Bridgelux today announced the company has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list. The San Francisco Business Times recognizes private companies, and their entrepreneurs, from a broad range of market segments that share a common willingness to take risks and embrace innovation but are also driven to come out on top. Ranked 17 on the list, Bridgelux was selected because of the company’s rapid growth since its founding in 2002. Honorees were celebrated on October 24 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
“We are honored to be included among a group of innovators from the San Francisco Bay Area; a region that has become well known for nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit. It validates our ongoing efforts to provide smart, energy-efficient solid state lighting solutions to the world,” said Bridgelux CEO Bill Watkins. “We continue to invest in the advancement of solid state lighting with our breakthrough in GaN-on-Silicon technology, while we continue to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive range of GaN-on-Sapphire array solutions. Bridgelux is focused on delivering the right products to drive the rapid adoption of LED lighting.”
Additional recent award wins from Bridgelux include being named to the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list, which highlights companies in the market that are most likely to make a significant market impact over the next 5-10 years. Bridgelux was also included for the second consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 list,Inc. Magazine’s sixth annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
