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Optogan and Philips unite to light up LED roads in Russia
A NEW joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics and Optogan is aiming to become a strong player in the fast growing LED road lighting market in Russia. The new company will be 51% owned by Philips and 49% by Optogan. Financial details of the joint venture (JV) have not been disclosed. The JV will combine Philips’ LED road lighting solutions with Optogan’s LED knowledge and understanding of local market requirements.
Products developed and manufactured by the JV will be sold in the Russian Federation and within its customs union with Kazakhstan and Belarus. The Philips- Optogan partnership will focus on developing a local LED industry, supporting the energy efficiency (EE) initiatives by the Russian government. The firms say switching to LED street and road lighting can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% and lead to significant savings in service and maintenance costs.
The enhanced visibility of the LED lights can also contribute to more secure road safety and put people more at ease.
“Today’s announcement of our joint venture with Optogan represents the beginning of a new, ambitious journey to become a key player on the Russian outdoor lighting market,” says Arjan de Jongste, CEO Philips Russia and CIS. “We believe it will unlock new potential for us to bring lighting solutions to Russia that save energy, reduce maintenance costs and increase road safety, thereby making a difference in people’s lives.”
“Optogan is one of the technology leaders in the manufacturing of LEDs. With energy efficient and cost-efficient solutions in the fields of high brightness chips, LED components, LED lamps and LED luminaires. Optogan has a very deep understanding of the local Russian market,” adds Maxim Odnoblyudov, CEO Optogan Group.
Cree claims its high-voltage LEDs drive
performance up and costs down CREE announced the availability of brighter Cree XLamp XT-E and XM-L High- Voltage LEDs to provide manufacturers with more efficient, cost-effective components.
The new, high-performance LEDs leverage the SC3 Technology Platform, which also powered the previously introduced XLamp XB-D and XT-E LEDs. The SC3 Technology Platform, built on Cree’s advanced SiC technology, features advancements in LED chip architecture and phosphor, and
boasts a new package design to deliver the most advanced LED components in the industry. The brighter XT-E and XM-L High-Voltage LEDs deliver up to 22 percent more lumens than their predecessors. These High Voltage LEDs are designed to use lower cost, higher efficiency and smaller size drivers than standard-voltage LEDs.
The brighter high-voltage XLamp XT-E and XM-L LEDs provide comparable performance to their standard-voltage counterparts, eliminating the trade-off of optimising for either LED efficacy or driver efficiency. The new high-voltage XLamp LEDs provide customers with more design options to address a wider spectrum of small indoor and outdoor lighting applications such as accent lights and replacement lamps.
XLamp XM-L High-Voltage White LED
“Relentless innovation, like the SC3Technology Platform, will always be part of Cree’s DNA, and applying the innovations to optimise application
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Exchange of JV agreement between Maxim Odnoblyudov,CEO of Optogan Group (left) and Arjan de Jongste,CEO Philips Russia (right)
“By joining forces with Philips we will be able to serve the Russian customers even better.”
Road lighting in Russia is expected to become one of the leading growth segments for LED products.
The Russian road lighting market is expected to double over the next four years to €100 million by
2015.This growth is mainly driven by government energy efficiency programs for modernisation of road lighting. Analysts say this should also increase the share of LEDs in Russia to reach 50% by 2015.
Cree XLamp XT-E LED
performance, lower system cost and drive LED lighting adoption is our mission,” says Mike Watson, Cree senior marketing director, LED components. “Leveraging the power of the SC3Technology Platform, Cree has fundamentally transformed price- performance with the XB-D LED, set new performance standards with the XT-E LED and with the introduction of the new XT-E and XM-L High-Voltage LEDs, redefined performance limits for LEDs of this size.”
The XT-E High-Voltage LEDs can deliver up to 357 lumens at 3W in cool white (6500K) and up to 275 lumens at 3W in warm white (3000K), both at 85°C. The XM-L High- Voltage LEDs can deliver up to 647 lumens at 6W in cool white (6500K) and 555 lumens at 6W in warm white (3000K) both at 85°C.
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