BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba to enter white LED market

July 25, 2012

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Toshiba Corp. announced on July 25 that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at its Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corp. plant in Ishikawa Prefecture in October.

The market for white LEDs, which are used for a wide range of functions including general lighting and backlighting televisions, is expected to expand to 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) in fiscal 2013.

Toshiba has worked with Bridgelux Inc., a developer of LED lighting technologies, on white LED development since January, using Bridgelux's expertise in crystal growth and LED chip structure to develop a new line of LEDs.

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
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