Reduce the price to meet the inflection point? The largest manufacturer of lamps and lanterns in the United States announced a 6% rise in price

Ten years after the plunge in lamps and lanterns, the price tide seems to be turning.

According to foreign media, Acuity Brands, the largest luminaire maker in the United States for the first time in the market, has been rising sharply for the first time in the market, causing the global lighting industry to be surprised.

Acuity Brands has a number of top brands in North America and Europe, including Lithonia, Winona, Holophane, Hydrel, Carandini, Gotham, Indy, Peerless and eldoLED, with annual sales of over $3 billion 500 million (about 22 billion 170 million yuan).

Acuity Brands announced a 6% increase in the price of all traditional lighting technology and multiple LED products in the United States since June 11th.

The move is significant, Acuity Brands is regarded as the industry leader, and many independent light source manufacturers are expected to follow the price rise.

Sero Cardomone, Acuity Brands's senior vice president for global sales, blamed "obvious inflationary pressure", but industry observers said the manufacturer had a "enough" mood to try to match the price of China's imported lamps and lanterns.

A British manufacturer said that the move of Acuity could be seen as a "turning point". "We have been absorbing the cost pressure, because we can't pass on the price rise to the customer. But now we are in a situation where the installation of lamps and lanterns is more expensive than the lamp itself. "

He also said that service costs are increasing in addition to the increase in the cost of material for lighting products.

Acuity's bold statement this week will be emulated by other brands. Recently, the cost of raw materials is increasing, for example, the price of aluminum soared 25%, now $2300 per ton (about 14 thousand and 600 yuan). Another reason is that the United States increases the tariff of 25% of the parts of China's exports.

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