Recently, Hubei Provincial Governor Wang Guosheng has made a visit to Taiwan Lite On. And Lite On’s chairman, Raymond Soong has announced to set up an operation center in Hubei Province of mainland China to tap the mainland’s thriving domestic market for optoelectronics products. The company’s optoelectronics products for the central region market will be LEDs, streetlights and lighting equipment in the initial stage. So far, the group’s investment in the province is a transformer-manufacturing venture held by subsidiary LSE Internation...

Lately, Klik Systems has engaged in ‘Luminous’, the world’s largest interactive light installations opening in the new Darling Quarter precinct in Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD). Klik Systems provides LED systems for the large new digital art canvas to help this new precinct become Sydney’s most loved community hub. The new Luminous at Darling Quarter will be a permanent platform solely for illuminated digital art – both animated and still. The ‘canvas’ extends over four levels of two campus-style buildin...

OSRAM SYLVANIA’s RLC22 - a new 2x2 luminaire for office, retail, education and healthcare environments, has win a Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Design Competition award sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), the International Association of Lighting Designers (ILAD) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The RLC22 features a high performance of over 85 lumens per watt and a unique styling in the form of a uniformly diffuse, round aperture within a form factor compatible...

As early in May, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, has issued the semiconductor lighting technology development- the 12th Five-Year Development Plan(draft), proposing that by the year of 2015, the LED lighting industry scale will soar to 500 billion yuan, and LED lighting products will account for 30% of the general lighting; it will specially focus on cultivating 20-30 domestic leading enterprises ,building 20 national industry bases as well as adding 50 cities to “Ten Thousand LED Lights in Ten Cities” program. At the same time, the above &...

Lexington-based QD Vision, Inc., a spinoff of MIT, has developed Quantum LightTM Optic and the lamp is termed a quantum LED (QLED), to produce both lamps and downlighting fixtures that emulate the warm colors of an incandescent bulb but provide much greater light power and lamp life-time. The mechanism behind this extraordinary development is the redistribution of color by means of “quantum dots”. The ability to tune the color of a quantum dot offers a way to redistribute the harsh LED light by placing a specially designed layer of quantum dots in fron...

Japanese Nanoco Group has made great breakthrough on a 1kg batch of green cadmium-free quantum dots for a major Japanese corporation, triggering a US $2 million payment to Nanoco. The green quantum dots were produced at Nanoco's production facility in Runcorn, Cheshire. It marks major technical achievement by Nanoco because green dots are significantly more challenging than red ones due to their smaller size. The Japanese corporation plans to incorporate Nanoco's red and green quantum dots including the backlighting of LCD displays and LED-based general li...

Cooper Notification, a solution platform of Cooper Industries has introduced the industry's first LED notification appliances. Its Wheelock Exceder(TM) Series expands to include LED horn strobes, strobes and horns in one of the smallest, most compact single gang designs. As the first LED notification appliances to be UL listed for both public and private mode Life Safety applications, Cooper Notification's patented technology provides the industry's lowest current draw. It allows for energy savings of up to 52 percent compared to competitive mode...

First issued patent of 7 patents pending around Lumentalk technology Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced it has received U.S. Patent 8,179,058, issued May 15, 2012. The patent, the first of seven pending for the company’s Lumentalk™ technology, provides a method of intuitively reading a traditional analog TRIAC dimmer in a digital fashion, which enables digital control of LED lighting over existing AC po...

On May 16, Chinese premier wen jiabao presided the standing committee of state council, and passed The basic public service system Planning on 12th Five-Year .According to the new plan, the government schedules to arrange for 2.2 billion yuan RMB to promote energy-saving lamps and LED lights.

Manila’s Boni Tunnel is bathed in Philips solar-power LEDs. It’s the first time in the country that LEDs and solar panels have been integrated into one system that will enhance driver safety when using the 280-meter tunnel.   The lighting system consists of Philips tubular LED lighting systems that are solar-powered by day and is powered by the Meralco power grid at night via a grid-interactive photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic system is made up of the solar panels along with the power converter, and is hooked up to the Meralco grid. With the system...

Dow Electronic Materials has announced to acquire a private, US-based research company Lightscape Materials, Inc., to expand its LED technology portfolio. But financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Major Lightscape Materials' investors included Wisepower, a Korean company, and Silicon-Valley based SRI International. Date back to October of 2011, Dow has announced the formation of a new LED Technologies business segment to capture current and future demand for LEDs in the solid-state lighting market. Aside from  the newly added...

Recently, U. S. Navy ships have placed $1.5 million order to Energy Focus, Inc., for  IntelliTube(TM) LED fluorescent replacement tubes, IntelliTube LED berth light fixtures and a variety of high performance LED globe fixtures.   According to Roger Buelow, Energy Focus CTO, "Energy Focus LED products have a 50,000-hour lifespan compared to the 1,000-hour bulbs in incandescent globes and 7,500-hour fluorescent tubes while using less than half the energy. In addition, our LED fixtures are designed for easy installation. The globes use th...

Innovative Lusio LED high bay fixtures deliver superior quality of light and substantial energy savings   Lusio Solid-State Lighting announced the installation of Lusio SSL fixtures at the new Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Criminalistics Laboratory (JCCL) located in Olathe, KS.  Completed this spring, the new 62,500 square foot facility is expected to achieve LEED Platinum certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the highest rating a building can achieve under the council’s Leadership in Energy...

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) announced that the 200th licensee signed up to its LED luminaire and retrofit bulb licensing program. As a result, Paulmann Light GmbH has gained access to Philips’ comprehensive portfolio of patented LED technologies and solutions offered in the licensing program. The announcement marks a significant milestone in the Philips LED luminaire licensing program, enabling and fostering the industry’s growth in its transition from conventional lamps to energy efficient LED-based lighting solutions. A...

LEDforum 2012, organized by LEDinside and Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, will be held at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Room #8 on June 11, 2012. The sessions at the LEDforum will dissect the development of the LED industry in the next five years, the channel strategy of the Chinese LED industry and the challenge facing it. As for the concurrent sessions in the afternoon, they will focus on the prospects for the LED industry and the LED lighting market, the key development of the LED manufacturing process and equipment, providing a thorough analysis on the LED market.

"Several major brands have recently announced their intentions to cut LED bulb prices to encourage uptake in the consumer market. But what impact might this cost-cutting drive have on the quality of the technology we’re supplying and its future in the market?   Consumer reluctance to pay higher prices is a minor obstacle to widespread LED adoption compared with the disappointment and ultimate rejection that would result from technology falling short of expectations. As an industry that has learnt this lesson the hard way, we should know better. After all, we&rsqu...

Recently, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) has recognized Finelite Inc., as a winner of the 2012 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Indoor Design SSL Competition at LIGHTFAIR International in Las Vegas, Nevada. Finelite is among the 43 manufacturers who submitted over 187 products for consideration but only 53 products, including the HPR-LED has been chosen as a “Recognized” winner in the recessed modular category. The HPR-LED collection is a complete family of luminaires – 2x4, 2x2, 1x4, 1x2, 1x1 and wallwash - w...

Recently, Noribachi has successfully completed the installation of ultra-efficient, cold temperature compatible LED fixtures by Mark Pereira of C.I.M. Electric at Agro-Jal Farms’ new state-of-the-art cold storage warehouse. According to the company, the HIGHBAY.M is an indoor highbay solution exclusively distributed by Noribachi in the United States. Noribachi’s HIGHBAY.M fixtures deliver an astounding bright, natural white light that allows fruit and vegetable inspectors to determine ripeness without taking a trip outside, a serious inconven...

Astronics Luminescent Systems , a subsidiary backed by Astronics Corporation , has been selected by Learjet Inc., a subsidiary of Bombardier, to supply LED-based cockpit lighting panels for its newly introduced Learjet 70* and Learjet 75* light business jets.   Astronics will provide a complete suite of instruments panels that are illuminated with LEDs which provide increased reliability while reducing power consumption.  ...

SWITCH Lighting(TM) is offering liquid-cooled LED A-lamps to the hospitality industry and has received great feedback on their light quality--which matches the warm, room filling glow, and dimmability of an incandescent, with no drawbacks like the warm-up time and hazardous ingredients associated with CFLs. The full line includes 40, 60, 75, and 100 watt-equivalents, with the latest addition of the first-ever 3-Way LED lamp. Named SWITCH3-Way, it's a 25/50/75 watt-equivalent LED replacement A-Lamp. The full line is also on display for the hospitality...

O2Micro(R) International Limited was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,120,280 for its Circuits and Methods for LED control. This invention controls the power delivered to the LED string to achieve the predetermined brightness, including proper dimming control. "O2Micro's invention provides a user-friendly dimming control frequency to LED lighting applications," remarked Dr. Yung Lin, executive vice president, O2Micro....

The main benefits of the interface specifications for LED light sources With its interface specifications, Zhaga makes it possible to develop interchangeable LED light sources. Menno Treffers, Secretary General of Zhaga, summarises the most important benefits as follows: Success factor cost reduction. "LED light sources improve rapidly. A state-of-the-art LED light source will be mediocre within six month after its introduction. That forces manufacturers of LED luminaires to constantly upgrade the LEDs in their products. They can upgrade without re-d...

Albeo H-Series LED High Bay has received Top 2012 Next Generation Luminaries (NGL) Award sponsored by US Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society, and the International Association of Lighting Designers at Lightfair International 2012(LFI) in Las Vegas. The Albeo H-Series LED High Bay was honored for its modular design that provides an industry leading lumenrange of 5,840 to 82,893, and the capacity to replace  the majority of fluorescent and HID high bay lighting products currently on the market. The NGL Best in C...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Testing and certification organization MET Laboratories as a Certification Body (CB) for Luminaires (including sub-components), Integral LED Lamps, & Set-Top and Cable Boxes under the ENERGY STAR® program. The EPA recognition establishes MET as an independent third-party eligible to certify products to ENERGY STAR energy efficiency requirements for these categories, in addition to already recognized categories.   MET Labs qualifies and verifies that produ...

According to Christopher Ruud, vice president of Ruud Lighting, the company has been awarded the national contract to supply outdoor LED lighting for Walmart's Neighborhood Markets. Ruud confirmed the information Monday night at the Mount Pleasant Village Board meeting. "This new Neighborhood Market will be a showcase for emerging technologies," he told Mount Pleasant trustees. "To be able to have a store down the street as a showcase is great for credibility for the technology and our business as a whole."  ...

LED Lighting Taiwan 2012 organized by Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), is to be held on June 19-21. This time, Cree, Osram, Philips, Panasonic, Seoul Semiconductor, Epistar, Everlight, Lite-On Technology Corp., Delta Electronics Inc., Formosa Epitaxy Inc., Kingbright Elec. Co., Ltd., Genesis Photonics Inc., Lextar, Nichia, MonoCrystal and GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd will join the event. They will display their latest products ranging from epitaxy wafer and sapphire to packages and lighting fixtures a...

Recently, a team of researchers from North Carolina and Japan have jointly made a breakthrough on UV disinfection using LED technology. As we know, aluminum nitride (AlN) is used in LEDs, based on its strengths which can handle a lot of power and create light in a wide spectrum of colors, particularly in the UV range. But AlN LEDs to create UV light have been severely limited because the substrates that served as the foundation for these semiconductors absorbed wavelengths of UV light that are crucial to applications in sterilization and water treatment technolo...

Company Joins Mayor Vincent Gray for the Installation of the 1,360 Street Lights Marking the End of First Phase of Project Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting companies, today joined Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and officials from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Department of the Environment (DDOE) to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the relighting project that will save the city tens of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs. Part of the ...

New CEO will lead Oree to commercial success by bringing its LightCell technology to the general lighting market Oree announced that LED lighting veteran Peter van Strijp has been named as the company’s new CEO. Mr. van Strijp has served as Oree's Chairman of the Board. This move comes as Oree’s focus shifts into aggressive sales, while building new channels and acquiring new high-profile accounts. The company is increasing its emphasis on the general lighting market for its LightCell™ technology, with an emphasis on Europe and Asia. E...

Resources from gizmag.com show that Osram Sylvania has intended to release its 100 W-replacement LED light bulb, joining its Sylvania Ultra series: a 20 W, 1600 lumen light bulb with a warm, "incandescenty" color appearance of 2700 K. Osram Sylvania claims its LED light bulb boasts omni-directional output, though none of the manufacturers has produced data to quantify this to our knowledge (which it is possible to do). It’s estimated that Osram Sylvania's 20 W Ultra should hit shelves between June and September this year....