Philips Lumileds announces partial Luxeons product recovery due to epoxy problem

The day before Philips's LED Philips Lumileds in the United States manufacturers found the LED Luxeon products in the package, the use of epoxy resin materials, it suspended its production line to eliminate the problem, and the recovery of part of the problem Luxeon LED products.

Luxeon K2 (with TFFC)

Philips Lumileds in the e-mail sent to the customer that the recovery of LED products including the specific production cycle (WW0744~WW0802) Luxeon RebEL (with TFFC), Luxeon K2 (with TFFC) the company will adjust the production line to correct the error, is expected in March 2008, the series will restore the supply of recycled products. Philips Lumileds estimated affected customers account for about 5% of the company's customers, and stressed that only affected customers need to contact, and Lumileds other products are not affected by the LED material defects.

The production process is a problem where the production site is in its packaging plant in Malaysia, the problem of LED products, its TFFC die will be damaged in the short run.

Lumileds in the middle of the event in the fastest way to recover the product, reduce the problem, but affected customers, Lumileds should also strive to solve the loss. The shutdown of the production line, is expected to be determined after a certain period of time will not be enabled, and Lumileds initially scheduled for March these discontinued products should be restored supply.

Source: Ledinside