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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Bitten but not shy: ams Osram again eyes an expensive new factory

    Mark Halper
    May 15, 2024
    The Malaysian plant exit is still fresh, but that’s not stopping the company from planning another big facility. This time it will be close to home, and not micro LEDs.

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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Report: ams Osram will halt micro LEDs in Malaysia, continue in Germany

    Mark Halper
    March 13, 2024
    With its huge write-down prompted by the loss of Apple’s smartwatch, ams Osram will not completely exit the business, but will find markets where OLEDs won’t compete, says Yole...
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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Ams Osram readies a massive write-down for micro LEDs - UPDATED

    Mark Halper
    March 1, 2024
    The amount could approach $1 billion. After long and costly expenditures in Kulim, Malaysia, enough is enough as the company loses its strategic customer, believed to be Apple...
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    Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

    Signify slashes greenhouse gas emissions

    Mark Halper
    March 1, 2024
    The company now includes end-user lighting efficiency in its measurements, which show reductions of 22% across the value chain compared to last year, and 50% since 2019. Renewable...
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    Messe Frankfurt buys in to LightFair

    Carrie Meadows
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Global trade fair organizer acquires a stake in the largest U.S. lighting tradeshow from ANDMORE.
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    Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

    Signify aces its own environmental test

    Mark Halper
    Feb. 22, 2024
    And its continuous place on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index backs up the home-grown scorecard.