The Tokyo SKYTREE is lighting up by Panasonic LEDs, symbolizing the start of a bright new future for Japan. Located in the Oshigami district of central Tokyo, the historical heart of the Edo region, the SKYTREE stands at an astounding 634m, giving visitors to the tower a previously unseen view of the city.   The LED lighting used on the SKYTREE has been supplied by Panasonic. The color design scheme of the lighting reflects the traditional Edo roots of the region, with a pale blue, representing the Sumida River, and a royal purple, known as &...

At the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, Philips has discussed China’s LED transformation in the lighting industry with China Association of Lighting Industry (CALI) and China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSSLA). During this panel discussion, China’s leading industry leaders will also discuss opportunities how the government, trade associations and companies can collaborate in driving this transformation. Ms. Guan Baiyu, Secretary-General of CSSLA says, “The LED lighting industry is to enter a new wave of growth. G...

LEDforum 2012 Guangzhou is to kick off with industry heavyweights at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Room # 8 on June 11th. Organizer :       Co-organizer： Date : June 11, 2012 Time : 9 am – 5 pm Venue : Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex (Please enter directly from Area B) Overview This time, LEDforum 2012 will provide a perfect platform to interact with global LED market leaders from Osram, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Henkel (China), Lextar, Aixtron, Veeco Instrume...

Philips Lumileds’ new power LED family is 80% smaller, offering greater design flexibility for next generation lighting solutions At a size that is 80% smaller than traditional power LED, the new LUXEON Z offering from Philips Lumileds is the company’s smallest LED package to date. With a total footprint of just 2.2 square millimeters and high lumen output across a full spectrum of colors from 440-670 nanometers, including white, the LUXEON Z offers luminaire designers the industry’s highest commercially available lumen density.  In add...

As a strategic partner of ANTA Sports,GE Lighting’sleading lighting solution has benefitedtheirstores’ refurbishment program through enhanced retail displays and optimizedmerchandise illumination. The specified products - GE CMH PAR30 and EM ballast- provided high efficiency, long life span and superb overall lighting quality designed for retail environments.ANTA shops have enjoyed reduced energy consumption and maintenance costs whilst improving the brand image and customer experience. Established in 1994, ANTA Sports is a leading top sports good...

Power Integrations has released a reference design kit for a 150 W, 48 V power supply for LED streetlights and other industrial/infrastructure lighting systems. The driver circuit described in RDR-292 is more than 93% efficient at 230 VAC input and above 91% at 110 VAC. The design delivers a system power factor of greater than 0.97, THD of less than 10%, and easily meets EN61000-3-2 C. Designs can be scaled from 75 W to 400 W, using the same platform, simply by choosing different HiperPFS™ (PFC) and HiperLCS™ (LLC) family members and si...

AIXTRON SE today announced that a new customer, Sinoepi, a leading manufacturer of wafer materials in China, has placed an order for one MOCVD system, a CRIUS II-L reactor in a 69x2-inch wafer configuration. The system will be used for the production of epitaxial wafers for ultra-high brightness (UHB) gallium nitride (GaN) based LEDs. The reactor was ordered in the fourth quarter of 2011 and was delivered during the second quarter of 2012. AIXTRON´s local service support team will install and commission the CRIUS II-L at the Sinoepi ...

Cooper Lighting has claimed to create IRiS™ Lighting Systems P3LED directional series, the World's First Zhaga Certified LED Recessed Luminaire. Developed for demanding commercial and residential applications, the P3LED 3-inch aperture LED recessed series combines the flexibility of interchangeable optics with energy savings, long life and the sustainability of LED. The P3LED's unique design allows the light distribution to be modified during construction or years later by changing out the optical elements (trims), which are available in d...

Honors include Next Generation Luminaires(TM) and LIGHTFAIR® International competitions. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has backed up its claim of developing innovative products by recently bringing home a total of 18 awards from major industry competitions. Honored in the Next Generation Luminaires(TM) (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition, LIGHTFAIR® International Innovation Awards (LIA), Architectural...

Edison Opto, a Taiwanese leading Manufacturer in high power LED market, has successfully developed a novel technology which provides high performance, high luminous flux and high CRI into HR series products. Besides, Edison Opto has introduced the products which fit the specifications of Zhaga－EdiLex Spot Light Module (SLM). Edison Opto will participate in the Guangzhou International Lighting Fair 2012 and showcase their latest LED products and the applications of Edison LDMS plan (Lighting Design Manufacturing Service). Edison Opto has success...

Japanese Nara Institute of Science and Technology has made a breakthrough on integrated optical neural stimulation and observation device incorporating an LED and a CMOS image sensor, which will help researchers in the field of optogenetics, which involves the use of light to alter the behaviour of cells. Compared with a CMOS sensor, which is an approach that has been adopted by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, UK, it is possible to build a similar system with an avalanche photodiode array. According to lead-author Takashi Tokuda from Nara Institute...

Double the system brightness for embedded projection thanks to a new green LED component from Osram Opto Semiconductors An integrated miniature projector that can display images on a much larger surface than existing displays is the next giant leap for smartphones and cameras. This is known as embedded projection and uses LEDs as the light source. The greatest challenge so far for lighting technology has been the limited efficiency of the green light emitting diodes. This is because high brightness is essential if the projected image will be seen with ambient light. The Os...

Tower Bridge has gotten an LED makeover funded through a deal between the Mayor, City of London and London 2012 sponsors GE and EDF for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Work began in November to fit the 1,800 special energy-efficient LED lights, 6,562ft of energy-efficient LED linear lights, 16,404ft of cable and 1,000 junction boxes. The lights will be in place for 25 years. The state-of-the-art lighting system, which is aimed at brightening the bridge and picking out its architectural features, had its first switch-on last night. Colou...

Philips has introduced the new TruGroove lineup of LED for offices, classrooms, retail & healthcare environments applications. TruGroove features an innovative optical design, patented MesoOptics technology. This allows TruGroove to make spaces more visually comfortable by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precisely-controlled batwing distribution. Its 3" narrow aperture lens provides full end-to-end luminance without socket shadows, which is ideal for commercial applications such as offices, classrooms, libraries, retai...

Lighthouse Technologies has launched 19mm outdoor display panel using surface mounted (SMD) LEDs. The new “Impact 19” panel extends the successful “Impact Series” enabling Lighthouse to become the first ever company to offer a full range of SMD LEDs outdoor display series specifically for the permanent installation market. With superior visual performance and a significant price advantage, “Impact 19” provides a radical new 19mm pixel pitch making it ideal for sports arenas, outdoor digital signage, advertising billboards, shoppi...

Borealis Lamps Will Reduce Lighting Costs by 80 Percent and Last Up To 10 Years   PolyBrite International, Inc. manufacturer and creator of Borealis® LED Lamps and Lighting Systems announced the installation of Borealis LED lamps at the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield.  Borealis lamps will reduce interior lighting costs by about 80 percent and should last for up to 10 years.   Ninety-five percent of the Executive Mansion’s interior light fixtures will be LED equipped as a result of the PolyBrite installation. ...

As a global leading  brand, GE Lighting is thrilled to showcase its comprehensive portfolio of current vertical market lighting solutions as well as innovative new lighting technology, applications and products for 17th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition from June 9th to 12th, 2012 (Booth 3.1 B02). With the theme “GE Lighting Envision the Future”, GE will deliver its commitment to lead the global lighting revolution and the vision of GE Works to build a better life for the world.   The global lighting market has experienced turbulent up...

Amerlux received Five Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Awards during the fourth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) design competition at LightFair International in Las Vegas. Amerlux received NGL Awards for the Hornet Line Voltage LED Track Luminaire, Hornet LED Multiples, the Evoke 2.9 G2 LED Recessed Downlight, the Evoke 4.75 G2 LED Downlight, and Evoke 4.75 G2 LED Wall Washer.  In addition, these Amerlux products have met the latest ENERGY STAR® Program V1.1 Requireme...

LED plant strengthens the company’s position in the lighting industry’s largest market OSRAM AG has signed a contract with the Wuxi New District Administrative Committee to build a new assembly plant in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. LED chips will be packaged in housings at the new backend facility starting in late 2013; with the Regensburg and Penang (frontend) plants exclusively continuing to make the actual LED chips. “The new assembly plant will improve our access to the world's largest single market in the lighting industry,” s...

Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronic Co., Ltd , a LED lighting professional OEM/ODM supplier, will showcase its last LED products at the 17th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition from June 9th to 12th. Absen’s Booth is in the Hall 4.1 No.C59, the company will show a series of products including LED tube, LED bulb, LED downlight, LED panel light and so on. Additionally, the company will arrange technicians to demonstrate the new products , in order to help visitors learn more about  LED lighting. Currently, Absen mainly has ten...

Zhejiang Tormin Electrical Co., Ltd, recently has developed a high power LED which can replace 400w incandescent bulb. Its luminous flux reaches 10800 lm, which is equal to 90 lumens/watts. Although it is not the first 400 watt-equivalent LED lighting, the company has opened the door to manufacture high brightness LED lighting in the energy-saving lamp industry....

Royal Philips Electronics will light the majority of football stadiums in Ukraine and Poland, including the Olympic stadium of Kiev (NSC Olimpiyskiy). These stadiums are, amongst other, venues for the European football championship this year during this summer’s football tournament. The installed Philips lighting includes pitch and façade lighting, illuminating six of the eight stadiums (Donbass Arena, Metalist stadium Kharkiv, Arena Lviv, Poznan City stadium, Municipal stadium Wroclaw and Kiev Olympic stadium) that will be hosting the games. Th...

Toshiba has expanded its cooperation with the Louvre Museum to replace part of the interior lighting of the Louvre with its own LED lighting. It’s the Phase 2 of a renovation project that Toshiba and the Louvre Museum have cooperated since 2010. During the Phase 2, the Louvre Museum will see renovation of LED lighting in important interior spaces. It includes specific exhibit lighting for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa , and for the Red Rooms, which display famous masterpieces such as Jacques-Louis David's Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I...

Bigstone Technology Co., Ltd., from Ningbo, China, has claimed to develop the world’s most convenient LED headlamp. The new LED headlamp are passed the National certification in the field of Automotive Headlamps testing in Tianjin, Changchun and Xiangyang, which is the first in China. More important, compared with The audi A8L that has much higher price than any other domestic vehicle which owns the whole LED automotive headlamp, product from Bigstone Technology accounts for 30% of the total price of audi’s headlamp. Therefore, Bigstone Tec...

Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, has made a breakthrough on a 10-inch diameter AlN-on-sapphire template using its patented plasma vapor deposition of nanocolumns (PVDNC) technology. The PVDNC AlN templates are chosen by manufacturers of blue, green and white LEDs as a replacement for bare and patterned sapphire substrates. The 250mm (10-inch) sapphire substrate was provided by Monocrystal Inc of Stavropol, Russia, which provides sapphire products and metallization pastes to the semiconductor, optical, and photovoltaic industries. According ...

Digital Lumens, announced LightRules 2.0 and a new 13,000-lumen intelligent fixture. LightRules 2.0 Improves Lighting Control and Insight LightRules 2.0, the latest version of the Digital Lumens lighting management software, offers an enhanced set of management, reporting and analysis capabilities, including interactive facility mapping, 'what-if' analysis, and baseline reporting for evaluating lighting scenarios. These are in addition to the daylight harvesting capabilities and other scheduling and reporting capabilities already in LightRules. New 13,000-Lum...

Hubbell Lighting has cooperated with the City of Greenville, SC, Duke Energy and GE to announce the launch of a new LED street lighting pilot program along the city's Main Street as a part of the City's "Greening of Greenville" program. According to the program, Hubbell Lighting will utilize its four different types of LED outdoor pedestrian lighting fixtures to replace 250 watt high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamped street lights known as cobra-heads, and 215 watt mercury-vapor pedestrian post-top fixtures along the sidewalks on the Hyatt Regency...

WIGAN Council Energy Management has halved energy bills and Co2 emissions at one of their busiest car parks by installing award-winning LED lighting.  This work has been carried out as part of the council’s borough wide Carbon Management Programme, which has delivered energy efficiencies of over £200,000 over the last five years in council buildings. The new light fittings now installed at Water Street Multi Storey Car Park use 45% less energy than the pre-existing system.  Also with the use of light sensor control they will save the counci...

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, announced the publication of a new series of standards for component level testing of high-brightness/power LEDs. Development within JEDEC’s JC-15 Committee involved LED industry leaders, and resulted in the new JESD51-5x series of standards aimed at thermal characterization of power LED components.  The series is in compliance with the International Commission on Illumination (CIE)’s existing LED measurement ...

Hitachi Appliances is to release 80 W-equivalent LED Bulb on June 15th. The new bulb gives off almost 1160 lumens, and consumes 11.4 watts. It can be available in E26-base, and diffuses light like the incandescent light bulb. With the new bulb, it can not only improve the brightness, but also reduce power consumption. Nuclear power shortage has driven up demand for LED lamps after the March 11 earthquake. Hitachi Appliances will diversify LED bulbs on brightness and light distribution to cater different demands from customers....