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Cree Launches Its Highest Performance Six-Inch LED Downlight
May 11, 2010
80 Lumen per Watt Downlight is
Twice as Efficient as CFL Fixture
DURHAM, N.C., May
11, 2010 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED
lighting, announces a new, high-output six-inch LED downlight featuring Cree
TrueWhite™ Technology. The LR6-DR1000 delivers 70 percent more light
than the original LR6™ and features an aesthetically-pleasing,
20-degree shield angle for lighting designs that require greater brightness
control.
Using only 12.5 watts of input power to deliver 1000 lumens,
the LR6-DR1000 has unmatched fixture efficacy of up to 84 lumens per watt. It
consumes half the energy of a typical CFL downlight while delivering the same
light output. Cree also now offers a deep-recess 650 lumen LED downlight, the LR6-DR650
“With the introduction of the LR6-DR1000, Cree continues to
extend the superior color quality and high efficacy of TrueWhite Technology,”
said Gary Trott, Cree, vice president of market development. “By broadening our
downlight family, we can now address higher ceiling applications, as well as
the specific aesthetic and electrical needs of most commercial spaces.”
The LR6 is now also available in a 277 volt version, the
LR6-277V. Designed to operate on 277 volt commercial power systems, it delivers
650 lumens with 10.5 watts of input power.
About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the
stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of
energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a
market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and
semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.
Cree’s product families include LED fixtures and bulbs, blue
and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs,
power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions
are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination,
electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless
communications.
For additional product and company information, please refer
to www.CreeLEDLighting.com. To
learn more about the LED Lighting Revolution, please visit www.creeledrevolution.com.
This
press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and
uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ materially due to a
number of factors, including the risk we may encounter delays or other
difficulties in ramping up production of our new products; customer acceptance
of LED products; the rapid development of new technology and competing products
that may impair demand or render Cree’s products obsolete; and other factors
discussed in Cree’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 28, 2009, and
subsequent filings.
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Cree is a registered trademark and TrueWhite, Cree TrueWhite,
LR6are trademarks of Cree, Inc.
