National Service Industries Inc.

Private Company, Headquarters Location
1420 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30309-3002, United States
(404)853-1000, (404)853-1015 fax, http://www.nationalservice.com

Primary SIC: Commercial Lighting Fixtures, Primary NAICS: Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing
Description: Manufacturing: Lighting equipment including indoor and outdoor lighting, surface and recessed residential lighting, exit signs, emergency lighting, lighting control systems, and flexible wiring systems; specialty chemicals including cleaners, sanitizers, disinfectants, polishes, floor finishes, degreasers, deodorizers, pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides; customized business and courier envelopes. Services: Textile rentals including napkins, table and bed linens, bath towels, pillow cases, bar towels, scrubs and surgical drapery, mats, mops, and restroom supplies. More

National Service Industries Inc. is diversified company that has 4 business segments: lighting equipment, chemicals, textile rental, and envelopes. Headquartered in Atlanta, National Service Industries employs 16,700 people in operations throughout North America and in Western Europe and Australia. Their lighting subsidiary, Lithonia Lighting is North America's largest manufacturer of lighting equipment for commercial, industrial, outdoor and residential applications. Lighting and lighting fixture products generate 55% of NSI's sales. NSI's chemical segment includes three subsidiaries, Enforcer Products Inc., Selig and Zep Manufacturing. These subsidiaries produce and supply a variety of chemicals including pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides, cleaners, plumbing pipe and sewer drain cleaners and clog removers, specialty chemical supplies, water treatments, cleaners, sanitizers, polishes, degreasers, floor finishes, and lubricants. NSI's chemical segment generates approximately 22% of sales. National Linen Service is the subsidiary responsible for their textile rental segment. They produce napkins, table and bed linens, bar and shop towels, uniforms and specialized sterile garments and restore products, mats and mops. The textile segment accounts for 15% of NSI's sales. Atlantic Envelope Company is responsible for the envelopes segment for NSI. They produce business and specialty envelopes that can be used for billing, direct marketing, packaging, statements, express courier and product presentations. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1999, National Service's revenue increased 14.3% to $620.1 million and net income increase 42.4% to $43.3 million. National Service Industries is listed among the S&P 500. Competition includes ARAMARK, Clorox, and GE.