CINCINNATI, March 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS) today announced that the Company has been invited to present at the Thirteenth Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum sponsored by Sidoti & Company, LLC. The Company will be presenting on Tuesday, March 24th at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, New York at 10:25 a.m. Robert J. Ready, President and CEO, Ronald S. Stowell, Vice President, CFO and Treasurer, and Scott D. Ready, President - LSI Lighting Solutions Plus, are scheduled to present. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Management will be available to meet with investors during the conference.
Among other topics, management will discuss the Company's progress in developing new products, especially those related to solid-state LED based lighting and graphics products.
About the Company
LSI Industries is an Image Solutions company, dedicated to advancing solid-state LED technology in lighting and graphics applications. We combine integrated technology, design, and manufacturing to supply high quality, environmentally friendly lighting fixtures and graphics elements for commercial, retail and specialty niche market applications. LSI is a U.S. manufacturer and is expanding its product offering to the international markets.
Building upon its success with the Crossover(r) LED canopy fixture, LSI's Lighting Segment is committed to producing affordable, high performance, energy efficient lighting products, including solid-state LED light fixtures, for indoor and outdoor use. The Graphics Segment designs, produces, markets and manages a wide array of custom indoor and outdoor graphics programs including signage, menu board systems, decorative fixturing, LED displays and digital signage, and large format billboard and sports screens using solid-state LED technology. In addition, we provide design support, engineering, installation and project management for custom rollout programs for today's retail environment. The Company's technology R&D operation located in Montreal, Canada designs, produces and supports high performance light engines and large format billboard, sports and entertainment video screens using solid-state LED technology.
LSI's major markets are the commercial / industrial lighting, petroleum / convenience store, multi-site retail (including automobile dealerships, restaurants and national retail accounts), sports and entertainment markets. LSI employs approximately 1,200 people in fourteen facilities located in Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Montreal, Canada. The Company's common shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol LYTS.
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Additional note: Today's news release, along with past releases from LSI Industries, is available on the Company's internet site at www.lsi-industries.com or by email or fax, by calling the Investor Relations Department at (513) 793-3200.