LUXeXceL Establishes First International Affiliate in Silicon Valley
The clean tech company LUXeXceL Group BV, a global leader in Printoptical Technology (POT) elements, structures and (day)lighting distribution applications, announced today that the company has established its first affiliate in San Mateo, California.
LUXeXceL has opened an office in San Mateo, Silicon Valley, as part of the “Holland in the Valley” project sponsored by the Dutch Consulate. Paul Kallmes, the LUXeXceL Group’s Chief IP Officer, has also been appointed as President and General Manager of the company’s North American business unit.
“I am very excited about LUXeXceL’s base in California,” said Richard van de Vrie, Chief Executive Officer of LUXeXceL Group. “The Silicon Valley is the place to be with our game-changing Printoptical Technology. It works in two ways: LUXeXceL can benefit from both the Holland in the Valley network and Paul Kallmes’s excellent contacts in California and California companies can benefit from our new green and clean technology. The fact that we now are based in California will be a great help in globalizing our licensing business.”
Paul Kallmes disposes extensive experience as the director of licensing for Color Kinetics where he expanded access to their influential IP portfolio to the broader LED markets and broadened its international licensing platform considerably. In November 2007 the company was acquired by Philips and Kallmes moved to Lighting Science Group Corporation. He worked with the IP side of the business and also acted as the general manager of the custom solutions business.
“LUXeXceL is leading the Printoptical Technology (POT) – we have an extensive and ever-expanding IP line ensuring that our licensees will be protected in the novel ways that our technologies can be used. Rigorous intellectual property protection is standard practice for LUXeXceL. We believe that a combination of comprehensive protection and an open attitude toward sharing our IP through accessible licensing practices is best for the company and the industry,” concluded Kallmes.
