Cree LED

Cree LED, an SGH company, delivers best-in-class technology and one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of application-optimized LED chips and components, leading the industry in performance and reliability. Cree LED delivers best-in-class technology and breakthrough solutions for focused applications in High Power General Lighting, Mid-Power General Lighting, Specialty Lighting and Video Screens. Today, Cree LEDs are all over the world. Our high power and application-optimized LEDs lead the industry.

Cree LED pioneered the lighting-class LED, producing billions of the industry’s best LEDs for nearly every illumination application. Our application-optimized products and expert design assistance ensure the best possible performance for your design. Cree LED holds more than 4000 LED patents and though we lead the industry in performance, we never stop innovating. Our products are built on scalable architectures that enable design upgrades with “drop-in” improvements.

Cree’s LED division went from unknown to market leader through an impressive series of industry-first innovations to overcome all arguments against LEDs as the best light source available. These milestones in LED brightness, color consistency, efficacy and reliability drove the change-resistant lighting industry to acknowledge and ultimately adopt LEDs across all applications.

Founded in 1987, Cree LED began with a focus on semiconductor materials and fueled the adoption of blue LED die in automotive and display backlighting applications. Throughout the 1990’s we further refined LED technology and became a leading innovator in the space. Cree LED accelerated the LED Lighting Revolution in 2006 with the launch of the industry’s first packaged lighting-class LED, the XLamp® XR-E LED. Ever since, we’ve driven innovation that has established LEDs as the primary illumination technology used in general lighting and large video display applications.

While our name has changed, our commitment to superior LED technology, reliability, innovation, support and service remain strong. Our executive management, product management, R&D and production teams remain the same. Our global distribution channels and sales teams remain in force. Operations at our Durham, NC-based head quarters and our proprietary packaging facilities in Huizhou, China continue at full speed. The same teams that bring years of Cree LED experience are newly energized to help our customers continuously improve their LED-based products and develop new applications.