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Cree, Inc
4600 Silicon Drive
Durham
NC 27703
United States
Cree, Inc
Tel: 919-313-5300
Fax: 919-313-5451
E-mail: info@cree.com
Web: www.cree.com; www.creelighting.com; www.CreeLEDLighting.com
Summary Description
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution with the industry's highest performing LED components and award-winning LED lighting fixtures. Cree products include lighting-class Cree XLamp® LEDs, Cree high-brightness LEDs,and Cree LED lighting fixtures such as the industry-leading LR4, LR6, LR24 recessed LED downlights, and the LRP-38, an LED lamp replacement for halogen PAR-38s.
Detailed Description

Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting solutions, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications. Through unmatched creative innovation and market experience, Cree delivers highly efficient, long-lasting lighting products and its core LED technology provides solutions for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional applications. Cree products can help solve some of today’s global concerns: rising energy costs and the need for a greener environment. Cree’s product families include lighting-class power LEDs, LED fixtures and lamps, high-brightness LEDs, and blue and green LED chips. The Cree Xlamp® LED family leads the industry in brightness and reliability,and sets the standard for LED performance with the cool white XP-G, the industry’s brightest and most efficient lighting-class LED. The XP-G LED can produce up to 367 lumens at 1A. Cree's LED lighting fixtures include the industry-leading LR4, LR6, LR24 recessed LED downlights, and the LRP-38, an LED lamp replacement for halogen PAR-38s. Cree high-brightness RGB and bright-white LEDs are high-performance and provide energy-efficient LED light for video, display and signage worldwide. Key to Cree’s market advantage is unrivaled materials expertise in silicon carbide (SiC) with gallium nitride (GaN) to deliver chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products.

News & Articles
Cree R&D achieves 161 lm/W for high-power LED 20 Nov 08
Although not available in production LEDs, this level of performance indicates LED technology has still not reached its peak.
Zumtobel to sell Cree LED lighting fixtures in Europe 15 Oct 08
Zumtobel hopes to sell 50,000 recessed downlights from Cree in the first year of an agreement between the two companies.
Cree reports record 4Q08 and FY08 revenue 13 Aug 08
Cree Inc. has announced revenue of $493.3M for FY08, representing a 25% increase over FY 07, citing XLamp sales growth and increasing demand for HB-LEDs as major drivers.
Anchorage joins LED City initiative, plans to install LED roadway lights 30 Jul 08
The Alaskan city hopes to improve light quality and reduce energy costs, and has allocated $2.2 million for a first-phase installation of LED fixtures.
Cree launches LED University program 25 Apr 08
A group of five universities has committed to evaluating and deploying LED lighting to reduce costs and environmental impact.
Cree adds new companies to Solution Provider network 18 Apr 08
The company says the addition of 7 new companies to its Solution Provider Network will accelerate LED adoption and reduce costs.
IHOP restaurants install fixtures from Cree LED Lighting 01 Apr 08
Several restaurants have installed six-inch LED downlights, which were judged as superior to CFLs.
Tianjin Economic Development Area becomes China's first LED City 26 Feb 08
TEDA and Tianjin Polytechnic University have collaborated with LED maker Cree to create an extensive LED streetlighting installation in mainland China.
Cree to acquire LED luminaire manufacturer 08 Feb 08
Cree moves squarely into the lighting market by buying LED Lighting Fixtures, a company run by a former Cree chairman.
Austin turns to LEDs, joins LED City program 31 Jan 08
Austin, Texas is latest to join joins growing network of LED Cities to promote and deploy energy-efficient lighting technology.
Cree LED revenue close to $100 million for quarter 23 Jan 08
LEDs sales at Cree exceeded $350 million for calendar year 2007, according to the company's latest financial results.
Cree plans to triple white XLamp LED capacity 23 Aug 07
Cree plans to increase it manufacturing capacity for lighting LEDs at its Cotco subsidiary in China.
Cree LED sales up to $92 million for June quarter 08 Aug 07
Cree XLamp LEDs available in volume at 100 lumens 28 Jun 07
Cree has announced that the top bin selection for its XLamp XR-E LEDs now has a minimum luminous flux of 100 lm at 350 mA.
Warm white Cree LEDs illuminate Croatian Riviera 26 Jun 07
Schreder has installed outdoor LED lighting fixtures based around warm-white XLamp LEDs from Cree.
Cree XLamp LEDs illuminate Beta LED fixtures 13 Jun 07
A series of outdoor lighting fixtures from Beta Lighting are built around cool-white power LEDs from Cree.
Press Releases
Cree introduces new generation of high-brightness oval LEDs 23 Oct 08
Cree announces commercial availability of XLamp MC-E LED 06 Oct 08
Cree expands XLamp® XR-C LED family to include full range of high-performance colors 12 May 08
Cree marks 20 years as LED pioneer and industry leader 20 Jul 07
LEDs enable a world first in Split, Croatia 05 Jul 07
Cree blue XLamp XR-E LEDs provide 42 lm maximum at 350 mA 26 Jun 07
Cree XLamp LEDs go camping in Coleman lanterns 26 Jun 07
Categories
Chip Design & Manufacturing
- Wafers & substrates (sapphire, SiC, GaAs, AlN, ZnO etc)
General Lighting
- Indoor: recessed downlights
- Indoor: spotlights & pendant luminaires
LED Chips
- Nitride (InGaN) blue, green LED chips
LED Packages
- Power LEDs - cool white
- Power LEDs - colored
- Power LEDs - neutral white
- Power LEDs - warm white
- Side-view LEDs
- Surface-mount LEDs (<0.5 W)
- Through-hole LEDs
- White LEDs (<0.5 W)
Mobile Appliances
- LEDs for keypad/LCD backlighting
Vehicle Lighting
- LEDs & modules for vehicle lighting
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