Finisar is another prized customer with whom we will enjoy working with in the coming months

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at AIXTRON, adds, “It is always especially pleasing to announce a repeat order, as they are an acknowledgement of a customer’s long-term satisfaction with AIXTRON’s Planetary Reactor technology. The AIX 2800G4-TM reactor has a strong reputation within the industry for performance, ergonomics and efficiency, all features that effectively meet the challenges of opto device production. As a manufacturer of world class lasers and photodetectors for use in their broad product line of transceivers and transponders, Finisar is another prized customer with whom we will enjoy working with in the coming months.”

With more than two decades of experience, Finisar is a global technology leader in optical communications subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications.

In this case, Philips was very visible. The luminaires contain removable LED light engines to allow replacement and future upgrades. Philips Lumileds supplied the LEDs. Each halo supports 12 floodlights, containing 150W, 3000K CMH lamps.  The circumference of each halo has an array of 528 RGB LED nodes that convey various color schemes and animated patterns. The RGB LED system was manufactured by Philips Color Kinetics and supplied by UK-based distributor Architainment. In total there are 11,193 channels of individual control, using hard-wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi.

In contrast, the new LED lighting will not only save the company close to $1 M per year in energy and maintenance costs, it also will cut its lighting energy use by roughly 2.9 million kWh per year and reduce its CO2 emissions by approximately 2 million pounds annually.