Delta Electronics and NuLight Develop First Mercury-free FFL Backlight Panel Certified by VDE

Taipei, Taiwan, May 29, 2007 –Delta Electronics and NuLight Technology announced their jointly developed mercury-free FFL (Flat Fluorescent Lamp) backlight panel has received certification by the VDE Institute of Germany. The mercury-free FFL backlight panel is for use in mainstream 32-inch LCD TV monitors. This mercury-free FFL backlight provides an alternative to conventional mercury-based lamps and is the result of efforts by Delta Electronics and NuLight Technology to develop environmentally-friendly products.

The mercury-free FFL backlight panel is completely mercury (Hg) free, which sets it apart from conventional mercury-based lamps such as cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs). The mercury-free FFL backlight panel provides exceptional performance of high quality, and eliminating image drag delivering. Lamp life is greater than 100,000 hours, and the mercury-free FFL backlight panel operates over a wider range of temperatures, -40 °C to 85 °C, than conventional lamps.

Mr. C.H. Ko, president of the Visual Display Business Group of Delta Electronics, points out, "Delta's mission is to provide innovative energy-saving products for a better quality of life. The VDE certified mercury-free FFL backlight panel is the result of Delta's pursuit of innovative environmentally-friendly products and green manufacturing processes and it will provide a key module for a variety of clean energy products."

"Unlike conventional optoelectronic inverting technology that uses mercury for a lighting material, NuLight uses xenon (Xe)," said C.T. Tsai, the CTF of NuLight. "This technology offers an alternative solution to the mercury-based lamps used in the millions of TFT-LCD TVs produced globally each year."

The mercury-free FFL backlight panel is not only in step with mercury-free trends, its flat design is also ideal for large-scale displays. Among the best applications is for use in TFT-LCD TVs, offering another options for system integrators and panel makers. The mercury-free FFL backlight panel has already caught the attention of a number of European, Japanese, and American customers.