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By: Mary Merda
Website: http://www.lamps-n-lighting.com
Lumileds Lighting is opening a new plant in Malaysia
to meet growing demand for its Luxeon LEDs, the
world's brightest solid-state illumination sources.
The new Lumileds Lighting facility will replace
the current factory in Penang this summer, tripling
floor space to permit a corresponding increase
in manufacturing capacity.
The Lumileds Lighting plant will be located
in a 200,000-square-foot building that Lumileds
purchased a short distance from its current rented
space. The company expects to more than double
its manufacturing workforce when all production
lines are fully deployed.
The Lumileds Lighting facility will also allow
Lumileds to expand laboratory services such as
calibration, reliability testing and failure analysis,
and will include a state-of-the-art Luxeon Experience
Center to assist in hosting customer visits.
"Market demand for our Luxeon product line
is accelerating as manufacturers and lighting
designers become increasingly aware of the benefits
of solid-state lighting in general and Luxeon
in particular," said Greg Crema, Lumileds
Lighting Vice President of Worldwide Manufacturing.
"This move will allow us to stay ahead of
the demand curve and enable us to handle our growth
projections for the foreseeable future."
Manufacturing at the new Lumileds Lighting plant
is scheduled to begin by the end of April, with
simultaneous production at the old and new facilities
to avoid disruption in supply while the new factory
is brought online. New production lines are currently
being installed and qualified to provide redundant
manufacturing during this transition. The move
will be completed by the beginning of July.
Lumileds Lighting sells a full complement of
Luxeon LED light sources for a wide variety of
applications. All Luxeon products offer industry-leading
light output, including up to 120 lumens per emitter
in white, and industry-leading lumen maintenance
that enables Luxeon packages to deliver a much
longer useful life than other high-power LEDs.
The line also includes the first warm white LEDs
available in volume.
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