Philips (China) Investment Co Ltd held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for its new LED Professional Lighting Solutions manufacturing facility in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

The site will start production in 2013, according to Tommy Leong, president of Philips Lighting Greater China.

As well as LED manufacture, Philips is going to set up a 10,000 square meter Lighting Application Center at the site, which it claims will be the largest of its type in Asia, and one of the most advanced in the world.

Leong said the company will use the center to showcase its latest lighting technologies, applications and solutions.

China Daily-Agencies