Lumileds

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Lumileds Holding B.V.
Company 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
A white Luxeon Portable LED from Lumileds Luxeon Portable LED - White 1 Watt Breakout 08673-04-L (cropped).jpg
A white Luxeon Portable LED from Lumileds
Luxeon white LEDs on a IMS PCB 2007-07-24 High-power light emitting diodes (Luxeon, Lumiled).jpg
Luxeon white LEDs on a IMS PCB

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]

On August 29, 2022, Lumileds filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company reached an agreement to enter restructuring in a bid to deleverage and strengthen its balance sheet in effort to emerge from bankruptcy within less than 60 days. Lumileds' other international subsidiaries were not part of the bankruptcy reorganization. [8] 63 days after the company filed for bankruptcy, Lumileds completed its bankruptcy restructuring and exited bankruptcy on November 1, 2022. [9]

Products and applications

The company sells products for automotive, illumination and specialty applications, [10] with automotive lighting comprising 60% of its sales in 2015. [11]

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. [12]

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. [13]

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. [14]

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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. ↑ "Lightning leader Lumileds files for Chapter 11". Financier Worldwide. August 29, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "63 days, Lumileds speeds through Chapter 11". Inside Lightning. November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Lumileds LED Lighting | LUXEON LEDs | LED Lighting Solutions". Lumileds. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  11. ↑ Chu, Roger; Lin, Judy (18 June 2015). "Lumileds Experiences Significant Growth in Automotive Lighting Sector". LEDinside. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  12. ↑ Busta, Hallie. "Lumileds' Luxeon C Color LED Light Sources Streamline Color Mixing". www.archlighting.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  13. ↑ "Times Square New Year's Eve - Official Site - About The Ball". 2011-10-11. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  14. ↑ "Epistar settles LED patent lawsuit with Philips". DigiTimes . 25 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
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