Tyco Gets Into LED Lighting

Tyco Electronics, a conglomerate that makes everything from military hardware to medical equipment, has contracted LED fever. The company today unfurled the Nevalo system, a set of plug-and-play components for assembling solid state lighting systems for retail establishments, hotels, public areas and other locations. Bridgelux, one of the leading startups in solid state lighting, will supply LEDs and LED modules adapted for street lighting and commercial establishments to Tyco for Nevalo.