Where shared expertise sparks brighter solutions
R&D partnerships
Third-party cooperation plays a crucial role in driving innovation in LED lighting system research and development. By collaborating with external specialists, universities, and technology partners, companies gain access to expertise and resources that accelerate problem-solving and broaden the scope of exploration. These partnerships foster the exchange of ideas, enable shared testing and validation, and help integrate emerging materials, optics, and control technologies more efficiently. In an industry where efficiency, sustainability, and performance evolve rapidly, strong third-party cooperation ensures that LED solutions remain cutting-edge, reliable, and competitive—ultimately transforming concepts into high-quality, market-ready lighting systems.
Why is it important
Access to Specialized Expertise:
Faster Development Cycles:
Improved Product Quality:
Broader Technology Integration:
Cost Efficiency:
Reduced Risk:
Fresh Perspectives & Creativity:
Regulatory & Compliance Support:
Scalability & Market Reach:
External partners bring deep knowledge in optics, materials science, electronics, and thermal management that accelerates innovation
Collaboration helps distribute workloads, shorten testing phases, and reduce time-to-market
Joint validation and independent testing lead to more reliable, efficient, and durable LED systems
Partners may contribute advanced sensors, smart controls, or new manufacturing methods that enhance final solutions
Shared resources—labs, equipment, prototypes—lower overall R&D costs
Third parties help detect design flaws early and provide alternative approaches, minimizing technical and financial risk
Diverse viewpoints foster breakthroughs and prevent tunnel vision in design and engineering
Partners with certification or testing expertise help ensure LED products meet international standards
Collaboration enables faster scaling of technologies and access to new markets and customer segments
Our partners
MoreCoLAB - Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação
MoreCoLAB is a private non-profit association recognized since 2018 as a Collaborative Laboratory by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). It is the result of a consortium of research units, laboratories, higher education institutions, technology centers, companies, and intermediary and interface institutions.
MoreCoLAB -
Edificio do Brigantia Ecopark,
+351 300 081 998
IPB - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is a public higher education institution whose mission is to create, transmit, and disseminate technical and scientific knowledge and professional expertise through the coordination of study, teaching, guided research, and experimental development.
IPB
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 Bragança,
Portugal
+351 273 303 200
CITAB - Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas
The scope of CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences - is on fostering more competitive & sustainable agrarian value chains, resilient to climate change. Our research is mainly devoted to transferring knowledge to stakeholders, creating added value in the different stages of the value chain, developing sector-specific climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, and promoting innovative, healthy and safe foods while, at the same time, protecting natural resources and biodiversity.
CITAB/UTAD
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Quinta de Prados, Edifício Reitoria, Room D2.30
5000-801 Vila Real
Portugal
+351 259 350 151
