15:00 | 21.01.2010
Cree and Arrow Electronics Sign Distribution Agreement to Serve Global Adoption of Silicon Carbide-Based Power Electronics
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting and silicon
carbide (SiC) semiconductor components, announces a distribution
agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. for Cree SiC power products.
The agreement gives Arrow’s customers ready access to Cree’s latest
commercially-available SiC Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) products.
Among the Cree products available through Arrow will be the recently
released Z-REC™ Series of 600-V Schottky diodes and the
groundbreaking 1200-V Schottky diode line.
“Our customers are at the leading edge of green power designs,” said
Robert Behn, vice president of supplier marketing for Arrow Electronics.
“Expanding our Cree product offerings from high-brightness and
high-power LEDs to now include power products provides our customers
even broader access to the products and support they need.”
“Together, Cree and Arrow intend to accelerate the adoption of silicon
carbide power semiconductors to create more efficient switching power
supplies, alternative energy converters and motor drives,” said Bob
Pollock, Cree senior vice president, sales.
Additional information about Cree products through Arrow Electronics may
be obtained by calling 1-888-954-4481 or by visiting www.arrownac.com/cree.
About Cree
Cree is a market-leading innovator of semiconductor solutions for
wireless and power applications, lighting-class LEDs, and LED lighting
solutions.
Cree’s product families include power-switching devices and
radio-frequency/wireless devices, blue and green LED chips,
high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, and LED fixtures and
bulbs. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as
variable-speed motors, wireless communications, general illumination,
backlighting and electronic signs and signals.
For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks
and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ
materially due to a number of factors, including customer acceptance of
Cree’s products; the rapid development of new technology and competing
products that may impair demand or render Cree’s products obsolete; and
other factors discussed in Cree’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year
ended June 28, 2009, and subsequent filings.
Cree is a registered trademark and Z-REC is a trademark of Cree, Inc.
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