GE send "dear John letter" : leave the CFL, hug LED lights

GE  discontinued in 2016 is expected to fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), by, Thomas Edison (Thomas Edison), the company will shift the focus to the more efficient innovation of bulbs.

GE lighting companies to halt to the sale of CFL fluorescent light bulbs, transfer of resources to the development of the cause of more potential LED lighting.(photo: GE)

GE announced on February 1, will stop selling fluorescent lighting market in the United States, expected by the end of 2016, full stop.GE in the past few years has been a change of LED lamps and lanterns, the end of August, 2015, from an internal memo GE, inform the employees will be terminated some traditional lighting products, will focus on LED lighting products and wisdom.So the announced production of fluorescent lamp can be expected.However, it is still quite bold.

GE in relaxed and interesting way, trailer will halt to the sale of the fluorescent light bulb at the end of 2016.

Insight into the potential of LED lighting technology, GE in the market and technology kinetic energy decided to production of fluorescent lamp, under the consideration of continuous found digging LED lighting in the future Internet of things, the wisdom of the possibility of lighting.

In addition to GE's own considerations, in fact the government's policy for energy conservation of LED lighting is also bullish.In addition to the United States environmental protection agency (EPA) energy star light bulb specifications, by the California energy commission recently adopted, determine regulations become effective on January 1, 2018, for example, you can see, to encourage consumers to use LED lamps and lanterns, and California's specification in LED lamps and lanterns is also unprecedented high standard.

According to bloomberg reported last week, with GE to LED technology, the company is evaluating its lighting business.