Ushio Inc. (Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Takabumi Asahi, hereinafter “Ushio”) announced that it has added the HL63723DGAM, an Automotive Grade Reliability Standards AEC-Q102 compliant red laser diode, to its product line-up as of March 2026.
Based on the mass-produced HL63723DG platform, t
Thorsten Baum Appointed President and CEO of the Ushio Europe Group
Effective April 1, 2026, Thorsten Baum has been appointed President and CEO of the Ushio Europe Group. In the long history of Ushio Europe, he is only the second European to assume this top position. He succeeds William F. Mackenzi
Ushio’s participation at HortiContact 26
For several years now, high-pressure sodium (HPS) lighting has repeatedly been labeled a “dying technology.” The narrative is familiar: LEDs are newer, more efficient, more controllable—and therefore assumed to be the inevitable replacement for traditional d