Ledtech opens new facility in UK

　　Ledtech, one of the world’s largest capacity LED manufacturers, has announced the opening of a European facility in the UK.

　　The new facility adds a range of value-added manufacturing services, design-in support, volume availability and security of supply across a wide range of opto parts including discrete LEDs, LED displays, lighting components and luminaires. In addition, later this year, the company will be installing a full LED production line in the UK facility.

　　Commenting Frank Liu, Founder, Group Chairman and CEO, Ledtech said: “We constantly invest in people, technology and research & development to ensure that we can offer the solutions our customers need. The opening of our UK facility in Redruth, Cornwall, UK means that we now have design centres in Europe, Asia, and the USA, available to develop custom solutions for applications that require a specialised approach.”

　　Ledtech, which offers abroad range of solid-state lighting products and components and addresses sectors that include commercial, consumer, industrial, office, retail, business & finance, among others, has also recently launched a new LED series that operates in the UVC, deep-ultraviolet wavelength band and is targeted at applications including air purification and water and surface disinfectant systems.

　　Offered in two current levels, 30mA and 150mA, the Ledtech UVC series LEDs have a wavelength of 265-285nm, deep in the ultra-violet range. This wavelength band is understood to have applications in ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) systems, a disinfection method that uses ultraviolet light to eliminate or deactivate microorganisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA.

　　The LEDs have a footprint of 4.4mm and a height of 4.45mm and can operate in temperature ranges from -40 to +60°C and the devices have a max power consumption of 0.3W (30mA version) or 1.5W (150mA version).

　　According to William Heath, director at Ledtech UK, “UVGI is used in a variety of applications, including medical sanitation and sterile work facilities. Increasingly it has been employed to sterilize drinking and wastewater and in air purifiers. Early research indicates that UVC band LEDs could have significant uses in this area, as well as in the fields of chemical and biological analysis.”