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Protean Electric Receives $70m New Funding to Accelerate in-Wheel Drive System for EVS
Jul 28, 2016Protean Electric announced that it received $70m in new funding from GO Scale Capital, Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology Co. Ltd., and Tianjin THSG Corporation. The investment follows Protean's announcement in May that the Company is ...
Tags: Protean Electric, in-wheel motors
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Nichia Enforces Another Granted YAG Patent Against Everlight in Germany
Nov 13, 2015LED package manufacturer Everlight and Japan’s largest LED manufacturer Nichia initiated patent wars in Japan, Taiwan, Germany, U.S. and other countries for the past decade, reported Chinese-language magazine Money Weekly. Nichia is ...
Tags: LED Industry, LED patents, LED lighting
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Why are Chinese LED Manufacturers Acquiring Large Int’l Players Less Profitable Businesses?
Nov 12, 2015Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
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Which Company Has the Strongest Investor in the Chinese LED Industry?
Nov 12, 2015In a generation where people compare looks and family backgrounds, the business sector is also engaged in similar competitions. The LED industry is a field that is not short of manufacturers showing off their renowned backers. LEDinside ...
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Reuters Breaks Down Go Scale Capital’S Loan for Acquiring Lumileds
Nov 11, 2015Reuters recently broke Go Scale Capital’s US $1.93 billion loan to acquire Lumileds and former Philips automotive lighting business. The loan will mostly be used to merge with the $2.8 billion financing to acquire 80% of Lumileds ...
Tags: Philips, automotive lighting
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A Look Into Major LED Manufacturers Global Strategy
Nov 11, 2015Globalized competition is inevitable in the LED industry with an increasing number of overseas LED companies entering Chinese market and vice versa. Chinese LED companies acquire renowned international manufacturers, fewer companies ...
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Painful Situations Be Unavoidable in Mature Phase
Oct 15, 2015“The (Chinese) LED industry is in deep waters, and only a few manufacturers will survive in the next few years,” said several industry insiders during recent interviews with LEDinside’s editorial team in China. With the ...
Tags: LED industry, Chinese LED market
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Chinese LED Makers Acquire Foreign LED Business
Aug 8, 2015Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
Tags: LED industry, LED Chip
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Philips Makes Wise Move Selling Lumileds Stake
Apr 15, 2015Philips originally planned to spin off its wholly-owned subsidiary Lumileds and automobile lighting business to make them an independent company by the end of the first half 2015. But on March 31, Philips announced a deal to sell a 80.1% ...
Tags: Philips, Lumileds, automobile lighting
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Philips Utilizes Another Top Medtech Talent
Apr 7, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on April 3, 2015 Robert Cascella was previously CEO of Hologic. He joins Philips as the Dutch multinational increasingly focuses on what it calls HealthTech. Robert Cascella, who ...
Tags: Philips, LED components, Medicine
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Philips Sells 80.1% of LED Components and Automotive Lighting Business
Apr 3, 2015Royal Philips NV of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (the world's largest lighting producer) has agreed to sell an 80.1% stake in its combined LED components and Automotive lighting business to GO Scale Capital, a new growth-stage investment fund ...
Tags: Lumileds, Royal Philips, Electronics
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China-Focused Investor in Lattice Power Raises Questions
Apr 3, 2015In acquiring an 80.1% stake in Philips' combined LED components and Automotive lighting business (with Netherlands-based Philips retaining the remaining 19.9%), new owners GO Scale Capital (an investment fund sponsored by GSR Ventures and ...
Tags: Lumileds, LED components, Electronics
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LED Components and Automotive Lighting Business
Apr 2, 2015Royal Philips has announced that it has signed an agreement with a consortium led by GO Scale Capital through which it will acquire an 80.1% interest in Philips' combined LED components and automotive lighting business, with Philips ...
Tags: automotive lighting, Philips, LED
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Philips Tries to Stop $2.8 Billion Deal
Apr 2, 2015Dutch multinational announces sale of its LED components and automotive lighting business as it turns toward new HealthTech focus. Chris Newmarker Royal Philips has set the wheels in motion when it comes to a split-up of the company ...
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Go Scale Capital Acquisition of Philips Lumileds Might Solve China LED Patent Controversy
Mar 31, 2015Over the past year, the LED industry had pondered about the company that would eventually take over Philips lighting component (Philips Lumileds) and automotive business. Previous market rumors pointing towards CVC and KKR consortium as ...
Tags: Philips, LED Patent Issues, Lights