This growth has boosted capacity by almost 50%, necessitating the expansion of Osram Opto Semiconductors
OSRAM has also focused its resources on expanding research and development, for which investment last year alone amounted to 13% of the sales of opto-semiconductors.
Two weeks later, Osram held an opening ceremony for the new Asia regional headquarters of its subsidiary, Osram Opto Semiconductors, a specialist in semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications.
The opening of the Hong Kong headquarters follows the July 2007 groundbreaking of a second opto chip factory in Penang, Malaysia,