Company Recognized for Innovative Solid State Lighting Solutions   Traxon Technologies, a global leader in solid state lighting and control systems, today announced that is has been named a winner in the second annual Production Innovation Awards (PIA), presented by Architectural SSL Magazine. A testament to its industry leadership and innovative technologies, Traxon Technologies received awards in two categories, “Best Renovation/Retrofit using SSL” and “Cove/Linear/Wall Wash.” Traxon Technologies, known for state-of-the-ar...

Panasonic Corporation recently announced to launch a 40W equivalent LED lamp Clear Type in the European market from July 2012, marking the beginning of its full-scale entry into the European consumer LED lamp market. The company will expand its LED lighting business in Europe with both lamp and device businesses. It plans to significantly expand the lineup of LED lamps for consumers and businesses, as well as LED lighting devices for lighting equipment manufacturers, within the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 (FY2013). As for LED lighting devi...

The sales of LED celling lights have boomed from the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake, with energy efficient appliances performing particularly well. According to GfK, LED celling lights have seen a remarkable increase, with their unit sales share soaring from 2.9% in March 2011 to 50.1% in March 2012. In terms of value, there was a notable rise of 64.1% over the same period of analysis, marking the first time sales of LED celling lights have exceeded fluorescent celling lights in both units and value. In 2011, the overall celling light market experienced...

Lunera® Lighting, Inc. recently has introduced the SERIES L7 LED luminaire. Featuring efficient third generation LED technology, the sleek luminaire is available in 4ft and 8ft segments, can be ordered in three direct/indirect light distribution configurations and is intended for continuous run applications. Lunera SERIES L7 fixtures are sold out for second quarter delivery and facilities nationwide are now pre-ordering for third quarter applications. The aesthetically pleasing SERIES L7 luminairies are designed as an open platform, easily integrate...

Collaborative Workshop Created Universal Symbol for LED Lighting As the world prepares to celebrate Earth Day, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE)  and The Noun Project are pleased to release 15 new symbols for energy-efficient technologies, including LED lighting, designed during the recent Iconathon at the Cree campus in Durham. The symbols are now available for public download here. “By collaborating with The Noun Project, we now have a universal symbol that represents LED lighting, filling a significant void in the energy-efficient lighting lan...

According to Nichia, the company has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Harvatek and the German distributors MSC Microcomputers Systems Components Vertriebs GmbH, "Gleichmann & Co." Electronics GmbH and Glyn Jones GmbH & Co. Vertrieb von elektronischen Bauelementen KG, at the District Court Düsseldorf in Germany on March 29, 2012. The court found with judgments of the same day that Harvatek and said distributors infringe Nichia's patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929) (hereinafter called "YAG patent") concer...

Projects in Hohenschwangau, Germany; Ithaca, New York, and Washington, DC, Rise to Top of Entries in 29th Annual Lighting Competition   GE Lighting announced three finalists in its 29th annual international GE Edison Award competition today at Light+Building 2012, one of the world’s largest trade fairs for lighting and intelligent buildings, held in Frankfurt, Germany. This year’s finalists represent lighting design innovations for a museum renovation and expansion, a university addition and an institution’s new headquarters building. ...

Preview: Lighting Design Salon at Green Lighting Shanghai 2012 Across the world, LED lighting is widely acknowledged as revolutionary. This new, efficient solid lighting source is long-lasting, environment friendly and consumes little energy.  It comes in a broad range of colors, the light is emitted from tiny bulbs and it has numerous other benefits. When LED is used indoors, you don’t see the light projected by traditional lamps.  Rather, a glow is emitted from the ceiling.  The myriad of possible lighting displays can resemble a star-studded sk...

Taiwan government has announced the island’s electricity rates for the manufacturing industry will be hiked by 35% starting from May 15, the rates for commercial sites will be raised by 30% and rates for households will increased by 11%. To counter the upcoming implementation of new electricity rates, Taiwan’s enterprises are increasing installations of LED lamps. As a result, the island’s LED industry will benefit a lot. The lighting manufacturers including Delta Electronics, Everlight, Edison Opto Corp., Lextar Electronics Corp. have landed cons...

New Bulb Joins the Company's Wide Selection of High Quality LED Products Lighting Science Group, the world's premier LED lighting manufacturer, announced today the production launch of a revolutionary high output 8-watt LED MR16 bulb that is a direct replacement for traditional MR16 50-watt halogen bulbs. Suited to a variety of applications that require directional lighting--such as track lighting, recessed ceiling lights, desk lamps, pendant fixtures and retail display lighting--the DEFINITY(TM) MR16 HO LED bulb will be the first of its ...

As Earth Day is around the corner, The Home Depot has prepared to sell Philips LED 60-watt replacement bulb for celebration in New York City. The Philips LED 60-watt replacement bulb uses just 10 watts of energy, has the same color quality as standard incandescent lights and lasts for over a whopping 25 years. It retails for $49.97, though it does promise savings of more than $6 in energy costs a year and leaves a much smaller carbon footprint than the traditional incandescent bulb. Additionally, it also gives off more of a natural-looking light and doesn’t co...

Chinese major LCD-TV maker TCL Corp., will partner with Harvatek Corp. a Taiwanese LED maker 15% held by silicon foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), to build an LED package venture, in the mainland’s southern coastal province of Guangdong. Under their cooperation, it’s estimated to cost around RMB200 million in investment spending, will be equally shared by the two companies in cash. The venture is scheduled to operate production for the second half of this year, with initial output set at two billion packages a year. According to in...

Veeco Instruments Inc. recently participated in an investment signing ceremony at the 2012 Korea Investment Forum in New York City to commemorate the Company’s substantial investment in a new R&D facility in Seoul, Korea to advance high brightness light emitting diode (LED) technology. The Investment Forum event, jointly sponsored by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), brought together government officials, investors, industry experts and business leaders from South Korea an...

From April 6th to 9th , Shenzhen YYC LED Lighting Co. Ltd attended Hongkong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) with its latest fin-type LED lighting products. As a leading fin-type LED brand, YYC’s LED series naturally became highly sought-after products for buyers across the world during the exhibition.     Figure 1  YYC-LED’s salespersons and clients are taking photos together According to the person in charge of the exhibition, YYC displayed a variety of LED product series including ceiling lights,...

The the joint venture relationship between Mitsubishi Electric and Osram will be constructively dissolved in the process of the merger. However, in consideration of the solid 23-year relationship, Mitsubishi Electric and Osram have agreed to maintain ties in the areas of sales and production, and continue to be strategic global partners in the lighting business.

Taiwan’s LED industry seems to recover as the government planning to hike electricity rates and capacity utilization rate at Taiwan’s LED companies approaching 100%. According to industry executives, chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy Inc. have sold out their capacities for the second quarter while productions at packagers Evelight and Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. are approaching full capacity. Harvatek Corp. has won contracts to supply LED backlights used in iPads while Opto Tech Corp. has secured subcontracts from Sharp. According to Uni...

According to Taiwan-based Delta Electronics CEO Yancey Hai, the company has under its talks with several Japanese customers for contract orders for LED bulbs as well as solar power generation and storage systems, as they’re plagued by an estimated 20-30% shortage of power supply following the mandatory suspension of commercial nuclear plants in Japan. Hai pointed out that inquiries for the said products from Japanese customers are expected to keep increasing in the short term. And the company is optimistic about business outlooks in the second quarter of this year. ...

According to chairman of Sinocon Industrial Standards Foundation of Taiwan, R.L. Chen, LED lighting, solar energy, and 3D glasses projector are set to be on the top of the agenda at an upcoming annual meeting designed to set industry standards for Taiwan and mainland China. The setting common standards would help strengthen the industries on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait when competing with South Korean manufacturers. Chen pointed out that Taiwanese and Chinese representatives attend the 2012 meeting, which is to be held sometime in the second half of this year ...

Denim House has equipped its Taiwan first energy efficient fashion store, opened in early 2012 in Hsinchu County, with Ecomaa’s product-Eco-AR111 series, to build up the low-carbon environment and also create a combination of green technology and pop elements! Ecomaa, who advocated eco-friendly concept, provided it’s long-life LED AR111 spotlight series to reduce the power consumption of the stores. The LED bulbs saving more than 60 percent of energy consumption and also more than 35 percent of electricity annually compared to traditional lighting methods.It...

Luminus Devices, Inc., has showcased its CBT-90 white LED which is available with guaranteed minimum CRI of 90 and typical CRI of 93 at Light + Building, April 15-20 at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. The product has a typical R9 value of 85, allowing it to beautifully render deeply saturated reds. "CBT-90 with high CRI takes our customers to the next performance level," said Chuck DeMilo, Global Director of Product Marketing for Luminus. "Physicians can now accurately render deep red colors of tissue and blood during endoscopic ...

Expanding Everlight's Lighting Series component portfolio, EVERLIGHT Electronics [TSE:2393], one of the world's leading companies in LED Lighting introduces a brand new high power, high brightness LED package, the "Shwo D" Series - our new powerful, bright and economic (superb $/lm) LED series in a compact ceramic package. The Shwo D series is a surface-mount high-power device featuring high brightness combined with a compact size (3.5x3.5x0.58mm) that is suitable for all kinds of lighting applications such as general illumination, flash, spot, signal, industr...

New GE LIGHTING Infusion™ LED modules represent a significant step in achieving interchangeability. GE Lighting has made a significant breakthrough in the move toward greater standardization of LED light engines with the announcement of its first *Zhaga-compliant products. GE Lighting's full range of Infusion™ LED modules will be shown at Light+Building, one of the world's largest trade fairs for lighting and intelligent buildings, carrying the Zhaga logo based on the modules being designed to the approved Zhaga 'Book 5' spe...

Lusio to display cutting-edge commercial and industrial LED lighting fixtures at Upper Midwest Electrical Expo, April 18th and 19th at the Minneapolis Convention Center Lusio Solid-State Lighting today announced plans to display the company’s innovative, high efficacy commercial and industrial LED fixtures at the Upper Midwest Electrical Expo, Booth 502. The event takes place April 18th and 19th at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota.   Lusio recently announced the general availability of its new line of high efficacy fixtures: the L...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center (LIFTRC) of Korea recently selected the TurboDisc® K465i™ GaN Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system for research and development of high brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs), including green LEDs and ultraviolet (UV) LEDs.

ACULED delivers the balanced combination of CCT, high CRI, high R9, and the light output needed for surgical, examination, and dental operatory lighting   Excelitas Technologies, a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced the introduction of its newest model in the ACULED® Family of Chip-On-Board LED packages, one expressly designed to meet the rigorous performance requirements of medical applications such as surgical operating room lights, e...

GE Lighting LED solutions were recently installed in several locations at Marriott International's headquarters located in Bethesda, Md. The installations have enriched lighting quality, heightened employee security and improved energy efficiency. Following its corporate campus-wide lighting update, Marriott will use 860,000 fewer kilowatt hours (kWhs) of electricity and save more than $120,000 in combined energy and maintenance costs a year. Enhancing outdoor security while saving money Security and energy savings were top priorities when considering new lighting to ...

Cree Pushes Performance Limits to Deliver 25 Percent Brighter LEDs LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces the MT-G2 LED – the first EasyWhite® LED array built on the SC³ Technology Platform. The new XLamp® MT-G2 LED delivers LED lighting manufacturers 25 percent brighter LEDs compared to the previous MT-G, enabling a wider spectrum of high lumen applications. MT-G2 LEDs are designed for high-output, directional lighting applications and are the ideal replacement for lighting applications that c...

The first session of the twenty-third conference of the Board held on March5,2012,considered and voted to adopt  the motion,  "invest to Shenzhen Radiant Technology Co., Ltd. and the acquisition of part of the shares  ".Increasing capital to Shenzhen Radiant Technology Co., Ltd. (//www.roeled.com/) and acquisition of part of the equity of the original shareholders, which let Unillumin obtain  60% equity of Radiant. After the capital increase and share transfer,Radiant formally became the Holdings subsidiary of Unillumin. Radiant is a...

Improved casing increases brightness and cools spotlight FZLED’s latest spotlight sports an all-new look for stronger illumination and improved heat dissipation. The AR111-00 Series spotlights deploy Cree LEDs in an aluminum casing with scalloped edges. The casing’s ridges and valleys increase the spotlight’s surface area for more even heat distribution, without adding bulk to the 0.15 kg spotlight. Illumination is brighter than ever with the new casing, increasing light behind the spotlight as well in front. The AR111-00 Series glows for more than 3...

Zhaga is a global consortium of companies from the international lighting industry. Members are luminaire manufacturers, LED module makers, material and lighting component suppliers as well as service providers like laboratories. Zhaga is dedicated to making LED light engines interchangeable through standardized LED module interfaces. Since its establishment in February 2010, Zhaga has grown rapidly and today has over 180 members. The following contains a listing of our current members. The companies with booth numbers have indicated to Zhaga that they plan to display Zhag...