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Expanded Relationship to Drive GaN-on-Silicon Development

LIVERMORE, CALIF., May 20, 2013 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the closing of an agreement with Toshiba Corporation, a world-leading electronics manufacturer, which will strengthen and extend their strategic technology collaboration. The agreement was originally announced on April 22, 2013, and the companies have now completed the transfer of Bridgelux GaN-on-Silicon technology assets to Toshiba and inaugurated this new phase of GaN-on-Silicon LED collaboration, including an expanded licensing and manufacturing supply relationship. Bridgelux will continue to develop and market its leading GaN-on-Sapphire LED products as a fabless solid state lighting company.

“We are thrilled to be moving into the next stage of our joint work with Toshiba to advance GaN-on-Silicon-based solid state lighting technologies,” said Brad Bullington, Chief Executive Officer of Bridgelux. “As we outlined last month, Bridgelux will focus on commercializing, productizing and bringing to market GaN-on-Silicon technologies alongside a proven global scale semiconductor manufacturer. At the same time, we remain committed to our GaN-on-Sapphire business and look forward to continuing to provide world-class innovation and service to our customers.”

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading manufacturer of lighting technologies and solutions, transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux has been a pioneer in solid-state lighting (SSL) for the past decade, driving its LED materials technology development with the goal of delivering the most cost effective and highest quality lighting solutions. For more information on Bridgelux, please visit: www.bridgelux.com.

Contact:
Julie Still
Corporate Communications and Government Affairs
Phone: 925.583.8650
E-mail: juliestill@Bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Livermore, Calif., July 8, 2013 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has signed a global distribution agreement with Future Electronics, a world class leader and innovator in the distribution and marketing of electronic components. Under the new agreement, Future Electronics’ lighting division, Future Lighting Solutions, will provide global sales, design support and fulfillment services for Bridgelux’s portfolio of LED products sold through distribution.

“We are very pleased to partner with a respected global partner that will broaden our reach into the rapidly emerging markets for LED lighting,” said Max Hong, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Bridgelux. “With a world-class web platform, deep lighting application knowledge and leading global distribution capabilities, Future Lighting Solutions has distinguished itself as an innovative and extremely customer-focused organization, with strong demand creation programs. Combining Future Lighting Solutions’ leading-edge selling, marketing and technical support strengths with Bridgelux’s high performance LED technology portfolio will produce an alliance to accelerate the worldwide transformation to solid-state lighting.”

“Bridgelux’s innovative product offering targets the rapidly increasing demand for high quality, energy efficient internal and external LED lighting solutions for retail, commercial and residential environments,” said Jamie Singerman, Corporate Vice-President, Worldwide of Future Lighting Solutions. “The partnership with Bridgelux presents Future Lighting Solutions with significant growth opportunities by delivering access to an even broader base of customers. Innovative new Bridgelux® products, such as the Vero® array platform, complement our SSL product line, increasing our ability to deliver design solutions across a wider range of applications and markets for our global customers.”

About Future Lighting Solutions
Future Lighting Solutions is the leading provider of solid-state lighting technologies, engineering expertise and online simulation and design tools to facilitate application development and accelerate customers’ time to market. Our comprehensive portfolio includes a broad selection of LED system components, as well as integrated or customized solutions to enable cost effective, energy efficient lighting applications. From retrofitting bulbs to building LED systems from the ground up, we offer industry leading LEDs, optical solutions, power modules and ICs, passive and active thermal solutions, light engines, modular systems and remote phosphor technologies. Our world-class team of lighting experts, along with our global lighting resource centers, supply chain solutions and network of specialized partners, ensures the highest quality solid-state lighting solutions for customers. The company is a division of Future Electronics. For more information visit: www.FutureLightingSolutions.com.

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Contact:
BRIDGELUX, INC.
Julie Still
Phone: 925.583.8650
E-mail: juliestill@bridgelux.com

FUTURE ELECTRONICS
Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
E-mail: martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

Bridgelux and the stylized Bridgelux logo design are registered trademarks, and Vero is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

LIVERMORE, CALIF. July 18, 2013 — Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced today that its recently released Vero® Series of LED Array products are now shipping with industry leading performance efficacy (120 lm/w nominal, 110 lm/w minimum average). This performance enhancement delivers energy savings of approximately 11% over the prior product generation and provides a significantly accelerated return on investment. Further, the Vero Series arrays are now available with 2SDCM MacAdam and 3 SDCM options – raising the industry bar in color control precision and uniformity.

The featured 120 lm/w efficacy is an average performance across all form factors in the Bridgelux Vero Array Series based on 3000K 80 CRI configurations driven at nominal currents. With some Vero configurations driven at lower currents, users can readily achieve efficacies up to 140 lm/w. The Vero arrays also deliver industry leading average minimums of 110 lm/w and provide designers with best-in-class design and manufacturability flexibility.

The Vero platform enables plug & play connectivity for lighting manufacturers, enabling leading solid state lighting product performance capabilities while streamlining production processes for lighting manufacturers. These capabilities lead to shorter product development times, lower inventory requirements, reduced costs and more light with less energy.

Beyond saving energy, the Bridgelux Vero Series of LED arrays delivers another industry first by providing customers with a standard option of choosing either 2SDCM or 3SDCM MacAdam color control. Having more precise color control options improves the quality of light by providing greater consistency and uniformity between adjacent light sources. This exciting advancement in color control options with the Vero Array Series enables clean and consistent lighting installations with both high quality color rendering and appearance. The Vero Series also exceeds California Energy Commission R9 requirements for luminaires and lamps.

Since the launch of the Vero platform only 4 months ago, XAL, Licht + Design, Amerlux, and Dongmyung have joined a rapidly growing list of the world’s most highly recognized global lighting manufacturers to incorporate Vero LED arrays into products for retail, commercial and other applications.

“The innovative feature set on-board in Vero Series arrays provides us with tremendous flexibility, particularly in designing new products for manufacturability,” said Harald Dirnberger, CEO of XAL in Austria. “The efficiency and lumens per watt performance that Bridgelux regularly delivers helps keep XAL products competitive in the marketplace and helps drive broader adoption of solid state lighting.”

Vero arrays are compatible with a wide variety of standard drivers (350mA increments) and optical components, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility and a wide range of options, shortening product development times, lowering inventory requirements and reducing costs. Electrical connections can be established with thermally isolated solder pads or by using a solder-less on-board connector port. The solder free connector port simplifies manufacturing processes, reduces production time/cost, and eliminates the potential for solder failures.

“The Vero arrays have been one of our most successful product offerings in our ten year history,” said Aaron Merrill, Director, Product Line Management of Bridgelux. “Solid state lighting is making huge gains in virtually every segment and geography, but we must continue to find ways to drive down total system costs, while increasing performance. Vero arrays will play an instrumental role in bringing new methodologies and technologies to the solid state lighting market, and provide a platform for the convergence of technologies required for smart lighting.”

Product Availability
Vero Series Arrays are available now in four different sizes with performance specifications to fit a broad spectrum of residential, commercial, industrial and interior/exterior applications. Other features include:

1. Lumen output performance ranges from 240 to 16,400 lumens
2. Broad range of CCT options from 2700 to 5000K
3. CRI options include 70, 80, 90, and 97 CRI Décor™ products
4. 3SDCM standard for 2700K – 4000K CCT with 2SDCM options now available
5. Reliable operation at up to 2x rated drive current
6. Radial die pattern improves lumen density and beam control
7. Thermally isolated solder pads reduce manufacturing time and complexity
8. Solder-less connector port enables plug & play connectivity and field upgradability
9. Top side product marking and 2D bar code improve inventory management

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Vero and Décor are trademarks, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Julie Still
Bridgelux, Inc.
Phone: 925.583.8650
E-mail: juliestill@bridgelux.com

LIVERMORE, CALIF, August 21, 2013 –Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has been ranked among Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 seventh annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the third consecutive year, a rarity for award recipients, joining an elite group of companies including Microsoft, Intuit, Oracle and Facebook. For 2013, Bridgelux was ranked 871 among the Inc. Magazine top 5000 companies.

Steadfast on solid state lighting innovation, in the past year the company launched its highly successful Vero® LED arrays, touting high efficacy of 120 lumens-per-watt and a unique chip-on-board LED design for future interconnected smart lighting solutions. Globally, Bridgelux strengthened its relationship with Toshiba to boost technology collaboration and inked a global distribution agreement with Future Electronics to broaden Bridgelux’s reach into rapidly emerging markets for LED lighting components.

“We’re thrilled to be ranked as an Inc. 500|5000 company for a third year in a row,” said Brad Bullington, CEO at Bridgelux. “It’s a true testament to the growth and expansion of the LED industry. Bridgelux is dedicated to building, innovating and delivering on cost effective, highly efficient lighting, and the consecutive confirmation from Inc. Magazine is a reflection of our progress and success.”

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

About the Inc. 500|5000 Conference
Each year, Inc. and Inc.com celebrate the remarkable achievements of today’s entrepreneurial superstars—the privately held small businesses that drive our economy. The Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony brings together members of the Inc. community, both a new class of Inc. 500|5000 honorees and the list’s alumni, for three days of powerful networking, inspired learning, and momentous celebration. Please join us October 3–5, 2012, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information about the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony and to register, visit www.inc500conference.com or call 866-901-3205.

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux logo design are registered trademarks, and Vero is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Julie Still
Bridgelux, Inc.
Phone: 925.583.8650
E-mail: juliestill@bridgelux.com

LIVERMORE, CALIF., September 25, 2013 – Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today introduced a new line of Chip-on-Board LED array products called the Bridgelux® V Series™. These cost-effective light engines extend the technology and performance of the highly successful Bridgelux Vero® line, feature high flux density in small source size packages and are well suited for sub 1000 lumen commercial and residential lighting markets where tight beam control and high quality light matter.

The Bridgelux V Series LED arrays were developed to bring Bridgelux light source technology to a growing segment of sub 1000 lumen applications such as PAR lamps, MR-16 lamps, small aperture down lights, landscape spots and security lights, track lights, spots, and accent lights. According to Strategies Unlimited, the worldwide LED PAR Replacement Lamp market size alone is expected to grow from 13 million units in 2011 to 47 million units in 2016.

The V Series LED arrays initially consist of two light engine sizes (V6 andV8) with multiple electrical configurations, CCT and CRI combinations, enabling greater design-in flexibility and energy-efficiencies. These light engines can be efficiently driven at twice the nominal current, which translates into enhanced system flexibility and industry leading lumen per dollar performance. In addition, the V Series LED arrays are supported by a variety of existing and new low cost mechanical holders, optics and drivers from a variety of established ecosystem partners, bringing down overall sourcing and installation costs for lower lumen applications while getting the benefit of high performance Bridgelux light source technology.

“We have been quick to qualify V Series arrays into several high volume product lines so many of our clients can immediately benefit from the light quality and energy efficiencies realized with these light sources,” said Jack Lam, President of RiO Light, a leading global luminaire manufacturer based in Hong Kong.

The V Series arrays have been optimized to enable a cost-effective design for LED lamps, commercial track and spotlights, consumer down lights and other general lighting applications. They feature a low thermal resistance and an electrically isolated thermal path for simplified thermal management. They also support Energy Star and various rebate programs with more than 7,000 hours of LM80 test data and R9 values that exceed California Energy Commission requirements for luminaires and lamps. The V Series arrays also include ANSI compliant 3-step binning, reducing SKUs, while bringing consistent high quality white point light to this new segment. Like all Bridgelux array products, the V Series comes with a 5-year limited warranty.

“We leveraged many technological advances from our industry leading Vero LED Array Series to bring our high quality light engine technology to the V Series for lower power, cost sensitive applications,” said Max Hong, chief sales and marketing officer of Bridgelux. “These small LED packages are well suited for low lumen applications and will help accelerate the migration from traditional light sources (such as incandescent and halogen) to cleaner, more efficient solid state lighting.”

The new Bridgelux V Series will be commercially available in early October with pre-orders for this new product being accepted now.

For more information about the new Bridgelux V Series LED Arrays, please visit: www.bridgelux.com

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Contact:
Julie Still
Bridgelux, Inc.
Phone: 925.583.8650
E-mail: juliestill@bridgelux.com

Attributes 546 Percent Revenue Growth to Broader LED Adoption and Leading Innovation

LIVERMORE, CALIF., NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced it has been ranked 192 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a list of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Bridgelux earned this ranking with its revenue growth of 546 percent over the last four years.

Bridgelux’s chief executive officer, Brad Bullington, credits the Company’s achievement of this honor to its success in developing and introducing high performance LED light source products timed with the wider adoption of LED lighting, as the public becomes ever more attuned to the energy saving and other benefits of the technology and increasingly competitive cost compared to traditional lighting, “We are honored to be recognized for the third consecutive year among Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. Our company is dedicated to delivering the highest quality lighting solutions and this award is another telling sign of the dramatic growth of LED lighting and Bridgelux’s leadership in the industry.”

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and supplier of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

About Deloitte’s 2013 Technology Fast 500™

Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies – both public and private – in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2008 to 2012.

In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.

Bridgelux Will Continue to Lead in Technology Innovation

LIVERMORE, CALIF., FEBRUARY 19, 2014 — Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced semiconductor industry veteran Dr. Cem Basceri has joined its Executive Staff. Basceri will serve as CTO and oversee the technology and product development programs at Bridgelux.

Prior to his CTO position, Basceri held a seat on the company’s Advisory Board. His charter will be to propel innovation, provide technology vision, drive technology differentiation and strategic technology investments, and increase intellectual property (IP) development. He will fuel core technology programs, thrust forward fast-cycle product creation; delivering efficient, high performance and cost effective product solutions for customers. In doing so, he will help the company increase its technology leadership and expansion into new markets. Basceri will also be responsible for driving Bridgelux’s fabrication partnership with Toshiba and additional joint technology development activities related to this critical partnership around GaN on Si technology optimized for solid-state-lighting (SSL) applications.

“Basceri’s recruitment to the company further re-enforces both Bridgelux’s strategy and leadership in the convergence of LED and semiconductor technologies,” noted Bridgelux’s chief executive officer, Brad Bullington. “Our next generation SSL solutions will leverage GaN on Si and high scale, chip-centric packaging technology to drive dramatic cost down while delivering improvements in features and functionality to our products. Basceri is well known in the industry as a pioneer of next generation LED’s, and we look forward to aggressively driving our roadmap forward under his leadership.”

Basceri has a broad and distinguished career. Prior to joining Bridgelux, he served as Senior Director and Chief Technologist in Corporate Development and Corporate R&D at Micron Technology, Inc. for more than 10 years (Fortune 500, NASDAQ: MU, specialized in high performance memory, non-memory and energy efficient semiconductors, and integrated systems solutions). During his time in Corporate R&D at Micron, he was responsible for establishing and mapping out technology, business and IP development strategies for existing and new market opportunities. Additionally, he managed and directed technology and product development teams, provided vision and guidance to the teams and organization. As part of his responsibilities, he also managed Micron’s Core Partnership Program at IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) for 8-inch GaN Power and LED technology development programs. Most recently, Basceri’s responsibilities included strategic M&A, partnerships, investments, divestitures and technology licensing deals within Micron’s Corporate Development organization. He also served as the Chair of the Silicon & Systems Group’s Advisory Board and business unit representative in Micron’s TLP Global Technical Committee.

Previously he held management positions at Cree (NASDAQ: Cree) and Intrinsic Semiconductor where he led various wide band gap (WBG) technology development programs. Basceri earned his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Throughout his career, Basceri has sparked innovative technology and commercial product development programs. He has conceived and designed numerous technology innovations, evident by his 213 issued US patents. Basceri has deep expertise in semiconductors and integrated solutions, including WBG technologies such as LED, SSL and Power/RF. He is viewed as an industry expert and luminary; he has published more than 25 technical articles in refereed journals and has been a notable speaker as part of numerous industry conferences and panels.

“Bridgelux has a legacy of technology innovation and leadership. Basceri is one of the brightest minds in LED and SSL with his unique technology and business skill set. He is an extremely valuable addition to our team,” said Bullington. “Basceri will be Bridgelux’s technology catalyst in driving innovation and high performance product solutions, and cementing Bridgelux’s technology leadership. Through significant investments in its technology capabilities, Bridgelux will continue to increase its market share and expand into new markets.”

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and supplier of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Press Contact
Eastwick Communications on behalf of Bridgelux
Joe Kilmer
408.470.4854
joe@eastwick.com

The LED Replacement for the High Pressure Sodium Lamp

Livermore, Calif., March 26, 2014 — Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today unveiled the Bridgelux Outdoor Lighting Module (OLM); a new line of LED sub-systems which integrates optics, environmental protection and the LED source for roadways, parking garages and other outdoor and industrial applications. OLM will allow manufacturers to rapidly expand their product lines while lowering costs.

Outdoor applications, including roadways, parking lots and flood lighting are some of the fastest growing segments in the industry. According to McKinsey & Company, LED based outdoor lighting solutions are expected to grow from six percent of the market ($10 billion USD) to 74 percent by 2020.

The new Bridgelux OLM Series incorporates a number of key technology advancements and features that will help luminaire manufacturers develop a broad range of differentiated outdoor lighting products with lower total costs, faster time to market, and industry leading energy efficacy.

The Bridgelux OLM Series is a reliable and efficient platform that integrates a number of fundamental components for building solid-state luminaires into a single sub-system. OLM reduces product development time by three to six months, eliminating up to $100,000 in R&D expenses. Building solid-state fixtures with OLM can reduce manufacturing time by five to seven days.

When compared to conventional high pressure sodium systems, OLM can reduce the manufacturing cost of outdoor solid state lighting fixtures by 10 to 20 percent, and reduce maintenance costs while lowering power consumption by up to 65 percent. Further, OLM has been specifically designed to enable lighting manufacturers to reduce the overall bill of material cost of their luminaires and deliver a best-in-class cost to the market.

OLM’s slim profile, impact resistant optics, and broad area lighting capabilities make it the ideal platform for outdoor wall pack and flood light applications. Designed to be compliant with key light pattern standards (IESNA, EN13-201, NEMA), the OLM sub-system also has an Ingress Protection (IP) rating of 66; making it an ideal solution for harsh outdoor environments.

“Bridgelux continues to push the envelope in LED and SSL technology innovation, developing products that help light manufacturers and designers solve their biggest manufacturing problems and toughest challenges,” said Brad Bullington, Bridgelux’s chief executive officer. “We are now introducing the industry’s most advanced and sophisticated LED sub-system for outdoor applications.”

Bridgelux’s proprietary integrated symmetric and asymmetric optics enable lighting manufacturers to design luminaires for targeted applications that spread light in more effective and efficient ways. OLM-based fixtures can also be designed into applications with specific lighting pattern requirements such as glare reduction and dark sky.

Bridgelux is initially launching six OLM subsystems ranging in power from 18 to 40 watts and estimated product lifetimes of 50,000 to 100,000 hours. The new OLM sub-system will be commercially available in June 2014 with pre-orders for this new product being accepted now.

Bridgelux will demonstrate the OLM at Light + Building in its booth: Halle 4 Ebene 2 Stand J31. The Light + Building tradeshow is in Frankfurt, Germany and runs March 30 – April 4, 2014.

For more information about the new OLM sub-system, please visit: www.bridgelux.com.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid-state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid-state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux has announced the Outdoor Lighting Module (OLM) LED-based product family meant to accelerate the development cycle for manufacturers working on outdoor-lighting products. Bridgelux said that the weather-tight module with integrated optics can reduce solid-state lighting (SSL) development time by three to six months and cut $100,000 in R&D expenses.

With the OLM, Bridgelux is targeting roadway, parking, industrial, and other outdoor applications. Each module integrates two Bridgelux Vero Series chip-on-board (COB) LEDs with a custom-designed optic covering each LED. The company will offer six versions of the OLM with flux output ranging from 2000 lm to more than 4000 lm and a choice of 4000K or 5000K CCTs. Product developers can combine as many as three of the OLMs in a single fixture design enabling the six base models to support luminaire designs that can replace 70W to 250W HID lighting.

The OLM is not Bridgelux’s first foray into outdoor modules. Back in early 2012, Bridgelux developed a module based on one of its LED arrays in a large discrete package and supplied the product along with exclusive partner Chevron Energy Solutions to retrofit projects. Bridgelux said that since the retired design still serves in a number of projects although the exclusive relationship with Chevron is over. Moreover, a spokesperson said, “The knowledge gained from that previous experience was invaluable in the development of the new Bridgelux OLM Series, which will be available through broad distribution.”

Modules in general can accelerate the SSL development process by handling the LED integrations, mitigating thermal issues, and in this case including optics that can form the desired beam patterns. For outdoor lighting, however, the fact that the OLM is also IP-66 rated against water and dust ingress takes considerable burden off the development team that needs to ensure reliable operation in harsh conditions. Brad Bullington, Bridgelux’s CEO, said, “We are now introducing the industry’s most advanced and sophisticated LED sub-system for outdoor applications.”

The OLM is based on a Vero 10 LED that enables system efficacy ranging from 96-124 lm/W. A COB LED is a compromise in an outdoor-lighting design. Without question a carefully-crafted luminaire that uses small LEDs and total internal reflection (TIR) lenses can deliver more precise beam patterns. That said, we expect more outdoor lighting products to use COBs because they are much simpler to design into luminaires and provide performance that is suitable in many applications. The Bridgelux design uses the combination of a reflector and diffuser lens to control the beam. For more information about beam patterns see “SSL luminaires must deliver reliable beam patterns in outdoor applications.”

Bridgelux said that the modules will be available beginning in June for customer shipments. The subsystems range from 14W to 40W in power consumption. Bridgelux is rating the modules for minimum 50,000-hr lifetime.

Originally published on March 27th, 2014 by Maury Wright - Editor, LEDs Magazine and Illumination in Focus

Claiming it’s the most advanced IP rated exterior and industrial LED subsystem available — OK, almost available — Bridgelux unveiled a line of LED sub-systems that integrate optics, environmental protection, and the LED source. The solution solves the form factor challenges that prevented LEDs from moving into the high-pressure sodium system segment in the past.

Combining such benefits as lower total costs, fast time to market, and industry leading energy efficacy, the company is quantifying results as follows:

• Manufacturing cost reduction of outdoor solid-state lighting fixtures of 10% to 20%
• Reduction in manufacturing time of five to seven days
• Reducing power consumption up to 65%
• Product lifetime estimated to be 40,000 to 100,000 hours
• Reduction in product development time by three to six months
• Eliminating up to $100,000 in R&D expenses

The Bridgelux OLM Series features a slim profile, impact resistant optics and broad area lighting capabilities. Compliant with key light pattern standards (IESNA, EN13-201, NEMA), the OLM sub-system also has an Ingress Protection (IP) rating of 66 for harsh outdoor environments. The company is launching six outdoor lighting module (OLM) systems that range in power from 18 to 40 watts and will be demonstrating them at Light & Building in Frankfurt, Germany from March 30 to April 4.

Oh, and you don’t have to wait that long — the company is taking pre-orders now with the expectation of commercial availability in June.

Originally published at 3/27/2014 09:15 AM EDT by Carolyn Mathas – freelance blogger and editor for EE Times‘ Industrial Control Designline