Philips Lumileds Opens Office in Shanghai

“We are extending our experience and ability to create reliable and efficient solid-state lighting solutions using LUXEON LEDs to our customers in China by providing direct and local access to world class applications support,” said Steve Barlow, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Philips Lumileds. “No company has a longer history of working with power LEDs than Philips Lumileds and through application assistance for our customers we continue to support the overall SSL market expansion with reliable LUXEON based products.”

“We appreciate the continued investment in people and resources that Philips Lumileds is bringing to the China SSL market and industry,” said Madam Wu Ling, Secretary China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA). Philips Lumileds applications and market specialists have a proven track record of working with companies around the globe to help develop industry firsts such as the world’s first LED backlit television, the first ever functional LED camera phone flash and the first complete LED vehicle headlamps. Now, with the broadest portfolio of LEDs for illumination applications, Philips Lumileds is supporting innovative illumination solutions that save energy, save money, are long lasting, and often provide never before possible lighting for people to enjoy.

The new Philips Lumileds office complements an engineering and design center operated by Philips Lumileds’ partner, Future Lighting Solutions. With state-of-the-art optical, thermal and mechanical design and test equipment, these experts can help reduce development times, provide technical knowledge and training, and help customers deliver more reliable and efficient lighting solutions. Philips Lumileds also maintains customer application support teams at its headquarters in San Jose, California and in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.