Lumileds

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Lumileds Holding B.V.
Type Private
Industry Semiconductor
Founded1999
Headquarters Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
Key people
Steve Barlow succeeded Matt Roney as CEO - November 2022


Steve Barlow, President, Automotive BU
Leon Pikaar, SVP & GM, LED Solutions BU
Shatil Haque, Chief Operating Officer
Cheree McAlpine, Chief Legal Officer
Jan Paul Teuwen, Chief Financial Officer
Oleg Shchekin, Chief Technology Officer

Alex Klein, Chief HR Officer

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Products LEDs, Lighting, Automotive Lighting
Number of employees
>7000 (2021)
Website www.lumileds.com

Lumileds is a lighting company that develops, manufactures, and distributes LEDs, light bulbs, and related products for automotive lighting, general lighting, and specialty lighting. Lumileds operates as a private company, having funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management.

History

Lumileds was formed in November 1999 as a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies. Upon Philips' acquisition in 2005, Lumileds became a business unit within Philips Lighting and became known as Philips Lumileds Lighting Company. [1]

In March 2015, Lumileds parent company Philips agreed to sell an 80.1 percent stake in the business to the investment fund, Go Scale. [2] In October 2015, Financial Times reported that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regulatory body may block the $2.9B deal owing to fears of Chinese subversion of the US high-tech sector. [3] The deal was cancelled in January, 2016, due to the CFIUS concerns. [4] CFIUS concerns were based on transfer of gallium nitride semiconductor technology, which is used in LEDs as well as defense applications. [5]

In December 2016, Philips announced that it has signed an agreement to sell an 80.1% interest in Lumileds to certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Philips retains the remaining 19.9% interest in Lumileds. The transaction was completed in July 2017, under customary closing conditions, including the relevant regulatory approvals. [6]

IP strategist Keaton Parekh helped separate the intellectual property portfolio after the spin off from Philips. [7]

Products and applications

The company sells products for automotive, illumination and specialty applications, [8] with automotive lighting comprising 60% of its sales in 2015. [9]

In architectural lighting they released the Luxeon C in 2015, a family of high-power LED light sources capable of delivering multiple colors from a single focal length. [10]

Lumileds LEDs are used in the Bridge of Peace, an illuminated pedestrian bridge in Tbilisi, and in the Times Square Ball made by Waterford Crystal. [11]

Patent dispute with Epistar

Lumileds had a history of patent disputes with competitor Epistar over the use of AlInGaP LED technology. However, in September, 2009, Philips Lumileds signed an agreement to license AlInGaP technology to Epistar. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Philips takes control of LED maker Lumileds". LEDs Magazine. 15 August 2005. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Go Scale to fund Philips lighting components buy with $1.93 billion in debt, Reuters, 27 May 2015
  3. ↑ Duncan Robinson, "US may block Philips’ $3bn Lumileds sale", FT.com, October 26, 2015
  4. ↑ Philips Calls Off Sale of Controlling Stake in LED Business, New York Times, 22 January 2016
  5. ↑ Paul Mozur; Jane Perlez (5 February 2016). "Concern Grows in U.S. Over China's Drive to Make Chips". The New York Times . p. B1. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lumileds Officially an Independent Company as Funds Affiliated with Apollo Global Management and Philips Complete Transaction". Lumileds Press Release. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Sornson, Pamela (2017-12-15). "Lumileds Is Lighting the Path to the Future with Intellectual Property Law". Profile. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Lumileds LED Lighting | LUXEON LEDs | LED Lighting Solutions". Lumileds. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
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  10. ↑ Busta, Hallie. "Lumileds' Luxeon C Color LED Light Sources Streamline Color Mixing". www.archlighting.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
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