business, the Group with its Thorn and Zumtobel brands, is one of the European market leaders. Through its lighting technology brand, Tridonic, the Zumtobel Group plays a leading role worldwide in the manufacture of hardware and software for lighting systems (LED light sources and LED drivers, sensors and lighting management). The Zumtobel Group’s service offering is one of the most comprehensive in the entire lighting industry, including consultation on smart lighting controls and emergency lighting systems, light contracting, design services and project management of turnkey lighting solutions, as well as new, data-based services focused on delivering connectivity for buildings and municipalities via the lighting infrastructure. The Group is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (ATX Prime) and currently has a workforce of around 5,300 employees. In the 2024/25 financial year, the Group posted revenues of EUR 1,097.2 million. The Zumtobel Group is based in Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg region of Austria. For further information, please visit z.lighting/group.