News: LEDs
2 March 2026
ams OSRAM completes sale of Entertainment & Industry Lamps business to Ushio for €114m
ams OSRAM AG of Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany has completed the sale of its Entertainment and Industry Lamps business to optical technologies firm Ushio Inc of Tokyo, Japan (announced on 29 July 2025) for a cash and debt-free purchase price of €114m.
The transaction comprises production facilities in Berlin, about 500 staff, R&D capabilities, and the associated intellectual property.
“The successful completion of the sale of our Entertainment and Industry Lamps business to Ushio Inc represents another important milestone,” says ams OSRAM’s CEO Aldo Kamper. “It advances our balance‑sheet deleveraging strategy and strengthens our focus on building a global leader in Digital Photonics.”
The sale of the Entertainment and Industry Lamps business is part of ams OSRAM’s accelerated and comprehensive deleveraging plan (announced on 30 April 2025) aimed at achieving target leverage ratio of net-debt to adjusted EBITDA of below 2, supported by several complementary elements.
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