IKEA declared last year, starting from September 2015, IKEA stores around the world you can not find a non-LED fixtures – they all want to sell energy-efficient light bulbs are replaced by LED bulbs. In fiscal year 2014, this ratio has reached 75%. Compared to incandescent lamps, these bulbs can save 85% of 20 times the power, or the former life.
If this were done, it would be great to do some pieces, the challenge is price. IKEA, you can spend 5 .9 buy a 7-watt energy-saving bulb; likewise, you can spend 49 to buy a 6.3 watt, the same size in diameter Lauderdale LED bulbs. In order for those accustomed to low-cost consumer can still find the right light bulb this fall at IKEA, IKEA’ve got to keep costs down.
Aledia LED is a French start-up technology companies, in the just-concluded B round of financing, it received a $ 31 million investment. New investors in green technology company called IKEA (IKEA GreenTech) of the company, the company founded in 2008 is part of IKEA, typically invest in Europe’s green energy and green companies.
This was the third time investment IKEA LED company. Earlier, the Swedish company has also invested in Japanese LED technology company El-Seed Corp. In August last year, they invested in a company in Scotland LED Design LED Products Ltd, this company’s LED lighting product uses a special lightweight “tiles”, cheap, and “tiles” can be seamless to each kind of lighting design.
In early June, IKEA announced that invested one billion euros for investment in new energy and other projects to improve the climate in the next five years.