High-Power Ostar LED: OSRAM Researchers Nominated for the President's Prize for Technology and Innovation
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At a press conference held by the Federal President's office, it was announced that the development team of Dr. Klaus Streubel and Dr. Stefan Illek has been nominated for the German Future Prize.
At a press conference held by the Federal President's office, State Secretary Dr. Gert Haller announced today that OSRAM together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering has been nominated as one of the four teams competing for the German Future Prize. The German Future Prize, which is now in its eleventh year, will be presented on December 6 by Federal President Horst Kohler to celebrate outstanding technical, engineering and scientific achievements that have practical applications, are marketable and create jobs. "Just being nominated is a huge honor for OSRAM. This is the result of exceptional achievements by our Regensburg team headed by spokesman Dr. Klaus Streubel. The team is revolutionizing light emitting diode technology with the Ostar LED. Our Ostar enables light to be used more efficiently, which in turn means considerable energy savings", said Martin Goetzeler, President and CEO of OSRAM.
"The nomination highlights our position as a company with enormous powers of innovation in Germany", added Dr. Rdiger Mller, President and CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. He sees the nomination above all as an opportunity to draw the public's attention to the LED technology developed by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and its practical applications. The nomination applies to thin-film chip technology and its use in the Ostar family of LEDs. The Ostar LED has been adapted for a wide range of applications, including mini-projectors and rear projection televisions, night vision equipment in automobiles and for general lighting. An Ostar version will be launched in 2008 for use in automobile headlights.
The technical innovation of the Ostar light emitting diode lies in the perfect interplay between various technologies - a new manufacturing process for high-power chips, a perfectly matched package platform and special optics developed in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering. The combination of these elements achieve a real boost in brightness for LEDs in all colors and also infrared light. Ostar LEDs specially developed for general lighting for example are up to eight times as efficient as light bulbs.
The team nominated for the German Future Prize includes the pioneers of thin-film technology Dr. Stefan Illek and Dr. Klaus Streubel representing OSRAM, and Dr. Andreas Br¤uer from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering. For Dr. Klaus Streubel, spokesman for the team of developers at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, the development of the Ostar light emitting diodes is the way forward. "We have developed a product and technology platform that can be adapted to different areas of application by varying the components." Ostar enables light to be used more efficiently, which in turn means considerable energy savings.
The nomination of the team for the German Future Prize is the second time this year that OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has been put forward for a major innovation award. In July 2007 the company received the "Best Innovator 2007" award presented jointly by A.T. Kearney and Wirtschaftswoche.
The team
Team spokesman: Dr. Klaus Streubel (OSRAM Opto Semiconductors)
Dr. Stefan Illek (OSRAM Opto Semiconductors)
Dr. Andreas Br¤uer (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering)
Further information: http://www.osram-os.com/deutscher-zukunftspreis-2007
About the company
About OSRAM:
OSRAM is one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. Sales in the year ending September 30, 2006 totalled 4.6 billion euros, 88 percent of which came from outside Germany. OSRAM is a high-tech company in the lighting sector. Around 40 percent of sales comes from innovative products. This global player employs around 40,000 people worldwide, supplies customers in some 150 countries and has 49 production facilities in 18 countries (www.osram.com).
About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors:
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Regensburg, is a subsidiary of OSRAM. It offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for the lighting, sensor and visualization sectors. The company has sites in Regensburg, San Jos© (USA) and Penang (Malaysia). In the 2006 fiscal year (to September 30, 2006) more than 3500 employees of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors produced sales totalling around 500 million euros. (www.osram-os.com)
Press contact:
Marion Reichl
Headquarter, Europe
Tel: +49 (0) 941 - 850 - 16 93
Fax: +49 (0) 941 - 850 - 33 05
marion.reichl@osram-os.com
