Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has hosted a forum with representatives of local LED manufacturers, including Everlight and Delta Electronics to discuss the strategy to boost demand for LED lights. MOEA promised local LED makers that it will lauch a NT$500 million (US$16.6 million) subsidy program for townships to install LED streetlighting in 2012. The ministry said the figure will be a substantial increase from the NT$170 million allocated this year for the purpose. Additionally, the ministry plans to build "model cities" in ...

Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, released a customer case study focused on a project for the iconic 1950’s Cermak Shopping Plaza outside of Chicago, IL.  Already a clean-tech energy saver, the Lumenpulse LED fixtures are going further green with the building owner choosing to power them with wind turbines.   Built in 1956, the plaza has a rich history including cameo appearances in Hollywood movies (1992’s Wayne...

McGraw-Edison Valet LED Luminaires help Detroit Windsor Tunnel reduce overall electricity cost by 72 percent. The Detroit Windsor Tunnel, a subterranean passage connecting the United States and Canada, recently upgraded its lighting fixtures to include energy-saving LED products from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. Project goals, like providing ample lighting and reducing energy cost, were easily met with McGraw-Edison Valet™ LED Luminaire...

Dialight has developed its new DuroSite® LED Area Light, the newest addition to its class-leading line up of LED industrial lighting solutions. The DuroSite LED Area Light delivers 79 lumens per Watt to effectively replace up to a 250W HID unit slashing energy consumption by nearly 70 percent. The DuroSite LED Area Light offers a CRI greater than 70 in either cool white or neutral white CCT. The unit delivers optimum performance at operating temperatures ranging from -40°F to +149°F with instant on to eliminate the warm-up common wit...

Recently, mainland China and Taiwan major LED manufacturers have paid more attention on the strategy to depeen LED development. As we know, China’s  National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced its plans to phase out incandescent lamps within five years, including phasing out incandescent lamps starting with ≥100W by Oct. 2012, then ≥60W by Oct. 2014, and then ≥15W by Oct. 2016,seen as providing important visibility into the nation's burgeoning market for LEDs. For Taiwan major LED manufacturers ,they are pushi...

System Solutions, part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group of Companies, has been commissioned by ANGT (Agence Nationale Des Grands Travaux) who represent the Gabon government, to design, supply and construct large format outdoor LED screens and a control system each for the brand-new stadium in Libreville and the existing stadium in Port Gentil.   The Amitie stadium in Libreville - a gift from the Chinese government - is currently under construction and is due to complete in time to host the 28th CAF Orange Africa Cup of Nations in January 2012 whic...

On October 21, 2011, the Eighth China-Asean Expo was held in Guangxi Nanning exhibition center. Chinese premier Wen jiabao, the prime minister of Malaysia Najibu , Cambodia prime minister hun sen, Burma's vice President Tin Aung Myint , Laos deputy prime minister song access, deputy prime minister of Thailand Auspicious drops le, Vietnam deputy prime minister RuanChunFu attended the exposition, business and investment summit. Asean secretary-general Lin, and China and other Asean countries business, environmental protection, quality inspection, financial, tel...

During the October Autumn Session of Light Fair in Hong Kong 2011, Estar received a pre-order from an Italian firm for 500,000 LED Bulbs. Estar LED Light Company Limited visited Light Fair in Hong Kong this year, During Estar's visit at Light Fair in Hong Kong, Estar is pleased to announce that we have received a pre-order for our Signature Candela LED Light Bulb Design during Light Fair in Hong Kong 2011 October session Said Rick McCoy, Director of LED Light Company Ltd. The Italian company that placed the Pre-order is exp...

Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) drew to an end in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Oct. 30. During the event, the lighting division of Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. has showcased a full line of LED lighting products with over 20 patents, including the new products released in 2011. As Absen’s high-quality LED displays enjoy rising popularity at home and aboard, its lighting products have gained increasing plaudits among customers, thanks to its foresight and early investment in the LED lighting industry. C...

Lighting Science Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Haworth has received a award of a national "Champion of Change" from The White House for his efforts to steer the country towards a more environmentally and economically sustainable future. The honor was bestowed as part of President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative that celebrates ordinary Americans accomplishing extraordinary feats to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu,said "The cleanest energy is ...

Benefited from national energy efficiency regulations for flat-panel TVs released in December 2010, LED TV sets will gradually replace Standard LCD TV sets in first tier city markets by the Chinese New Year holidays in late January 2012,according to Li Qi, head of consumer electronics sales at Chinese consumer electronics and home appliances retailer Suning's Beijing branch.   A 32-inch LED TV set uses approximately 60W compared to the 80W consumed by an equivalent-sized LCD TV. Prices of LED TVs have decreased as manufacturers have rampe...

MINGYAO Department store, located in the central shopping area in Taipei, a Taiwan traditional department store for 23-year old which held a grand reopening on Sep. 23, 2011 after seven months of renovation. The opening of the Uniqlo flagship store coincided with the grand opening in MINGYAO. For the grand reopening of MINGYAO, ARC SSL. has equipped the exceptional lighting fixtures with LED solution in dynamic lighting display. The LED cluster fixtures are installed and provide splendor lightshows in multi-sides with the one control system. ARC...

High-Definition LED Video Screens Installed at Michigan Stadium Football fans of the University of Michigan kicked off the 2011 season enjoying a new look to Michigan Stadium, now complete with newly upgraded scoreboards from Lighthouse Technologies. The state-of-the-art video displays and scoring systems feature Screen Master® high-brightness LEDs by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), delivering crystal-clear, high definition images to fans throughout “The Big House.” A college football icon, Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 and is the lar...

Tsannkuen Japan, a subsidiary of a Taiwanese company, has involved in infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or "094 patent") and Nichia claims damages for the infringement with regard to LED light bulbs manufactured by Tsann Kuen. According to Nichia, it has filed two patent infringement lawsuits at the Tokyo District Court with Tsann Kuen as the defendant and Unity Opto Technology Co. Ltd., as its supporting intervener. In addition, Nichia also confirmed that Tsann Kuen sold LED light bulbs with E17 bases (product number: TK-BE05L, ...

Lately, at the launch of GE Lighting’s European Lighting Experience Centre in Hungary,the company’s president and CEO (EMEA) Phil Marshall has anticipated a 150 per cent growth in LED sales but that the company will adopt a strategic decision that not to invest large amounts of money in takeovers when there was still so much uncertainty in the LED market. He pointed out that “I don’t think you have to be a chip manufacturer to be successful in the LED market. We’ve been investing on a smaller and more organic scale to build up ou...

Recently, AIXTRON has supplied its new AIXTRON AIX G5 HT MOCVD reactor to Infineon Technologies for the development of GaN-on-Si power HEMTs. In September 2011, Infineon Technologies confirmed process acceptance of the system in a 8x6-inch wafer configuration with the option to upgrade to 5x8-inch. Dr. Franz Auerbach, Senior Director R&D for Power Management & Supply Discretes at Infineon Technologies,said that “We look forward to further enhance our plans in the field of GaN on Silicon. Our teams are confident that...

Project Supports Korean Government’s LED Lighting Penetration Goals   Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced that luminaire manufacturer Ilsung Moolsan of Korea has selected energy-efficient Bridgelux LED arrays for the installation of 1000 of their high quality high performance downlights at the new Sheraton Hotel at D-Cube City in Seoul. Bridgelux’s award-winning RS and ES LED arrays are specified to light various areas of the hotel including lobby, lounge, publi...

Last Friday , Everlight has shown its “deeply sorry” for the anxieties it had caused society because of the unpaid leave plan. And it has scrapped the plan . After the company has released its unpaid leave plan,some critics have highlighted the fact that Everlight Chairman Ye Yin-fu’s was recently able to donate NT$100 million to his alma mater, National Taipei University of Technology.They have also questioned the necessity of the furlough plan in light of the company’s profitability. Everlight posted pre-tax profit of NT$538 million for the ...

OSRAM, one of the two leading light manufacturers in the world, announced today that Shun Li Industrial Park is the first to implement OSRAM’s High Power Modular Street Light (HPMSL) to illuminate the streets in the industrial estate in Singapore.    With the customers’ heavy reliance on ample around-the-clock outdoor lighting, the park made the decision to replace its aging high pressure sodium (HPS) street lamps with OSRAM’s new HPMSL solution for better light and power efficiency, as well as in a reduction of time and mo...

OSRAM unveiled a beautiful new OLED installation at the Qubique Berlin Tempelhof 2011 exhibition, which uses over 1,400 OSRAM round Orbeos panels. It was designed by Labme, OSRAM's new open source OLED lighting design platform. It is the largest OLED lighting installation ever produced, replacing Philip's Living Shapes OLED wall installation which had 1,152 Lumiblade panels. But the amount of panels is still small compared to Mitsubishi's 6-meter OLED GeoGlobe which uses 10,362 PMOLED displays. Anyway, here's a nice ...

Recently ,due to the slackened demand in LED industry, including Huga Optotech, Everlight have asked their staffs to carry out unpaid leave. According to Robert Yeh , chairman of Everlight, due to the high inventory level, the LED industry has entered an off season. Everlight staffers will take two to three days of unpaid leave in November and five days in December. The unpaid leave gives Everlight the flexibility to skip a layoff program. In the contrast, Epistar reported that it won’t follow the practice of Everlight. Neither did Chimei-Innolux have the...

OSRAM Oslon SSL LED in red, orange and yellow with new chip technology The latest Oslon SSL LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors provide up to 20 percent more output than their predecessors and offer improved thermal stability, particularly in Hyperred (660 nm). Eenergy-efficient applications such as commercial horticulture are therefore much more efficient. Behind this boost in performance lie the latest developments in Indium-Gallium-Aluminum-Phosphide chip technology (InGaAlP). Powerful, efficient long-life light sources are enormously important ...

LEDforum 2011 Taipei is a two-day event organized by LEDinside and will be held on November 1st and 2nd at National Taiwan University Hospital International Conference Center. The agenda for the first day features the latest LED market trends in upstream component, manufacturing equipment and LED chips, while the agenda for the second day covers other important areas such as driver IC, package and lighting applications. Focused on the future direction of LED industry, LEDforum is an advanced conference to grasp new market trend and future opportunities.

Leedarson Lighting will be demonstrating a smart lighting solution with a wide-range of intelligent CFL and LED light bulbs CFL, LED lamps and fixtures, empowered by lighting technology from NXP and intelligent lighting platform from GreenWave Reality, at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair. The smart lighting solution enables consumers to control their lighting via remote control, smartphone applications or in-home sensors that detect changes in motion or lighting conditions, all without requiring any rewiring of the home.  The result is that consumers ...

Company Extends Market Leadership Supplying Large Diameter Sapphire Wafers to LED Industry Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today announced that it has shipped a total of 200,000 six-inch sapphire wafers to the LED manufacturing industry. Sapphire, the base material used for the majority of LEDs, is used in consumer products such as LED-based lighting, HDTVs, laptops, netbooks, smart phones and tablets, and automotive light...

Lately, Seoul Semiconductor has announced New Acriche 2 featuring long life time, low energy consumption and design convenience. According to the company,its 4W, 8W, 12W and 16W module launch which will provide bulb replacement LED solution replacing not only 40W, 60W and 100W incandescent bulb but also MR16 halogen lamp and down light. The newly introduced ‘Acrich 2’ has been increased more than 90% in power efficiency by improving the power factor up to 97% comparing to previous version of ‘Acrich’ of Seoul Semiconductor, and the THD ...

Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, recently provided Halo 4-inch and 6-inch LED recessed downlights to Florida International University’s (FIU) Solar Decathlon team. The energy-efficient products are included in FIU’s Perform[D]ance House design concept featured in this year’s Solar Decathlon in West Potomac Park, Washington, DC.   Tasked with designing and building an innovative and efficient solar home, the team quickly settle...

Designed for Unparalleled Performance and Lowest System Cost Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of high-voltage XLamp® XT-E and XM-L LEDs. These new LEDs can enable the use of more efficient, smaller drivers to lower cost for compact lighting applications such as candelabras and retrofit lamps. “The XLamp XM-L High-Voltage LED eliminates the trade-off between size and efficacy, allowing us to take advantage of the efficacy of high-voltage drivers,” said Ken Chakrav...

Because of the affordable price and environment friendly feature, Chinese multi-colour lights are popular with Indian customers in this Diwali. Sources have shown that the demand for fancy Chinese lights has increased manifold in the past few years. In contrast, the demands for candles had reduced but these are still in the market. But the earthen lamps had almost vanished. According to Dheeraj, owner of shop at Ram Narain Bazaar, "The demand for Chinese lights had increased amazingly. Last year, we almost ran out of stock. This year, the demands is expected to re...

Last Friday, Everlight announced that it had defeated Nichia in an administrative suit that it believes will give it an edge in other patent proceedings against the Japanese company. According to Everlight, Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court upheld a High Administrative Court verdict which ruled that a patent asserted by Nichia related to LED component production technology was invalid. The court agreed with Everlight’s contention that Nichia was not the inventor of the patent and that Everlight had the right to apply the technology covered by the pat...