To further advance its position in LED technology

The LED design showcase is the latest in a series of OSRAM SYLVANIA programs to advance awareness and adoption of energy-efficient LED technology.  Sixty percent of the company’s present sales are energy-efficient products, and this number is expected to reach 80 percent by 2012. Currently, LED technology accounts for 12 percent of OSRAM SYLVANIA total sales.  The company invests 15 percent of the LED sales into research and development (R&D).

To further advance its position in LED technology, OSRAM SYLVANIA has investmented in a multimillion-dollar LED clean room expansion in Massachusetts that houses research for solutions that will fuel the company’s growth in solid state lighting.

The LED light bulb was equipped with more than 50 LED packages, with some arranged in a double ring structure to emit light from the lateral side and the others cover the rings like a lid to emit light from the bottom side. Rohm three-dimensionally arranged LEDs so that the light of the LED bulb is diffused as widely as that of an incandescent bulb. Therefore, the new LED bulb is suited not only for downlights but also for spherical pendant lamps, According to the company.