Press Releases

New Portfolio Additions Deliver High Efficacy 4100K Color Temperature
For Interior and Exterior Applications

Livermore, Calif., June 23, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its ES and award-winning RS LED Array products in a neutral white color temperature (4100K). The new Arrays extend Bridgelux’s industry leading light output performance, superior color quality and high efficacy across the white color spectrum, driving the increasingly rapid transformation of high volume outdoor area and commercial lighting applications.

Neutral white is the latest addition to Bridgelux’s highly efficient ES Array Series offering light output options of 400, 800 and 1200 operational lumens. These new products deliver an increase of more than 40% in energy efficiency over previous neutral white product generations while dramatically reducing the price per lumen. The neutral white RS Array delivers 3400 operational lumens, complementing the existing RS Array product line which offers 3100 lumens in warm white and 4500 lumens in cool white.

Bridgelux continues to provide the industry with the widest LED Array performance ranges from 240 to 4500 “hot” or operational lumens, displacing incandescent, halogen, CFL and HID light sources in a variety of applications. This broad portfolio of products provides Bridgelux customers with wide-ranging options as they develop high quality replacement lamps and luminaires for a market rapidly transitioning to energy efficient lighting.

“Bridgelux is delivering a broad range of design options with efficacies that enable the development of lighting products that meet both market demands and global regulatory requirements,” said Jason Posselt, Bridgelux vice president of Marketing. “Our expanding portfolio reflects Bridgelux’s core strength – the ability to reduce design complexity and product development risk for our customers while aggressively driving down the cost of solid state lighting.”

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. With more than 275 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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

SUNNYVALE, CALIF., July 29, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions today announced the addition of Karl Chicca as the company’s chief operating officer. To his role as COO, Mr. Chicca brings extensive experience in building and scaling multinational Manufacturing and Supply Chain operations in the semiconductor and storage industries. Mr. Chicca will be responsible for Bridgelux’s global Manufacturing, Materials, Supply Chain, Logistics, Product and Process Engineering, and Supplier and Customer Quality operations.

“Karl brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Bridgelux at a time of significant growth,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. As we continue to scale our operations to meet the growing demands of the rapidly transforming lighting industry, Karl’s successful track record of building and leading world-class operations and teams will be instrumental to our success.”

Mr. Chicca comes to Bridgelux with more than 25 years of extensive experience and a successful track record in global Operations. As a former senior vice president of Global Materials for Seagate Technology, the world’s leading manufacturer of hard disk drives and storage solutions, he was responsible for building Seagate’s strategic supplier partnership program and leading the company’s world-class supply chain efforts. As Seagate’s senior vice president and general manager for the Personal Computing Business Unit, he was responsible for 75% of the company’s unit shipments. Prior to joining Seagate, Mr. Chicca served as senior vice president of Operations at 3dfx Interactive where he helped to grow the company from initial corporate revenue shipments to revenues exceeding $125 Million per quarter. He also served as vice president of global Materials at Maxtor Corporation.

About Bridgelux
Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions helping to transform 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. With more than 275 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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

Livermore, Calif., September 14, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions today announced the expansion of its portfolio of award- winning LED Arrays to include new high efficacy products that meet the price and performance demands of the $10 billion LED retrofit bulb market opportunity.

Featuring a broad product portfolio, industry leading light output performance, superior color quality and high efficacy across the white color spectrum, Bridgelux is now delivering high brightness, energy efficient light for both low and line (mains) voltage products to simplify system design and integration for lamp manufacturers.

The Bridgelux LS Array Series now includes options designed specifically for low voltage lighting. The new miniaturized LS arrays enable both diffuse and directional light sources for applications including landscape lighting, residential lighting, track lighting, MR16 lamps and other 12 volt retrofit light bulbs. Delivering between 240 and 360 lumens in warm and cool white, these products are ideal replacement options for low wattage halogen and incandescent lamps.

The Bridgelux ES Array Series has also been expanded to include new voltage options for both cool white and warm white to better enable the A-line and decorative lamp markets. The new ES arrays take advantage of existing electronic drivers to facilitate rapid new lamp and luminaire product introductions.

“As governments around the world rapidly move to eliminate inefficient incandescent lamps the demand is growing for LED replacement lamps that can deliver the quality of light required by consumers,” said Jason Posselt, Bridgelux vice president of marketing. “These new arrays deliver high quality light while simultaneously helping our customers reduce design complexity and product cost for this price sensitive market.”

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. With more than 300 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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 Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 Winner

Recognized for creating new opportunities in green technology

Livermore, Calif., October 12, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Bridgelux was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Bridgelux and the GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s fourth annual GoingGreen Silicon Valley on October 12^th, 2010, at the Presidio’s Golden Gate Club in San Francisco, CA.

This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities

“The GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100 winners have thrived during trying economic conditions through innovation and creativity,” said Weston McBride, greentech editor at AlwaysOn. “It is by their example that the next generation of clean technologies will transform the global economy with more robust systems primed for sustained growth.”

The GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international greentech technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and greentech industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.

This marks the second consecutive year for Bridgelux to be recognized as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 Winner in the Energy Management, Smart Grid and Energy Efficiency category. Bridgelux was selected for their business focus on creating LED technologies that are transforming the lighting industry with a commitment to supply sustainable, energy-efficient lighting to the masses.

A full list of all the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:

http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2010-GoingGreen-Silicon-Valley-100

“We are honored to be recognized by AlwaysOn as a leading Silicon Valley company, as it validates our passion and commitment to drive innovation,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. “Transforming the lighting industry is exciting, but the fact that we are also positively impacting the environment truly makes our mission a win-win.”

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. With more than 300 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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 AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen Silicon Valley, and GoingGreen East. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

Solid State Lighting Leader, Bridgelux, Introduces Industry’s First 5-Year Warranty on entire line of LED Products

World’s Most Reliable LED Arrays and Modules Now Feature Industry’s Best Warranty Protection

Livermore, Calif. – October 12, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today introduced a 5-year warranty, effective immediately, on all of the company’s integrated LED arrays and light sources sold worldwide. This unprecedented move boosts standard 1-year and 3-year warranties to deliver industry-leading 5-year warranty protection, emphatically demonstrating Bridgelux’s confidence in LED technology while providing customers the assurances needed to enable the $100 billion market opportunity for solid state lighting.

“We are offering a 5-year warranty because we stand proudly behind the quality of Bridgelux products as well as the broader capabilities and benefits of solid state lighting overall,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux chief executive officer. “This warranty is a win-win all around. It addresses our customers’ needs, supports the entire industry by accelerating market penetration, and helps deliver LED technology’s energy savings and environmental benefits more quickly to the end customer.”

The 5-year warranty covers not only the Bridgelux LED Array product families, offering the industry’s widest performance range from 240 to 4500 operational lumens, but also the award winning Helieon sustainable light module, co developed, marketed and sold by Bridgelux and Molex.

“The success of our customers is critical to the success of Bridgelux,” said Jason Posselt, vice president of marketing for Bridgelux. “The lighting market is demanding 3 to 5 year warranties on solid state lighting products. The 5-year warranty protection on light sources provided by Bridgelux will make it easier for our customers, lamp and luminaire manufacturers, to meet market requirements for their products. Further, it also allows our partners to minimize the cost and time they spend on warranty related issues while improving their ability to win new business opportunities.”

“To innovate and expand our business we must use the latest LED lighting technology,” said Chuck Campagna, chief executive officer of Amerlux. “With LED technology evolving at a pace faster than typical lighting design cycles, we are faced with a challenge to ensure that we bring high quality products to market while still using leading edge technology. The 5-year warranty provided by Bridgelux allows us to confidently deliver one of the industry’s most advanced solid state lighting solutions at a pace that addresses both Amerlux business requirements and lighting industry demands.”

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. With more than 300 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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

NEW BRIDGELUX PRE-WIRED LED ARRAYS FURTHER SIMPLIFY DESIGN INTEGRATION, ACCELERATE TIME TO MARKET FOR LUMINAIRE MANUFACTURERS

Livermore, Calif. – December 01, 2010 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, is further simplifying the LED light source integration process for luminaire manufacturers with the introduction of new wiring options for its rectangular ES and RS Array Series’ solid state light sources. This option further enhances the plug and play simplicity delivered by these arrays, helping to facilitate quick design cycles and ease system-level integration challenges for Bridgelux customers.

The new wiring option provides two wires soldered to the electrical contact pads on the LED Arrays. This wiring option may be ordered with all Bridgelux rectangular ES and RS Array Series, which deliver between 800 to 4500 operational lumens in all available color temperatures. Providing pre-wired Arrays simplifies the electrical integration of the light source into the lamp or luminaire, enabling Bridgelux customers to use interconnection methods common to the lighting industry and avoid introducing soldering processes in their factories.

“Our primary focus at Bridgelux is to make LED technology easy to use for our general lighting customers,” said Mick Wilcox, Bridgelux product manager. “Providing this wiring option eliminates manufacturing process steps, and reduces product development risks and overall system costs. Our customers can bring new energy-efficient, high quality lighting products to market faster to meet the rapidly increasing market demand for solid state lighting.”

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 lightemitting 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. With more than 350 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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 Appoints Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

Livermore, Calif. – January 19, 2011 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has announced that David W. Plumer, Jr. has joined the company in the newly created global role of Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. Plumer brings to his new position more than 30 years of multinational Sales, Marketing, Operations, and General Management experience across the Information Technology, Clean Technology, and Energy Management industries.

Plumer comes to Bridgelux from American Power Conversion (APC), as President of their Asia Pacific/Japan Region and Senior Vice President of the company’s global IT Business Unit reporting to the CEO. (APC reported $3.5B sales and 14,000 employees in 2007). Plumer was responsible for leading Sales, Marketing and Services and grew their Asia business dramatically over the past 5 years, securing APC’s position as one of the world’s leading IT/Energy Management companies by focus on delivery of exceptional Customer value through highly innovative, energy efficient and low cost solutions combined with rapid expansion of channel partners and development of long-term, strategic Customer and Alliance relationships. The overall growth and business success of APC culminated in its $6B cash acquisition by Schneider Electric Corporation, a worldwide specialist in energy management.

“The lighting industry is at an inflection point where the introduction of a disruptive technology, solid state lighting, into a large, legacy market is presenting tremendous opportunities for the creation of new markets and applications, said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. “David has spent his entire career with world-class corporations that successfully built entire businesses by introducing disruptive technologies into incumbent markets, owning those markets and then leveraging that technology into new applications. He has developed significant talent and an excellent track record of performance in the areas of strategic customer relationships, market penetration and expansion, team management and overall business operations. And I am confident that he will be a tremendous asset to the Bridgelux team.”

Prior to joining APC, Plumer was with IBM where he held a number of executive management positions in sales, marketing, product management and technology operations and invested half his career based in Asia, leading rapid growth in those emerging markets. As Worldwide VP of Marketing & Sales for IBM’s Display Business Unit, Plumer developed strategic programs to reposition and dramatically accelerate growth of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology with exciting new value propositions and market applications to become a $ 1.5B business. As IBM Director & Managing Principal for Global Services, Plumer doubled the number of IT / Business transformation contracts by helping Customers achieve dramatic improvements in cost and service levels of their business and grew the practice to become a $1B business.

Plumer has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, NH with distinction as an Edward Tuck Scholar and a BA summa cum laude in Economics from Union College, NY.

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. With more than 350 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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

NEW BRIDGELUX LED ARRAYS DOUBLE LIGHT OUTPUT OF TODAY’S COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE LED PRODUCTS

New Portfolio Additions Deliver 3500 to 8000 Lumen Output Arrays

Livermore, Calif., January 31, 2011 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the expansion of its award-winning RS LED Array portfolio to include the industry’s highest performance LED products designed for very high lumen applications such as retail shop lighting, high-bay, roadway, exterior area and industrial lighting applications.

Shattering industry standards for light output performance while significantly improving efficacy and further reducing the cost of solid-state light (SSL), the new RS Arrays deliver 3500 to 8000 operational lumens, an extended range of color temperatures including warm, neutral and cool white (2700K to 5600K), and multiple color rendering indices (CRI) options, further increasing choices for high quality lighting. These LED arrays both simplify and enable rapid development of new high-lumen LED products accelerating the ability for solid state lighting to replace high wattage HID luminaires, providing safer operation and reducing payback periods to as little as 2 years. These high flux density sources enable precision lighting previously impossible with lower power solid state lighting technology, opening up new markets to solid state lighting.

“With the new RS Arrays, Bridgelux continues to advance its reputation as a manufacturer of high quality, leading-edge LED lighting solutions for a broad range of indoor and outdoor applications,” said Jason Posselt, vice president of global marketing. “Leveraging the significant success of previous product generations, the RS Arrays are uniquely designed to help our customers quickly and cost-effectively introduce new products targeting an increasing number of lighting applications.”

“As we initiated the design of our NEVALO SSL System for interior lighting applications the new additions to the Bridgelux RS Array series provided the best solution for the high light density versions of our new lighting module, launched today,” said Bruce Pelton, chief technology officer for the Tyco Electronics Lighting Division. “The Bridgelux team not only worked with us to meet our initial LED light source requirements but also demonstrated a product roadmap to provide an increasingly broad range of light output, CRI and efficacy options to meet the future requirements of our lamp and luminaire customers.”

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. With more than 350 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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, INC. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT
TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Livermore, Calif., February 28, 2011- Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions today announced that George de Urioste has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. de Urioste, who will serve as chairman of the Board’s audit committee, brings more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and enterprise software industries to the position.

“George’s experience as CFO and COO in publicly held companies is well suited to Bridgelux’s needs as we embark on our next phase of growth,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. “His success in growing and managing world-class operations and teams will be instrumental to our success.”

In addition to his related industry experience, Mr. de Urioste is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to joining the Bridgelux Board, he served in 2008 as interim Chief Financial Officer and then interim Chief Operating Officer of Marvell Technology, a $3 Billion semiconductor provider of high-performance analog and digital signal processing products for data storage, mobile and video communications. During his CFO tenure there, the market capitalization grew from $6 billion to $10 billion. Mr. de Urioste has also held COO and CFO responsibilities at Chordiant Software, Inc. and was Chief Financial Officer at Remedy Corporation; both companies were publicly held during his tenure. More recently, de Urioste was a member of the Board of Directors and served for three years as the audit committee chairman at Saba Software, Inc.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions helping to transform 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. With more than 400 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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 DEMONSTRATES DRAMATIC ADVANCEMENTS IN GaN-ON-SILICON TECHNOLOGY FOR SOLID STATE LIGHTING

Demonstration Represents Industry’s First Commercial Grade Performance For Silicon-Based LED

Livermore, Calif., March 8, 2011- Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced today that it has achieved a major breakthrough with the demonstration of 135 Lumens per Watt GaN-on-Silicon based LED Technology. This represents the industry’s first commercial grade performance for a Silicon-based LED.

When grown at scale, most LED epitaxial wafers use sapphire or silicon carbide substrates as the starting material. But large diameter sapphire and silicon carbide substrates are costly, difficult to process, and not widely available. As a result, production costs have inhibited the widespread adoption of LED lighting in homes and commercial buildings. But growing GaN on larger, low-cost silicon wafers that are compatible with modern semiconductor manufacturing can deliver a 75% improvement in cost over current approaches.

The 135 Lumen per Watt performance was achieved at a CCT of 4730K using a single 1.5mm power LED operated at 350mA. These LEDs have extremely low operating voltages, requiring just 2.90V at 350mA and <3.25V at 1 Amp. The low forward voltage and excellent thermal resistance of the devices make them ideally suited for high-performance, illumination-grade applications. Optimization of the epitaxy process on 8-inch Si wafers will make LED manufacturing compatible with existing automated semiconductor lines.

The move to a Silicon substrate will be a revolutionary step for the LED industry, and Bridgelux is well- positioned to take full advantage of the introduction of this technology. Over the past 5 years, Dr. Steve Lester, one of the industry’s pioneers in LED Research and Development, has fostered a world-class team of Bridgelux materials scientists and chip design engineers dedicated to GaN-on-Silicon R&D. Concurrently, industry-wide research and development of GaN growth on Silicon has increased rapidly. And as a result, the GaN on Silicon performance levels reported by Bridgelux today are comparable to state-of-the-art sapphire-based LEDs available 12-24 months ago. The company anticipates the delivery of its first commercially available GaN-on-Silicon products over the course of the next two to three years.

Bridgelux, which maintains an asset-light operating model, will leverage its strong R&D and Intellectual Property position in LED epitaxy to jointly manufacture silicon based LEDs. The company is currently in discussions with a number of established semiconductor companies regarding the utilization of the many fully depreciated 8-inch semiconductor fabrication operations available around the globe.

“Bridgelux’s achievement is a significant reflection of the strength of our leadership in Silicon materials and epitaxial process technology, said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. “The significantly reduced cost-structures enabled by Silicon-based LED technology will continue to deliver dramatic reductions in the up-front capital investment required for solid state lighting. In as little as two to three years, even the most price-sensitive markets, such as commercial and office lighting, residential applications, and retrofit lamps will seamlessly and rapidly convert to solid state lighting.”

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions helping to transform 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. With more than 400 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, 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