DURHAM, N.C., July 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the opening of the Cree Shenzhen Engineering Center in Shenzhen, China. This technical education center is dedicated to training lighting product designers and manufacturers in best practices for LED lighting product design and construction.
Co-located with the Cree Shenzhen sales office, the engineering center employs application engineering, technical and sales staff. Cree experts will teach courses and are available to consult with customers on XLamp(r) LED-based designs, provide on-site handling guidance for LEDs during production, and evaluate LED designs for efficiency and performance.
The modular curriculum, taught in Mandarin, is designed to expand traditional lighting designers' and manufacturers' understanding and knowledge of the use of LEDs in general-illumination applications. The curriculum is targeted to include topics such as:
* Basics of LEDs * Basic color theory and measurement * Circuitry design for driving Cree XLamp LEDs * Optical design for Cree XLamp LEDs * Common problems and answers
"For designers who are creating efficient LED fixtures, using industry-leading Cree XLamp LEDs is only one element of a successful design," said George Li, Cree Hong Kong director of sales. "By helping our customers create more effective and efficient LED systems, we hope to accelerate the worldwide adoption of high-quality LED lighting."
Cree held a grand opening ceremony on July 25, 2008, with customers and honorable guests, including Mr. Chen Yan Sheng, president of the China Association of Lighting Industry.
For more information about visiting the Cree Shenzhen Engineering Center, contact a Cree Sales office in China (http://www.cree.com/cn/about/contact.asp).
About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting retrofit solutions, and semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.
Cree's product families include recessed LED down lights, lighting-class power LEDs, high brightness LEDs, blue and green LED chips, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, including customer acceptance of LED products; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render Cree's products obsolete; and other factors discussed in Cree's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 24, 2007, and subsequent filings.
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