LG Innotek, a leading global materials and components manufacturer, today announced that the company starts its mass production of super-slim, independent-type in 37 watt class LED driver for LED lighting.

In particular, this product is an independent type that can be mounted outside the lighting appliances. It offers enhanced convenience since it can be installed either inside or outside to satisfy the application conditions. Furthermore, the risk of electric shock is relatively lower than that in built-in type products. It is also high efficiency product by raising its efficiency over 90% while lowering the heat generated since its circuit structure has been optimized with its own design technology.

LG Innotek 37 watt class LED driver. (LG Innotek/LEDinside)

LG Innotek intends to apply the new independent-type LED driver to all outdoor and indoor lighting applications within this year. It also plans to enhance earnestly its efforts to explore the European market, including recruitment of local distributors in Europe.

It has succeeded in the production of LED driver by applying its core technology and know-how to LED lighting. In particular, the company accumulated technological know-how while developing and manufacturing LED drivers for electronic appliances for the past 15 years. Since 2010, the company has supplied LED drivers and wireless control system for LED lighting to lighting manufacturers in Europe, US and Japan.

In 2013, it developed a wireless control system for LED lighting -based solution that can be used on all of the four major wireless communication methods -- WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Z-Wave -- by applying wireless communication technologies for the first time.

Furthermore, LG Innotek supplies including LED chip, package and driver, and warrants the performance and reliability of LED lighting modules.

Today, it helps the lighting manufacturers and distributors shorten their product development period and enhance their operational efficiency. So far, they have assembled their lighting fixtures using parts, components, and external cases they have developed in-house or purchased from other suppliers.