LED Lighting

Fixture Frenzy: Fixture makers picking GE's Vio™ High–Power White LED

CLEVELAND (October 22, 2008) — Fewer than 12 months after the introduction of GE's exclusive Vio™ High-Power White LED, five lighting fixture manufacturers are marketing and selling commercial and residential fixtures that incorporate the violet– based, chip–on–board LED package from Lumination, LLC, GE Consumer & Industrial's LED business.

''These fixture OEMs are to be commended,'' says David Elien, Lumination's president & CEO. ''They're leading a shift toward accent and general lighting with efficient, reliable GE LEDs that will last as long as the fixture. This is the future of lighting.''

Vio™ High–Power White LEDs produce less than a 75–Kelvin color shift over a 50,000– hour rated life, which means they are able to overcome many of the inherent color control issues of standard blue with yellow phosphor or red–green–blue LED devices. This enhanced color stability allows Vio™ to more closely mirror halogen or incandescent light quality.

''We like the violet–LED technology because it minimizes color variation but still allows for color temperature flexibility,'' says Douglas Grove, President of 3Style Architectural Lighting, the first fixture company to commit to using the GE LED in a fixture. ''This mix of consistency and control makes it a perfect choice for general or specialized lighting applications such as under–shelf, pathway or accent down lighting.''

OEMs currently offering Vio™ –powered fixtures include:

3Style Architectural Lighting
Ardee Lighting
Barbican Architectural Products
Gardco
Lightolier

Grove adds: ''The GE Vio™ offers the best balance of quality white light, life and energy efficiency with the most vivid color rendering.''

For more information about Vio™ high–power white LEDs, please click here.

About Lumination, LLC

Lumination, LLC, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, drives innovation, energy efficiency and cost savings for customers that use LED products, systems and solutions. Fitted with robust, low–voltage, long–life LED light engines, Lumination solutions deliver world–class, GE–grade performance. For more information, please visit www.led.com.

About GE Consumer & Industrial

GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and "ecomagination," a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram®, Profile™, GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater™, Reveal® and Energy Smart™ consumer brands, and Entellisys® industrial brand. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.

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Example of 3Style Architectural Lighting fixture application.

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VIO™ High-Power White LED in a 3Style Architectural Lighting fixture.

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