Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces
new technology centers in China, further expanding Cree TEMPO (Thermal,
Electrical, Mechanical, Photometric, Optical) Services in these key
markets. The groundbreaking technology centers support demand for Cree
products and services throughout China and demonstrate Cree’s commitment
to accelerate broader market adoption of LED lighting. TEMPO Services
provide LED lighting manufacturers a comprehensive suite of evaluation
services for LED luminaires – ensuring customers have information needed
to design and market quality LED products.
The new technology centers will offer a range of TEMPO Services to meet
the unique needs of lighting manufacturers in China, including the
popular Cree TEMPO 21 and TEMPO Thermal Simulation Services. Cree’s
experience indicates that many of the common quality issues and failure
modes seen in Solid State Lighting products are not detected by
currently available standardized tests. TEMPO 21 examines critical
aspects of quality that commonly go unchecked such as chemical
compatibility, driver spikes, dimmer compatibility and electrolytic
capacitor analysis.
“Cree delivers our customers end-to-end development support and the
opening of our new technology centers in Shenzhen and Shanghai is
further evidence of our commitment to their success,” said Tang Guoqing,
senior advisor, Cree Hong Kong Limited. “TEMPO Services can give
manufacturers competitive advantages by helping them avoid costly design
mistakes and by providing access to a broad range of test environments
that are, in many cases, cost-prohibitive for them to build and operate.”
Effective LED luminaire thermal design is essential to ensure
reliability and optimum performance. TEMPO Thermal Simulation predicts
the thermal behavior of LED-based fixtures, including junction
temperature, heat sink temperature, temperature profile and airflow
profile. TEMPO SPOT gives customers access to complex, costly equipment
to measure the photometric performance of luminaires and replacement
lamps. Every TEMPO Service delivers an accurate, easy-to-understand
TEMPO report that includes all testing results and relevant performance
data.
For a complete list of TEMPO Services available in the new technology
centers, please visit www.cree.com/tempo.
In addition to the new China centers, Cree currently provides TEMPO
Services out of its U.S. Cree Technology Centers located in Durham, N.C.
and Santa Barbara, Calif. For more information on Cree Services, please
visit www.cree.com/tempo.
You can also visit Cree at Booth B02, Hall 4.1 at 2012 Guangzhou
International Lighting Exhibition, June 9-12.
About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and making energy-wasting
traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of
energy-efficient, mercury-free LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading
innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor
products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications.
Cree’s product families include LED fixtures and bulbs, blue and green
LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs,
power-switching devices and RF devices. Cree products are driving
improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting,
electronic signs and signals, power suppliers and solar inverters.
For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com.
To learn more about the LED Lighting Revolution, please visit www.creeledrevolution.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks
and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ
materially due to a number of factors, including customer acceptance of
LED products; the risk that actual savings will vary from expectations;
the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may
impair demand or render Cree’s products obsolete; and other factors
discussed in Cree’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 26, 2011, and
subsequent filings.
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