NEC Display Solutions of America has introduced a new ultra-narrow model to its X Series, the 55-inch X551UN, which is designed for the rigors of 24/7 operation in a variety of video wall applications. The X551UN is a direct LED-backlit LCD display, allowing for improved uniformity, reduced power consumption and mercury-free components. It has a 5.5mm distance between active screen areas of two neighboring displays. This model is the 3rd product in NEC’s X Series to support Intel’s Open Pluggable Specification (OPS), which is the first indust...

1.9 meter integrating sphere for measuring total radiant power and luminous flux The ISP 2000 from Instrument Systems is the latest pioneering development launched by the leading manufacturer of light measurement systems worldwide. This integrating sphere has been specifically designed with a diameter of 1.9 meters to facilitate precise measurement of total radiant power and luminous flux at lamps, luminaires and large LED modules. The ISP 2000 is the largest member of the well-established family of premium integrating spheres produced by Instrument Systems. It incorpo...

Acuity Brands has expanded its outdoor LED lighting portfolio for the Company’s PARK application family of products. New products including the Tersen Ratio™ PG and the Lithonia Lighting VAP™, luminaires for covered outdoor applications, and the Tersen Ratio 4.0 and Lithonia Lighting ALX™, luminaires for parking lots and surrounding areas. Designed as is a LED luminaire of contemporary architectural styling, the Tersen Ratio PG suits for the parking garage. It complies with the IESNA RP-20 standards and delivers up to 1...

GT Solar has received a new order from Taiwan-based LED wafer manufacturer, Tera Xtal Technology Corporation. GT Solar will supply Tera Xtal sapphire cores for increasing their production of epitaxial-ready LED wafers. It’s said that GT’s new sapphire production facility increases the availability of high quality sapphire material for its LED and specialty market sapphire customers. In the beginning, material allocation will satisfy both LED and specialty market customers, but long term, as its equipment customers ramp into high volume produc...

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) had completed an agreement with PowerSecure International’s EnergyLite division to distribute the company’s LED area lighting solution SecureLite™. According to NRTC, SecureLite is a Dark Sky compliant technology. Its highly efficient design includes its breakthrough proprietary dusk-to-dawn control technology, which maximizes the light’s efficiency and reliability, while reducing maintenance costs. Compared to a traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) area lights, SecureL...

Titan LED of Moorpark, Calif., an LED lighting company, is considering a couple of sites in Warren to establish a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility that would employ 25. According to David McGeary, national director of East Coast operations for the company, negotiations for such a facility are on the “5-yard line,” but he is “hopeful of crossing the goal line of locating a facility here.” McGeary said Titan LED has been looking for an East Coast location for about nine months, “but Warren just stuck out.&rd...

Reportedly, KU Environs is proposing the installation of LED lights throughout campus to make campus lighting energy efficient. At present, the group has installed a set of LED lights as a demonstration on West Campus. According to Nick Benson, vice president of KU Environs, the demonstration lights were installed at the beginning of April. The group plans to survey University students and faculty, in an effort to determine if installing the LED lights on the main Lawrence campus would be effective. It’s said that Cooper Lighting donated the lights fo...

Lighting Science Group is announced to be selected by the White House as a "Champion of Change," an award associated with President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative. The company’s Founder and Chief Technology Officer Fred Maxik was very pleased to receive this award, and issued statement. He stated that"It is both an honor and pleasure to be featured alongside a group of American individuals, businesses and organizations working diligently in their respective science and technology fields to embody the 'Innovate, Educate...

Nirupam Sahay was reported to be appointed by Philips India as the Business Head of Philips Lighting India, and he will be responsible for the complete Philips Lighting business in India. Prior to this, Nirupam Sahay was Senior Director - Marketing at Philips Lighting India.  With a career spanning over 17 years, he has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing and P&L Management at Philips, GE Capital, Whirlpool and Asian Paints.  ...

Recently, LG Electronics and Samsung start to adopt LED lights in refrigerator. LG has launched a new DIOS refrigerator which combines with green, white and blue LED lights that it claims to be eight times more energy-efficient than the fridges that use regular lights. The company also touts the LED lights as causing little temperature differences in the refrigerator to reduce fresh vegetable oxidation. In addition, LG Household and Health Care, a sister company of LG Electronics, also combined a lamp and air freshener with LED lights. People simply pr...

Cree has enhanced the performance levels for high-brightness LEDs for indoor and outdoor video screens with its new water resistant and higher contrast high-brightness LEDs. It includes the Screen Master CLX6A-FKB and CLVBA-FKA which of Cree’s first typical black surface-mount LEDs that are used for high-definition, high-resolution LED screens and displays. The Screen Master CLX6A-FKB optimises for outdoor use with both IPX6 and IPX8 ratings, this PLCC6-type LED eliminates the need for a protective cover, reducing overall system...

The issue of nuclear energy has been risen up after Japan disaster. Robert Yeh, C.E.O. of Everlight  has show his opinion at the seminar of “1st Economic&Trade between Shanghai and Taiwan”. He indicated instead of building more power plants or looked for the new technology of power created, we should consider “saving power” .For example, if we used LED lights instead of the conventional lights, we can save 5.8 constructions of Sansia Dams in China. It can reduce the waste of the natural resources as well as the emission of CO2. Every country ...

Considering LED-application products containing LEDs marketed by WILMAR CORPORATION (a U.S. marketing and distribution company) used White LEDs that infringe at least one of Nichia’s U.S. patents, Nichia demanded that WILMAR discontinue marketing the infringing products. Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in September 2010, and in March, 2011, WILMAR acknowledged patent infringement and agreed to stop marketing infringing products and to change to new products using non-infringing White LEDs. The lawsuit is dismissed ...

Philips Lumileds has introduced new lighting solution for its LUXEON LEDs, which supplies an approach to efficient, high quality illumination with white as well as royal blue LEDs for remote phosphor solutions. Illumination Grade LUXEON LEDs providing high quality illumination in white light by a broad selection of CRI and CCT combinations, high efficacy at operating temperatures (Tj 85°C), superior light output at operating temperatures, uniform color throughout the beam, LED to LED consistency, minimal or no color shift at operating conditions,...

Currently, Hi Score Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMD Lighting and Energy Control Systems, has supported the board of Southview at Aventura to replace the existing 250 watt fixtures with 56 watt LED fixtures on its parking lot. Southview will benefit from LED retrofit. It should save approximately six thousand dollars per year in electricity and maintenance costs. Also, the Green LED Lighting will provide more consistent lighting in the parking area creating a safer environment. Besides, the conversion will reduce its carbon footprint.  ...

Reportedly, James Haworth who was former Philips Professional Luminaires North America head of marketing and strategy as well as former chief executive officer of JJI Lighting Group is appointed as CEO by Lighting Science Group.   Haworth is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BBA from Loyola University of Chicago and a MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University. He is a member of several professional associations, including The Presidents Forum and the American Institute of Certified Public A...

As report goes, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) scheduled to transfer its solar and solid-state lighting businesses into two new subsidiaries. Its LED-based solid-state lighting business will be transferred at a value not exceeding NT$2.8 billion ($96.9 million) to serve as initial paid-in capital for TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. And its previously-announced solar business will be transferred value not exceeding NT$12.5 billion ($432.8 million) to serve as initial paid-in capital for TSMC Solar Ltd.. TSMC expects the establishme...

Recently, SEMI has developed an agreement with Korea Polytechnic University(KPU) on a talent training program for the LED and photovoltaic industries. Under the MOU, the first LED manufacturing training program will be held at the COEX in Seoul from October 24-26, 2011. The two organizations will join force to develop the curriculum that offers both theoretical and practical training. In particular, KPU offers LED facilities and equipment to supply gain hands-on experience in the LED manufacturing process technology. SEMI is involved in several...

Korea-based company ZemosLED has recently launched the US patented 80,000 hour Zemos9090 LED package. Based on a Cree LED die SiC substrate, the Zemos9090 has extensive use for a longer lifespan, who have been limited by current technology to a 50.000 hours lifespan. Moreover, the Zemos9090 has a low thermal resistance and a large heat spread area. The Zemos9090 also utilises ZemosLED's patented phosphor deposition technology, allowing for maximum light conversion, and precise colour temperature control. The company the company will also offer the Zemos...

Switch Lighting has introduced its new 75 watt equivalent warm white LED replacement bulb for the replacement of incandescent and CFL lighting in residential and commercial applications. With "City of Light"TM technology, the bulb creates a self-cooling environment inside, allowing maximum brightness with fewer LEDs. Switch is designing their LED bulbs to meet Cradle to Cradle? principles-continuously and cost-effectively recovering all materials from the used light bulbs and safely biodegrading or recycling them. Because of the unique cooling system...

Silicon Base Development Inc. (Taiwan), a subsidiary of SemiLEDs Corporation, is again expanding its high power LED portfolio by adding two multiple-chip packages with silicon substrate—S63 and S79. SiBDI’s highly efficient S63/S79 series offers light output options from 400 to 1,000 lumens. The Light Engine can replace incandescent, halogen, and CFL light sources in a variety of applications. These integrated solutions deliver high quality light without pixilation, better color uniformity, and superior lumens output per area - closely replicating the ...

LED Source®, the exclusive North American distributor for Coemar, has released LEDko, a revolutionary new LED fixture and the first LED profile delivering both Soft Profile and Hard Edge Profile using mix and match optics. The Reflection LEDko is part of the PLASA 2010 award winning Reflection series and applies Reflection LED technology to the world of lekos. LEDko is available in LEDko FullSpectrum, LEDko VariWhite 3000-7000K and LEDko White 3200K. With the Reflection LEDko series, Coemar has created the first LED pro...

PowerSecure International, Inc. is announced to receive $15 million of new awards for products and services across its Energy and Smart Grid Solutions business lines.   Among the awards, there are including orders for $2 million of LED lighting products, $5 million of Utility Infrastructure projects, and approximately $8 million of Interactive Distributed Generation® (IDG®) smart grid power systems.   The largest of the awards includes an Interactive Distributed Generation system to support a municipality, the installation of a new substation on ...

Reportedly, Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co. LTD (HTOT) has ordered the advanced sapphire crystallization furnaces totaling $218.9 million from GT Solar. This Chinese LED company plans to launches operations to manufacture sapphire and other crystalline products used in LEDs. Additionally, the order not only marks HTOT’s entrance into the fast-growing LED industry, but also continues GT Solar’s market momentum for its sapphire crystalline growth technology. The order will be included in GT Solar’s backlog for its cu...

Lighting Science Group is reported to team up with Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation USA, Inc. to bring its high performance, low cost LED infrastructure lights to Eastern China. Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation USA will serve as Lighting Science Group's exclusive agent for LED infrastructure products beginning in the Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. In addition, the two companies are exploring the possibility of contracting eligible factories in the aforementioned locations to both manufacture and assemble Light...

For the second year in a row MSi LED lighting will shine brightly before this gathering of the world’s top lighting professionals. MSi Solid State lighting is proud to be an exhibitor at the Lightfair International (FFI) trade show May 15-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. This annual trade show attracts the world’s top engineering, architectural, design and lighting professionals who attend seminars and view exhibitions of the latest developments in technology and design for both commercial and residential lighting. “This ...

Recently, Lamina Ceramics has released new LED light engines that Smaller than a U.S. nickel and about as bright as a 20-watt light bulb, each BL-4000 light engine is a disk-like array containing 4-6 individual LEDs, depending upon color. The product was honored for Technical Innovation. BL-4000 arrays provide super bright and long-lived lighting. It widely uses for indoor and outdoor architectural applications. Another huge emerging market is DLP (digital light processing) and LCD televisions and multimedia projectors.Lamina Ceramics has solved that heat buil...

Veeco has released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. According to Veeco's Chief Executive Officer, John R. Peeler, the company has received strong revenue first quarter, with revenues of $255 million, gross margin of 51% and non-GAAP net income of $57 million, all complied with their expectation. As predicted, revenues were down 15% sequentially, but increased 89% from the prior year first quarter. LED & Solar revenues were $215 million and Data Storage revenues were $40 million. Veeco's first quarter bookings totalled $...

LEDnovation has launched its new ImproveLite™ A19 LED, offering 385- and 565-lumen versions at 3000K to take the place of 40- and 60-watt incandescent and halogen lamps in downlights and other semi-directional applications .   The ImproveLite A19 LED provides significantly improved quality of light and color over less-efficient compact fluorescent alternatives, all while featuring dimming to 15% and instant-on response. With a color rendering index (CRI) Ra above 90, a high saturation of deep red color rendering R9 and a 3000K color temperature (CCT...

LED intelligent lighting fixtures manufacturer NexPhase Lighting, a subsidiary of Onteco,  is reported to complete the first stage of installation and testing of LED 100 W high bay fixtures at the main distribution of City Furniture’s warehouse , which is located in Tamarac, Florida of City Furniture. It’s said that there are more than 1,000 traditional high wattage lighting fixtures to be replaced in the distribution warehouse of City Furniture. And NexPhase has replaced 80 T8 fluorescent fixtures with 12 LED 100 W high bay fixtures in the fir...