Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, has recently qualified the TurboDisc® MaxBright™ gallium nitride (GaN) Multi-Reactor Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for high-volume production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Ming Jiunn Jou, Ph.D., President of Epistar, commented, “Veeco’s MaxBright Multi-Chamber System enables us to ramp production quickly on the industry’s most productive platform. We will continue ...

HD quality and power saving up to 35%  meet the requirement of future IT products. Hongling Mansion in Futian District is in the most bustling financial district of Shenzhen, China, where a number of landmark buildings located, including the highest building in the city, KK100, Shenzhen Theater, Diwang Mansion, Shenzhen Bookstore and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Recently, a LED display with an area of more than 200 m² has been installed on the exterior wall of the three-story Hongling Mansion. The HD quality and high power efficiency of the LED disp...

Universal Display is reported to reach a deal  with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting Company, the joint venture of Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd., and Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. on OLED technology. Under the deal, Panasonic Idemitsu gets rights to use Universal’s “UniversalPHOLED” technology in its OLED lighting products, with the terms running through July of 2014. Some amount of the royalties involved will be paid up front to Universal, the company said, though the amounts involved were not disclosed. &n...

Sources inform that TDG Holding of Haining ,China,has intended to inject 360 million yuan to upgrade a facility that produces four-inch LED sapphire substrate, with annual capacity of 600,000 pieces.   It expects the upgrade to contribute 298.8 million yuan of revenue and yield net profit of 77.323 million yuan annually, for a yield rate of 21.31 percent and an investment return period of 5.94 years. Founded in 1999, TDG Holding started the LED sapphire substrate industry last year.The company also reported yesterday that it plans to spend 19.15 million yuan to ...

Taiwan’s top two LED makers Everlight and Epistar are both concerned about the loss of Taiwan’s LED Industry No.2 rank. Both of the two makers,believe that Taiwan is likely to be unseated by South Korea this year based on the lack of government incentives to consumers of LED lamps. Y.F. Yeh, chairman of Everlight, pointed out that mainland China and South Korea are poised to surpass Taiwan in LED production as a result of government subsidy to LED-lighting consumers. He noted that Taiwan’s LED industry has developed for nearly ...

Taiwan major LED packager Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., is satisfied with its revenue of NT$513 million (US$17.7 million) in July, up 2%. According to Unity Opto , sales of international TV brands have recovered in the third quarter,despite of the weak demand from LCD backlight modules. The company has seen clear increase of orders for backlighting application from TV makers in August. For shipments of illumination-application LEDs,it have been smooth in the past few months, especially deliveries to Japan. The company expects clear shipment growth in ...

Recently, Universal Display Corporation from Ewing, New Jersey, has presented the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Optics + Photonics Conference held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA from August 21 - 25, 2011. The company introduced advances in the company’s white OLED lighting technology and showcased a potential application using white OLED lighting panels. DOE Solid State Lighting program titled“High Efficacy Integrated Under-Cabinet Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Systems”in par...

Digi-Key Corporation has supplied the Molex Incorporated solderless LED array holders. Features of these high-temperature LED array holders include screw-mount attachment method for securing the array to a heat sink, optional snap-lock optics that provide light source adjustment, and compression contacts that will power the array and eliminate soldering during installation. Serviceability is greatly improved by the releasable wire trap. The array's small form factor, less than 50.00 mm (1.96") in diameter for ES arrays and 70.00 by 71.00 mm (2.75 by 2.80") fo...

Lighting Science Group and  electronics products manufacturer Dixon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, have jointly to announce the world’s first sub-$15 omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb. According to the two companies, the new product that will be available in India by the end of the year and will be sold worldwide by Lighting Science Group early next year. The bulb is the first in a series of products being jointly manufactured and distributed by the two companies. The full line of products will include street lights, outdoor and industrial ligh...

Recently,Dialight’s SafeSite® LED High Bay luminaire has been qualified to the UL-1254 standard for use in paint spray applications. The LED high bay fixture is designed to replace conventional fluorescent and HID lighting in paint spray booths, auto body garages, paint mixing and storage facilities and other similar applications. It offers exceptional visibility with a CRI greater than 70 in both neutral white and cool white options. Delivering 10,000 lumens at 150W (66 lumens per watt), the fixture reduces energy consumption of traditional fixtur...

In much of the United States, light pollution in cities and even the suburbs is so bad that "dark sky tourism" is a rising trend, as Americans seek out the stars their ancestors took for granted. Next month, New Yorkers will get an unusual view of the night sky, without a visit to a dark sky park. 201 LED lights in the Hudson River will "reflect" the stars above New York City that no one can see. The LEDs, which are solar-powered, will be installed on the wood posts at Pier 49. The exhibition, called "Reflecting the Stars," is part of C...

The Astronics DME Corp. Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will use advanced LED lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii under terms of a potential $7.4 million five-year contract announced Thursday. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order. Astronics DME Airfield Lighting Systems designs and builds airf...

About 100 LED streetlights were installed a couple of years ago along Barringer Road in Ilion in coordination with Frankfort’s Fiberdyne Energy, Chief Executive Officer Peter Polus said. Village officials are looking into various products and options for possibly extending LED streetlights to other main roads and eventually to the whole village. About $1 million of state funding for LEDs – or solid-state lighting – is expected to become available this fall through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. It’...

To prevent car accidents, Steve Gardner started working on a lighting system. The vehicle maintenance supervisor for the Lucas County (Ohio) Board of Developmental Disabilities, Gardner invented a system to increase visibility of the bus and young pedestrians. Two red LED lights mounted on a bus's front grille raise its visibility, and a white LED floodlight attached to the front bumper illuminate children crossing the street. Unity School Bus Parts of Marine City, Mich., is marketing and distributing the system for about $225, or about $120 for the white LE...

The Ergo series will be available in different shape variants including rectangular, corner, oval and square. The different shapes of the bathtub provide a contemporary spin to the traditional design of the bathtub. All the bathtubs of this series are fitted with LED lights giving it a spa-like feeling. The company has designed the bathtub in a way that it can hold a maximum of four tub spots. The tub normally has eight Venturi jets, which on customer demand can be increased upto 26 Air-Inject jets. The tub's warm, whirly water renders a feeling of relaxing massage. Hoes...

A WICKLOW-BASED lighting expert has invented an energy-efficient LED bulb for the outdoor security-lighting market that reduces the cost of its electricity consumption by 93 per cent. A Wattbeater bulb will also last 30 times longer than a standard tungsten halogen one. As more commercial bodies and domestic consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about energy consumption, these continuing advances in LED technology lamps are rendering old-style bulbs obsolete. In June the Wattbeater bulb made the top three in the Light Source Product of the Year 2011 U...

A controversial new blue lighting scheme for Southampton’s iconic Itchen Bridge will be switched on tonight. The landmark 1970s bridge will turned into a beacon as it is bathed in pale blue light. The lighting scheme is part of a massive £1m-plus overhaul of the 62,000-tonne bridge which has seen street lights replaced with 34 new white-light columns that also emit blue LED background light. The lighting is being installed as part of a £28.5m contract with Southern Electric Contracting to replace around half the road signs, bollards and orange street l...

LEDforum Taipei 2011: Industry Heavyweights to Tackle Discussion on Subversive Change Facing LED Upstream Technologies Following the ban against incandescent light bulbs imposed by countries including America and Australia, the latest subsidy policy passed by South Korean plans to prohibit manufacturing and selling incandescent light bulb, in the hope of advancing the penetration rate of LED lighting to 60% by 2020. The global LED makers are expected to benefit from an upcoming demand surge. The LED industry consists...

Cree Inc. acquires all outstanding stock of LED outdoor lighting firm, Ruud Lighting Inc. for approximately Rs.2,354.26 crore ($525 million). The acquisition involves Rs.1,668.16 crore ($372 million) in cash, Rs.946.19 crore ($211 million) in stock (valued at the market closing price of Rs.1,557.85 ($34.74)/share), Rs.381.17 crore ($85 million) paid concurrently with the acquisition to retire outstanding debt, offset by tax benefits. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution. According to Cree, the acquisition will allow the company to ...

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com announced today the release of the HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED hazardous location LED light with emergency backup capability and Class 1 Division 2 ratings for Groups A, B, C and D. This LED fixture offers more light than comparable fluorescent fixtures, and includes a battery backup system that will continue light operation in the event of power failure. The HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED Hazardous Area LED Light Fixture for industrial and commercial lighting applications contains LED tube lamps that produce more light tha...

The IR OSLON SFH 4715S of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is today’s smallest infrared LED with more than one Watt optical power. The device measures only 3.75 x 3.75 mm² and therefore facilitates very compact illumination units for CMOS and CCD cameras. OSRAM’s nanostack chip technology and a temperature stable OSLON Black Series package paved the way for the record-breaking high performance device. The infrared OSLON typically provides 1070 mW optical power at 1 A operating current, and it features a typical thermal resistanc...

Hybrid capacitors, a combination of an ultracapacitor and a lithium-ion battery, providing a longer term energy source than alternative energy storage solutions on the market. Hybrid capacitors have an energy density up to 115 percent higher than standard electric double-layer capacitors (ELDCs). This allows for faster and more efficient power to applications such as LED lights used in medical devices. Compared with a nickel cadmium or lithium-ion battery, hybrid capacitors provide more than 20 times the cycle life and 60 times faster recharge rates, vastly improving LED lig...

Retail Furniture Chain Sam Levitz Replaces Showroom’s Hot Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient, Cool Burning LED Lighting. Estimated Annual Energy and Maintenance Savings of $268,000 Produces $3.1 Million in Savings Over Lifespan of the MSi Lights.   The “Sunshine Factory” has gotten a little bit brighter and greener thanks to the addition of over 5,000 MSi iPAR LED lighting fixtures. Tucson, Arizona based furniture retailer Sam Levitz recently replaced all of the halogen spotlights in four of its five locations with s...

The U.S. market has taken the lead in proving the viability of LED technology for outdoor lighting applications. Although China has more installations, it has become the first casualty of quality issues. The Chinese market for outdoor lighting shrank in 2011 in order to address these quality issues. Elsewhere, especially in North America, quality consciousness has kept progress towards transitioning to LEDs thanks to the efforts of the DOE, the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, and the Design Lights Consortium. The 20%-25% drop in price of LED ...

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LED usage continues to rise across applications and  lighting is leading with a predicted increase of 20 percent  over 2010. According to DisplaySearch, the total package revenue for backlight and lighting applications was $7.2 billion in 2010 and is forecast to reach $12.7 billion in 2014. A heightened demand for LED lighting applications is the main driver of this increase. In 2011, DisplaySearch predicts global LED capacity will reach 180 billion units, and by 2013 will reach 227 billion. The total average LED penetration in lighting was 1.4 percent ...

Power Integrations has launched a new reference design for a 25-watt LED T8 tube ballast power supply. Notable for industry-leading efficiency of greater than 91%, the design (DER-287) also meets commercial requirements for power factor (PF greater than 0.9) and harmonic distortion (EN61000-3-2 Class C). DER-287 is a single-stage converter built around LNK409EG, a member of the LinkSwitch-PH family of LED driver ICs. Single-stage technology greatly increases product lifetime by eliminating the opto-isolators and large aluminum electrolytic input bulk capacit...

LG Electronics Inc said on Friday it had filed a complaint with the South Korean trade commission to ban imports of LED products from Siemens (SIEGn.DE) lightbulb unit Osram in response to patent infringement litigation by the German firm. LG joined Samsung LED to countersue Osram, after the German firm said in June that it filed lawsuits against the two business groups in the United States, Germany and Japan and another against LG in China. Samsung LED countersued in June, filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Osram Korea and two Korea...

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), the electronic retailer, is offering a Samsung Tablet with the purchase of Samsung HDTVs starting from August 21.

Elemental LED has cut prices on its popular Tess Bulbs, the LED Replacement Bulbs with a standard e26/27 screw-in base and cutting-edge Cree LED chips. 6W Tess Bulbs, a replacement for standard incandescent 30W bulbs, were $29.99 and are now $17.99. 7W Tess Bulbs, equivalent to 40W incandescent bulbs, were $34.99 and are now $19.99. 9W Tess Bulbs, a 60W replacement, were $39.99 and are now $21.99.