OSRAM opens new LED chip plant in Penang

Sunnyvale, CA – December 10, 2009 – OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has completed the construction and process-testing phases for the world's most modern LED chip production plant, located in Penang, Malaysia. Regular production of LED chips has now commenced at the plant. These 4-inch-wafer-based indium gallium nitride (InGaN) semiconductor chips form the basis for the blue, green and white LEDs used primarily in architectural and general lighting, for display backlighting, and in mobile terminal devices. The facility in Penang makes OSRAM Opto Semiconductors the first LED manufacturer with high-volume chip production facilities in both Europe (Regensburg, Germany) and Asia.

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