Manufacturer

CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Address: 1-23-1 Kamimudichi, Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Company website: http://ce.citizen.co.jp/cn/

Company Overview

In 1970, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. merged with Bulova Watch Co., Ltd. of the United States to form Bulova Citizen Co., Ltd. with a capital of 90 million yen. In 1971, the capital was increased to 360 million yen. The tuning fork electronic watch (Hi-Sonic, Bulova Accutron) was launched. In 1977, the merger with Bulova Watch Co., Ltd. was cancelled and the company was renamed Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. In 1978, the small electromagnetic buzzer "CITISOUND 'CB Series'" was successfully developed and launched. In 1979, the watch production company "Premier Precision Ltd." (First Precision Co., Ltd.) was established in Hong Kong. In 1980, Funahiki Precision Co., Ltd. (now Citizen Electronics Funahiki Co., Ltd.) was established in Fukushima Prefecture to produce various products. In 1983, the chip-type LED lamp "CITILED" of the light-emitting diode (LED) surface mount type (SMD) was developed and launched. In 1988, the production base "Wah Kong" was established in China. Precision (Jiangmen) Ltd. / Huagang Precision (Jiangmen) Ltd. In 1989, it developed the "CITISENSOR 'PR Series'", a light reflector that is one of the OPT sensors, and launched it on the market. In terms of small switches, it developed the world's first light switch with built-in LED lights and launched it on the market. In 1991, it established "Firstcome Electronics Ltd." in Hong Kong to manage production in China, and established the Kansai Sales Office in Osaka. In 1993, it established the Tokyo Sales Office (now Tokyo Office) in Tokyo, and increased its capital to 372 million yen. In 1994, it increased its capital to 496.8 million yen. In 1995, it increased its capital to 643.05 million yen, and established a sales company "CE (HONG KONG) LTD." in Hong Kong. In 1996, it registered for over-the-counter stock trading with the Japan Securities Dealers Association, and increased its capital to 1.98855 billion yen. In 1997, it established a sales company "CECOL INC." in the United States. In 1999, a sales subsidiary "CE (Deutschland) GmbH" was established in Germany, and the head office factory obtained the environmental management "ISO-14001" certification. In 2000, the LED backlight module for color LCD was developed and launched. In 2002, the flash LED "CITILIGHT" for mobile phones was developed and launched. In 2003, the high-power white LED lamp CL-650S series for general lighting was developed and launched. In 2004, a sales company "Citizen Electronic Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd." was established in Shanghai, China. In 2005, with the complete subsidiaryization of Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (now Citizen Watch Holdings Co., Ltd.), the securities listing was terminated and the company was renamed Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. In 2008, it integrated management with Citizen Display Co., Ltd. In 2011, it developed an AC drive circuit built-in lighting LED component that can be directly driven by a normal power supply (AC power supply) and began to market it. It developed a high-power lighting LED (COB series Ver.1) and began to market it. In 2012, it accepted a third-party capital increase plan to distribute equity to Nichia Chemical Industries, Ltd. and increased its capital to 2.98845 billion yen. In 2013, it developed a circular and special-shaped backlight source and began to market it. It developed and began to market the COB series Ver.2 (3 products that focus on "light quality" and achieve a high luminous flux of 23,549lm) In 2014, the company accepted a third-party capital increase plan to distribute shares to Nichia Chemical Industries, Ltd., and increased its capital to 5,488,450,000 yen. It developed the COB series Ver.3 and began to market it (obtained certification of the North American safety standard UL standard), and developed the lighting LED (COB series) "VIVID Type" and "High Intensity Type" and began to market it. In 2015, it developed and launched the LS14 series of thin, horizontal push-type switches, and the LS95 series of top-down push-type switches that achieved world-class miniaturization, and began to market it. It developed and launched the COB series Ver.4 (13 varieties and 207 signals, greatly expanding its product lineup). In 2017, it established a manufacturing plant in Yamanashi Prefecture, the "Citizen Electronics TIMEL Co., Ltd. Sakaigawa Plant". In 2019, it began to develop and sell the lighting LED COB series Ver.8

Huizhou Cree Semiconductor Lighting Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 38, East 6th Road, Zhongkai High-tech Zone, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province

Company website: https://cree-led.com/

Company Overview

Founded in 1987, Cree LED initially focused on semiconductor materials and drove the adoption of blue LED chips in automotive and display backlighting applications. Throughout the 1990s, the company further refined LED technology and became an innovator in the field. Cree LED accelerated the LED lighting revolution in 2006 with the introduction of the packaged lighting-class LED XLamp® XR-E LED. Since then, the company has continued to drive innovation, establishing LED as the dominant lighting technology for general lighting and large video display applications. Today, the company continues to expand and innovate with best-in-class LED solutions. Cree's LED division has gone from obscurity to market leadership through an impressive series of industry-first innovations, overcoming all arguments against LEDs as a premium light source. These milestones in LED brightness, color consistency, efficacy, and reliability have driven the change-resistant lighting industry to recognize and adopt LEDs in all applications.

ams osram group

Company website: https://ams-osram.com/

Company Overview

ams OSRAM is a pioneer in differentiated light and sensor solutions. Looking back on more than 100 years of industry experience, ams OSRAM combines strong engineering and global manufacturing capabilities with a passion for cutting-edge innovation to drive the development of lighting, visualization and sensing, earning the trust of customers around the world. ams OSRAM co-creates breakthrough applications to make the world safer, smarter and more sustainable. "Feel the power of light" - ams OSRAM's success is based on a deep understanding of the potential of light. ams OSRAM uses its full spectrum - visible and invisible - to illuminate the surroundings and collect information from it. By adding intelligence to light, ams OSRAM enables customers to drive transformative applications. ams OSRAM's unique portfolio of advanced light and sensor technologies sets us apart in the industry. It includes high-quality semiconductor-based optical emitters, sensors, CMOS ICs and software, as well as a range of traditional lighting technologies for automotive and special applications. ams OSRAM's approximately 20,000 employees around the world are focused on innovation to meet the societal megatrends of digitalization, smart living, energy efficiency and sustainability. ams OSRAM's light and sensor technologies are setting industry standards in the automotive, industrial, medical and consumer electronics markets, which is reflected in ams OSRAM's global portfolio of around 14,000 patents and patent applications. The Group is headquartered in Premstaetten/Graz, Austria and Munich, Germany, and achieved revenues of 3.6 billion euros in 2023. Even after more than 110 years, ams OSRAM is still excited about what can be achieved with technology. ams OSRAM brings passion for innovation every day, and its system expertise and deep technical knowledge in optical solutions enable ams OSRAM to design and integrate tomorrow's world opportunities into today's products.

Luminus Optoelectronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

Address: 7th Floor, Building A1, Guojin Plaza, No. 506-508, Qianpu Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian Province

Company website: https://www.luminus.com

Company Overview

Luminus Devices, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solid-state light-emitting devices and systems. Luminus offers a full range of LED solutions for the indoor and outdoor lighting markets as well as high-output specialty lighting solutions for performance-driven markets, including consumer displays, entertainment lighting, medical and industrial applications. Luminus is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with operations in Woburn, Massachusetts and Xiamen, China.

Liangrui (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 19-20, Lane 299, Wenshui Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai

Company website: http://www.lumileds.cn.com/

Company Overview

Philips Lumileds was formerly the optoelectronics division of HP. In February 1999, HP reorganized its business, separating its measuring instruments and optoelectronics business from its IT business, and established a new company called Agilent Technologies on this basis. About ten months later, Agilent and Philips jointly established Lumileds, with each party contributing half of the capital. In 2005, Philips acquired the other half of Agilent Technologies' shares, and Lumileds became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philips, and the company was renamed Philips Lumileds. In 2014, Philips officially completed the separation and merger of Lumileds LED and automotive lighting, and the new company was named Lumileds. As a global lighting solutions company, Lumileds has a history of more than 100 years of invention and industry firsts, providing differentiated solutions to customers around the world to help them gain and maintain competitive advantages. As the inventor of xenon lamp technology, the pioneer of halogen lamps, and the leader of high-performance LEDs, everything Lumileds does is integrated with innovation. In addition, quality and stability are the guiding principles of Lumileds. To practice this principle, the company is committed to maintaining control over materials, processes and technologies, and helping customers design good lighting quality for their applications to achieve optimal performance. As a trusted partner of customers, Lumileds operates with integrity, keeps its promises, provides deep expertise, and strives to make the world better, safer and more beautiful with light.

Nichia Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Address: 491 Kaminaka-chooka, Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Company website: http://www.nichia.co.jp/cn/

Company Overview

Nichia was founded in 1956 by its founder Nobuo Ogawa, who was inspired by the production of medicinal calcium compounds using limestone from his hometown of Tokushima. Nichia has always been committed to developing manufacturing industries using unique technologies, and its product range has expanded from calcium compounds to phosphors, LEDs, laser diodes, lithium-ion battery cathode materials, and magnetic materials. Despite obstacles and difficulties, Nichia has successfully developed a series of world-renowned products based on its unwavering basic belief of "working hard and making full use of the technology, wisdom and knowledge of all Nichia employees to create good products for the world." It is with this belief that Nichia's manufacturing industries are currently focused on two fields: light and energy. Nichia has been a role model for innovation in the LED field since its successful development of blue LEDs. Nichia firmly believes that in order to make the next round of innovations that are expected to exceed all imaginations, it is necessary to incorporate the understanding of the basic nature of light and the light emission/optical mechanism that "light behaves as particles and waves at the same time." With this belief, Nichia has begun to develop and sell new LEDs that can achieve ultra-high light quality. Nichia's goal is to continue to benefit society while always remembering the company's spirit: "Ever Researching for a Brighter World".