The latest in cutting-edge video display technology will be showcased at this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show with the unveiling of two next generation LED display screens from one of Europe’s leading manufacturers, EKTA. Exhibiting at ISE, which is being held at RAI in Amsterdam from 29-31 January, EKTA will be launching its state-of-the-art iLVM 4C-Qs LED-Wall Indoor series and LVM 6C-Q LED-Wall Outdoor series, both of which are designed and built at EKTA’s facility in Ukraine. Further technologic...

Veeco has received an order for multi- and single-chamber TurboDisc® MOCVD Systems, including the new MaxBright® M™, from KaiStar Lighting Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Epistar Corporation and Shenzhen Kaifa Technology Co., Ltd., which is based in Xiamen, China and began LED production in 2012. The systems will be added to KaiStar’s existing fleet of Veeco MOCVD systems as part of their 2013 capacity expansion plan. MJ Jou, President of Epistar Corporation commented, “This latest capacity expansion in Xiamen i...

Japan's LED lighting market is expected to account for around 40% of the global LED lighting market from 2012-2013 with penetration rate expected to exceed the global penetration rate, according to Toshiba Lightech. Furthermore, thanks to rapid decreases in price and market growth in Europe, the US, and China, the CAGR of the global LED lighting market from 2010-2020 to reach 31%, Toshiba Lightech adds. According to president and CEO of Toshiba Lightech, Tooru Shibuya, the firm introduced LED light bulbs in 2009, and in 2011, the LED light bulb ...

LEDs set to eclipse fluorescents in lighting industry. Although priced at around 20 times more than the incandescents, LED lighting bulbs last much longer and use far less electricity, a savings that homeowners are beginning to recognize.   As retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's sell LED bulbs aggressively and manufacturers improve the technology, prices for them are falling steadily. In addition, because the light in LED bulbs comes from chips, companies have been able to develop software applications that let users control the bulbs, even change the color o...

Japanese researchers Akinori Koukitu and Yoshinao Kumagai, who are professor and associate professor, respectively, at the Division of Applied Chemistry, the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), and researchers of Tokuyama Corp. , have made breakthroughs on a deep ultraviolet LED that has the world's highest levels of output characteristics. With a forward current of 150mA, its output and external quantum efficiency are 20mW and 3.0%, respectively. There were two problems in the development of the deep ultraviolet LED: developing a high...

Scientists from University of Georgia have made breakthroughs on creating an LED that emits a warm white light using a single light emitting material, or phosphor, with a single emitting center for illumination. One of the researchers on the project, Zhengwei Pan, an associate professor in the department of physics in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and in the College of Engineering, said in a posting on the UGA website, “Our material achieves a warm color temperature while at the same time giving highly accurate color rendition, which is somethin...

The Nova Scotia government is investing another $1 million in a company that makes LED lighting for the province’s roads and highways and exports its products around the world. Nova Scotia Business Inc., the province’s business development agency, announced that it is making the equity investment in LED Roadway Lighting, based in Amherst and Halifax. Including this latest investment, NSBI has made an $11-million equity investment in the company since 2009. “A company needs cash to fuel that growth,” Peter MacNeil, NSBI’s di...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) is extending the revolutionary XSP Series LED Street Light portfolio to deliver municipalities improved performance at even more affordable price points. The new XSP2L™ LED street light increases lumen output over 35 percent compared to the original XSP luminaire. The XSP2L LED is the ideal replacement for outdated high-pressure sodium and metal-halide fixtures up to 400 watts. Delivering better performance and lower cost per lumen, the Cree® XSP Series LED Street Light boasts an industry-leading ten year wa...

Lumenpulse Inc. has signed an agreement with Lutron Electronics, which is engaged in the lighting controls and energy management market. The agreement allows Lumenpulse to embed Lutron's EcoSystem technology directly into Lumenpulse's entire LED product line, both indoor and outdoor LED luminaires. Lutron's EcoSystem is a commercial lighting control system that is comprised of digitally addressable dimming ballasts and LED drivers, controls, and environmental sensors. These components provide businesses with energy savings from 40 to 70%, while increasin...

Samsung, LG and Panasonic have unveiled OLED displays at CES in Las Vegas. Promoted by them, OLED industry is still in the stage of steady development, but the market for OLED displays is apparently growing rapidly. According to Research and Markets, in 2011 the OLED displays output worldwide more than tripled compared to the previous year to approximately $3.3 billion. And it predicts that worldwide output is expected to reach $6.7 billion in 2012, more than double the 2011 figure. The shipment of OLED display panels around the globe reached 190 mill...

The 7th annual LED Korea 2013 is to take place from January 30th to February 1st in Seoul, Korea, and manufacturers and suppliers of LED products, equipment and materials will get together to discuss the latest trends, technologies and business opportunities in LED manufacturing. The global LED market is anticipated to exceed $13 billion in 2013, driven by continued double-digit growth in solid state lighting. Global manufacturing capacity will grow 24% in 2013 with Korea continuing a leading position, representing over 15% of the world’s production capacity. ...

Verbatim will launch a new range of LED products based on Seoul Semiconductor (SSC)’s ”nPola” technology. Since 2010, Verbatim has been introducing a growing portfolio of high performance LED lamps to the lighting market. To address market requirements for LED lamps that more closely approximate the characteristics of halogen lighting, Verbatim will launch a new range of LED products based on Seoul Semiconductor (SSC)’s ”nPola” technology. “nPola” utililizes gallium nitride (GaN) substrates from Verbatim&r...

UL International Italia S.r.l. (Underwriters Laboratories) has been appropriately accredited or recognized to conduct the following LED Lighting Facts test procedures: IES LM-79 for total flux and color (required label metrics and some optional electrical and color metrics; LM-79 sections 9 and 12) and IES LM-79 for intensity distribution (some optional metrics; LM-79 section 10). As of June 1, 2012, LED Lighting Facts accepts test reports only from Testing Laboratory Partners on the Approved Testing Laboratories list. //www.lightingfacts.com/ap...

Definity(TM) Ranks Amongst the Best PAR 30 Reflector Lamps on the Market Today Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting technology companies, announced that its DEFINITY™ PAR30 LED lamp has been recognized by the IEE, an Institute of the Edison Foundation, as one of the TOP TEN best LED lamps. Using an innovative approach that factors in energy efficiency, light quality, cost, and consumer appeal, three energy efficiency leaders -- IEE, TopTen USA, and Ecova ...

AIXTRON SE announced that China’s Focus Lightings Tech Inc. has ordered a number of CRIUS II-L systems for mass production of gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting diode (LED) epitaxial wafers. The systems will be configured to handle up to 69x2-inch wafers per run. The purchase was made in the fourth quarter of 2012. Shipment of the systems started in December 2012. Huarong Pan, Chairman of Focus Lightings Tech, comments: “We eagerly await delivery of AIXTRON’s latest CRIUS Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) generation ...

The first JENCOLOR Innovation Forum (www.jencolor-innovations-forum.de) took place in Jena, Germany, on 5 September 2012 and offered an overview of the application scope and possibilities of JENCOLOR products. The event was full to capacity with almost 80 participants. Unfortunately, it was not possible to accept all of the attendance requests. The Forum was organized by the initiators Dr. Fred Grunert (CEO at MAZeT GmbH), Dr. Klaus Schindler (CEO at OptoNet e.V.) and Prof. Dietrich Hofmann (Network Manager at SpectroNet & VisQuaNe...

Londis store improves shopper experience whilst saving over £17,000 AWARD-winning lighting manufacturer, MHA Lighting, is helping a Londis convenience storeslash its lighting energy bills by 63%. The projectat Hillnews, Darlington, will cutlighting energy bills by 63% and Co2 emissions by 63 tonnes. Greater Manchester-basedMHA Lighting replacedtraditional fluorescents throughout Hillsnews’shop floor, back office and post office areaswith a selection of their award-winning TiLite fittings. Hillsnews owner and Londis Retail partner,And...

LEDs would usurp traditional efficient light bulbs based on the prediction for LED market share, policies to phase out incandescent bulbs as well as overall environmental performance. Market share According to a US Department of Energy report forecast in 2012, LEDs will surge in the US lighting market, to a 36% share in 2020 and 74 per cent in 2030 , implying $30 billion in annual energy savings by 2030. The study, "Energy Savings Potential of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications", forecast rapid gains after 2014 as prices cont...

The Empire State Building (ESB) is asking the general public to determine the official standard colors for its new LED tower lights from January 14-20. Each evening from sunset to 2 a.m., January 14-20, 2013, the North, South, East and West sides of the building will light up the New York City skyline in four shades each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink (in this order, one color per night). Local tri-state area residents, who see ESB's lights nightly, are invited to look up at the building and vote for their favorite shade of color via th...

Bright, uniform, reliable channel letter lighting is important to the brand image of countless businesses. Inconsistent or unlit elements can undermine customers' positive perceptions. With more than 20 million linear feet of Tetra® product installed worldwide, GE continues to provide business owners and sign makers with the easy-to-install, worry-free and dependable LED channel letter lighting systems they demand. "Professionals appreciate and specify GE LED sign lighting for more than its quality and reliability. They go with GE because we've designed ...

A Japanese research team has announced on January 10 that it developed a new efficiently deep ultraviolet sterilization LED lamp, featuring small volume, electricity saving, environmentally and long lasting ,compared to traditional low pressure mercury lamp. Currently, low pressure mercury lamps are widely used in medical and food application. Because of the environmental harm caused by mercury, researchers are seeking for substitutes. Deep UV is an ultraviolet ray that has short wavelength with high efficient of killing bacteria. And the substrate crystallization has influ...

At CES 2013, Panasonic has exhibited a 56-inch 4k OLED display. The company applied its own printing process to the display and cooperated with Sony in the development of the display's oxide semiconductor. Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga stressed the large size, vivid color and slimness of the display in a keynote speech, however, the company has not disclosed when to mass-produce the display or its expected price....

SEMI's HB-LED Standards Committee has approved its first standard, specifying sapphire wafers used in making HB-LED devices. Five categories of single-crystal, single-side polished c-axis sapphire wafers are covered by the new HB1 standard: •    Flatted 100mm diameter, 650μm thick, •    Flatted 150mm diameter, 1,000μm thick, •    Flatted 150mm diameter, 1,300μm thick, •    Notched 150mm diameter, 1,000μm thick, and •    Notched 150mm diameter, 1,...

Dialight saw its share price soar 38p to 1,053 as it announced a contracts bonanza that has meant doubling the sales force to keep pace with demand. The company had reported strong revenue growth in the segment in November driven by adoption of LED based lighting products. Now Dialight reveals that lighting segment revenues have grown by over 70 per cent versus the full year of 2011 and by almost 80 per cent in comparison to the second half. The sales force has more than doubled over the prior year and is expected to continue to grow strongly. Lighting sales growth has ...

PhotonStar LED Group plc, continues to work with CSR plc (CSR) in the development of its Bluetooth Smart home lighting products.   The firms worked closely to create a joint LED lighting demonstration on the CSR booth at CES International 2013 in Las Vegas, showing how Bluetooth low energy wireless technology can enable smartphones, tablets and other connected devices to control systems such as lighting throughout the home. Photonstar’s existing LED lighting system is fully colour tuneable and dimmable, and the addition of CSR’s Bluet...

Intematix introduces its XR Series of red nitride phosphors for use in extending the color spectrum of LEDs. XR brings Intematix's total number of long wavelength phosphor offerings to six. Long wavelength phosphors play a central role in extending the color range of LED applications like general lighting and displays including TVs, monitors and tablets. Intematix's product offering includes the XR, Ruby, LWR, ER and R red nitrides as well as the Orange silicate platform. The company holds over 400 patents and patent applications worldwide in LED lig...

LED Engin, Inc., a California-based solid-state lighting company specializing in high lumen density LED lighting components and optics, announced the successful completion of its Series E financing. As part of the Series E initial funding announced in April 2012, LED Engin was given the option of additional investment by lead investor GVT after achieving certain performance-related measures including revenue growth goals.  LED Engin successfully met all of the objectives increasing the overall funding in the round.  In parallel, LED Engin welcomes new...

SemiLEDs proudly announces its power improvements in its EV-LED family allowing single-chip emitters to achieve over 130lm/W. SemiLEDs announced its recent improvements in both epitaxial quality and chip process to its EV- family of LED chips. These improvements allowed a 10% increase in blue chip brightness and 8% decrease in forward voltage (Vf) during mass production, enabling its clients to achieve over 130lm/W with cool white and 110lm/W with warm white. The measurements were taken at 350mA. With Enhanced Vertical (EV) technology, SemiLEDs was abl...

Taiwan SemiLEDs Corp has declared that, on 2 January, David Young resigned as its chief financial officer, according to a filing announced by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Subsequently, on 4 January, the board of directors appointed Timothy Lin to serve as interim CFO while it conducts a search for a permanent replacement. Young has agreed to provide transition assistance to the firm for a period of time. Lin has been deputy controller since joining the firm in October 2010. Previously, he was a senior manager at Ernst & Young (Taiw...

Taiwan's Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) signed a memorandum of understanding in September for cooperation on LED lighting standardization with the European Photonic Industry Consortium (EPIC), Korea LED Association (KLEDA), Electrical & Electronics Association Malaysia (TEEAM), and Japan's LED Products Manufacturers' Association (LEDMA) and Decoration LED Spread Association (DLEDA). This is the first time that the Taiwan organization, a nonprofit that is overseen by the N...