!!! Press Release !!! LEDs
open up a new mass market: Aachen, July 01, 1999. The revolution in lighting technology - the replacement of traditional electric bulbs by LEDs - promised by experts has reached a new milestone: US company Hewlett Packard, has just announced an innovative white LED, available in various colour tones. For the first time, customers have the opportunity of choosing the appropriate white LED for their colour requirements. The principal application for the white LED is for the interior lighting of buildings, as well as for traffic use. The small size and shallow installation depth of the LED allows for completely new design possibilities. The lighting industry is currently working hard on the market roll-out of this new mode of illumination. The trade customer is already able to choose between the products of numerous manufacturers. With interior lighting, the LED is opening up a further mass market within the huge aggregate market for lighting technology. The LED has already established itself in important segments: coloured LEDs are increasingly replacing traditional electric bulbs in motor vehicle lighting, in traffic signals and safety equipment, as well as in large colour displays. Experts are expecting this enormous development to continue and estimate annual growth rates for ultra-high brightness LEDs of up to 100 per cent. For the manufacture of the key component of an LED - a tiny chip made from compound semiconductors - Hewlett Packard relies on MOCVD equipment from Aachen-based company AIXTRON. The superior process efficiency of AIXTRON equipment allows the user to produce the compound semiconductor chip more cheaply - by considerably more than 30 per cent. In 1998, AIXTRON's global market share raised to significantly above 40 per cent, roughly twice the share held by the closest competitor. For further information please contact:
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