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Livermore, Calif., March 28, 2012 – Bridgelux, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the commercial availability of the new Bridgelux^® Micro SM4™ surface mountable LED component that will decrease the cost and improve the performance of lighting in commercial buildings.

The Bridgelux Micro SM4, a multiple die emitter, dramatically reduces the component count, cost, complexity and size of diffuse or directional lamps, the popular ceiling fixtures seen in modern office buildings and retail establishments. The new product leverages design and manufacturing advances at Bridgelux and expands the company’s broad portfolio of solid-state lighting solutions.

The Micro SM4 is a light source, analogous to the heated gases or hot wires found in fluorescent bulbs and incandescent lights. The difference comes in energy consumption, longevity and control. The Micro SM4 light source consumes only 4.2 watts, but it emits as much light as a 20-40 watt incandescent or 20-35 watt halogen B10-style bulb and will last thousands of hours longer. The Micro SM4 component also delivers high flux density in a smaller footprint, giving designers, architects and lamp manufacturers greater freedom when it comes to creating and illuminating interior spaces.

“We’ve developed products with Bridgelux LED arrays over the last couple of years,” said Raimund Koehler, general manager at MeLiTec. “So we were very interested when Bridgelux told us about their new Micro SM4 light source. The smaller form factor delivering high quality light and excellent color over angle performance gave us the edge for our new directional lamp applications. The continuing innovation that we see from Bridgelux is driving LED light source technology in the directions MeLiTec needs to cost-effectively develop the next generation of high quality, energy efficient retrofit lamps required for market conversion to solid state lighting.”

The new smaller footprint, surface mountable emitter requires fewer components for applications typically using discrete LEDs. The 20-40 watt replacement market segment constitutes a $1 billion opportunity in the $100 billion market for lighting.

Using only 4.2 watts of power, the Bridgelux Micro SM4 component will deliver between 330 and 500 lumens in both warm white (2700K and 3000K) and cool white (5600K) color temperatures. Minimum 80 and 90 CRI options, with 3-step MacAdam Ellipse color selections, will be offered for warm white products. The new Micro SM4 light source features the latest technical advancements in epitaxial GaN layer growth, LED chip design and automated packaging technologies.

To see the latest products from Bridgelux, visit the company’s booth at Light+Building in Frankfurt, Germany April 15-20, in Hall 4.2, stand J31.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. With more than 650 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Micro SM4 is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Livermore, Calif., April 2, 2012 – Bridgelux Inc., bringing innovation to light by delivering high power, energy efficient and cost effective LED solutions, today announced the expansion of its highly successful Decor™ line of ultra-high color rendering index (CRI) LED arrays. Addressing growing demand in the shop and retail, architectural, hospitality and museum lighting markets for the energy efficiency and high quality light offered by LED technology, Bridgelux has expanded its successful Decor 97 CRI product series introduced in October 2011. The Decor series now offers increased efficiency as well as a broader range of light sources—from 500 to 5000 operational lumens in three color temperatures, 2700, 3000 and 3500K—to satisfy the increasing number of applications demanding very high light quality. The Decor series expands lighting options available to the lighting designer, complimenting the standard minimum 80 and minimum 90 CRI products also available from Bridgelux.

With a CRI of 97 and a 3-step MacAdam Ellipse color control option, the Decor arrays enable lighting designers to accurately render a full palette of colors over a wide range of light levels to create stunning and sophisticated lighting effects. The Decor series has been spectrally engineered to virtually replicate the light quality of halogen and incandescent light sources. These arrays deliver R9 and R15 values of 98, to both enhance reds and more accurately represent many skin tones, delivering clean and natural lighting.

“Bridgelux’s introduction of the higher lumen output Decor arrays will allow us to significantly expand our ARONDO LED luminaire line,” said David Rice, vice president BAERO North America, Inc. “Designed specifically for supermarket lighting, BAERO’s ARONDO LED fixtures currently offer 10 different light engine options with 3 of those options utilizing the high 97 CRI Decor arrays for premium presentation. Fixtures with the Decor option range from 1,936 to 3,304 lumens while also providing unmatched color. This has allowed BAERO to capture a greater share of applications in supermarket lighting, converting them from conventional lighting technologies to energy efficient solid state lighting. The quality and performance is excellent as is the support we have received from Bridgelux as we developed the ARONDO LED.”

The Decor arrays feature the same form factors as current Bridgelux array products, allowing a simple upgrade path for existing customers while minimizing design efforts.

To see the latest products from Bridgelux, visit the company’s booth at Light+Building in Frankfurt, Germany April 15-20, in Hall 4.2, stand J31.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid-state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy-efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. With more than 650 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Decor is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Livermore, Calif., April 5, 2012 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the introduction of the Bridgelux^® Cetero™ Spot Light Module (SLM) a compact high flux density light source delivering clean and consistent white light without pixilation and engineered to comply with the upcoming Zhaga spot light module specification. The Cetero SLM will offer light output ranging from 800 to 2300 lumens across multiple color temperatures all in one common form factor. Its mechanical compatibility with the upcoming Zhaga interface specifications will ensure interchangeability and a modular product platform that will expand luminaire design options for our customers.

Bridgelux is an active member of Zhaga, an industry-wide cooperation aimed at the development of standard specifications for the interfaces of LED light engines. With more than 180 members from the lighting industry, Zhaga is a global consortium aimed at ensuring interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers. Adherence to this design specification allows for design flexibility and a future proof upgrade path for both OEM customers and end users, addressing market concerns regarding the rapid evolution of LED technology and delivering on the promise of sustainability.

“Bridgelux remains committed to providing customers with leading-edge LED technology in a package that simplifies their design efforts and reduces product development risks and costs,” said Jason Posselt, vice president for channel marketing at Bridgelux. “We believe that working with Zhaga to help develop common standards will help pave the way for accelerated adoption of solid state lighting technology. The Cetero, with its simple bolt down installation and wire connection features, combines the high quality of light benefits delivered by Bridgelux LED arrays with a simple to install standardized interface to help speed time-to-market.”

The Cetero modules will be available in 2700, 3000, 3500 and 4000 color temperature options—all providing a minimum 80 CRI and 3 SDCM color consistency and leveraging the production proven Bridgelux ES product family. Three lumen categories will be initially available, delivering operational lumens of 800, 1100, and 2000 lumens all in a common light emitting source area to enable compatibility with secondary optics. The Cetero SLM will be commercially available in late 2012.

To see the latest products from Bridgelux, visit the company’s booth at Light+Building in Frankfurt, Germany April 15-20, in Hall 4.2, stand J31.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light-emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy-efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. With more than 650 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Cetero is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Livermore, Calif., april 10, 2012 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced today the Rich Power Group (RPG), a subsidiary of WPG Holdings Ltd., has become a primary distributor for Bridgelux in Asia. RPG will carry the full line of Bridgelux LED products including Bridgelux LED chips and Bridgelux LED packaged products consisting of array and emitter products like the new Micro SM4. In addition, PRG will distribute Bridgelux approved infrastructure products such as drivers, optics and thermal management systems to aide Bridgelux customers with new lamp and luminaire development. RPG will join the group of current distribution partners and will support Bridgelux customers and its other regional distributors in China, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and India.

“We are very pleased that RPG has become a major channel partner with Bridgelux in Asia. RGP will help provide the infrastructure and resources required to support our rapidly growing Asian customer base,” said Jim Miller, chief sales and marketing officer for Bridgelux. “The relationship with RPG further solidifies Bridgelux’s commitment to the Asia Pacific region, allowing not only for faster delivery of Bridgelux products to the market, but also the availability of regionally-based applications engineering support and testing services to assist customers with new product development.”

“Rich Power is positioned as a demand-creation partner providing a spectrum of value-added services,” said Richard Wu, chairman and chief executive officer of Rich Power Group. “Teaming with Bridgelux in greater China and South Asia we believe RPG will help streamline product development, technical support and system-level integration for Bridgelux customers.”

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the$40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. With more than 650 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

About Rich Power Group

Rich Power Group established in 1995, joined WPG Holdings in 2005. Being a professional semiconductor and electronic component distributor, Rich Power specializes in PC, networking, communications, multimedia and consumer electronics applications. Positioned as a demand-creation partner, Rich Power provides a spectrum of value-added services to their customers, including product development, technical support and system-level hardware & software integration. Their distribution focuses in the Asia Pacific and greater China regions, covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Asia. Rich Power provides their partners resource-integrated solutions to facilitate sales & marketing, technical support and logistics operations. For more information, please visit www.rich-power.com.tw

Toshiba Corporation Makes Equity Investment in Bridgelux-

Livermore, Calif. and TOKYO, JAPAN May 10, 2012 – Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and promoter of LED lighting technologies and solutions, and Toshiba Corporation, a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer, today announced that Bridgelux and Toshiba have achieved the industry’s top class 8” GaN on Silicon LED chip emitting 614mW, <3.1V@350mA with 1.1mm square chip, just months after they have engaged in a joint collaborative agreement this year. Bridgelux and Toshiba will further accelerate their development efforts for LED chips, which have seen increasing demand for LCD panels and lightening systems world wide.

Toshiba has also made an equity investment in Bridgelux with the intent to jointly pursue an innovative technology in the Solid State Lighting (SSL) space. This investment will further advance both companies’ efforts in the SSL industry, with the view to boost Bridgelux’s GaN-on-Silicon LED chip technology development efforts based on Toshiba’s advanced silicon process and manufacturing technology development efforts.

“Toshiba and Bridgelux have already been engaged in the development of the technology, and the equity investment brings both companies one step closer to a more strategic relationship and achieving our shared goal of driving down the cost of Solid State solutions for the general lighting market,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux Chief Executive Officer.

“We are pleased to achieve the best-reported 8” GaN-on-Silicon LED performance through our joint development activities with Bridgelux. We will continue to pursue more advanced development targeting commercialization of the technology ” said Makoto Hideshima, Executive Vice President of Semiconductor and Storage Products Company, Corporate Vice President of Toshiba.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid-state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light-emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid-state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy-efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. With more than 600 patent applications filed or granted worldwide, Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid-state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com.

About Toshiba

Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances.

Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 490 companies, with 203,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing 6.3 trillion yen (US$77 billion). Visit Toshiba’s web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

List Recognizes the Top Private Companies in Clean Technology

LIVERMORE, CALIF., October 2, 2012 – Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced it was named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100, produced by Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory firm focused on innovation in energy and the environment.

The Global Cleantech 100 list is unique in the sector because it highlights the promise of private clean technology companies from all around the world, focusing on those companies which the players in the market feel are currently the most likely to make the most significant market impact over the next 5-10 years.

“We are honored to be selected for the fourth consecutive year by Cleantech’s expert panel representing multi-national corporations based around the world. This recognition reflects the significance of the growing market adoption of energy efficient solid state lighting solutions,” says Bridgelux chief executive officer, Bill Watkins. “And as we continue to make dramatic progress on our game-changing GaN-on-Silicon technology, we see the cost of LED lighting becoming abundantly affordable and rapidly transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity.”

The list is derived from Cleantech Group’s own data and research combined with the weighted qualitative judgments of hundreds of nominations and the viewpoints of a global panel of 75 cleantech experts. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.

“The Global Cleantech 100 is a natural extension of our companywide mission to help corporations, investors and financiers, professional service firms and governmental agencies connect with global cleantech innovation”, said Sheeraz Haji, Cleantech Group CEO. “This report celebrates the best in innovation and is the industry standard on gauging where cleantech innovation is headed next.”

8,285 companies were nominated this year from 85 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 236 companies presented to the expert panel for final input. The end result was 100 companies from 13 countries.

The full report with commentary and insight on the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 is available for download at http://www.cleantech.com/global-cleantech-100/ .

About Cleantech Group

Cleantech Group’s market intelligence, events and advisory services accelerate market adoption, stimulate demand, and remove barriers to cleantech innovation. A global company with offices in North America and Europe, we connect business leaders with cleantech innovation through the i3 Platform, the most comprehensive, vetted, up-to-date source for insights into companies, investors, financing and relationships across the clean technology ecosystem. Cleantech Group also produces the premier Cleantech Forum® and Focus™ events worldwide. For more information about the Cleantech Group, please visit www.cleantech.com .

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com .

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Livermore, Calif., October 9, 2012 –Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced the installation of nearly 2000 modern LED-based luminaires using Bridgelux^® ES and RS LED arrays for two new retail stores opening in India developed for its customer, FUTURE GROUP. The use of LED-based technology, instead of conventional metal halide lighting, in these two retail stores is estimated to save 318,000 KwH per year or about 2.5 million Rupees (US$38,000) in power costs.

“The product design and lighting concept developed using Bridgelux’s LED technology was a perfect match for our retail environment. Our retail lighting requirements are very demanding. But we were sold by a combination of mock-up demonstrations and an understanding of the benefits that could be achieved with this innovative technology. We were convinced that we could enhance the quality of lighting to improve the customer experience while simultaneously reducing our operational costs,” said Sunil Biyani, Director, Future Group.

“We selected Bridgelux LED arrays to use in our new luminaires because the Bridgelux technology gave us superior performance, in terms of lumen output, consistency, and light quality when compared to other LED light sources,” said R. Hari, chief innovation officer, Asian Retail Lighting Ltd. “We decided that LED arrays or chip-on-board (COB) light sources were the right technology to provide the best quality of light to attract more customers into the stores. Arrays also gave us the design flexibility to create a broad range of new luminaires optimized to display the merchandise with the greatest appeal to the customer.”

The new stores, the Pantaloon in, Market City, Velachery, Chennai and the Central store in Cochin, Kerala are using a combination of downlights, wall washers and track lights all designed by Asian Retail Lighting and using Bridgelux LED arrays. Pantaloon sells high-end clothing and life style merchandise. Central is a seamless, multi-brand retail store.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the$40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid-state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light-emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Asian Retail Lighting

ASIAN RETAIL LIGHTING LTD. based out of Mumbai, India manufactures technically superior Luminaires and Lighting systems for Retail Industry. The Company, started by professionals in the Lighting Industry with more than 100 years of collective experience, ensures delivery of cost effective and the ideal solution for every store to make shopping an experience.

The ever-demanding customer expects a stage set for worlds involving different experiences and lifestyle. This can only be achieved through the perfect interaction of general lighting with spots and accents at the right locations in a store.

Why do we go into a shop? Because we are in search of something” – This is how successful designers sum up the challenge of “BRANDSCAPING”. No matter how simple this phrase may appear at first sight, the requirements that flow from it, varies with every store concept, and is always a challenge to create an identity that will associate with the brand using the most appealing medium of light. With a collective experience of dealing with a lot of customers, we have thus formulated the idea of Concept to Completion, which encompasses:

• Lighting concepts to match the various needs and requirements.
• LIGHTING DESIGN to suit the area and the applications.
• Installation, testing & commissioning of the lighting system, long range planned lighting maintenance.

Attributes 876 Percent Revenue Growth to Technology Innovation in Solid State Lighting

LIVERMORE, CALIF., NOVEMBER 15, 2012 – Bridgelux Inc., bringing innovation to light by providing high power, energy efficient and cost effective LED solutions, today announced it ranked 128 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Bridgelux grew 876 percent during this period, from 2007 to 2011. Last year, Bridgelux ranked 135 as a Technology Fast 500™ award winner.

Bridgelux’s chief executive officer, Bill Watkins credits understanding the market, investment in technology and product innovation with the company’s 876 percent revenue growth. He said, “We are honored to be ranked among the fastest growing technology companies in North America. Bridgelux has focused on developing light source technologies that simultaneously increase design flexibility for our customers and drive down the cost of light to enable rapid market adoption. In addition, we have established strong strategic relationships both in manufacturing and technology development, leveraging our core competencies to drive rapid revenue growth and new market penetration. I appreciate the tremendous support of our strategic partners, as well as the dedication of our employees, which has been truly instrumental in Bridgelux’s success.”

Overall, 2012 Technology Fast 500™ companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 128 percent to 279,684 percent from 2007 to 2011, with an average growth of 2,774 percent.

About Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500™

Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte & Touche LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies – both public and private – in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2007 to 2011. In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com.

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

New packaging system broadens array performance while reducing the cost of LED lighting

Livermore, Calif., December 5, 2012 –Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today unveiled the Vero® LED array, an innovative lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers a more flexible LED lighting solution.

The Vero next generation packaged array technology offers new advancements in design flexibility, ease of use, and energy efficiency today while also defining a platform for future opportunities to integrate smart sensors and wireless communication technology for smart building control systems and other innovative applications.

Vero advancements revolve around three primary innovations: a new, higher flux density LED array, an increase in lumens per watt by up to 20 percent over existingBridgeluxLED arrays and a simplified assembly process that streamlines manufacturing and improves overall system reliability. Taken as a whole, the Vero platform will allow manufacturers to dramatically reduce electronic and optical component inventories while broad input current ranges allow designers to optimize products on efficiency, cost, and light output.

“The Vero platform is a major advancement in LED array packaging technology,” said Jim Miller, chief sales and marketing officer of Bridgelux. “The Vero product is manufactured using highly automated processes to reduce cost and can be easily upgraded for the smart applications of the future. The Vero array offers our customers the manufacturing and design capabilities they need to open up new design possibilities, while ultimately driving faster adoption of LED lighting.”

While Bridgelux has been increasing the efficiency of its LEDs over the past five years, the company is also a pioneer in chip on board technology, engaging in a complimentary effort to reduce the cost of the packaging and other systems around the LEDs. The Vero product represents the next step in that evolutionary effort.

Vero Platform Technical Details

The Vero platform provides complete application coverage from four form factors, delivering the light output and color temperatures required for retail, hospitality, commercial, industrial, residential and outdoor lighting applications. The arrays will initially be available with performance ranging from 800 lumens in warm white (3000K) up to 20,000 lumens in cool white (5000K) with multiple CCT and CRI options, including the 97 CRI Decor product option.

With significant advancements in luminaire design flexibility, the Vero product offers a light emitting surface (LES) area with higher flux densities than earlierBridgeluxarray designs. The Vero LED array has been engineered to be driven reliably at much higher drive currents than previous offerings to further increase performance and reduce cost. These new features combine to allow luminaire designers to develop smaller, sleeker designs and to deliver narrow beam angles for spot and track applications facilitating high contrast ratio lighting designs.

The Vero arrays are compatible with a wide variety of standard drivers and optical components, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility and more options than normal, shortening product development times, lowering inventory requirements and reducing costs. The new Vero array series will also delight many luminaire manufacturers with enhanced interface and connection options. The electrical connection may be established via user friendly solder pads or by using a solderless on-board connector provided by Molex. The Vero line combines the advanced light source with innovative connector options into a single, easy to integrate package.

The Vero platform is currently being evaluated byBridgeluxcustomers and will be broadly commercially available in the first quarter of 2013.

About Bridgelux

Bridgeluxis a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgeluxis a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgeluxis the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

Bridgelux and the Bridgelux stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Vero is a trademark, of Bridgelux, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

To commemorate the event, the company shows off LED that has been running continuously in testing for over five years.

LIVERMORE, CALIF., December 18, 2012 – Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, celebrates its tenth anniversary this month and, to commemorate the event, the company announced that one of its LEDs has completed 48,000 consecutive hours of reliability testing.

The Bridgelux MKO 45mm LED chip – one of the first high-power Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) technology LED chips developed for commercial applications – continues to deliver 97 percent of its initial lumen output in the test, which has been going continuously, 24 hours a day, for a record 48,000 hours or 5.5 years. The chip is on track to deliver a lifetime performance of over 120,000 hours, or nearly 14 years, while still delivering 70% of its initial lumen output at elevated temperature and current.

“We believe that this may be the longest continuous reliability test for this ITO power chip generation,” said Steve Lester, chief technology officer for Bridgelux. “The industry has always stated that its chips could deliver this kind of performance over the long haul. Bridgelux has empirically demonstrated that its products can deliver on this promise with actual data. This evidence is clearly transferable to the reliability of Bridgelux^® chips used in solid state lighting and is just one of the reasons why we are seeing the mass adoption of SSL.”

Bridgelux 10 Year Milestone, Achievements, Awards

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, marks the tenth anniversary of Bridgelux. In 2002, “clean technology” barely existed. Solar developers worldwide installed around 300 megawatts of panels in 2002. This year, 31 gigawatts of solar, or 100 times more, will be installed. General Electric entered the wind energy market in 2002, and was the year electric car expert, Tom Gage, introduced Elon Musk and Martin Eberhard: the two went on to create Tesla Motors.

Over the past decade LEDs have shifted from being components for indicator lights to a true, economical replacement for traditional light bulbs, streetlights, retail and commercial office lighting. The cost of white LEDs has fallen from $152 per kilolumen, or components that can emit 1,000 lumens, in 2002 to under $4, according to Strategies Unlimited. This is a 32.5 times reduction in price in the past ten years. Additionally, LED efficiency for cool white LEDs has risen from 25 lumens per watt to over 130 lumens per watt[1]. “Warm” white LEDs, which emit the same colors as incandescent bulbs, didn’t exist in 2002[2]. The price of LED light bulbs for consumers has dropped from over $90 in 2008 to under $25 today.

As a result, demand is growing dramatically. LED lighting constituted a $9.4 billion market in 2011 and is expected to grow by 20 percent per year through 2016. Bridgelux’s revenue in 2012 will come to approximately $90 million.

A large part of Bridgelux’s success is due to the company’s drive to innovate and team up with key partners and customers. Bridgelux has introduced several new packaging and component-level technologies which have cut the cost of luminaires and lamps. The company’s latest the Vero® array, increases lumens per watt by up to 20 percent while lowering the price. Bridgelux also collaborated with Chevron Energy Solutions on a program that allows cities to install LED streetlights without an upfront capital commitment: the cost of the new streetlights is paid for through achieved energy savings.

Looking ahead, Bridgelux will further advance solid state lighting with GaN-on-Silicon, a new technique for producing LEDs that could slash the cost of solid state light sources by over 70 percent. The technology was developed in conjunction with Toshiba, which is also an investor in Bridgelux. Additionally, Bridgelux is working with partners to embed intelligence into LEDs: lights will be used to change the look of interior spaces on the fly or communicate with consumers or automobiles.

“Lighting is the last vestige of vacuum tube technology. In just a few years we’ve dramatically made strides to bring it into the 21^st Century, but the innovations coming from our team and our partners over the next five years are going to be even more eye-popping,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux CEO. “Stay tuned.”

Several industry organizations have recognized the company for its market potential, impact, strong management and growth. This past year alone, the company was named to the Global Cleantech 100 and the San Francisco Business Times’ list of 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies; was ranked number 128 on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500 list; and was chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners and well as INC.’s 5000 list.

About Bridgelux

Bridgelux is a leading developer and manufacturer of technologies and solutions transforming the $40 billion global lighting industry into a $100 billion market opportunity. Based in Livermore, California, Bridgelux is a pioneer in solid state lighting (SSL), expanding the market for light emitting diode (LED) technologies by driving down the cost of LED lighting systems. Bridgelux’s patented light source technology replaces traditional technologies (such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent and high intensity discharge lighting) with integrated, solid state lighting solutions that enable lamp and luminaire manufacturers to provide high performance and energy efficient white light for the rapidly growing interior and exterior lighting markets, including street lights, commercial lighting and consumer applications. Bridgelux is the only vertically integrated LED manufacturer and developer of solid state light sources that designs its solutions specifically for the lighting industry. For more information about the company, please visit www.bridgelux.com

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