EXCLUSIVE–MUST CREDIT EDISONREPORT. EdisonReport can confirm a major restructuring at Toshiba. LED Lighting Systems will, in essence, stop doing business in the US. GreenStar Products, an acquisition based in San Antonio, will continue their operations. GreenStar manufactures LED luminaires for roadway, area and canopy lighting applications. This reorganization reflects Toshiba’s plan to deemphasize lamps and bulbs and focus more on streetlights and outdoor lighting. LED Lighting Systems is a division of Toshiba International Corporation, or TIC, which is based in Houston. The people we know all have @tic.toshiba.com in their email addresses. The TIC employees who are losing their jobs have now been notified.
GreenStar Products was purchased on 1 MAY 2013 by Toshiba Lighting & Technology—a separate corporate entity from TIC. TLT is headquartered in Japan. The lighting business is being moved out of TIC and consolidated into GreenStar in San Antonio.
Because TIC and TLT are separate corporate entities, TIC contracts, such as agent contracts, will be cancelled.
Toshiba will continue to make investments “upstream.” The GaN-on-Silicon LED collaboration with Bridgelux will also continue. Toshiba Community Solutions Group, which combines lighting with HVAC, elevators, etc, will not change. Look for Toshbia to continue pursing smart street lighting solutions, which is not centered around traditional products, distributors or reps.