8 December 2011

Lumileds receives ‘Best Technology Innovation Award’ from China’s Ofweek

LED maker Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has received three individual awards for its technology and market work in China over the last year at the 8th LED Forward-Looking Technology and Market Seminar and the 2011 LED Industry Outstanding Enterprises & Products Annual Award Ceremony of OFweek (a web portal for the optoelectronic industry in China).

The awards include:

• Technical Innovation Award for LUXEON A, LUXEON S, and Freedom From Binning;

• Best LED Application for the Guangzhou TV Tower (lit with LUXEON LEDs);

• Most International Influence Award.

“Lumileds has invested a lot of work into providing the best technical innovations,” commented OFweek. “They have also greatly stimulated the LED illumination industry in China, thus receiving the recognition of industry experts and the online audience,” it added. Lumileds was selected for these awards from more than 100 firms by more than 20,000 voters.

Philips Lumileds global distribution partner Future Lighting Solutions was also recognized with two awards for its work in China:

• Best LED Application for the Pearl River installation; and

• Best LED Service Provider.

“Lumileds’ commitment to our customers in China and the Chinese lighting industry has never been stronger,” says Steve Barlow, Lumileds’ senior VP of sales & marketing. “Our Illumination Grade LUXEON innovation delivers unmatched quality of light and reliability and simplifies design-in with breakthroughs like Freedom From Binning,” he claims. The company has continued to invest in its China operations, adding technical experts, investing in educational seminars for lighting companies making the move to LED technology, and opening new China headquarters in Shanghai earlier this year.

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