the first project in Taiwan to fully integrate semiconductor component research

He said the real opportunity for the company — and its new ability to offer customers a complete lighting and control led high bay light package — is in the global marketplace. “Establishing a foothold outside the province is a key to (our) growth,” he said.

Company president Charles Cartmill said LED Roadway’s new integrated capability will improve energy efficiency and help reduce street lighting costs, which represent more that half of municipal energy budgets in some North American jurisdictions.

The province has invested about $10 million in LED Roadway, which recently signed a deal with Sony to do some manufacturing in Wales and has a U.S. partner in South Carolina.

Taiwan National Tsing Hua University has established a new compound semiconductor laboratory for the development of new chip components that will support alternative green energy sources.

Cheng Keh-yung, dean of NTHU's College of led linear high bay light and Computer Science, at the inauguration ceremony,said that the lab represents the first project in Taiwan to fully integrate semiconductor component research.