LightLab receives grant from the Swedish Energy Agency

The research and development company LightLab Sweden AB, which develops a new energy efficient lighting technology without mercury and other hazardous materials, and the Department of Theoretical Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have received a positive response from the Swedish Energy Agency on an application for funding of a research project on development of quantum dot based phosphors for lighting applications.

The grant has a value of SEK 1.3 million during 2011 and 2012 for the project intending to develop a light powder with considerably increased lifetime, quality and inherent energy efficiency compared to those accessible on the market today.

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Jan-Erik Lennefalk, CEO 
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E-mail: per.olsson@lightlab.se

This is LightLab Sweden AB
LightLab Sweden AB (publ), www.lightlab.se, has developed an environmentally friendly energy-saving bulb for general lighting based on field emission and cathode luminescence. It is energy efficient and exhibits good values for colour balance and colour quality. The bulb does not contain any mercury, lead or other substances hazardous to the environment. Research is carried out in Gothenburg and laboratory production, testing and evaluation are carried out by a subsidiary in Taiwan, LightLab Asia. The technology behind the bulb is applicable in a host of other applications, each of which offers considerable potential. LightLab has over 4,000 shareholders. The company's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX First North. The company’s certified adviser is Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag.