Philips buys street-lighting controls firm

Philips is to buy the street lighting controls activities of the Danish manufacturer Amplex for an undisclosed sum.

Amplex delivers lighting controls systems used to manage millions of streetlights on a daily basis across many different countries. Its lighting controls system is an automated management system that puts intelligent monitoring and control in every streetlight cabinet and ties them all together into a centralized streetlight management system.

“This acquisition further strengthens our offering of integral energy management solutions to municipalities, road authorities and utility companies,” said Hans de Jong, head of Philips Lighting Electronics. “This enables us to provide these customers with a system that delivers up to one third street light energy savings to municipalities, who typically spend 30 to 40 percent of their total energy budget on street lighting, thus significantly driving down their carbon footprint and electricity bill.”

The acquisition of the street lighting activities of Amplex follows last year’s acquisitions of Dynalite and Teletrol.

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