Cree, Inc.
Since the formation of Cree Research Inc. in 1987, the pioneers who eventually became Cree Inc. have been rolling out groundbreaking LED technology along with front running work in silicon carbide for power and radio frequency (RF) applications at a breakneck speed. In three decades, Cree has grown from a modest group of researchers in a campus laboratory aiming to leverage the properties of silicon carbide (SiC) for commercial uses to a global presence with 5,300 employees and 3,700 issued patents to date. As part of that growth, the company has established itself as a pioneer in the automotive space with LED technology as well as other areas where silicon carbide can have a significant impact on performance, such as onboard/off-board chargers and inverters in electric vehicles. As an already established and prominent manufacturer of automotive qualified LED die, Cree’s LED business extended its focus on the automotive industry in 2015.
