LEDs on sapphire surfaces to a less expensive system of putting them on silicon surfaces

As for the joint venture, Lite-On holds a 30% stake in the US$120 million, which is designed to run a maximum of 60 led high bay light chambers when its expansion is completed next year. Thanks to the position which is placed next to Lite-On’s packaging factory in Changzhou, the company has more competitive than its rivals in cost.

According to industry executives,Lite-On supplies not only packages but also light engines and luminaires on a contract basis, according to customer needs, making it attractive to multinational lighting suppliers. According to Bridgelux’s CEO, Bill Watkins,the company is cutting 53 out of 250 jobs at its head offices in the East Bay, Livermore,equaling to about one-fifth of its workforce, a move brought about by its decision to shift to cheaper ways to produce LEDs.

These cutbacks come on the heels of the led linear high bay light Solyndra shutdown that erased 1,100 jobs.The company has decided to shift its focus of producing LEDs on sapphire surfaces to a less expensive system of putting them on silicon surfaces.