Osram Opto Semiconductors successfully held a breaking ground ceremony for Wuxi factory's phase two expansion project in the Wuxi High-Tech Industrial Development Zone on August 8th.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (China) Co., Ltd with a total investment of 250 million euros is a major high-tech foreign-funded project in Wuxi New District over the recent years, the project has entered the installation phase of electrical and mechanical equipments, and it is expected to be put into operation in October this year. July 2, Lixin Huang, Standing Committee of Jiangsu and municipal party secretary, met with the CEO of German Osram Opto Semiconductor and other visitors, they negotiated and reached a consensus on speeding up construction projects and dee...

In the presence of high-ranking representatives of the Jiangsu province, OSRAM AG today laid the foundation of its new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi. In doing so, the company is taking the next step in expanding its activities in China, the world’s largest single lighting market. LED chips will be packaged in housings at the backend facility, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013. The production of the LED chips (frontend) will continue in the Regensburg (Germany) and Penang (Malaysia) plants. “China is already today the biggest sales market with significant future potential.