Philips Lighting is First to Sponsor UN-sanctioned International Year of Light

The Netherlands-headquartered company, which has long dominated the lighting industry along with GE and Osram, is also regarded as one of those leading the transition to high-efficiency solid-state lighting (SSL) based on LED chips.

It will add its considerable commercial clout to the IYL2015 activities, which are designed to raise global awareness of the key role played by optics and photonics technologies in science and across key industries like energy, agriculture and health.

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