Buyer's Guide

Cree's leadership begins with innovative materials, primarily silicon carbide (SiC), that provide high-efficiency performance for numerous semiconductor applications. Using SiC as a platform material, Cree has spent over 20 years developing an array of new technologies that far surpass traditional ones. 

LED Lighting

Cree leads the LED lighting revolution and is making energy-wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. 

Cree first brought the blue LED to market in 1989, and today Cree's XLamp® LEDs have continually exceeded industry standards for brightness and efficiency. Indeed, XLamp LEDs were the first "lighting-class" LEDs – LEDS bright enough to be used in general-illumination applications, such as desk lamps, ceiling fixtures and street lights. In addition, Cree's extensive line of high-brightness LEDs are also introducing new performance levels to outdoor video displays and decorative lighting. 

Recognizing the revolutionary potential of LED lighting, in 2008 Cree expanded its product lines into LED-lighting applications, such as ceiling fixtures. Today, products from Cree's Lighting group are available to builders and homeowners through The Home Depot and other retailers around the world. Cree's direct customers include national restaurant chains and government agencies.

After pioneering developments in the LED indoor-lighting market, Cree expanded into outdoor lighting, in 2011, with the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc., a leader in outdoor LED lighting. Ruud added an extensive LED-lighting product line to Cree's portfolio, including the BetaLED and LEDway brands.

As part of this acquisition, Cree gained additional lighting brands, including Ruud Direct, E-conolight, Kramer Lighting, Beta-Kramer and Beta Lighting.

In March 2013, Cree began offering LED light bulbs (40-W and 60-W equivalent) for the consumer market.

Power and Wireless Devices

Leveraging the energy efficiency of its materials technology, Cree is also a major manufacturer of semiconductors used in power conversion and wireless communications. Cree's Z-Rec™ line of power-switching diodes offers increased efficiency and reduced size in numerous applications, such as network-server power supplies, solar inverters and industrial motor drives. 

In 2011, Cree launched its Z-FET™ line of silicon-carbide MOSFETs, which can provide record efficiencies while improving reliability in power-switching applications.

Likewise, high-performance devices developed by Cree's Wireless group both boost the power and offer new levels of efficiency for applications such as cellular and radar signals. 

In all of its markets, Cree continues to innovate relentlessly. In the fixtures that light our homes and streets, solar panels that generate electricity or the cell towers that link us all, Cree produces high-performance, high-efficiency solutions that empower our lives.

For detailed information on Cree, Inc. read our past annual reports.

Instrument Systems – Company Profile

Instrument Systems is the technology and market leader for LED and display measuring systems based on spectroradiometry. Founded in 1986 in Munich, Germany, Instrument Systems develops and manufactures a broad spectrum of test & measurement equipment ranging from high-speed testers for wafer, dies and packaged LEDs on the production floor up to high-performance spectroradiometers for the lab.

A wide selection of fiber based measurement adapters and accessories like integrating spheres, goniometers and LED test sockets for each type of popular LED packages complete the product range in order to deliver turnkey solutions.

All relevant optical parameters like luminous intensity, luminous flux, spatial radiation pattern as well as chromaticity coordinates, color temperature and color rendering index can be measured fast and with high accuracy for single LEDs (high-power and standard), LED modules and OLEDs.

The systems conform to the guidelines of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), meaning that they generate internationally comparable and reliable results.

Windows based spectral software is used to control the instruments and provide analysis of the spectral data. Using DLLs, the software can control other equipment such as positioners, current sources, etc.

Instrument Systems provides support for a global customer base with backup from a worldwide network of representatives.

Lumileds is the global leader in light engine technology. The company develops, manufactures and distributes groundbreaking LEDs and automotive lighting products that shatter the status quo and help customers gain and maintain a competitive edge. With a rich history of industry “firsts,” Lumileds is uniquely positioned to deliver lighting advancements well into the future by maintaining an unwavering focus on quality, innovation and reliability.

LUXTECH designs & manufactures versatile, specification-grade LED modules for architectural lighting manufacturers. 

“We believe lighting has the power to define our world: it can elicit a mood, improve appearances, enhance performance, and influence our behavior. We are a collection of engineers, designers and researchers based out of Philadelphia, PA and proudly work with architectural fixture manufacturers and teams around the world. Besides being inquisitive and inventive thinkers, we are also personable – we make sure our customers’ needs are heard and their expectations exceeded.  By pushing the latest lighting technology and manufacturing exceptionally built LED modules with the utmost customer care, we believe we can elevate illumination to foster a better world.”

- Graham Merrifield
LUXTECH Senior Applications Engineer

For more information please visit LUXTECH's Website!

Having "Ever Researching for a Brighter World" as our motto, Nichia has grown in the field of development, manufacturing and sales of fine chemicals, particularly inorganic luminescent materials (phosphors). In the process of the challenging pursuit of brighter luminescent and light-emitting materials, we succeeded in developing and commercializing the super high brightness Blue LED in 1993, which greatly impressed the world. Since the first introduction of the Blue LED in 1993, we succeeded in developing the world’s first white LED by combining yellow phosphor and blue LED, followed by the successful development of practical level of blue-violet semiconductor laser for the first time in the world. The invention of these Nitride-based LED and laser diodes causes the technological innovation of light source in the field of display, general lighting, automotive, industrial equipment, and medical care & measurement. We hope that Nichia will continue to be a company that will contributes to the world by evolving its original and unique technologies in the field of manufacturing.

OSA Opto Light develops and manufactures special, custom designed and standard High Brightness & High Power LED-Chips , SMD-LEDs and LED-Lamps in the colors: Infrared 660-1650nm, vis 440-660nm, uv 265-440nm and phosphor based broadband and single color conversion. Our custom designed LED-Modules for OEMs are an efficient way for luminaries, e.g. UVC surface and air disinfection systems.