Following its announcement at Light + Building and in time for the summer season, LEDVANCE, the leading LED lighting company, is launching new Smart+ products for the Apple HomeKit and for Smart Home systems that use ZigBee Lightlink. LEDVANCE is the first lighting provider to offer dimmable filament lamps for the Apple HomeKit. Another newcomer to this portfolio is the LED flex strip for outdoors. For ZigBee-based Smart Home systems, LEDVANCE is expanding its portfolio with a smart socket and two luminaires for outdoor applications. The products for the Apple HomeKit can be voice controlled via Siri, whereas Amazon’s Alexa is used for the ZigBee products.

Tim Yun Chen (42) has been named new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of LEDVANCE GmbH (LEDVANCE) with effect from July 1, 2018. The LEDVANCE Supervisory Board reached this decision at yesterday’s meeting. Operating out of the global headquarters in Garching, Chen will succeed Oliver Neubrand, who will leave the company at his own request on July 31.

Lighting leader signs on board global initiative to help better the planet and society.Garching, Germany – LEDVANCE GmbH (LEDVANCE), one of the world's leading general lighting providers for professional users and end consumers, is announcing it has signed on to the United Nations Global Compact as a business participant, joining approximately 9,800 companies in 164 countries that have committed to demonstrating leadership in four areas of corporate responsibility – human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption.

More LUX and savings for logistics centerLEDVANCE, one of the global leaders in general lighting for professional users and end consumers, has played an instrumental part in helping Carlsberg’s logistics center reduce energy consumption by light by 50 percent – resulting in savings of 650,000 kWh and 400 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

Garching, Germany – LEDVANCE GmbH (LEDVANCE), one of the world's leading general lighting providers for professional users and end consumers, is now 100 percent owned by the leading Chinese LED lighting company MLS. MLS has taken over the full ownership of LEDVANCE by means of a share deal with the strategic investor IDG Capital and the financial investor Yiwu. As part of the deal, IDG Capital and Yiwu will become shareholders of MLS via a joint investment.

At Light + Building the LED lighting company from Garching near Munich is showcasing its significantly extended range in a trendy vintage lookWith the OSRAM Edition 1906, LEDVANCE has demonstrated a feel for trends, combining the look from the early days of electrical light with modern technology and high-quality materials. At Light + Building 2018 the LED lighting company is now greatly extending its portfolio of vintage lighting. Offering 16 new types, the number of available LED lamps alone has been increased fivefold.

From July, LEDVANCE will also offer versatile, ready-to-install emergency luminaires which will be presented at Light + Building for the first time.In cases of emergency, lighting can provide orientation and help save lives. Standards and regulations for safety lighting can therefore be found nationally and internationally especially enshrined in occupational health and safety, accident prevention and building law. At Light + Building, as part of its highly successful LED luminaire portfolio, LED lighting provider LEDVANCE will present extremely versatile emergency luminaires for almost all areas of safety lighting. The new products will be available at wholesalers in the summer of 2018.

LEDVANCE, the LED lighting company, is showcasing the third generation of its state-of-the-art HQL LED lamps at Light + Building – even more compact, weighing even less, more versatile and with new lumen packages and light colors. They are therefore the efficient and modern successors to the traditional mercury vapor lamps (HQL) and sodium vapor lamps (NAV), which have partly been banned from the market by legislators and which are still in widespread use in countless street lights throughout Europe. For street lights that will continue in service for many years to come, the new HQL LED lamps are the instant solution offering optimum light for towns and cities on a tight budget.

At Light + Building, LEDVANCE is showcasing numerous additions to its successful portfolio of indoor and outdoor LED luminairesThanks to their elegant design and their functional diversity, LED luminaires from LEDVANCE are more and more conquering also the residential space. At Light + Building 2018, the LED lighting company based in Garching, Germany is presenting an enormous range of new models, which will be available from retailers in the summer. The long-life OSRAM-branded luminaires offer proven quality and functional diversity, both indoors and outdoors.

At Light + Building, the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building technology from March 18 to 23 in Frankfurt, LEDVANCE is presenting, among other things, a greatly expanded portfolio of state-of-the-art LED luminaires and innovative product concepts for office applications at its booth B10 in Hall 2.0. Be it for desktop workstations, conference zones, corridors or reception areas – LEDVANCE is a one-stop shop for the right lighting. The new LED luminaires will be available for lighting professionals from wholesalers in the summer.