Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar believes demand for LED lighting will show strong growth in the second half of 2013 and lighting applications may account for 35-40% of its total revenues. LED firms said judging from past experience, international tier-one TV makers usually slow down procurement in July-August with only China-based makers continuing to procure products. However, as China's energy-saving appliance procurement subsidies are set to end soon, demand for TV backlighting products in th...

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Recently, the leaders and experts from the National Energy Administration of South Africa and the South African National Highways Office arrived in Guangzhou to visit the urban construction. To talk about the cooperation of new energy, officials from the National Energy Department of South Africa made it clear that South Africa will import over sixty thousand sets of scenery complementary equipments from China in 2014 for the street lighting construction in the South African coastal area. Chinese enterprises with actual strength are welcomed to participate in the e...

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced three new Prescolite LED solutions for downlighting applications—a 6” LiteBox LED downlight module (LB6LEDA10L), a 6” Retroficient LED downlight (RLC6LED), and a wall wash version of the 4” LiteFrame LED downlight (LF4LED). Prescolite’s products bring an exceptional combination of outstanding light output, high efficiency, beautiful color, and greater affordability to downlighting applications.   Offering an outstanding efficacy at 87 lumens per watt...

At The Fresh Market, shoppers can catch not only a delectable aroma but also the hint of classical music in the air. When the specialty grocery retailer decided to test updated indoor lighting at its new stores—to be followed by updated lighting at some existing stores—it wanted an energy-saving LED replacement lamp with a high color rendering index (CRI) and long life. After a thorough evaluation, it found its final answer in GE's energy smart® 17-watt LED PAR38 Retail lamp. Once all installations are complete, GE's grocery store lighting solu...

The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) have developed Mini Guide to show how Lighting Controls can play a key role in helping to deliver the energy efficiency requirements for lighting required by the Building Regulations. Revisions to the Building Regulation Documents are expected to be issued by the Government during the Spring of 2013 and come into force in October 2013 and this Guide has been written based on the LIA best understanding of what the revised requirements will be. Once the final documents are published LIA will review them and if necessary make...

Satisfies Wall Mount and Area/Site Lighting Applications While Providing Increased Efficiency and Savings   Cooper Lighting, a division of diversified power management company Eaton, has expanded its Lumark Crosstour™ Light Emitting Diode (LED) line of wall packs to include the Crosstour MAXX luminaires. Designed to efficiently satisfy high lumen output needs, the Lumark Crosstour™ MAXX LED wall pack and site luminaires deliver up to 7,416 lumens replacing up to a 400-watt metal halide fixture, while consuming only 85 watts and providi...

Green Ray LED, the aggressive, locally headquartered lighting manufacturer, has produced what is being hailed as the world’s most efficient LED lamp The U.S. Department of Energy has pronounced Green Ray’s new tube lamp the brightest of all, at a record-breaking 173 lumens per watt. LED lights sold in most big-box stores are 48-60 lm/W, with specialty products running as high as 130 lm/W. "Our bulb blows the doors off,” said Peter Richard, corporate manager of Green Ray USA. "This is a real technological breakthrough that’...

Cree announced that it had shipped more than two million GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) for cellular telecommunications and provided game-changing benefits over traditional silicon-based technologies, involving higher power, higher efficiency and wider bandwidth. As mobile devices like smart phones are used more widely around the world, telecommunications companies are looking for innovative technologies to enhance channel capacity and the speed of wireless systems, while simultaneously lowering power consumption of tran...

Due to the increasing demand of customers, utilization of Ledtech Electronics in the second quarter further enhanced, the growth in utilization is good for the continuous improvement in gross margins, so that the revenue in the second quarter increases by 20 percent and profit is expected to increase sharply. Its legal person stated that the utilization in the second quarter of Ledtech Electronics will increase from 70% in the first quarter to 75% as the demand continued to improve. The improvement in utilization is favorable to the continued upturn in the gross margins, but it nee...

Although LED lighting industry develops sustainably, but before the introduction of international standardization, every market still has its own specifications, which makes the competitive market to be more chaos; while the cross-strait manufacturers have planned a general specification for nearly two years to jointly develop the LED lighting market, the cross-strait General Specifications of LED lighting products  will be released on June 18, on the part of manufacturers, it is helpful to reduce the research and development expenses and effectively lower the production co...

HENGRI Lighting will exhibit in the 18th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition at booth D55, hall 9.2, from June 9 to 12. "We feel so excited for this year's lighting exhibition! Our company now is growing very fast, but we have a huge ambition! We need to make a leap! That's why we are here again!" general manager Cathy Jiang said excitedly on the flight to the Guangzhou expo scene, 10 days before the opening of the lighting fair. Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is recognized as the biggest lighting exhibition in Asia and the ...

According to the reports from foreign media, europium nanocrystals could become the missing ingredient lowering the production costs and enhancing the energy-efficient of white LED. Reported that Scientists Budai is working with a group of scientists from the University of Georgia and Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratory to study a set of new crystals, this kind of crystals can produce right mix color white LED and other purposes require. Experts from the University of Georgia consider the nanocrystals made of europium oxide and aluminum oxide powder as raw materi...

In order to make plants grow faster, the ancients pull seedlings, and the modern people apply pesticides, but Xiamen Guangpu Electronics Co., Ltd utilizes lights. On the Cross-Strait Fair for Economy and Trade (CFET) to be held on Jun 18 of this year, Xiamen Guangpu Electronics Co., Ltd will carry this self-developed LED Plant Panel Light to debut Fuzhou. As we all know, the growth and development of plant depend on photosynthesis. Photosynthesis closely relates to the light quality, while the light quality is very easy to combine and control, which is one o...

Recently, the Eco-design Directive Regulations Committee of EU Commission has conducted a discussion on the bill about the directional lights and all LED lights and related equipments; a related ErP Directive has been newly added on the mandatory CE certification of the lamps and luminaries. These ErP instructions include 1194/2012/EC directive (directional bulbs, LED bulbs, and other related equipments) and 874/2012/EC directive (energy-efficient label instructions issued by EU eco-design Directive Regulations Committee for bulbs and lamps). Applicable pro...

The data from Semiconductor Lighting Industry Association of Guangdong Province shows that the Order Status of LED businesses has performed well since this year, it increased by 20% -30% over the same period of last year and slightly declined in profits but not obviously, which would be the clear signs of the recovery of LED industry. According to the report of the first quarter of this year, the total revenues of 25 key companies of LED industry was 9.888 billion Yuan, an increase of 12% over the same period of last year, the total net profit was 719 million Yuan, a ...

Deco Lighting has launched DECO Digital a new portfolio of high quality digital LED lighting products for commercial, industrial, retail and hospitality applications. Deco's initial offering includes a robust line of recessed LED fixtures, LED wallpacks, floods, area fixtures, and LED retrofit kits. The new line of products is currently ready for shipment. Designed and manufactured in Deco's Commerce, CA factory and available for shipment nationwide, DECO Digital lighting products feature energy-saving dimming options, multiple lumen packages, and num...

As the world's largest LED lighting and exhibition event, the 18th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as "Guangya Exhibition") will be grandly held at China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou from June 9 to 12, and the scale of exhibition reaches 220,000 square meters.  The Guangya Exhibition sets up three exhibiton areas, namely the commercial lighting brands pavilion, professional lighting brands pavilion and outdoor lighting brands pavilion. Committed to high power outdoor LED lighting, Spark...

Dr. Roland W. Koch, who servied as as Segment Manager Asia in Tridonic, recently join Italed as Director Sales and Marketing.  The task of Dr. Koch is to bring Italed not only as a LED driver and Lighting Electronics company on the global market but the aim of Italed is to become a complete solution provider for LED with a complete adjustable current LED driver range fixed output, 1-10V and Dali dimming solutions and DMX solutions integrating in their product range Heat sink , Reflector and mounting solutions for the major on the market available LED modules and LED Light engines.  "Our aim is to provide to our customers

As a response to the (solid-state lighting) SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement made in December, the US. Department of Energy (DOE) has competitively selected five projects for SSL to receive the fourth round of funding. The two-year projects will focus on reducing costs while maintaining quality by improving the quality and performance of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Total DOE funding for the five projects is $10.1 million, while the five companies will put in a matching $10.1 million investment...

LEDinside has announced the Aurora Awards winner list. LEDinside Aurora Awards 2013 honors and recognizes outstanding aspects in the LED industry.

SUN POWERED The solar LEDs are lit using a new generation of efficient solar-powered LED lighting to provide light for communities with no electricity Royal Philips Electronics is continuing its program of installing more than 100 Community Light Centres across Africa, with six new ones in South Africa. The program is in the form of the Philips Cape Town to Cairo Roadshow 2013, which is a vehicle for Philips to raise awareness of how healthcare and lighting solutions can enhance life in Africa. The roadshow will visit 18 cities in 17 African countri...

Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing world domination. The bulbs come beautifully packaged in a three-light starter pack, along with a controlling hub. The bulbs fit into a standard screw socket and connect wirelessly to the Ethernet-connected hub – and even each other. A smartphone app (for Android and iOS) gets you up and running within a few minutes, but it’s th...

TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL) announced to release TH3 and TMx series products and will showcase their applications in 2013 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. Based on the company’s flip chip technology, superior reliability of the two products enable customers develop high-end lighting product. TH3 is a common 3030 package with power up to 3W capability. The unique feature of no wire bonding is free from loose electrical contact during the high current operation. Also, since the chip bonded directly on lead frame, TH3 has very low ther...

LEDs provide optimal solution for sea turtles and other wildlife dependent on natural light Lighting Science Group Corporation® announced the release of the outdoor Coastal Light, designed with amber-colored LEDs to deter sea turtle hatchlings and other wildlife that are sensitive or threatened by light that is not from a natural nighttime source. Properties located in coastal areas are often required by law to comply with light pollution standards for the protection of wildlife, especially sea turtle hatchlings. Each year, nearly 20,000 hatchlings are disorientated b...

Breakthrough Technology Delivers Contractors Quick Retrofit to LED Lighting Linear fluorescent lighting may have seen its last days thanks to the inventive, new Cree® UR Series LED Upgrade Kit that can deliver payback in less than two years and makes upgrading to LED lighting simple and easy. Cree, Inc. introduces a 102 lumen-per-watt linear LED upgrade kit to replace fluorescent lamps. The new UR Series is easy to install, saves over 50 percent in energy, provides better light, and lasts up to twice as long as the standard 32-W fluorescent lamps it...

LEDinside, a subsidiary of TrendForce, is  to hold a grand and perfect LEDforum 2013 Guangzhou  on June 11 th , to provide valuable advice that can help LED industry players to face challenges in the future. This time, LEDforum 2013 will provide a perfect platform to interact with global LED market leaders from Cree, Philips Lumileds, Veeco, YunFeng , KLA-Tencor, Epistar, Richtek, Honglitronic, Refond. These leaders will share their insights on the development of the LED market. LEDinside analyst team will put forward Global LED I...

An estimated 24 million light vehicles will feature LED headlights by 2020, according to a new report. Should cost-reduction strategies prove successful, the report states that deployment of LED headlights will increase to approximately 21 percent of light vehicles. This is an increase from one million vehicles at present. Challenges facing the adoption of LED headlights include brightness levels from current LED chips, thermal issues, the complexity of controlling LED headlights and their increased functionality, and higher assembly costs. "As with many othe...

BulbAmerica, America’s largest online and wholesale retailer of light bulbs and lighting fixtures, has announced the launch of an LED support system. LEDs are all set to make more efficient street lights with less light pollution and this technology that now provides the back-light for many flat panel TVs will also replace fluorescent tubes in commercial applications. Slow in gaining traction, though this technology has been around for more than 100 years, it found commercial applications only in the late 1960s as costs fell. While Japan is the largest market for LED...

The city of Frisco, Texas, has launched an effort to assess and evaluate energy efficient LED streetlights for the city’s roadway illumination needs. A Request for Information (RFI) was issued to assist city officials in their review of solid-state lighting, and to ensure the best application of energy efficient technology. In addition to LED streetlights, the city is also interested in reviewing lighting control systems, and the possibility of using existing streetlighting poles for small cell devices. Frisco currently maintains approximately 5,000 streetlights on a...