Ikea invests in LED Sheets – New Technology

     Thin, low-energy sheet can provide new lighting design.

Ikea’s venture capital company has entered into a Scottish company that develops ljusark with built-in LEDs.

furniture giant Ikea venture capital firm investing in Greentech Design Led Products, located in the Scottish Livingston. The company has developed a patented technology for pressing thin transparent sheet of segments containing light conductors and LEDs. They can be cut, shaped and assembled in the desired shape.

– This technology opens up tremendous opportunities for innovative design with energy efficient lighting, says Christian Ehrenborg, president of Ikea GreenTech in a statement.

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energy efficient because they are based on LEDs as a light source uses about 85 percent less energy than the old incandescent bulbs. The power consumption is between 25 and 100 watts per square meter, according to Design Led Products website. Although the weight is low: 2.5 kg per square meter.

How much Ikea Greentech investing in the company were not disclosed. Even when the new lighting products might reach the stores.

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