Benefiting from the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program, which provides software for emerging clean tech companies in North America and Europe, PearlLED is using Autodesk's Digital Prototyping software to help design a new LED lightbulbs.

Luminus Devices has installed CBT-90 white PhlatLight LEDs inside Martin Professional's new MAC 350 Entour™ lighting fixtures to brighten the stage on Crowded House's World Tour. The MAC 350 Entour is the entertainment lighting industry's first LED alternative to traditional high intensity discharge-based profile fixtures.

Bridgelux(R) has chose Electro Scientific Industries(ESI) 's fully automated wafer scriber, the AccuScribe(R) 2150P to support the manufacturing of its LEDs in the United States.

The members of Cree LED City(R) Program will cooperate with the DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (Consortium).

Philips Lumileds has increased the light output specifications as well as lowered forward voltage for LUXEON Rebel LED Portfolio to satisfy the customer needs. It's said that the company's red and red-orange LUXEON Rebel LEDs now generate 40% more light and are 50% more efficient. Its blue LEDs have the best hot/cold factor which delivers superior in-application results and delivers leading lumens per Watt. Royal Blue typically delivers 875 mW at 700 mA .

Acuity Brands has come out four white papers, which are comprise of four fundamental LED topics, such as  LED Binning, Photometric Measurement, Lumen Depreciation and Color Quality, to help educate the marketplace about LED lighting and technology and associated issues in lighting design.   "LED and Binning” relates to binning LEDs, color temperature, chromaticity and ANSI binning standards.  

Nexxus Lighting has to put off the laboratory of its first series of Array(TM) LED replacement lamps, because the product is under the review of the ENERGY STAR program.   Once the test is completed, Nexxus will submit its R30 product in both its flood and narrow flood configurations at 3000 deg Kelvin color temperature.

Energy Smart Industry (ESI) announces the launch of LED outdoor lights under its energy efficiency program. The company has been providing with different lighting solutions in the past that cater to industries with different requirement and has helped many of them in reducing their electricity bills.

The first screen of its kind, the Diamond Vision OLED, measuring 8.8sqm (3.84 m (w) by 2.3 m (h)) with a depth of just 9.9cm, has been installed at the material Research Center recently opened by the chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. The new technology is a pioneering step forward, using organic light emitting diodes (OLED) as a light source, which due to its structure and composition is fully scalable and can be arranged into flexible forms and shapes.

Lately, Edison Opto had planed to be listed in Taiwan on September 10 but was delayed due to some reason. But Edison had noted that Lustrous lawsuit had little impact on the company's finances and operations. In the August 31st of 2010, Lustrous Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Edison, and Edison had hired an professional patent attorney for the lawsuit.

Recently, Tatung planed to low LED-backlit LCD TV price, 32-inch LCD TV from around NT$30,000 down to NT$24,900 (US$793),and 42-inch LCD TV from about NT$ 43,900 slipping to NT$34,900.while Taiwan suppliers planed to display new LED TV models in the next two months.

Taiwan-based display panel maker Wintek Corp., has started production of AMOLED displays used in smartphones to tap the higher-end market. With the fast-growing market for smartphones, many global display panel makers, like AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux of Taiwan, turned to production of AMOLED displays.

Energy-saving luminaires offer reliability, minimal maintenance for general lighting areas where security is imperative.

Dell launched new LED and laser colour printers which are available in colour printing technology to small and medium businesses and home offices worldwide.   The breakthrough LED printing technology, including the world's smallest A4 small business laser class colour printer, rounds out its printer family delivering optimal performance and energy efficiency to organisations of all sizes.

LG has released the Xnote A510 3D, which is considered as the "world's first" near full HD 3D laptop. The Xnote A510 is capable of converting 2D content into 3D. LG also includes a pair of clip-on 3D lenses for "regular glasses-wearers."

Crompton Lighting, a division of the Gerard Lighting Group in Australia, has announced a LUXEON-Based XL LED downlight with the assistance of Future Lighting Solutions . The fixtures consume 70% less energy and provide a much longer 50,000-hour lamp life than their 50W MR16 halogen counterparts.

ANC Sports Enterprises installed a new light emitting diode signage (LED) system at the Cintas Center, Xavier University’s multipurpose sports and entertainment arena. The signage system is highlighted by a center-hung scoreboard which features eight LED video displays and a 42’ long circular LED ribbon. The structure is nearly 18 feet tall and weighs approximately 14,700 pounds.

One of China largest manufacturers of consumer electronics devices, Sichuan Changhong Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fairchild Semiconductor. Under the MOU, Changhong has committed to fulfilling purchasing target plans for Fairchild's leading-edge power and mobile components through December 2015.

According to the managing director of OLED Association, Barry Young, Samsung choose Dr. H. K. Chung to lead the start-up of their OLED program. Due to Chung's contributions to the whole OLED community as well as his leadership in R&D and manufacturing of OLED displays for Samsung SDI, the predecessor to Samsung Mobile Displays (SMD), Young presented Chung with the first Annual OLED Leadership Award before the twelfth annual OLED World Summit.

Diodes Incorporated has launched two 9-channel LED drivers with internal charge-pumps, which are suit for backlighting small-LCD screens, keypads and LED lights.   With three groups of 3-LED channels and its three independent PWM dimmable control inputs, the AL3158 provides a simple drive for RGB LEDs.   Meanwhile, the AL3159, with its versatile 3-wire logic decoding of LED current control, simplifies the driving of 9-LEDs for illuminating LCD screens and LED indicator control.  

Acuity Brands has set up its new training center at Sensor Switch facility in Wallingford, CT. According to the firm, this facility is designed to provide hands-on training for Sensor Switch customers and business partners as well as to showcase the newest Acuity Brands(R) intelligent LED lighting and lighting controls solutions.

Recently, LED chipmaker Lumitek started trading on Taiwan's emerging stock market, with paying for NT$360 million (US$11.46 million) .

Taiwan GlacialLight has signed an agreement and joined the Energy Star® Program. As an official partner, all marketing materials of GlacialLight are allowed to add the ENERGY STAR® Partner logo. According to the company, its products will be submitted to and tested by an independently administered third-party with a lab report, and the performance data must be accredited and approved by the international safety standards in order to use the ENERGY STAR® certification mark on the product packaging.

Sony Gulf , the regional arm of consumer electronics giant Sony, has shown off its new 3D-enabled LED BRAVIA television series in the Middle East. The new sets comprise of the HX800, NX815/710 and LX900 models, comes in four collections of 40 inch, 46 inch, 55 inch and 60 inch sizes, and contains HD 3D and WiFi connectability.

Microchip Technology Inc. has designed its Digital LED Lighting Development Kit, which enables designers to quickly leverage the capabilities and performance of the dsPIC33 'GS' series of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) to develop LED lighting products.

Ruud Lighting, one of the lead sponsors of Light Middle East, will present lighting solutions that are designed to meet the needs of consumers in the Middle East. It will showcase its latest LED lighting division – BetaLED, focusing on exterior lighting products and innovations including those for street lighting, area and pathway lighting, illumination for parking structures, specialised tunnel lighting, flood lights and security and perimeter lighting among others.

Acuity Brands, will present at the OLEDs World Summit Conference on September 29, 2010 in San Francisco. Peter Ngai, the company's Vice President of Research and Development, will present "An Accelerated Performance Roadmap for OLED Lighting," to discuss the design, performance and sustainability requirements needed from OLED panel manufacturers for the technology to be viable in general lighting and illumination applications.

South Korea LG Electronic schedules to take at least a 10 per cent share in Japan's LED TV market within three years.

ON Semiconductor, will introduce its newest LED lighting solutions with four products and GreenPoint(R) Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool  at the Strategies in Light Europe conference Sept. 27-29 in Frankfurt, Germany.