Earlier this week, the world’s largest lighting producer Philips announced its plan to spin-off its Lumileds LED lighting unit and automotive lighting segment into a separate company by early 2015.

DURHAM, N.C. – Two of the world’s leaders in the growing light emitting diode (LED) lighting market are joining forces in a sense with the stated goal of growing the LED market. And Wall Street likes ...

07 July 2010 Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) and Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED ...

Cree, look out. Philips brand is coming to get you. Well, to get the lighting industry, at least. The Dutch consumer-appliance giant announced this week that it has developed an LED light that will be ...

Cree Lighting and Philips Lighting both announced 60W-equivalent LED lamps at less than $15, but the companies took decidedly different design approaches to the SSL retrofits. Cree Lighting has ...

AMSTERDAM, July 7 (Reuters) - Philips Electronics and Cree , leaders in light emitting diode (LED) fixtures, have agreed to cross-license their technologies to help speed up adoption of lower energy ...

Few talked about solid-state lighting -- known as light emitting diodes or LEDs --except as futuristic technology that would probably come of age in 2020 and beyond. Most consumers considered them ...

If you agree with our assertion that smart light switches are a better solution than smart light bulbs, you should give Cree’s new A19 soft-white dimmable LED a long look. Far too many LED bulbs choke ...

LED light bulbs have always been a bit like car repairs: they’re either good quality or affordable, but very rarely both. And it’s all very well and good that these bulbs use a fraction of the ...

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DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), and Philips (NYSE:PHG)(AEX: PHI) have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the ...