Finland-based VTT VenturesLtd and Lumichip Ltd, a leading provider of customized LED lighting components, have announced a joint investment in Finnish LED technology company LightTherm Ltd.
 
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland produces high-level technology solutions and innovation services for its customers.VTT Ventures Ltd supports companies exploiting new technology, from business plan through to funding.
 
LightTherm Ltd is VTT’s new spin-off company, whose innovative LED interconnection solution can yield better thermal characteristics and cooler semiconductor junction temperatures. This capacity for better thermal efficiency management will have a major impact on the lifetime of LEDs. Combined with new materials for lamp body production, substantial cost savings can be achieved through reduced materials, manufacturing simplicity and total production automation.
 
“The high thermal management efficiency of this technology enables significantly higher light output – for example from replacement spots – than is currently available anywhere in the LED market,” says Dr Juha Rantala, Chairman of Lumichip Ltd. “LightTherm materials, device construction and manufacturing processes give flexibility in design, and will enable the manufacture of entirely new lighting applications for both consumer and industrial luminaires. We believe this will change completely the way in which LED products are manufactured in the future.”