News: LEDs
16 February 2021
Crystal IS joins LightingEurope
Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA (a subsidiary of Japan’s Asahi Kasei Group) has joined the industry association LightingEurope, which is based in Brussels, Belgium and represents 30 companies and national associations. Together, these members comprise over 1000 European companies (mostly small- or medium-sized) with a total European workforce of over 100,000 people and annual turnover exceeding €20bn. LightingEurope advocates a positive business and regulatory environment to foster fair competition and growth for the European lighting industry.
Based on its proprietary aluminium nitride (AlN) semiconductor material, Crystal IS manufactures Klaran ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-C LEDs, emitting at germicidal wavelengths of 260-270nm) and systems for disinfection applications, as well as deep-UV LEDs (emitting at wavelengths of 230-280nm) for sensors in absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy.
“The Covid19 pandemic highlights the need for innovative disinfection products to combat the spread of harmful viruses, whether airborne or on everyday high-contact surfaces,” says Crystal IS’ CEO Larry Felton. “It’s also evident that we need guidelines to ensure that these products provide real disinfection and end-user benefits,” he adds. “LightingEurope’s mandate to educate institutions and policy makers on the benefits, safety and opportunities brought by innovations in the European lighting market fits our mission to create UVC solutions for healthy living around the world. We look forward to working with LightingEurope and the general lighting industry to advance the use of safe UVC disinfection for infection prevention.”
“Interest in UV-C disinfection technologies has boomed over the past months, and LightingEurope offers a unique collaboration platform for manufacturers to ensure safe quality UV-C products are being made available,” says LightingEurope’s secretary general Ourania Georgoutsakou. “As a LED UV-C specialist, Crystal IS will substantively contribute to our mission on behalf of Europe’s lighting industry to accelerate the uptake of good lighting and UV-C disinfection technologies in the new framework of the EU Green Deal and the Renovation Wave Initiative,” he adds.
