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    • Cree LED

    Durham, NC 27709

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About Cree LED

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    4001 E Hwy 54
    Suite 2000
     Durham, NC 27709
    United States
    https://cree-led.com
    919-313-5330
    877-206-5657

    More Info on Cree LED

    Cree LED, an SGH company, delivers best-in-class technology and one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of application-optimized LED chips and components, leading the industry in performance and reliability.

    Products

    High Brightness Le Ds Family Web V2 June 2023
    Surface-mount LEDs

    High Brightness LEDs

    SMD single and multi-color LEDs optimized for large-format high-resolution applicationsCree LED’s High Brightness products deliver industry-leading innovations to LED video screen...
    J Series Family Le Ds Web V2 060623
    Mid- and high power LEDs - colored

    J Series® LEDs

    Excellent value for general and specialty lighting applications in the industry’s most common LED package sizesJ Series LEDs provide excellent value for general and specialty ...
    X Lamp Family Web V2 060623
    Mid- and high power LEDs - colored

    XLamp® LEDs

    Delivering the industry’s best lighting-class performance and are application-optimized to offer the lowest total system costXLamp LEDs deliver industry-leading performance and...

    Press Releases

    RGB packages

    Cree LED and Current Lighting Enter into License Agreement

    Six KSF/PFS Phosphor Patents Included for LED Manufacturing DURHAM, NC – January 24, 2024 –– Cree LED, an SGH company (Nasdaq: SGH), and Current Lighting...
    Screen Shot 2023 06 06 At 2 59 13 Pm
    Mid- and high power LEDs - colored

    Cree LED Recognized with Three 2023 BrightStar Awards from LEDs Magazine

    DURHAM, NC – May 23, 2023 –– Cree LED, an SGH company (Nasdaq: SGH), announced today that three of its latest product releases have been recognized with BrightStar Awards by LEDs...
    J Series 5050 Web V2 032323
    Mid- and high power LEDs - colored

    Cree LED Delivers Industry-Leading High-Power LED Efficacy with New J Series 5050C E Class LEDs

    DURHAM, NC – March 23, 2023 –– Cree LED, an SGH company (Nasdaq: SGH), announced today the release of its J Series® 5050C E Class LEDs with the industry’s highest efficacy for...

    Articles

    Photo 16243561 © SeregaI | Dreamstime.com
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree’s revenue rises for second consecutive quarter

    After a string of declines, sales gained again. Meanwhile, the parent firm focuses increasingly on AI and high-performance computing.
    Photo 41546263 © Jacques Kloppers | Dreamstime.com
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree turns a corner, as first quarter sales rise

    The declines had been shrinking. Now the company reports a gain. Meanwhile, the emphasis at parent firm SGH strengthens outside the lighting group, in AI and high-performance ...
    Photo 82198443 © Andose24 | Dreamstime.com
    The recovery compass at Cree points to customers’ new products, and to the company’s new XLamp XP-G4 LED.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree’s sales decline slows

    Mark Halper
    The company’s 20% Q4 drop is an improvement, and bosses say it should continue to get better. Still, the performance drags down numbers at parent SGH, largely a computing group...
    Photo 220006624 © Smshoot | Dreamstime.com
    As fiscal year 2024 approaches, Cree’s year-long rough road could lead to recovery.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree sales fall again, but signs point to a turnaround

    Mark Halper
    Customers haven’t started ordering anew yet, but they are designing new products that will soon need new LEDs, says the boss of Cree owner Smart Global Holdings.
    Photo 109882403 © Marietjie Opperman | Dreamstime.com
    Bsa Feat 0623 1
    LEDs & SSL Design

    PROGRAMS | LEDs Magazine serves up second annual BrightStar Awards honors

    Carrie Meadows
    The 2023 BrightStar Awards jury recognized differentiators such as flexibility in luminaire form factors, robustness, interoperability and compatibility with a larger product ...
    Photo 21231429 © Joggie Botma | Dreamstime.com
    Although Cree LED sales have been in free fall, that hasn’t stopped the technology innovation, says parent SGH leadership.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    At Cree LED, the products keep coming out but the sales keep going down

    Mark Halper
    It’s been a tough year for revenue, but things could soon turn around, says holding company CEO Mark Adams, as the second quarter tumbles.
    Photo 37114768 © Marcos Souza | Dreamstime.com
    Cree LED’s fortunes under SGH have so far been a roller coaster.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree LED sales plummet in first quarter

    Mark Halper
    An earlier slowdown in China has spread to Europe and the U.S., triggering cost reductions and honing the focus on specialty LEDs with a possible fiscal third-quarter turnaround...
    Adobe stock image | Adobe Express
    Top20 2022 1
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Top 20 of 2022: News reflects swings in LED application focus to counter supply and demand concerns

    Carrie Meadows
    Big players such as ams Osram, Lumileds, Cree LED, Signify, and GE Lighting continued to make moves designed to balance price pressures, supply-chain challenges, and shifting ...
    Adobe stock image | Adobe Express
    Product Spotlight Nov22 1
    LEDs & SSL Design

    PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT | LED Light Sources

    Carrie Meadows
    Our November Product Spotlight examines the application-specific features of recently released LED chips and packages.
    Cree LED
    The new Cree LED likes to do things quietly. First it introduced three high-powered LEDs without much fanfare. Now, in another under-the-radar move, it has replaced Claude Demby with Joseph Clark as president.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    New boss takes over at Cree LED

    Mark Halper
    Owner SGH discloses in an SEC filing that Claude Demby has retired as president. Cree’s global operations head steps into the role.

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    The air came out of Cree sales in Asia, but with growth in the Americas and EMEA, the overall picture was merely flat.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    China lockdowns offset Q3 LED revenue gains elsewhere for SGH

    Mark Halper
    After growing the top line during the first year of Cree ownership, sales flatten for the new owners, but CEO Adams is confident in the long term.
    Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles
    Adding to the supply chain uncertainty, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union must work out a new labor deal with the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents ports on the West Coast including the Port of Los Angeles (pictured). The current contract expires on July 1.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    LED and lighting CEOs: No letup in sight for supply chain woes

    Mark Halper
    In recent quarterly reports, the bosses of Acuity, Zumtobel, and SGH (Cree LED’s parent) all said they have invoked measures to help offset a situation that could be getting even...
    Dicklyon | Wikimedia Commons
    The Cree LED train officially pulled into Milpitas, CA–based SGH last March, and since then sales have been growing. (Photo of Milpitas Transit Center used under CC BY-SA 4.0; https://bit.ly/3I0EXXR.)
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Outsourcing and a materials shift help key the new Cree LED

    Mark Halper
    An oversupply of manufacturing capacity turns the tune in favor of buying, SGH CEO says.
    SGH CEO Mark Adams says Cree LED will fly under the radar as it works with systems integrators and avoids the hype. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of SGH.)
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Expect more specialty LEDs from Cree, but forget the fanfare

    Mark Halper
    Psssst….lasers could also be on the horizon. SGH CEO Mark Adams discusses today’s business strategy and gives a glimpse of the future in an LEDs Magazine interview.
    Image credit: LEDs stock image developed by Chris Hipp for Endeavor Business Media.
    LEDs & SSL Design

    LED innovations transform SSL market prospects over two decades (MAGAZINE)

    Robert V. Steele
    LED market consultant BOB STEELE tracks the evolution of LED technology, applications, and markets over 22 years with Strategies in Light.
    SGH CEO Mark Adams is changing the company’s approach to manufacturing LEDs. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of SGH.)
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree LED sales ‘up substantially,’ says parent CEO (UPDATED)

    Mark Halper
    New owner SGH is revamping manufacturing and developing new products aimed at architectural, horticultural, medical, and other markets.
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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Optimism shines through in Strategies in Light video interviews (MAGAZINE)

    Maury Wright
    Video interviews known as Quick Chats, available in the Strategies in Light event resources, bring key focus to positive developments in LEDs and SSL, observes MAURY WRIGHT.
    The US Department of Energy’s annual Lighting R&D Workshop, held virtually in early February, provided an inside look at developments making their way into commercial application as a result of DOE-funded programs designed to reduce energy consumption and improve building sustainability. (Image credit: Graphic by PIRO4D via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.)
    Manufacturing Services & Testing

    DOE workshop brings academic focus to emerging commercial opportunities

    Carrie Meadows
    DOE cites annual energy savings of 140B kWh already attributable to LED adoption, while expanding on advances toward zero-energy and other sustainability initiatives.
    Cree’s packaged LED developments will now reside with Smart Global Holdings, a company run by former Lumileds executive Mark Adams. (Photo credit: Image of Cree XLamp XHP50.2 courtesy of Cree.)
    LEDs & SSL Design

    Cree sells LED business to Smart Global Holdings led by Mark Adams (UPDATED)

    Maury Wright
    High-power LED pioneer Cree is divesting the LED business via a deal with Smart Global Holdings, with the acquisition price said to be upwards of $300 million depending on contingencies...