LED lighting market is booming but price competition has been causing profits reduce. According to this situation, Taiwan-based LED firms propose to improve technology and enter the automotive lighting market. Lite-On Automotive Corporation, the subsidiary of the Lite-On Group, has been focused on the automotive lighting market. The Lite-On Group got revenues from automotive applications in 2012 were about NT$8-9 billion (US$265-298 million) and it expects to reach NT$10 billion in 2013. Lite-On pointed that the automotive lighting market is a niche market wi...

Revolution Lighting was founded in 1991, mainly producing lighting equipments, listed on Nasdaq in 1994, it began to shift the focus of product development to emerging LED lighting system technology in 2000. At present, it has become one of the leading enterprises offering high-performance LED lighting solutions worldwide. This year, Revolution Lighting's share price has totally increased by 466 percent, it becomes the best performing stocks among the Nasdaq Index constituent stock, and the market value of Revolution Lighting is US $ 270 million. The significant...

Google glasses have caused a series of disputes concerning personal privacy since they came out. The reason is the Google glasses equipped with cameras enable users easily record what they saw, while without neither video warning lights nor shutter sound. Many people worry that they will be getting photographed. In order to meet the new requirements of protecting personal privacy, Japanese Institute of Informatics developed a new technology. As long as you wear the glasses releasing a special light, you can prevent your face from being recognized by the camera. After the relea...

The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), a program of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was established by LRC in 2002. As the collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and government organizations, ASSIST’s mission is to conduct collaborative research to enable the broad adoption of LEDs. ASSIST is sponsored by many LED manufacturers including Acuity Brands Lighting; Amerlux; Cooper Industries; Cree; Dow Corning; GE Lighting Solutions etc. ASS...

Cree expands its industry-leading CXA family with new 95 CRI (Color Rendering Index) options and two new LEDs, to provide LED lighting manufacturers with high performance, design versatility and low cost in one robust platform. The new CXA CRI options deliver halogen-like color and improve the light performance by combining high quality light with high light output and efficacy. The two new LEDs in Cree’s CXA family respectively are the XLamp CXA1304 and CXA1816, which offer manufacturers the broadest opportunity to expand their LED lighting...

On June 25, Intel demonstrated a research project in San Francisco, which can help reducing traffic accidents. Intel and Taiwan University are jointly developing this project to provide better communication between the vehicles, such as using LED stoplight. The researchers use a laptop to adjust the tail lights, so it can receive and display vehicle status data. Intel demonstrates it with two motorcycles, which is everywhere on the streets of Taiwan. Whenever the motorcycle in the front is decelerating, accelerating, cornering or parking, etc., the rear LED lights on ...

Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT), the leading Taiwanese high power LED lighting supplier, has again successfully presented at 2013 International Lighting Fair (OPTO) in Taiwan with the theme of “The Ultimate Challenge of LED” from June 18th to 20th. Once again, Aeon Lighting was stunning the LED industry with its 100°C boiling tested LED lamps and immersing LED lamps into -40°C dry ice while maintaining normal operation with no luminous decay or flickering! A crowd of visitors were visiting ALT booth ALT CEO...

Philips Lumileds has signed a contract with KORE (Key Operation & Electrocomponents Pvt Ltd), a major distributor of LED components in India, to distribute Philips Lumileds LEDs in the country. KORE will distribute Philips Lumileds’ Luxeon range which includes Luxeon Rebel white LED chips. Philips expects to make good use of KORE’s large customer base in India and accelerate time-to-market of its products in this country where the market potential of LEDs is huge. A recent report by research consultancy Memoori predicted tha...

Due to the 2012 U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, Evolucia Inc. and Solarmax International have teamed up to bring Evolucia-branded high performance LED interior and exterior lighting solutions to Columbia. Several lighting projects are currently ongoing, including the installation of Evolucia's newest area light, the PAL 1000, in one of the main ports in Columbia. The PAL 1000 was the only LED product to cater for the Port's strict lighting requirements. "Our number one goal is making the Evolucia famous in the global marketplace, and this l...

According to Xiamen Dongdu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 55 LED lighting enterprises in Huli district will enjoy the preferential policy on their exports. The Dongdu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau will provide these LED lighting enterprises with several priorities including green channel, paperless inspection, E-approving etc., in order to reduce the labor costs and improve the customs clearance speed. These 55 enterprises are the first batch in Fujian's first "export light power and lighting quality and safety demonstration area". In 2012, the ex...

The University of Minnesota (U of M) installed Lithonia Lighting® W Series LED Luminaires from Acuity Brands, Inc. after determining new LED lighting with embedded controls could lead to significant energy savings. The University initiated tests to investigate stairwell usage across campus, which revealed low foot traffic even during peak daytime operating hours. Many indoor and outdoor stairwells, back hallways and corridors were used only for brief time periods during the day, but remained illuminated 24-hours a day with standard fluorescent and HID fixtures. ...

Sumitomo Chemical announced in its press release that it has developed an new technology to produce polymer OLED panel in inkjet method (printing), OLED panel (using glass substrates in the size of 370x470mm) in the resolution of 423ppi can be produced with this new technology, and its resolution is close to that of the OLED panel developed with evaporation technique (depositing red, green and blue organic material on the glass substrate). Sumitomo Chemical noted that OLED materials can only coat the places where necessary by "Printed OLED Panel Technology&...

Honeywell announced that a newly formed business—LED Lighting Solutions—will offer a new line of high-efficiency industrial LED lighting fixtures in North America, expanding Honeywell’s portfolio of energy efficiency products and solutions, and offering customers a significant new source of energy and operational savings. Lighting comprises 26% of energy consumption in commercial buildings and 11% in industrial facilities, and commercial-industrial buildings combined consume approximately 72% of all electricity, making lighting an important source of potenti...

Hotel Adlon Kempinski, one of the most recognized and acclaimed hotels in Germany, has reduced its energy consumption by 80 percent following the replacement of halogen lighting with LED lamps in 382 hotel guest rooms. Seven thousand GE LED replacement lamps have been installed throughout the hotel in Berlin, reducing energy consumption by 140,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year compared to the halogen lamps previously used. Hotel Adlon Kempinski has reduced its energy consumption by 80 percent following the replacement of halogen lighting with LED lamps in 382 hotel ...

Recently, Aucksun released non-public issue plan that it intends to issue not more than 100 million shares at not less than 5.12 Yuan / share, it will raise funds not more than 512 million Yuan to construct LED epitaxial wafers and chips Industrialization Project (the first phase) and supplement working capital. If this additional issuance is completed, Aucksun will gradually establish its double main businesses development model of the LED business coupled with metal logistics distribution. Aucksun estimates that the additional LED project can make net profit of 168 millio...

On the informative conference hosted at the Change Initiative by Royal Philips, Mr. Adbo Rouhana proposed insights and initiatives that to reform lighting and its applications in the Middle East. During the session, Mr. Rouhana pointed that lighting consumes 19% of all electricity across the world and 22% across the Middle East. This, of course, has an environmental impact when comparing incandescent bulbs to LED lamps. "Lighting plays an important role in our lives and the impact is all around us," said Rouhana. "Being at the forefront of lighting ...

Everlight has been actively developing LED lighting, in addition to operating its own brand "EVERLIGHT", it's board of directors announced on June 25 that it will Purchase 100% stake of an European lighting company at not more than 10 million Euros (about NTD 390 million) to enter the European market. Everlight planned to purchase a German lighting factory, which is the first mergers and acquisitions Everlight conducted in European region, it aims to strengthen European lighting pathways and business development. Everlight created its own brand ...

HELLA has released its first LED floodlight designed specifically for the mining industry. Based on the expertise and skilled LED technology, the new HELLA HypaLUME LED flood light is designed to withstand long time using in rigorous applications and extreme temperature range from 40 °C below zero to 50 °C without decreasing in light output. This revolutionary LED flood lamp incorporates 56 high powered LEDs to provide the brightness over 20,000 lumens. The LEDs have a color temperature of 5700K, offering a near daylight environment and ensur...

Recently, the sapphire ingot production project with an annual output of 25 million millimeters constructed by Inner Mongolia Jinghuan Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. has settled down Hohhot. The project construction land covers 106 acres, and the total investment of this program is 1.03 billion Yuan, a sapphire production base in the scale of 400 units of sapphire furnaces will be established, and the annual output of this sapphire production base is about 25.63 million millimeters of Sapphire Ingot (converted into 2-inch ingot), and it will be the first sapphire Ingot scale...

Recently a common set of standards for LED lighting firms in Greater China was announced, which will help Taiwan-based firms enter the China market. This common set of standards will be expanded to emerging markets such as Russia, India, Southeast Asia, and South Africa in the near future. In recent years, Taiwan-based LED firms have actively obtained business in China. Now with this common set of standards, these firms have the opportunity to occupy a larger market share. The major LED lighting markets across the world have been introducing standards and veri...

It is reported that Panasonic is considering providing OLED TV mass production technology for other TV manufacturers by charging. Panasonic has launched negotiation with Japanese manufacturers at home and abroad, including LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics. Compared with Samsung's technology, Panasonic's technology allows manufacturers to produce OLED TV in large quantity at lower cost, although Panasonic is jointly developing OLED panels with Sony and providing technical information for each other, and Panasonic will offer the Panasonic'...

Recently, Philips's Intellectual Property and Standards office in Chengdu was established, it is not only the third office Philips opened in the country after Shanghai and Hong Kong, also it is the first time for the Fortune 500 companies to set up Intellectual Property Office in Sichuan. Chengdu office will be organic part of Philips's 17 offices in 10 countries; it will provide intellectual property solutions for the layout of Philips's lighting, healthcare, consumer lifestyle and other business in Sichuan. Ruud Peters, Executive Vice President and...

Digital Projection International (DPI) announces a highly-anticipated brightness upgrade to its lampless M-Vision LED projector lineup. By combining new LED illuminators and color gamut expansion techniques, DPI’s M-Vision LED displays now provide brightness over 1,000 lumens. DPI offers a variety of LED projectors for command and control, professional and simulation applications. In addition, DPI’s LED displays continue to deliver Lifetime Illumination, providing a virtually maintenance-free that never requires a lamp replacement. Though...

As Chinese government spares no effort to promote the popularity of outdoor lighting, as well as the LED luminaries is listed for energy-saving subsidies for the first time, many industry insiders predict that LED interior lighting will usher in an explosive growth in 2013, and LED commercial lighting will lead the popularity of LED interior lighting. According to the report from Taiwan's Central News Agency, research institutes forecast that the global market share of LED commercial lighting (including office, retail and hotel) in 2013 will reach $ 1.059 billion...

EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry with three decades of experience, had introduced the latest of new series of LED components products at 2013 LED Expo in Korea. EVERLIGHT presents whole series of packages for different applications including automotive, digital display, flash light, infrared LEDs, backlight and general lighting. EVERLIGHT's High Power, Low-mid Power and COB LED Lighting Components Provide Good Quality with High lm/$ to Customers ...

The case that Sanan Optoelectronics takes a stake in Taiwan's Formosa Epitaxy was suspended because the scandal that the financial statements of Sanan are unclear was exposed in this April. Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will reconvene the special review meeting, and the results will be handed over to the Investment Commission of MOEA, the cooperative case has not been canceled. Fengren Jane, chairman of FOREPI, pointed out that the schedule of this case is still unclear, and it is still waiting for the res...

The office is a place where employees must feel alert and engaged to be at their best, but often overlooked is lighting—a simple factor influencing not only everyday operations but occupant comfort and the effectiveness with which tasks are completed. GE takes a closer look at six trends driving office lighting best practices today, from dimming down over-lit areas to saving watts in parking lots to setting a more productive mood. As decision makers will see, there are many opportunities to positively impact employee satisfaction and the profitability of their buildings—and b...

United States Department of Energy (DOE) released the latest report that the installs of LED lamps in United States increased 10-fold in the past two years from 4.5 million units in 2010 to 49 million units in 2012, it is estimated that annual savings in energy costs is about US $ 675 million. By 2030, LED lighting is expected to account for 75% of the total lighting sales, and the saved energy is available for 26 million American families. Ernest Moniz, Energy Minister, recently announced that the Department of Energy will subsidize five manufacturing research an...

EVERLIGHT had introduced the latest of new series of LED components products at 2013 LED Expo in Korea. EVERLIGHT presents whole series of packages for different applications including automotive, digital display, flash light, infrared LEDs, backlight and general lighting. For general lighting applications, EVERLIGHT presents its latest series of high efficient LED lighting packages including "Ju" Series of COB LEDs with multiple package sizes and power consumptions. It can be used at directional lamp, down light, high/low bay a...

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, and optical markets, today announced that it will showcase its line of sapphire substrates for the LED industry at the International LED Expo in Kintex, Korea, June 25-28. Rubicon will exhibit its line of sapphire products in Booth# F-25 & 26, Hall 4. Sapphire wafers are a key building block for LEDs – the most energy-efficient technology for general lighting and the dominant backlighting technology in consumer products such...