Luminus Devices Strengthens Illumination Business Product Team

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luminus Devices today announced that it has hired LED lighting industry veteran Chad Stalker as director of product marketing for its illumination business. With significant experience in the solid state lighting industry, Stalker’s responsibilities will include expanding existing product lines and developing new offerings for Luminus’ rapidly growing solid state lighting business.

Luminus has expanded its PhlatLight^® LED product portfolio for solid-state lighting and continues to lead the industry in developing breakthrough LED light sources for advanced HDTVs, projectors and other high-brightness applications. Luminus recently began making its high brightness PhlatLight technology available to lighting manufacturers through Avnet Electronics Marketing. During last month’s LightFair International show, Luminus demonstrated new PhlatLight LED lighting products such as multi-chip RGB and RGBx modules as well as the first white PhlatLight LED.

“Chad has tremendous experience and knowledge that will enable our company to quickly expand the reach of our proven, industry leading, high-brightness products into lighting markets,” said Christian Hoepfner, vice president of products, Luminus Devices. “He brings an invaluable lighting systems perspective to our product planning which will help us leverage the unique advantages of PhlatLight LED technology into a fast growing family of products.”

Prior to joining Luminus, Stalker was LED Systems Product Group marketing manager for Osram Sylvania, where he was responsible for product lifecycle management activities, project management and marketing functions. Previously, Stalker was with Color Kinetics in their OEM and products group responsible for the product development efforts delivering next generation LED lighting products and technology.

About Luminus Devices

Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures high performance solid state light sources for a variety of illumination applications, including high definition TVs, video projectors, avionics displays, and lighting systems. Its patented PhlatLight^® (Photonic Lattice) LED products are the brightest and most versatile solid-state light sources available today and are enabling innovative products and applications never before possible. Luminus Devices’ headquarters and primary manufacturing facilities are located in Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.A. For more information, visit www.luminus.com and www.phlatlight.com.

Note to editors: PhlatLight is a registered trademark of Luminus Devices.