Currently, led by Shenzhen Environment and Energy College of Beijing University and Ningbo Aite Lighting Co., Ltd., Aite-Beijing University Solid State Lighting Lab was set up in Jiangbei District. Reportedly, Ningbo Aite Lighting Co., Ltd. is devoted to the testing of LED chips and components, LED components assembly, reliability testing of lighting devices, LED lighting designing and so on. Aite Lighting Co., Ltd, of Ningbo Fonwa Enterprises, is in Jiangbei Economic Park, whose registered capital is 100 million yuan, with the investment tota...

As Canaccord Genuity analyst has noted that Cree won a deal with GE, both the two company denied that the largest U.S. conglomerate has selected the lighting manufacturer to supply GE light-emitting diodes, disputing an analyst's assertion. "There is no basis for this rumor. We have not made a decision," said Kim Freeman, a spokeswoman for GE's appliance and lighting unit. Cree spokeswoman Erin Grohs also denied that any deal had been reached. Officials at Canaccord did not respond to requests for comment.  ...

Luminus Devices has introduced the SSM-80 warm white LED for general lighting.   It is designed for indoor directional and spot lighting applications and will have an initial release in warm white color points of 2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K. It can achieve up to 100 LPW at 350mA, and more than 1,600 lumens at its top end rated drive condition. The SSM-80 is tested and binned at a nominal input drive condition of 1A and 12V, which makes it electrically compatible with a wide array of commercially available off-the-shelf drivers and ballasts. Other featu...

Reportedly, Phillips’ LED lighting has been installed in Phoenix Children's Hospital, to create an escape for the hospital's patients and families and a distraction from the medical ailments surrounding them. The lighting design of the project was led by Dallas-based Scott Oldner Lighting Design using innovative interior and exterior LED lighting from Philips Color Kinetics. The lighting solution from Philips Color Kinetics was used to outline the building's distinctive architectural fins, while creating a visual canvas to display artistic animat...

Reportedly, Cree has won a contract from General Electric for producing 60 watt LED replacement light bulbs. According to Canaccord Genuity analyst Jonathan Dorsheimer asserts in a research note, “We have finally confirmed that Cree has indeed won GE’s 60W replacement bulb business,” and estimated the deal would add 69 cents a share on pro forma EPS over the next five years, with a range of 32 cents to $1.60 a share, with sales from the deal over the five-year period ranging from $337 million to $1.6 billion.  ...

~ SMT China magazine and EM Asia magazine conferred the awards at NEPCON China 2011 ~   Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, earned two prestigious awards for innovative technology during NEPCON China 2011. Both the VISION Award from SMT China magazine and the Innovation Award from Electronics Manufacturing (EM) Asia magazine were presented to Nordson ASYMTEK for product excellence in the dispensing category for its jet dispenser for side-view LED manufacturing. This was the fifth year i...

Organized by LEDinside, LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications will be grandly open in Shenzhen on May 27, 2011. Conference Title: LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications Organizer：  LEDinside Date：May 27, 2011 Time：9:30 A.M.-4:20 P.M. Venue：Sydney Room, Marco Polo Hotel, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Speaker Profile LEDinside has invited heavyweights throughout the LED industry from home and abroad as our speakers, including D...

Reportedly, Advanced Renewable Energy Company, (ARC Energy) has released a statement strongly against the Complaint filed by GT Solar Crystal Systems LLC and GT Solar Hong Kong, Limited. ARC maintains that its sapphire crystallisation equipment and processes are entirely its own, and not linked to those used by GT Solar Crystal Systems and GT Solar Hong Kong. The company issued that “GT’s action will not distract ARC Energy’s commitment to providing its customers with the most advanced technologies and best possible products...

The City of Sarasota has chosen the Aimed Optics™ LED fixtures produced by Sunovia's lighting division EvoLucia Inc. for the replacement of approximately 200 traditional streetlights and landscape lights to reduce their energy consumption and enhance the downtown and tourist areas for its city-wide energy saving project. According to Sunovia, the EvoLucia lights were chosen because they were superior to other fixtures on the market for energy savings and effectiveness in lighting. Additionally, recently this year, the Department of Energy awarded Sunovia'...

Toshiba has released a flexible OLED panel driven by oxide semiconductor TFTs at the 49th SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition (SID 2011). The company is able to use plastic substrates with lowering the highest process temperature in the formation of oxide TFTs to 200°C. The prototyped flexible OLED panel has a screen size of 3 inches and a pixel count of 160 x 120. To realize color display, Toshiba formed white OLED elements and color filters on oxide TFTs. The oxide semiconductor constituting the TFTs is indium gallium zi...

Recently, Panasonic has showcased its 200-foot wide LED display at a special event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. During the Friday night NASCAR Education Lottery 200 truck event,the screen was only used with a moving background and an 80-foot (or so) image taking up residence in an inset position. Panasonic released the full power of this operational 200 foot wide video screen, it looked very professional and clear. The camera's LCD panel forming a mismatch with the LED screen's individual pixels.  ...

Nichia had filed an provisional injunction action in Tokyo District Court against Koyo Business Services, Inc.(Koyo Business Service Kabushiki Kaisha) . Nichia believes white LEDs used in 3 inch LED warm white color downlighting products (product name: "PICASONA"; model number: K-CL3-WA5) which Koyo claims to be manufactured by a Korean LED lighting product manufacturer LumiRich pursuant to an OEM arrangement with Koyo and imported to Japan and sold by Koyo, infringe Nichia's patent (No.3700502).  ...

It’s said that LG Electronics is produding low-priced LED light bulbs to expand its market including discount outlets among sales channels. The company is launching four models, including a 7.5 watt light bulb priced at 13,900 won, the lowest in the local LED market. Early this year, LED light bulbs for home use began being sold at “LG Best Shop,” its retail chain. Now retail outlets such as E-mart will also carry the lamps. LG Twin Tower, headquarters of LG Group which has been going through remodeling, has diverse LED products insta...

Reportedly, Hi Score Corporation has received approval on a bid for lighting from DMD Lighting. The sales order is coming through DMD Lighting and Energy Control Systems, the newly acquired Hi Score subsidiary. This latest large order is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. The appointment was made just weeks after Mr. Falso accepted the position as CEO of Hi Score owned DMD Lighting & Energy Control Systems Inc.Mr. Falso was brought on to bolster the company's lagging gross sales volume.   ...

Recently, Royal Philips Electronics have poured EUR 40 million to increase its production capacity for OLED-based lighting at its facility in Aachen, Germany, to support the rapid growth of Philips’ OLED business, with increased availability of Philips OLED modules for high-end design lighting applications for decorative and ambience creation purposes. This additional capacity at Philips’ OLED facility in Aachen is expected to be available in 2012. In addition, Philips also recently opened its Lumiblade Creative Lab in Aachen, inviting li...

Recently, AIXTRON has received a large multiple order of its G5 HT MOCVD Planetary Reactor for the industry standard LED production platform from Samsung LED. The new systems will be installed within this year at Samsung’s latest state-of-the-art production facility and be used for volume production of HB blue and white GaN-based LEDs for television back-light units and LED lamps for solid-state lighting applications. Samsung LED has been using AIX 2800G4 HT GaN MOCVD systems for several years. Following successful commission...

GT Solar has introduced the ASF™100 advanced sapphire growth system, which increases yielded output of sapphire material by producing a larger, 100 kilogram sapphire boule in the same chamber as previous versions of the furnace. According to Cheryl Diuguid, vice president and general manager of GT Solar’s sapphire equipment and materials group, “We have received an enthusiastic response from early adopter customers for our ASF sapphire growth systems as they enter the market to provide high quality sapphire material for the fast-growing LED industry. O...

GlacialTech Inc., a diverse provider of cooling, power supply, and PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications, is excited to showcase the latest and greatest LED drivers & GREEN battery chargers as well as LED lighting solutions for outdoor/indoor/industrial applications at COMPUTEX 2011. At this year's COMPUTEX, GlacialTech will reveal a full range of products, in addition to demonstrating its new and unique material treatments. Visit GlacialTech at the Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth #J411 (6 units) from May 31 to J...

Excelitas Technologies, a global provider of innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced today that it has opened a new LED Center of Excellence at its facility in Shenzhen, PR of China. The new site will serve as a base for Excelitas Technologies to develop and manufacture advanced LED-based lighting solutions and to showcase its innovations and technologies to customers in China. Excelitas executives, CEO David Nislick and senior vice president and general manager Joel Falcone, as well as local dignita...

It’s reported that Samsung has kicked off becoming a new leader in the U.S. lighting market as the industry shifts into the digital age. In April 2009, Samsung LED was established globally, channelling the company’s expertise in the electronics and electro-mechanics fields into the production of cutting-edge LED lighting. And to support the company’s expansion into the U.S. market, an American centre of operations has been established in Atlanta, Ga. Samsung’s initial line-up ranges from omni-directional incandescent replacements to fluoresce...

Company to showcase LightBEEMTM, a complete, easy-to-deploy lighting control and energy management system that delivers facility-wide control, lowers energy costs and dramatically improves system's ROI BEEMTech , a global provider of advanced Lighting control and energy efficiency management solutions, will be showcasing LightBEEMTM at LIGHTFAIR® International 2011, the world’s premiere annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. Based on patented technology, LightBEEM's retrofit-ready design allows it t...

On the eve of North America's largest lighting show, Lightfair International, GE presented its prestigious 2010 GE Edison Award to Alexander Rotsch and Andreas Schulz of Licht Kunst Licht AG, a lighting design firm in Bonn, Germany. The pair was honored during a presentation in Philadelphia on May 16, 2011, for lighting the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany, a global materials and technology group. They were presented with a personalized Steuben crystal award for their win. This was the firm's second consecutive Edison Award win. Schulz and...

NexPhase Lighting , Onteco Corporation’s subsidiary has attended the pre-bid conference for the North Lauderdale LED Lighting Project for the procurement of over two hundred 2x2 LED lighting fixtures. Only those who attended the pre-bid conference will be allowed to submit a bid and closed bids will be reviewed on May 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Jon Cooper, President of NexPhase, believed that the NexSense 2x2 Troffer fits this bid opportunity very well and they were anxious to submit our proposal to the city. The City of North Lauderdale expects to fina...

Reportedly, Carbon Futures , Hong Kong-based British company, plans to introduce LED lighting to Sri Lanka for the replacement of even compact fluorescent lights. According to Anthony Arman, Managing Director of Carbon Futures, the two-member team of British experts headed by him has already informed the Sri Lankan government agencies they are ready to assist in addressing the country’s carbon emission reduction policies, by advising them on the most equitable pathway to realizing significant additional revenue streams, whilst achieving full compliance with exis...

Jenoptik´s business unit Optoelectronic Systems, which experts in manufacturing optoelectronic systems and polymer optical components, has joined force with LEIDS GmbH & Co. KG to present innovative LED illumination solutions at the  tradeshow transport logistic 2011 for the first time. The two companies have agreed to sign a development and cooperation agreement in the field of LED industrial lighting which runs for 5 years. Under the cooperation, they mainly targets at the common development and production of components, modules and highly efficient...

Reportedly, the CAO Group has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah based on the fact that GE Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Lighting Science Group, Nexxus Lighting, Sharp Electronics, Toshiba International Corporation, Feit Electric Company, and Lights of America infringed CAO Group's patents of LED light source solutions. The CAO Group believes that these companies infringe CAO Group's patents at the core of LED light source solutions as following: 1. US Patent No. 6,465,961 -- Semiconducto...

Taiwan`s major LED maker posted lukewarm revenue records last mounth, sliping 2.74% from a month earlier, to NT$1.69 billion (US$59.2 million at US$1: NT$28.6); Everlight scoring 0.3% less revenue with NT$1.42 billion (US$49.6 million); and Edison Opto reporting a 3.2% contraction to NT$249 million (US$8.7 million). Executives from Epistar estimated the company`s gross margin for April to stand above 25% while the company itself estimated its monthly gross margin to surge 30%. Industry executives estimated packager Everlight`s revenue for the second quarter ...

Recently, Nichia had filed a provisional injunction action in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Koyo Business Services, Inc. (Koyo Business Service Kabushiki Kaisha) from infringing Nichia's patent. Considering white LEDs used in certain LED lighting products (product name: “PICASONA”; Type 20 straight tube lighting product and 3 inch downlighting product) which Koyo claims to be manufactured by a Korean LED lighting product manufacturer LumiRich pursuant to an OEM arrangement with Koyo and imported to Japan and sold by Koyo, infrin...

Lately, the PolyChroma team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been selected as the winner by the 2011 Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech (BSC) Launchpad for cash, glory and the ear of the U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The theme of this year’s competition was “Creating Jobs for a Green Economy.” Marnix Hollander, Kurtis McKenne, Chunguang Charlotte Wang and Jon Garrity who came from MIT composed of the team and focused on a venture for developing optics for the next generation of LED lighting. Their tec...

It’s reported that Google has intended to cooperate with Lighting Science Group to launch the first Android-connected LED bulb. With the first Android-connected LED bulb, customers can use cell phone, tablet or laptop to wirelessly control these LED lights at home. The bulb is an omnidirectional, A19, 60-watt equivalent and it will be available by the end of the year. Plus, Google has also created its own wireless protocol to connect devices in the home — from dishwashers, to thermostats to lights — over Android.  ...