Although, China’s luminaire industry reached a certain scale, most luminaire manufacturers are still SMEs. Under intense market competition, the industry is becoming increasingly polarized. For SMEs to succeed under immense pressure, manufacturers have to transit business models and raise product quality, production and profitability.

Hamilton city plans to replace 10,000 outdated streetlights with energy saving LED bulbs using provincial incentives before Dec. 31, 2015, according to a report from The Spectator.

Absen released a statement on December 4 reporting the company undergone sustainable growth in sales this year and had recorded RMB 1 Billion (US $165.53 million) turnover out of its cumulative sales orders as of Dec. 4, 2014.

Harvatek declared to entrust Devlin Law Firm LLC to file a patent litigation against the U.S. LED company—Cree, Cree Hong Kong Limited and Cree Shanghai Opto Development Limited in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to prohibit Cree and its affiliates from infringing Harvatek’s U.S. LED patents.

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) announced today the successful transfer of FlexUP™ technology to FlexUP Technologies Corp. By providing flexible substrate material, this new startup aims at satisfying the growing demand and emerging opportunities in the flexible display market for smart handheld devices, wrist worn devices and flexible medical sensors.

Veeco Instruments announced that it has acquired privately held Solid State Equipment Holdings LLC (“SSEC”), based in Horsham, Pennsylvania. SSEC is a leading innovator in single wafer wet etch, clean and surface preparation equipment targeting high growth segments in advanced packaging, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and compound semiconductor.

Another Chinese LED manufacturer has gone missing and we're not surprised. In fact, LED industry has underwent massive restructuring during past months. Moreover, overall market demands in 4Q is fairly low, with Epistar, Lextar, SemiLEDs and other major manufacturers reported sliding revenues. Asian manufacturers have taken their own paths to confront the tide of change. Meanwhile in U.S.,Cree reported impacted by price war strategies.

Honglitronic’s LED package gross margin has stabilized with few fluctuations, according to the company’s latest financial report.

Everlight Electronics【TSE:2393】, a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, is introducing the latest of new series LED component products including DOB (Driver on Board) Filament and Color Choice COB Series at LED EXPO Delhi 2014.

Chinese LED manufacturer Ledman Opto’s shares dipped slightly 6% on Friday, but soared close to noon, according to a Sina.com report.

Shenzhen Changfang Lighting announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Huizhou CF Lighting replaced its legal representative Zi-Zhang Deng with Zi-Hua Deng, which was approved by the Huizhou City State Administration of Business and Commerce on December 4.

Earlier this year, the Philips Color Kinetics Research and Development team launched its Lighting Designer in Residence program. The goal of the residency is to provide a framework for collaborating with a young professional on longer-term, strategic questions relevant to the future of architectural lighting. In the context of a rapidly changing lighting industry, a continuous dialogue between design practitioners and engineering experts is increasingly important.

With higher whiteness rendering, EarthBulb PAR lamps utilize the entire visible spectrum to leverage the quality aspects of natural lighting and total light output, while exceeding LED Lamp Specification issued by the CEC.

Everlight’s Chairman Robert Yeh refuted market rumors claiming the company had received Philips OEM orders, according to a money.udn’s report.

Another founder in the intensely competitive Chinese LED industry has disappeared, according to a National Business Daily report.

The seven plaintiffs involved in the Foshan Lighting’s misleading financial statement case received notices on Thursday from the Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court that the case has entered second trial, according to a QQ.com report.

ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficiency innovations, has announced new distribution channel partner agreements with two multi-national electronics trading franchises based in Japan. Ryosan and Macnica join the roster of ON Semiconductor channel sales partners to help expand domestic sales within Japan and work to drive sales growth in China and other Asia-Pacific geographies.

Cree shares lost nearly 40% of their value over the past year, as GE and Philips launched more aggressive business strategies on the market.

Access Fixtures post top LED retrofit lamps for decorative street lighting and antique street lighting are now available at a significantly reduced prices. This enables municipalities and property managers to easily retrofit antique street lights from HID sources to energy-efficient, long-lasting LED. The reduced prices are available for the 45w Post Top LED Retrofit and 30w Post Top LED Retrofit. Access Fixtures LED post top retrofits are self-ballasted for easy installation. To retrofit the luminaire, remove the ballast, direct wire the socket, and screw the new LED post top retrofit into the existing socket.

The new generation of human space exploration spacecraft is getting a new generation clock to count it down for launch on December 4.

Will sapphire substrates be found on iPhone 7? Latest market rumors from Chinese media have pointed to the possible appearance of sapphire material on the new iPhone 7, which will be mostly supplied by Foxconn, according to a China Times report.

North Korea recently invented a new green LED glasses which can adjust to human circadian rhythm, according to a local Choson Sinbo’s report on Tuesday.

Despite the low priced LED bulb claims, the first bulb retailed for US $50 back in 2012 when it first hit the markets. This first version of Switch bulb has a nice look and weighed around 1 pound.

SemiLEDs, "SemiLEDs" or the "Company," a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2014, ended August 31, 2014.

Lextar’s revenue in October 2014 continued to decline, with initial estimations November to December performances being flat or showing only minor growth, mainly due to backlight’s slack season, according to a Money DJ report.

Therapeutic lighting can be a prescription for better health, especially for seniors with dementia in long-term care facilities. Now, more and more-effective products are needed to implement the highly positive research results achieved to date. So says a panel of therapeutic-lighting experts assembled by the National Lighting Bureau and the Edison Report. The full, two-part discussion is available for viewing without charge by linking to the National Lighting Bureau website.

UC Davis' California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) and Daintree team up to increase adoption with open standards-based lighting control technology.

Internet lighting retailer 1000Bulbs.com is the first authorized online-only store to carry Standard A-Type and Reflector LED light bulbs from Cree, Inc.

Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Portfolio Surface-Mount light-emitting diode (LED) Luminaire from its Cooper Lighting Division. Incorporating patented WaveStream™ LED optical technology, the high efficacy luminaire provides uniform, glare-free illumination for standard and high ceiling applications in retail, commercial and architectural spaces.

TERRALUX announces that its SR95 Surface Mount LED Retrofit Kit has been UL and ENERGY STAR CSD certified. The SR95 replaces pin-based CFLs and ballasts in commercial wall sconces. The SR95 improves fixture light output and color quality, and consumes 75% less energy than CFLs.