The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced to recall more than a half-million LED light bulbs of various brands on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Eight instances of the bulbs associated with visible smoke or fire have been reported.  A total of 68 product failures have been reported, including damage to light sockets, melted fixtures, burned flooring, damaged to a circuit and damage to a lamp. The 120-volt LED bulbs, sold as 6-watt or 8-watt bulbs equivalent to a 40-watt or 50-watt incandescent bulb, were marketed under brand names including Definity, EcoSma...

LED fixtures provide the required high lumen output and distribution for the 80-foot installation.   Faced with the task of satisfying both an interstate interchange project requirement to use high-mast lighting and the need to match the color temperature of existing LED fixtures on surrounding roadways, Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, worked with state officials to find the best solution. With ample illumination, the desired color temperature and providing adde...

U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland installs the Trilia OLED luminaire in its new Innovation Center to showcase the latest in energy-efficient technologies. OLED lighting from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is featured in the new Innovation Center at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, one of the most energy efficient embassy buildings in the world. The only OLED lighting selected for the project, the Trilia™ OLED luminaire from Winona Lighting, was customized with a unique design for the Embassy conference room. It was an integral part of sus...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, is exhibiting at Taiwan International Lighting Show 2013 (TILS 2013), from March 26 through March 29 at Taipei World Trade Center. Buyers, media, and the general public are all welcome to visit FZLED’s booth (Booth #B0305, Hall 1), especially the OEM/ODM buyers. FZLED will announce its latest products and energy-saving LED lighting solution.   With several highlighted products of FZLED’s exhibit in TILS, FZLED is going to introduce its latest innovation a...

Soraa has received the prestigious “red dot award: product design 2013” for its full-visible-spectrum SORAA VIVID LED MR16 lamp. The red dot is the international prize for high design quality. The competition’s jury only awards the sought-after seal of excellence to products that set themselves apart significantly from comparable products in design innovation, functionality and ecological compatibility. “It’s an honor for us that the global design community has recognized the seamless interplay of form and function in the design of our S...

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, announced today that it will introduce an innovative new thermal management silicone technology for light emitting diode (LED) lamps and luminairesat LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI) in booth #159. They will exhibit these materials as part of their growing family of industry-leading LEDlighting solutions. The company will conduct live demonstrations at its booth to spotlight how silicones can increase efficiency, expand LED design options and provide greatly improved processability...

Amer Maleh, LEED AP, has been appointed Global Accounts Manager for Feelux Lighting, the 37-year-old manufacturer of seamless linear T5 and LED energy-conserving architectural and commercial indoor lighting systems.  Peter Augusta, Director of Feelux, America, made the announcement from the US Headquarters location in Duluth, Ga.  “In the not so distant past I would have hired a National Accounts Manager.  However, vertical markets such as Retail and Hospitality are expanding outside our borders to areas with emerging economies, now more than ever,” commented Peter Augusta. “Amer's title and focus is recognition of this shift and positions Feelux Lighting to maximize its international presence and ability to deliver and support projects around the Globe.”

Cree, Inc. announces the release of its second-generation SiC MOSFET, enabling systems to have higher efficiency and smaller size at cost parity with silicon-based solutions. These new 1200-V MOSFETs deliver industry-leading power density and switching efficiency at half the cost-per-amp of Cree’s previous-generation MOSFETs. At this price/performance point, they enable lower system costs for OEMs and provide additional savings to the end-user through increased efficiency and lower installation costs due to the lower size and weight of SiC-based systems. ...

Seoul Semiconductor, has announced a 0.6T side view LED that achieves 8.8 lumens, the world’s best performance in light output, to occupy the fast-growing phablet market. (phablet: smart PHone and tABLET PC) This new side-view LED achieves the world’s best brightness and energy efficiency by improving the efficacy and the design of its LED chip, package and phosphors. The added performance improves the visibility of phablets in bright places and gives the added benefit of energy savings which helps extend battery life. The company plans to apply this techn...

Inventor and TAFE educator Keith Higgins has criticised the lack of support in his home country, after he had to look to China for help developing his LED lighting innovations. Higgins told the Blacktown Sun that, over five years, he received $65 million from China, as well as assistance from a team of Chinese scientists to develop his energy efficient LED lights. ‘‘Most Australian lighting is inefficient as incandescent lights produce light and heat,” he told the Sun of his lights, which have been featured on the ABC’s New Inventors p...

A new range of efficient LED floodlighting from Marl International is providing schools, colleges and sports centres with energy savings of 50-80%, improving the ambiance and cutting maintenance costs too. A basketball club realised even higher energy savings of over 80% after replacing standard SON floodlights with LED floodlights that are not only more efficient but also better directed onto key areas.  Marl International Bay Range LED floodlights provide an efficient, flexible light source for interior sports halls and outdoors on sports fields and courts. Energy efficient 772, 773 and 774 series floodlights from the Marl Bay Range have single, double and triple modules for targeted illumination with low light pollution and wastage. In addition to the energy savings, they provide clear white light giving a better ambiance particularly indoors, and a long life of at least 50,000 hours.

GE Lighting has partnered Hong Kong-based health andbeauty retail giant Watsons to implement its LED signage system at 400 storefronts across China. With the new lighting solution, Watsons storefronts exude an inviting brilliance while enjoying ease of maintenanceand an estimated 67% reduction in energy consumption. Since entering the China market in 2009, Watsons has grown to become the country’s leading health and beauty retail giant with around 1,000 stores in more than 100 cities. . Gabby Xiang, sales engineer from GE Lighting commented: “Watsons has ve...

One of the UK’s leading international lighting suppliers, MGC Lighting, has created a new role within its international business team to help further its expansion into targeted global markets. The newly appointed Sales Executive, Jessica Munke, will assist with growing the company’s business in Germany and other parts of Europe, selling and supplying lighting products across a range of sectors including stage and studio, medical, LED and purification. Prior to joining MGC, Jessica worked in insurance where she gained invaluable customer relations expe...

Believing Everyone Deserves Quality Illumination, Peerless Introduces Staple Peerless — a leading designer and manufacturer of architectural luminaires and one of the innovative lighting companies under the Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) umbrella — announces the introduction of the Staple suite of suspended and wall-mount luminaires. Staple luminaires deliver all the fundamentals of great lighting — modern design, comfortable illumination, efficient performance and energy-saving controls options — at a value that makes it a practical choice...

The first one in Taiwan to increase IP rating of explosion-proof product from IP66 to IP67and has passed waterproof testing of SGS.     The first one in Taiwan to design an AC IN (COB type) explosion-proof lighting and overcome the problem of short lifespan of driver. The product weight is about 20% ~ 40% less than traditional same wattage lighting and could decrease the drag coefficient.   The first company to get both CNS3376 pressure resistant & explosion-proof and dust explosion-proof certification in Taiwan. The most integrated p...

AIXTRON SE announced that US company Transphorm Inc. is stepping up production of gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) with its latest order of AIXTRON’s G5+ MOCVD system, capable of handling five 200 mm (5x8-inch) wafers. The order was made in the fourth quarter of 2012 with delivery due in the second quarter of 2013. Primit Parikh, President of Transphorm comments: “We are not just increasing our capacity with this order. This new system also expands our capability from 150 mm to 200 mm diameter wafers, providing economies of scale. We ...

Dialight unveiled its new stainless steel linear LED fitting that is designed specifically to reduce maintenance needs in hazardous areas as a replacement for conventional Ex fluorescent fittings. Available in both 32W and 64W versions (2x18W and 2x36W fluorescent equivalents) and carrying IECEx/ATEX Zone 1 certification, the 316 grade stainless steel linear LED fitting is D Shock compliant to MOD specification BR8470 to Grades C and D. Highly durable and resistant to shock, vibration and corrosion, the fitting incorporates an exclusive and replaceable int...

Adding LED outdoor lighting to parking lots and spaces of all sizes is now easier than before with GE’s new Evolve™ LED Scalable Area Lights. This next generation of GE’s award-winning LED outdoor lighting technology features even more photometric options for illuminating outside areas and is offered in two color temperatures to suit user preference. “GE’s engineers took the approach of reducing fixture size incrementally to create a portfolio of four Evolve LED area lights to specify according to the size of virtually any parking lot...

KMW Inc a South Korea-based firm, developed helmets having a wireless communication function and an LED lamp and exhibited them at Lighting Fair 2013, from March 5 to 8, 2013, in Tokyo. They are expected to be used by construction workers at construction sites and for evacuation activities at the time of disaster. KMW developed the "i-MetH," which was designed for use in construction sites and for heavy industries, and the "i-MetD," which is for use in disaster sites. i-MetH The i-MetH has a two-way wireless module using the 2.4GHz ba...

Nitride Semiconductors has launched a portfolio of ultra-high power, ultra-violet LEDs delivering output powers that can be in excess of 3W. The NS380L-6SVR, produces 3200mW at 380 nm. According to the company, the output of this LED at this wavelength exceeds all other commercial devices based on a single chip. Nitride Semiconductors has also launched a range of longer wavelength cousins, such as the NS400L-6SVR, which delivers an output of 3200mW at 400nm. The new range of chips combines an operating voltage of 4V with very high efficiencies. For exam...

GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display (Hall 1, Booth #B0820) at Taiwan International Lighting Show (TiLS), to be held at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall in Taipei City from March 26-29, 2013. Date: March 26-29, 2013 Venue: Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Taipei City GlacialLight Booth: Hall 1, Booth #B0820 Taiwan International Lighting Show (TiLS) is an excellent opportuni...

iWatt Inc., a leading provider of digital-centric power management integrated circuits (ICs), today debuted an innovative digital AC/DC LED driver platform designed to address cost, performance and operating life in commercial and wireless solid state lighting (SSL) systems. The first device in this new platform, the iW3630 is a two-stage, Flickerless™ LED driver with output power up to 45W and is believed to be the first SSL LED driver with a built-in 0V to 10V dimming interface for commercial lighting ballasts. It also supports a PWM digital dimming interface for wireless SSL applications.

Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce the launch of its Sure-Lites PathLinx emergency lighting line, offering features to reduce egress system costs. Petite in size but powerful in performance, the new LED series includes sleek, interior, emergency lighting units with indoor and outdoor single- and double-head remote choices for egress lighting in commercial spaces.

Philips on Monday launched a software developer program for the Hue line of iOS-controlled "smart LED" light bulbs, allowing app makers to integrate the lighting solution into third-party products. With the new software development kit and open APIs, iOS developers can take advantage of Hue's unique capabilities, including powering the Wi-Fi enabled LED bulbs on and off, as well as changing their color remotely through a Wi-Fi enabled bridge. Besides being able to alter the color of each bulb remotely, compatibility with the ZigBee LightLink sta...

Zumtobel’s revenue has fallen by 1.8 per cent for the period May 2012 to January 2013 when compared to the same period a year before. The lighting manufacturer’s nine-month report for the 2012/13 financial year, shows a revenue drop of €17.7 million to €946.5 million (£826.1 million), when compared to €964.2 million (£841.5 million) in the previous year. Revenues from LED product sales showed strong growth, rising by 55.4 per cent to €201.1 million (previous year: €129.4 million). As a result, the share of group revenues account...

Toshiba Corp and Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp exhibited a see-through OLED lighting panel and an OLED lighting panel supporting wireless power transmission at Lighting Fair 2013, from March 5 to 8, 2013, in Tokyo. 'Window lamp' that does not waste light In general, see-through OLED panels look transparent when they are off because transparent electrodes are used for both of their positive and negative electrodes. There are many OLED panels that become transparent when they are off. But Toshiba's see-through OLED panel has a d...

One of Sweden’s top technology start-ups of 2012, Heliospectra AB, announced today that it has officially launched the L4A Series 10 LED light system aimed at giving researchers an advanced tool for making new discoveries in the plant sciences. Ahead of today’s formal launch, a handful of researchers received the L4A Series 10 to research the effect of specific light spectra on plant characteristics. One of these studies is to develop species specific lighting, or light regimes, for optimizing and modulating plant growth. Heliospectra’s system has 240 individual LEDs across seven different wavelengths ranging from violet to far red. Each wavelength channel is individually adjustable allowing researchers to create precise spectra to match their experimental needs.

LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) will offer a robust schedule of networking and special events to be staged in the newly added Hall F, which will feature the popular Spotlight Lounge and new product categories at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia April 21-25, 2013. With its central location in Hall F, the Spotlight Lounge is the exclusive site for new events such as: • LC Exam Study Group Forum - Hosted by the IES • Panel with Paul Marantz and Paul Gregory - Hosted by LD+A • Welcome Coffee - Sponsored by LIG...

On 4th March, the ninth LED CHINA 2013 was successfully held in China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China. And Shenzhen SPARK Optoelectronics S&T Co., LTD. released its new generation products, including LED street light, LED tunnel light, LED down light, LED panel light and so on. As in previous years, SPARK built an all-round high-quality booth with different kinds of diorama of lighting condition for experience. What makes the exhibition amazing is the new-generation modular LED street light, modular t...

Changing the lightbulbs could help supermarkets reduce the estimated 300,000 tonnes of food waste they produce each year, according to lighting company Welsh firm Sedna LED. The firm reckons illuminating fresh produce with lightbulbs that emit heat causes food to sweat in its packaging, contributing to the food waste mountain that costs retailers millions of pounds each year. As a result, the company is arguing that in addition to cutting energy bills, LED lights could also help keep food fresh. “Unlike conventional lighting, LED lighting does not emit heat or a...