1999 headquarters san jose california key people pierre yves lesaicherre ceo products leds lighting automotive lighting number of employees 1760 2005 website www.lumileds.com lumileds lighting was formed in november 1999 as a joint venture between philips lighting and agilent technologies . it develops and markets leds . upon philips acquisition lumileds has become a business unit within philips lighting and is known as philips lumileds lighting company . in march 2015 lumileds parent company philips agreed to sell an 80.1 percent stake in the business to the investment fund go scale . 1 in october 2015 financial times reported that the cfius regulatory body may block the 2.9 b deal owing to fears of chinese subversion of the us high tech sector . 2 the deal was cancelled in january 2016 due to the cfius concerns . 3 philips plans to pursue other buyers . cfius concerns were based on transfer of gallium nitride semiconductor technology which is used in leds as well as defense applications . 4 contents 1 luxeon 2 locations 3 references 4 external links luxeon edit luxeon is the trade name for high power leds that dissipate 1 watt or more . models include luxeon i luxeon iii luxeon v luxeon k2 luxeon star and luxeon rebel . they are available in many colors including white . 5 6 7 competitors to lumileds include cree inc. seoul semiconductor and nichia corporation . locations edit united states netherlands malaysia singapore germany china france poland references edit go scale to fund philips lighting components buy with 1.93 billion in debt reuters 27 may 2015 duncan robinson us may block philips 3bn lumileds sale ft.com october 26 2015 philips calls off sale of controlling stake in led business new york times 22 january 2016 concern grows in u.s. over china s drive to make chips new york times 4 february 2016 luxeon rebel and luxeon rebel es color portfolio . retrieved 2015 05 21 . luxeon z colors . retrieved 2015 05 21 . luxeon cob with crispwhite technology . retrieved 2015 05 21 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lumileds & oldid 740003481 categories manufacturing companies established in 1999light emitting diode manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 13 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view