Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. marked the opening on Dec. 8 of its LED chip manufacturing facility at the Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Cree signed an agreement with Huizhou in November 2009, which involved the establishment of Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. With support from the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, the Huizhou Municipal People’s Government and the Administrative Committee of the Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone, the factory was completed and put into production in eight months.
Currently, the facility undertakes LED wafer cutting, testing and classification prior to packaging.