The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in UK has sent a notice recently asking boat and vessel owners to refrain from using white LED retrofits in traditional tungsten filament tricolor navigational lights.

The Indian government intends to slash LED bulb retail prices from the average retail price of INR 300 (US $4.52) to INR 44 (US$ 0.66) under its DELP scheme, reported Times of India.

On Sep. 10, MLS announced that the company will spend RMB$ 180 million (US$ 278.2 million) to purchase stock in Kaistar Lighting with private fund, acquiring 10.91% of Kaistar’s shares.

In general, LED Manufacturers performed quite well over the past eight months in 2015. But competition among LED manufacturers intensified through price wars, patent disputes and fighting over distribution channel were overwhelming. A summary of recent lawsuits among these manufacturers as following:

Osram announced it will sell its stake in Foshan Lighting (Felco) as part of its company restructure process. LEDinside analysts believe the company is trying to raise its lighting business value by selling the businesses separately. In an exclusive interview with LEDinside, Rahul Bammi, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Lumileds and David Cosenza, the company’s Product Manager for the LUXEON Color LED Family spoke about how they are positioning their newly launched LUXEON Color C products at the entertainment and architectural lighting businesses. Seoul Viosys and SETi’s UV LEDs are being used by NASA for sterilization aboard the International Space station (ISS). Taiwanese LED manufacturers revenue performance down 20% during first half of 2015.

The specs on iPhone 6s were not far off from early predictions in the industry, such as Apple will be redesigning the phone to meet selfie enthusiasts’ demands, reported Chinese-language media TechNews.

Sapphire screens were missing on Apple’s latest smartphone again. Apple fans waited in eager anticipation in front of their computer monitors during the twilight hours of Sept. 10, Beijing time, just to catch a glimpse of the new products at the annual fall product launch event.

The lens of the bulb can shatter in the lamp or the lens fall off and shatter, posing a laceration and burn hazard.

VolkerHighways has been awarded a GBP 21 million (US $32.42 million) contact to maintain nearly 41,000 streetlights in Bournemouth and Poole over the next 10 years.

Heliospectra, a world leader in intelligent lighting technology for plant research and greenhouse cultivation, has had its European patent application approved by the European Patent Office. This marks the seventh region to approve the Company’s core patent, as Europe joins the U.S., Russia, China, Canada, Japan, and Hong Kong.

World leading UV LED solution company, Seoul Viosys(CEO Jaejo Kim, www.seoulvisys.com) and leading U.S. based short-wavelength UV LED pioneer and manufacturer Sensor Electronics Technology Inc (CEO Emmanuel Lakios, www.s-et.com) signed an agreement for joint-commercialize and expand related sales of the Violeds technology which was reported used by NASA aboard the International Space Station.

Osram announced Wednesday it would be selling its 13.5% stake in Foshan Electrical and Lighting (Foshan Lighting) to a subsidiary of Guangdong Rising Assets Management (GRAM) for more than EUR 350 million (US $392.51 million).

AIXTRON, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, has sold the first OPTACAP™-200 encapsulation tool to a major Asian display manufacturer. The standalone R&D system that handles substrate sizes of 200 mm x 200 mm was ordered in the third quarter 2015 and is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter 2016.

The U.S. Department of Energy's CALiPER program has released Report 22.1, which is part of a series of investigations on LED MR16 lamps. Report 22 investigated the photometric performance of 27 LED MR16 lamps compared to benchmark halogens. Report 22.1 examines the photoelectric performance of that same set of lamps, using commercially available transformers and dimmers, as well as laboratory power supplies providing either AC or DC.

TCP recalls nearly 30,000 connected LED downlights over potential shock hazards.

ON World’s recently published report covers the global market for residential wireless lighting controls based on input from over 2,100 individuals including consumers, smart home service providers, vendors, suppliers, retail outlets and professional installers.

Osram’s transformation is making further progress: the company has agreed to sell its 13.5% stake in the Chinese company Foshan Electrical and Lighting (Felco) to a subsidiary of Guangdong Rising Assets Management With this move, Osram will dispose of a non-strategic investment. The agreed selling price is more than EUR 350 million (US $392.51 million), which corresponds to a premium of more than 30% over the current share price. Osram expects to have a pre-tax gain of around EUR 300 million from the transaction, which is expected to be booked in fiscal 2016.

Several large lighting brands have made large scale recalls over the past three months in the North America market, such as Cree, Osram Sylvania and IKEA. Even large lighting brands are not exempt from occasional faulty products. LEDinside takes a closer look into these recalls trends.

Verbatim, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, recalled its Classic A 6W and 9W LED light bulbs after tests conducted by UK consumer group Which? revealed the bulbs were vulnerable to electric shock risks, reported the group recently.

The Indian government should make manufacturing standards for LED lights applied in Prakash Path Yojana (PPY) mandatory, The Economics Times cited a Philips spokesperson saying.

U.S. designer Zac Posen showcased his Zac by Zac Posen diffusion line at an auditorium at Industria Superstudio, which was the first major show to kick off New York Fashion Week, reported Mashable.

Running has become more popular with the rise of health awareness in the past few years. But it also poses problems to urban runners’ on-road safety. Runners are supposed to run at any time they desire, rather than being confined by the condition of daylight. 

Reliance Energy backed Indian power company BSES discoms sold some 1.6 million LED bulbs in Indian metropolitan New Delhi over the last three months as part of its energy conservation promotion, reported The Economic Times.

Low demand in laptop and TV backlight worldwide and LED bulb price  wars led by major LED manufacturers, most Taiwanese LED manufacturers incurred revenue losses during first half of 2015.

New research may help explain why drug treatments for addiction and depression don’t work for some patients.

Traffic  Technologies  Ltd  (TTI)  is  pleased to announce that it has achieved its first sales of LED road lights in Victoria.

This scary photo is not a cosplayer trying to imitate Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th or a Stormtrooper wannabe. Underneath the mask is renowned Hollywood actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba, who is undergoing a LED skin therapy treatment session, reported The Daily Mail.

The North-Eastern railways (NER), one of the 17 railway zones in India, held a bid to support its plan of energy conservation and environment preservation by installing solar power panels and energy saving LED lighting to its facilities.

United Power Research Technology (“UPRtek”) announced the signing of an agreement with Dragon Image ("Dragon Image "), for the distribution in Australia and New Zealand markets. Under the terms of the agreement with Dragon Image, Dragon Image will exercise market and handle commercial activities for UPRtek handheld spectrometer MK350 series and flicker meter MF250N in Australia and New Zealand.

Speaking at a roundtable at IFA 2015 in Berlin, a top official of LG Electronics (LG) revealed the company’s plan to sell five times as many OLED TVs in the second half of 2015 than it did in the first half with the aim of making LG OLED the new standard of TV by the end of the year.