Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), which has been named to Forbes' and BusinessWeek's lists as one of the best promising Asian companies, is a world-leading, LED lighting solution provider. According to a recent report by Strategies Unlimited, SSC is the number one Korean LED supplier and is one of the top 10 companies in the world for high brightness LEDs. SSC is expected to become one of the world's top three LED providers by 2010 and is projected to reach 1.3 billion dollars in sales.
SSC's sales network is comprised of three corporate offices in Japan, Germany, and the U.S.; nine overseas sales offices; and over 90 distributors around the world. SSC is committed to supporting its customers' lighting applications with the broadest line of colors and packages. SSC's LEDs can be found in illumination, signs, displays, traffic signals, automotive components, mobile phones, and many other products. SSC currently has 804 patents and 70 licenses, and is planning to have 1,000 patents by the end of 2006. SSC reported 155 million dollars in sales in 2005 and currently has 873 employees, 132 of which are dedicated to research and development.
