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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Ams Osram gives up its Malaysian micro LED operation in a €700 million hit

    Mark Halper
    April 26, 2024
    Optical/photonics solutions manufacturer also minimizes micro LED activities in Germany, focusing production for internal use, not the general market. Meanwhile, overall first...

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    Glamox racks up four more offshore wind farm wins

    Mark Halper
    March 20, 2024
    It will illuminate the work platforms in what should be the largest operation off the U.S. coast, as well as two in the Taiwan Strait and one in South Korea.
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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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    Horticultural Lighting

    New Space Station crew looking at yet more LED-based horticulture

    Mark Halper
    March 11, 2024
    Ultraviolet and algae are under investigation in Japanese and European chambers aboard the orbiting science lab.
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    Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

    LEDs deter turtle snags on fishing nets

    Mark Halper
    March 7, 2024
    Flashing green lights brought down the “bycatch” rate by 42% in a Cypriot trial, preventing deaths.
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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...