Company News Release
For Immediate Release
OptoLum Debuts Warm White Luxeon LED Lamp at World Lighting Show in Italy
New York, New York, USA… May 20, 2003 - OptoLum, Inc. the thermal management
experts in the quickly emerging solid-state lighting industry, have added a new
warm white version of its BrightLife series of white LED-based lamps. Called the
BrightLife W800, the new lamp is based on Lumiled Lighting’s newly introduced
Luxeon line of “warm white” LEDs. The BrightLife-W800 is a drop in
replacement for compact fluorescent and incandescent lamps where a warmer, softer
light effect is desired and OptoLum optomizes the Luxeon LEDs proprietary packaging.
OptoLum’s BrightLife-W800 lamp will debut, in conjunction with Lumileds,
at the Intel World Lighting Show in Milano, Italy May 20-24.
The BrightLife-W800 employs densely populated Lumileds blue spectrum LEDs that are uniquely coated with phosphers to produce the warm white light at 3200K(Kelvin Temperature) with an 85 CRI(Color Rendering Index). The resulting projected color at these metrics is significantly more eye-pleasing than earlier generations of white LEDs, thus the name “warm white.” The BrightLife-W800 line allows OptoLum to now compete with the best incandescent and fluorescent sources in output as well as light quality. The most significant feature is that this warm white high CRI lamp fits the highest demand needs within commercial lighting, addressing a sizeable and potentially lucrative replacement market.
According to Joel Dry, President and CEO of OptoLum, “our patent pending thermal management technology allows implementation of the brightest blue spectrum LEDs currently on the market, in densities that were previously not possible. Lumileds’ Luxeon white LEDs are the brightest available, but thermal management is a key issue to mass market implementation. One of the largest constraints facing the future of LED illumination is ‘thermal overload’ and OptoLum, with the help of it’s growing cadre of intelectual property, is well positioned to solve this problem today and in the future.”
About OptoLum
Founded in 2001, OptoLum Inc. is uniquely positioned as an innovative integrator
of the world’s most exciting new lighting technology, high brightness, solid
state white Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), packaging and housing these revolutionary
devices in a manner suitable for immediate use as replacement bulbs by the traditional
lighting industry. Thus, OptoLum bridges the technical and application world by
making a potentially disruptive technology totally non-disruptive to end systems
integrators and their customers. OptoLum is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona
USA with direct sales in New York City.
The principal business of OptoLum is the development and commercialization of advanced, proprietary high brightness LED illuminators for the OEM and retrofit architectural lighting market. OptoLum’s founding mission was to respond to the market needs initially articulated by architects and engineers within the commercial building industry for energy efficient, shock resistant, and long lasting lamps. The OptoLum team has spent more than two years defining this niche and completing product development and securing of all necessary and related patents. For more information, visit www.optolum.com.
For further information, and to make an appointment to meet at in Milan…
Contact:
Joel Dry, President and CEO
OptoLum, Inc.
99 John Street, Suite 926
New York, NY 10038
Tel: +1-212-842-1777 (voice)
Fax: +1-212-842-1778
Cellphone: +1-646-206-6668 cell
Worldphone: +1-602-451-5774
Email: joel@optolum.com
Website: www.optolum.com