AIXTRON announced an order for six 31x2-inch configuration CRIUS® deposition systems from new customer United LED Shan Dong Corporation (ULED). After successful installation and commissioning of the systems in ULED’s dedicated new production plant in the third quarter of 2010, they will be used for the production of GaN LEDs for back-lighting units (BLU) and general lighting applications.

Reportedly, Taiwan Delta Electronics has acquired orders from major foreign buyers for LED lighting products, and it expects LED lighting sales to increase 10 fold in 2011. According to an interview from the Central News Agency, Roland Chiang, director of Delta Electronics' solid-state lighting division, said the company has generated large sales in Japan, the United States, Europe and China for its LED lighting products in less than two years since it entered that field.

A manager of Neo-Neon said, the company planed installation of additional MOCVD equipment has decreased to 30 sets MOCVD by the end of 2011 from originally planned 50 sets. And it would slow down expansion for LED epitaxial wafers, because worried about oversupply of LED chips used in backlight units of LCD TVs. The manager additional remarked, TFT-LCD panel makers had been expanding capacity for LED chips might bring oversupply of LED chips used in backlight units.

AkzoNobel will begin mass production of Trimethyl Gallium (TMG), a key LED precursor material to satisfy the global demand for its High Purity MetalOrganics product range. During this past June 2010, it has successfully doubled its production capacity for TMG at its world-scale production facilities in LaPorte, Texas, USA.

Taiwan Delta Electronics, is taking part in the 2010 China International Green Industry Expo (CIGIE), which is the No.1 green industry expo in China, offering high level, large scale, and big business opportunities. At the expo, Delta Electronics is showcasing various energy-saving solutions in the low-carbon technology field, such as: electric vehicle propulsion systems and charging stations, renewable energy generation systems, LED lighting, and low energy consumption visual display solutions.

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries, will feature its HALO® H4 LED downlight collection on an episode of the Emmy®-winning PBS home improvement show This Old House, scheduled to air Thursday, November 25.

Jointly with Stanford University and National Security Technologies (NSTec) of Livermore, California, Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. (SETI), has demonstrated deep ultraviolet AlInGaN LEDs set to rocket. SETI's UVTOP LEDs are a series of UV and deep-UV LEDs with peak emission wavelengths in the range of 240 - 400 nm. They incorporate AlInGaN deposited by a proprietary Migration Enhanced MOCVD process.

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a new lower-priced tariff option for Central Hudson Gas & Electric that would encourage municipalities to install LED-based street lights. Most street lights are not metered for actual power usage. The new tariff would allow the utility to correctly calculate the energy used by LED street lights and a municipality to pay a lower price for energy used for lighting.

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is excited to release an all-new, environmentally-friendly product – the LED Vega Series, a direct replacement for halogen AR111 lamps. With GlacialLight's specially-designed LED driver on board, the brand-new GL-AR111 LED Vega Series is compatible with all electronic transformers and can be placed in any halogen AR111 lamp socket immediately.

As a leading national supplier of occupational, health and safety equipment, MedSafe’s primary distribution facility near Houston, TX is strategically located to provide critical disaster relief supplies in the aftermath of a hurricane or tropical Gulf Coast storm. But, this optimum location frequently puts the facility itself in the direct path of severe weather.

Recently, Japan's Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is said to develop the world’s first 6-inch diameter gallium nitride (GaN) substrates for white LEDs. Presently, the white LED market has been growing using 2- to 4-inch sapphire substrates. As an alternative to sapphire, Sumitomo Electric began production of 2-inch diameter GaN substrates designed for use in white LEDs.

Based on low quality of all holiday LED light strings sold between Oct. 1 and Nov. 18, 2010, Home Depot has declared a voluntary recall.

Semtech Corp., has utilized its patent-pending, smart Automatic Dropout Prevention (ADP) technology to develop the industry’s first smart current sink LED backlighting platform , SC667 and SC668,with on-chip digital lighting effects for high-end handheld displays. This new platform is designed to replace boost converters and charge pumps in high-end handhelds, while providing high-quality display backlighting.

San Francisco-based LED lighting company, Elemental LED will kick off its first Cyber Monday sale which will discount all products by 35% for one day only, on Monday, November 29th, 2010, expecting to reduce costs of their products in order to make LED lighting accessible to a larger public.

The right lighting in stores has a very significant effect on how shoppers perceive merchandise and its attractiveness. Also exhibits in museums and galleries and at trade fairs only really show themselves to advantage when they are staged with the right lighting. With Startrack from OMS, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors equips a luminaire for the retail sector using high-performance Golden DRAGON Plus LED. These LEDs have impressive specifications and are small.

Solar LED lighting manufacturer Carmanah terminated merger with Lightech, a driver manufacturer based in Israel, but the reason was not clear. A leader of Carmanah said, the decision to terminate the Lightech agreement was a very difficult one, but after due deliberation, the Board of Directors determined that it was the only decision that could be made in light of the fact that the financing condition is incapable of being fulfilled by December 31, 2010.

Recently, Lite-On Technology (2301) reported that it has completed the world's first Optoelectronic Semiconductor Product Carbon Footprint Declaration and Environmental Product Declaration Type III, which a comprehensive Environmental Product Declaration and can be used as a base for improving the environmental impact of Lite-On's optoelectronics (LED) products.

Recently, a leader of Taiwan-based PTTC (passive device maker Polytronics Technology) noted, with lower demand, the company would delay the scheduled expansion to the end of 1Q11, which had planed to expand its monthly production ability for TCBs (thermal conductive boards) used in LED backlight units of LCD TVs to 100,000 square meters in the end of 2010.

Amtran Technology planed to enter the LED lighting market and would emphasize on family lightings. But until now, the company has no specific schedule for product release. It was said that LED had a share up to 10% in 2011 from 5% in 2010 in the global lighting market. Meanwhile, LED lighting market would start to strong competition in 2011.

Recently, it was reported that the time of BenQ’s launching own-brand products would move back to the first half of 2011 from the end of 2010. With the BenQ Group's original plan, it was to make Lextar Electronics set up an LED lighting brand and develop LED light bulbs, light bars and other products. But, Lextar has become an OEM partner. So, BenQ Group has chosen BenQ to run the LED lighting brand without conflict.

American Lighting has announced the launch of the good selling new, bright under-cabinet LED lights called the PRIORI PLUS LED. The energy-efficient LED offers a complete continuous dimming control for a light output of 100% to 0%.

IXYS Corporation has introduced an innovative inductor-less, high efficiency 1.2 A WLED driver, LDS8991, which is ideal for HB LED photoflash and torch for digital cameras, video cameras and smart phone. It can drive a HB LED at 1.2 A in FLASH mode or at 200 mA in TORCH mode, and provide full output power from a single-cell Lithium-Ion battery or supply voltage in the range from 2.7 to 5.5 V.

ON Semiconductor has announced the release of the CAT3649, a 6-channel, high efficiency Quad-Mode(R) LED driver coupled with Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), to ensure market leading efficiency in LED backlighting using only external capacitors.

Luger Research e.U. announced that a new, international LED symposium and exhibition focusing on LED lighting science and technology will be held annually in Austria. “Since LED technology is developing so quickly it is essential for companies today to identify the key trends, recognize winning technologies and establish their own technology networks”, said Siegfried Luger, founder and CEO of Luger Research e.U.

Seoul Semiconductor Corporation has signed an agreement with Singapore-based Vertex Venture Management to join force to seek and invest in companies with advanced capabilities in the areas of LED technology development, expecting to create synergy effects from effective investments and asset management.

Cree has provided its LED Module LMR4 with Cree TrueWhiteTM Technology and versions featuring Cree EasyWhite TM solutions with Digi-Key Corporation to extend Digi-Key’s inventory. The Cree LED Module LMR4 uniquely integrates driver electronics, optics, and primary thermal management, making the compact module drop-in ready.

At present, BenQ invented a 3D LED-backlit LCD monitor-- the XL2410T, with formality entering the professional gamer market. BenQ noted that the monitor was specifically designed for professional gamers and had invited the champion of the World GameMaster Tournament (WGT) to join product development.

There are traffic lights used the concept LED Sand Glass, which can help you know exactly how much time is left.   LED lights trickle down in a virtual sand glass that countdowns how much more Red and Green there will be. When it approaches 3 seconds left, the LEDs switch to yellow and give you an exact count on what's left.

SEMI has set up a HB-LED standards committee, which initiated standards task forces on four critical areas of LED manufacturing: wafers, carriers, assembly and automation.   According to SEMI, ''Unlike silicon wafers used in semiconductor manufacturing, there currently are no industry standards addressing wafer geometries, surface characteristics, wafer ID, wafer orientation, and other features, resulting in costly proliferation of wafer types and styles. ''

Tokyo-based OKI Data Corporation has received the "15th Annual, Fall 2010 BERTL's BEST Awards" for four of its new digital LED printers.   Among these four printers ,the C530 and C330 color LED printers received the Best High Performance Color Printer Award and the Best High Performance Monochrome Printer  have given to the mono LED printers, B431 and B411.