2024-02-15

New Philips Ultinon Pro6000 Boost Road-Legal LED Retrofit Bulbs

Ultimate road-legal performance like you’ve never seen before The Philips Ultinon Pro6000 Boost range puts up to +300% more light on the road compared to the minimal legal standard for halogen bulbs. These exceptional LED retrofit bulbs, developed by Lumileds, set new standards for brightness and have been approved for road use in several European Union countries[1]. They fit a wider range of vehicles thanks to their innovative architecture. Compact, road-legal LED bulbs accredited by automotive experts The Philips Ultinon Pro6000 Boost range is homologated...
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2024-02-15

Lumileds Showcases Lamps, LEDs, Lighting Accessories on New Philips Automotive Lighting Website

New site highlights video content, interactive Bulb Finder, FAQs includes advanced accessibility features to improve site use Farmington Hills, MI – Lumileds, a leading lighting solutions company, has launched a brand new, technologically advanced update of its Philips Automotive Lighting website at https://www.usa.philips.com/c-m-au/car-lights. The site features an entirely new design that brings together the full breadth of the Philips portfolio of automotive lighting and accessories in North America. In addition to learning about Philips Automotive product fea...
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2023-08-16

Philips Ultinon Drive 5100 series gain new powerful LED lights: High-performant UD5101R driving light and UD5104L light bar

Suresnes, France – August 1st, 2023 – The latest innovative additions to the Philips Ultinon Drive 5100 series of LED auxiliary lights are designed to bring more intense and broader illumination for great visibility. These new lamps combine powerful brightness with a rugged design and are 100% road-legal in Europe. Precision engineered by leading automotive lighting supplier Lumileds, the Philips Ultinon Drive 5100 series provides enhanced brightness for cars and trucks on and off-road. Philips UD5101R: drivers can spot hazards up to 552 meters away! T...
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2023-07-12

Lumileds NightScape Technology Lowers Blue Light Below 2% to Support Our Natural Ecosystem and Dark Sky Initiatives

With ultra-low levels of blue light, Lumileds LEDs with NightScape Technology make it possible to meet new outdoor lighting standards – like those in Maui – without redesigning optics or fixtures Lumileds NightScape Technology has been engineered to preserve the well-being of animals, plants, and people, reduce glare and light pollution, and support dark sky initiatives. Virtually all outdoor solutions, from landscape lighting to area lighting, will be better for the environment with the application of NightScape Technology with blue light content at levels bel...
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2023-06-21

The Three Philips Xperion 6000 Flood Lights Recognized with Prestigious Red Dot and IF Accolades

Design, Function, and Adaptability of professional Philips LED work lights stand out Suresnes, France  – The three Philips Xperion 6000 Flood light series have been honored with two highly esteemed international design awards for 2023. The Red Dot award recognizes products that demonstrate outstanding design, and the Red Dot jurors praised the Xperion 6000 Flood’s functionality and ability to create an optimized working environment. Concept, function, and adaptability are the areas in which the Philips Flood lights scored highest for the iF Design ...
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2023-05-23

Lumileds Broadens CoB Offerings With New Board Footprints For Absolute Design Flexibility

LUXEON Core, CX, and the new CS CoB board sizes are supported by industry-standard holders and optics San Jose, CA – Though there are many standards in the LED industry, the footprint or board size for CoBs is not one of them. Over the years, companies that manufacture CoB holders and optics have largely designed their products to support the 3 board formats that are widely adopted by lighting manufacturers. With the introduction of LUXEON CS CoBs, Lumileds now offers a full range of LUXEON CoBs in each of the common board footprints. ...
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2023-05-19

Lumileds 5th Generation CoBs Get 15+% Increase in Light Output and 20+% Increase in Efficacy

Energy efficiency per EU Ecodesign increases one full class for LUXEON 90CRI CoBs San Jose, CA – May 18, 2023 – Lumileds has released its 5th Generation CoBs in the Core Range and Core Range PW lines elevating output and efficacy and particularly for 90CRI parts. Output and efficacy increases for high-CRI parts are critical for the retail and hospitality industries in particular in which CoBs play a vital role as the source for spot and area lighting. “Our new 5th Generation CoB LEDs serve lighting manufacturers’ need...
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2023-02-14

Philips RacingVision GT200 is 2023 Auto Express Best Buy!

Multi award-winning flagship bulb is winner for 2023 in Auto Express’ Bulb mega test Suresnes, France – January 2023 – Philips RacingVision GT200 – the top-of-the-line halogen performance bulb in the Philips automotive lighting range – has taken top honors in Auto Express’ bulb mega-test for 2023. Up to 200% brighter lights for a safe drive! This is just the latest accolade for the bar-raising Philips RacingVision GT200 halogen bulb has received since its introduction in the Autumn of 2020. The Philips RacingVision ...
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2022-10-18

Lumileds Announces Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization

Court Approves Nearly Unanimous Plan to Deleverage and Strengthen Balance Sheet while Enhancing Liquidity through a Significant New Money Investment, Positioning Company for Long-Term Growth Company Plans to Emerge Week of October 31, 2022 San Jose, CA – October 14, 2022 – Lumileds Holding B.V. (“Lumileds” or the “Company”), a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, announced today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the Company’s Plan ...
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2022-07-22

Lumileds New Very Small, Very Powerful LUXEON HL1Z Opens Opportunities to Create Compact Solutions with Precise Beam Control

San Jose, CA – May 24, 2022 – Lumileds newest high-power CSP LED is LUXEON HL1Z, an un-domed, single-sided, emitter that delivers high efficacy – 137lm/W or more – from a very small package just 1.4mm square. The top emission prevents “cross-talk” and contributes to the superior color over angle performance and color consistency. Compactness and directional emission allow engineers to create tight arrays and precisely control the beam which enables smaller optical solutions and a path for system cost reduction. LUXEON HL1Z ...
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2022-05-06

Lumileds Adds New Performance Level to its Top-Rated LUXEON SunPlus 3030 and LUXEON 3030 HE Plus LEDs for Horticulture and Illumination

San Jose, CA – April 26, 2022 – Lumileds today announced a new, higher performance level comprised of 21 new parts for its horticulture and illumination mid-power 3030 LEDs. Typical flux, PPF, and efficacy have increased 2%. In a luminaire comprised of hundreds of LEDs this is important and implemented throughout a greenhouse or in a vertical farm, for example, it can have a tremendously positive impact on cost and energy use. The new parts have CCTs of 2200K to 6500K and CRIs of 70, 80, and 90. LUXEON SunPlus 3030i is specified for PPF and P...
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2022-04-22

Lumileds New CSP High Power LED, LUXEON HL2Z for Very High Output, Tighter Beam Control, and Lower System Costs

LUXEON HL2Z delivers high flux density and luminance for applications from Automotive Auxiliary Lamps to Stadium, Street Lights, and Torches MAKO SPORT FIELD LIGHTING WITH LUXEON HL2Z. San Jose, CA – April 19, 2022 – Lumileds has introduced LUXEON HL2Z, an un-domed, CSP, single-sided, high-power LED that significantly reduces system costs while delivering high flux density, high luminance, and precise beam control. It delivers more than 315 lumens and more than 160 lumens per Watt from a compact 2.3m...
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2022-03-29

New, Slim RGB Package Simplifies Engineering of Architectural, Decorative, and Fun Color LED Applications

San Jose, CA – Lumileds today released its new LUXEON 3528 RGB, a very small, slim RGB LED package that supports a broad range of architectural, decorative, and color changing applications. The white body increases reflectivity and system lumens per watt and system efficiency. The IPX8 water resistant rating allows for use in moist environments inside or outside a building.     “LUXEON 3258 RGB just makes it easier for our customers to develop innovative color changing solutions. It does this by offering leading perf...
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2022-02-09

Lumileds Adds New Cyan LED

Rubix Cyan LED enables 96-98 CRI for colour driven entertainment, stage, and studio applications Lumileds has added cyan, its eighth colour, to the Luxeon Rubix high-power LED family enabling multi-colour driven systems to produce very high CRI white light that is so important in entertainment lighting. Adding the cyan LED fills a significant wavelength gap between blue and green in a system and accounts for the significant increase in CRI. “We love the finesse cyan contributes to skin tone rendering and the increased gamut and spectral tunability in the...
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2022-01-27

Lumileds Adds Cyan to LUXEON Rubix LED Family

LED maker Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA has added cyan, its eighth color, to the LUXEON Rubix high-power LED family, enabling multi-color driven systems to produce very high-CRI (color rendering index) white light (important for entertainment lighting). Adding the cyan LED fills a significant wavelength gap between blue and green in a system and accounts for the significant increase in CRI.   “We love the finesse cyan contributes to skin tone rendering and the increased gamut and spectral tunability in the blue-green area,” comments...
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2022-01-20

Retail Lighting Efficacy Improves With 3% to 5% lm/Watt Increases for 90 and 95CRI LUXEON CoBs with CrispWhite Technology

Specifiers can realize the best quality of light and the highest levels of light output and efficacy at 3000K and 95CRI San Jose, CA – Lumileds today announced substantial performance improvements for its 90 and 95 CRI LUXEON CoBs with CrispWhite technology. Now, the two CRI versions offer light output within 1-2% of each other and efficacy within 1-2 lumens per Watt. Lumileds patented CrispWhite technology brings a vivid and bright look to retail settings. Its unique ability to highlight bright whites while also revealing the richest colors found in ...
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2021-11-11

And Now, The First Road-Legal H4-LED Headlight Bulb For Retrofitting Halogen!

Road-legal Philips Ultinon Pro6000 LED range extension in Germany   Suresnes, France – Lumileds today advances automotive lighting and improves road safety with the launch of the first road-legal H4-LED in Germany, from its Philips Ultinon Pro6000 LED retrofit range. This is a range extension to the H7-LED that was approved in Germany in May 2021. The new Philips Ultinon Pro6000 H4-LED bulb delivers up to 230% brighter light[1], and its plug-and play-design allows DIY’ers and mechanics to install it on their own.   ...
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2021-09-02

When Very High Light Output And Efficiency Are Required For Demanding Applications, New LUXEON 7070 Checks All The Boxes

With up to 2000lm per LED, LUXEON 7070 delivers the power, efficacy and solution cost reductions luminaire manufacturers need   San Jose, CA – August 31, 2021 – More lumens, higher efficacy, and lower system costs are the driving forces behind new designs for a broad range of indoor and outdoor high light output applications. Lumileds new LUXEON 7070, introduced today, is designed to outperform similar lead-frame and ceramic high-power solutions with leading efficacy and light output in a robust, small surface mount package. For an...
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2021-08-24

Lumileds Expands the Industry’s Broadest Color Portfolio and Extends its LED Phosphor Conversion Program

LUXEON 2835 PC Red-Orange LED simplifies color-mixing solution engineering   San Jose, CA – August 17, 2021 – Lumileds today announced its latest phosphor-converted (PC) LED, a PC Red-Orange LED that is part of the LUXEON 2835 Color Line. Like PC Amber, phosphor conversion of a blue InGaN chip brings many advantages compared to its direct AlInGaP counterpart, most significantly, simpler engineering when mixing colors, equivalent forward voltage to other InGaN LEDs, stabler, higher output at operating tempe...
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2021-08-02

Lumileds Boosts LUXEON 3030 2D Round Performance For Leading Flux, Efficacy, And Drive Current

San Jose, CA – July 20, 2021 – Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, is once again improving LUXEON 3030 2D Round performance. Across all CCTs and for 70 and 80CRI, flux performance increases up to 2.5%. With leading efficacy and higher maximum drive than competitors, LED counts can be reduced. Hot-color targeting at 85°C ensures color at operating temperatures and 1/9th micro-binning enables tight color control. Superior reliability makes LUXEON 3030 2D Round a perfect fit for outdoor and other high-lumen applications...
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2021-07-29

Lumileds’ new EU Ecodesign Information Tool makes it easier for light source manufacturers to comply to new regulations.

San Jose, CA – July 21, 2021 – Lumileds has introduced a first-of-its-kind web-based tool – the EU Ecodesign Tool – that provides detailed LED performance data lighting manufacturers need in order to comply with the European Union’s Ecodesign Directive. LUXEON LED users can view the data and a normalized spectrum on screen or choose to download a .csv file containing the same data seen on-screen.   Lumileds’ new EU Ecodesign Tool supports lighting manufacturers that must comply with two new regula...
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2021-05-28

Lumileds Increases LUXEON 5050 Performance and Offers New, Advanced Options for the Horticulture Industry

San Jose, CA – May 26, 2021 – Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions and the originator of the 5050 LED, is again improving LUXEON 5050 Round performance and is characterizing the LED for use in the horticulture industry. For illumination applications, 70 CRI lumen performance increases by as much as 5lm. In the case of a minimum 15,000 lumen streetlight, this equates to a 10% reduction in LEDs and significant cost savings. According to Product and Marketing Manager Mei Yi, “High efficacy, high light output and corros...
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2021-05-20

Lumileds 2020 Sustainability Report Reveals Continued progress on its mission of making the world safer, more sustainable, and beautiful with light

San Jose, CA – May 19, 2021 – Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, has released its 2020 Sustainability Report that details the company’s progress in supporting the transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy. In the report, Lumileds highlights how its lighting solutions contribute to positive changes in energy usage, safety, and health and well-being, supporting the company’s commitment to making the world safer, more sustainable, and beautiful with light. In 2020, the company averted 6.42 million metric tons of use-phase CO...
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2021-05-06

Tiny and Powerful LUXEON Rubix LEDs Raise the Bar for CRI, Lumens, and Efficacy with Addition of Lime and PC Amber

San Jose, CA – May 04, 2021 – Lumileds today introduced two new colors – PC Amber and Lime – for its very small and very powerful LUXEON Rubix LED portfolio. The 1.4 square millimeter footprint is almost pixel like and belies the light output that’s possible from this high-power LED. There are 6 color options plus white in the portfolio. LUXEON Rubix maximizes design flexibility and enables solutions that simply aren’t possible with pre-set multi-color packages. The high power, uniform focal height, and narrow angle beam co...
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2021-02-04

Lumileds Addresses Industry Growth with LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Horticulture

Broad spectrum white LEDs are widely available San Jose, CA – Lumileds today announced immediate high quantity availability of its LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Horticulture LEDs. Based on the company’s leading 3030 LED portfolio and characterized for horticulture, the new options offer high PPF/W, broad spectrum white light that enable grow lights which are productive and economical. In horticulture applications growers are looking for time tested, top performance and reliability, the LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Horticulture delivers the photons tha...
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2020-11-12

BIOS Lighting and Lumileds Partnership is a Game-Changer for Human Centric Lighting

New LUXEON LED® with BIOS SkyBlue® Circadian technology eliminates barriers to better Human Centric Lighting Today, Human Centric Lighting (HCL) innovator BIOS, and global lighting solutions provider Lumileds®, have joined forces to create a new SkyBlue® LED that doubles previously available chip performance. The new 3030 mid-power LED dramatically reduces the lumen per dollar development barrier facing luminaire manufacturers and eliminates a key barrier to bringing better, healthier lighting solutions to market. Lumileds sci...
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2020-10-15

Nichia, Osram and Lumileds Report Victory in Patent Disputes against LSG

LED companies including Nichia, Osram and Lumileds updated the results of their patent disputes against Lighting Science Group (LSG) yesterday on October 14. All the three companies prevailed over the LSG’s asserted LED patents. (Image: Pixabay) LSG has initiated patent infringement lawsuit against Nichia, Osram and Lumileds claiming that the three LED manufacturers violet its patents covering LSG’s United States Patent Nos. 7,528,421; 7,095,053; and 7,098,483, in 2019. On April 7, 2020, and October 1, 2020, the United States I...
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2020-09-22

Matt Roney Appointed as New CEO of Lumileds

Lumileds reported the appointment of its CEO, Matt Roney, which will be effective on October 1, 2020. Roney most recently served as President of Lumileds’ Automotive Business Unit and succeeds Dr. Jonathan Rich who will continue with the company as Executive Chairman of the Board. (Image: Lumileds) “Lumileds has a long history of innovation in conventional automotive lighting and is a pioneer of leading-edge LED technology for the consumer electronics, automotive, and general illumination markets,” said Roney. “I am honored by the oppo...
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2020-09-11

Lumileds Breakthrough Assures Uniform Dimming Performance from LED to LED

Lumileds introduced the first LED engineered for architectural applications that require uniform light output through the entire dimming range and operating conditions. The new LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming mid-power LED is designed for LED to LED flux uniformity across the entire dimming curve, down to 1%, that is required to achieve consistent visual performance. From full intensity above nominal current of 65mA to 1% intensity at 0.65mA, every LED will provide the same flux performance in the application. Key to the performance is forward voltage vari...
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2020-09-01

Lumileds Announces New LUXEON Rubix Color LEDs with High Power, Small Size and Flexibility

Lumileds released a small and powerful new color LED, LUXEON Rubix, which is designed to deliver maximum flux at drive currents up to 3A and unmatched design flexibility. With LUXEON Rubix, engineers are freed from the design constraints of pre-configured modules and can create custom arrays with smaller optics supporting smaller size luminaires. (Image: Lumileds) “LUXEON Rubix introduces a size and power ratio that has never before existed for color LEDs,” said LP Liew, Product Marketing Manager at Lumileds. “Think of LUXEO...
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE