Taiwan`s major LED chipmakers ,such as Epistar Corp., Formosa Epitaxy Inc. , Genesis Photonics Inc., Lextar Electronics Corp., are expanding output to meet the LED supply explosively increasing supply challenge this year. Epistar Corp., has agreed private placements of less than 300 million shares, hoping raise nearly NT$26 billion in cash.

Oxley Developments acquired a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation, to provide engineering LED services for the ships’ navigation and signaling lights for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.  

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company has ordered an additional AIXTRON G5 HT MOCVD reactor. According to Mike Pugh, Chief Procurement Officer of Philips Lumileds, the G5 system’s fully automated operations through integrated wafer handling causes their attention, so they choose G5 system at their San Jose facility.

Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) has integrated its supply chain of LED lightings. The major integrated company includes Nan Ya Photonics Inc., Formosa Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd. andFormosa Energy & Material Technology Co., Ltd.

Tekcore Co., Ltd., Genesis Photonics Inc., and Lextar Electronics Corp. launched over NT$11.3 billion expansion plans, which came from syndicated loans. Among the loan, Genesis received NT$1.5 billion from 12 banks, Tekcore secured a loan of NT$1.8 billion with Chang Hwa Bank, and 8 banks agreed to lend NT$8 billion to Lextar.

OSRAM LED installation at the Siemens headquarters in Munich turns public viewing into an impressive event

Hitachi America, Ltd.'s Digital Media Division announced UltraVision® UltraThin LED Series in its 2010 line of LCD HDTVs. The new Hitachi UltraThin LED models thickness are less than two inches and use the latest high-efficiency LED technology while delivering stunning Full HD 1080p 120Hz picture quality. Compared with conventional LCD models, these models are mercury-free and ENERGY STAR® 4.1 qualified, consuming less power without compromising on image brightness or color vibrancy.

Focusing on creating a flat-panel LED lighting system for architectural and commercial lighting for global markets,Rambus Inc. and GE Lighting signed a licensing agreement for the use of Rambus'patented lighting innovations, including its product reference designs and manufacturing process know-how.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has chosenSpire Corporation as the recipient of a Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a LED based solar simulator. Spire mainly produces solar simulators using pulsed light lamp light sources. It will develop a next generation solar simulator, based on LED technology.

Formosa Epitaxy Inc. has played a role on the global supply chain of pico projectors. Licensed by U.S.`s Luminus Device for use of V-GaN technology, Formosa's green LED chip is improved to more than 100lm/W, and being used in handheld and built-in pico projectors.

Unity Opto Technology Co. has tapped supply chains of Japan’s LCD TV brands Sony and Sharp. It plans to start delivery of LED light bars to Sony and Sharp’s designated makers of BLUs  in the fourth quarter of this year, and will be able to attain annual revenue of over NT$8 billion  for the whole year.

Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America introduced the second 4G-capable handset, Samsung Epic™ 4G, a Galaxy S™ smartphone and Samsung Mobile’s first 4G Android™-powered device. This handset features an exceptionally thin smartphone design with a slide out, full QWERTY keyboard and 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display.

Aixtron cooperate with the University of Duisburg-Essen's Center for Semiconductor and Optoelectronics (ZHO), the Department of Electronics Materials and Nanostructures in a NaSoL nitride nanowires project.

Osram releases new flexible, bendable LED light strips LEDsDeco Flex, using for design and decorative residential lighting. In these lightings, with a remote control, a selection of different colors and atmospheric lights can be selected. It also announced the Backlight Power LED light chains for illuminated advertising and backlighting of signs and logos.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will in partnership with Stion Corp. of the United States to set up a factory in the Central Taiwan Science Park to produce CuInGaSe2-based (CIGS-based) thin-film solar cells. In this factory, Stion will transfer its CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) PV technology to TSMC in exchange for No.1 pure silicon foundry's pledge to supply it solar cells using the technology.

Bright LED made a deal with a Beijing-headquartered state-run corporation for LED billboards measuring 1,400 square meters. It’s estimated RMB17 million. According to the company’s chairman, J.R. Liao, the company`s revenue for May set a new high of NT$523 million. And it estimated the revenue for June will reach NT$600 million and for the entire year to top NT$6 billion.

Bayer MaterialScience set up its first Asian functional films research centre in Singapore, focusing on coated high-tech film and nanotechnology to meet growing demand from the Asia-Pacific electronics market.

Bridgelux released neutral white versions of ES and RS LEDs, with a colour temperature of 4,100K. ES devices offer 400, 800 and 1,200 lm, while RS device delivers add up to 3,400 lm, expanding the existing 3,100 lm warm white and 4,500 lm cool white RS range. ES and RS LEDs are square: respectively 25 and 50mm across. There is also a 'star' version of ES.RS devices operate at 2.1A with a forward voltage of 26V.

Osram Sylvania will introduce LED lamp to take a share of the market in August. The lamp uses 12 watts, 80 percent less electricity than the standard 60-watt incandescent, and emits nearly as much light. It's supposed to last 25,000 hours.          

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given a reward of $99,927 SBIR Phase I contract to Universal Display Corporation. So Universal Display plans to increase white phosphorescent OLED lighting efficacy to meet Energy Star criteria.

OptoDrive, with its LED lighting modules, continues to expand its worldwide network by appointing Glasslite Pty Ltd as its Australian and New Zealand distributor. This new appointment is a welcomed new addition to our existing network which currently successfully supplies to Europe, UK, USA and many other parts of the world. Glasslite is currently working in cooperation with another Australian company that specialises in the design and manufacture of medical examination lights –

Avago produced HLMP-Ex1A/1B-xxxDV (15°) and HLMP-Ex3A/3B-xxxDV (30°) to follow the European Standard EN 12966-1 for variable message traffic signs. And they are Pb-free and RoHS-6 compliant. These 5mm extra bright LEDs are available in red and amber colors. The maximum LED junction temperature limit of +130°C makes high temperature operation in bright sunlight conditions possible. To reduce the effects of long term exposure to direct sunlight, the lamp epoxy uses UV inhibitors.

Samsung Electronics America Inc. introduced 50 Series LED-backlit monitors. These monitors have four sizes , the 20 inch, BX2050, 21.5 inch BX2250, 23 inch BX2350 and 24 inch BX2450,and each delivers a >95% sRGB color gamut and 170 degree horizontal viewing angle. They contain Samsung’s “Magic Angle” technology, so no matter what angle the image is viewed from, the user can tailor settings to maintain full contrast and color depth.

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) conferred the gold award, which is the top award at the International Design Excellence Awards 2010 (IDEA 2010) to Panasonic Corporation for its EVERLEDS LED light bulbs (standard E26 base and compact E17 base).

Southern Imperial releases Allura™ LED Light Kits. It allows retailers and display designers to use flexible, cost effective, and elegant lighting for under shelf and accent lighting on displays and fixtures.

Jimmy Kimmel's production team has chosen LG CNS LED solution for the set of their Lostseries' finale show. They wanted a large indoor display system that would really standout and pop in the studio during then broadcast, and LG CNS had just the right technology.

Vizio provided some details on its 2010 3D TVs, including showing the first 3D model for the U.S. market to offer passive glasses technology. According to Vizio, there exists no 72-inch screen size anymore; the release date has been postponed from "August" to "Q4" of this year; the "XVT Pro" designation has changed to "XVT3D"; and instead of incorporating Bluetooth technology, the glasses will rely on infrared like those of other TV makers.

 

BeLight Special Edition on Architectural LED Lighting is to Debut in October 2010

ACG Electronics has announced its first modular LED High Bay Industrial Light, AltiLED7 (110 Watt) and AltiLED4 (65 Watt).And the patented design provides connection of lighting modules with specified angles. Features: