2009-11-03

Sol, Inc. Unveils New Solar Light Controller Platform

Sol, Inc. a provider of solar powered LED outdoor lighting, has announced the introduction of its next generation solar light intelligence. aiSUN™ operates as the brain, heart and nervous system of a solar light, making them brighter, more efficient and less complex.
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2009-11-03

Dole Saves 95% with Albeo’s C-Series LED High Bay lighting

Albeo Technologies Inc., a LED lighting manufacturer, announces the retrofit of a Dole cold storage warehouse with Albeo's award winning C-Series solid-state high bay. Dole, the world's largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, replaced 400W metal halide fixtures with Albeo C-Series High Bay fixtures. Light levels nearly doubled in the cold storage warehouse with the fixtures mounted at 28 feet and temperatures below zero degrees Fahrenheit.
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2009-11-03

LED Linear GmbH Announces the Creation of LED Linear North America

LED-Linear GmbH announced the creation of LED Linear North America. The move is a result of a new partnership with Andrew Pott, based in Toronto, Ontario and establishes LED Linear’s entry into the North American LED market.
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2009-11-03

SemiLEDs Increases Capacity to Meet Customer Demand for Street Lights and Other High End Applications

SemiLEDs Corporation announced the successful introduction of Close Coupled Showerhead® CRIUS® MOCVD system with 7x4 inch configuration from AIXTRON into its 4” Fab. SemiLEDs, a world leader of high power VLED products, has shifted its mass production VLED to 4 inch wafers which greatly increase production capacity to meet strong demand for high end applications, such as street light and home lighting.
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2009-11-02

Enfis and Cooper Lighting Come Together to Deliver Visionary Lighting Solution for Iconic Structure in Abu Dhabi

The Yas Hotel, a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex has recently been completed by Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties PJSC, just in time for the inaugural 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Cooper Lighting, a UK-based lighting company and Swansea-based Enfis Group Plc, a developer and manufacturer of SMART high-power lighting systems, had cooperated to deliver the LED lighting solution to the spectacular project. 
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2009-11-02

New Osram Sylvania CEO Hosts LED Design Showcase

OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted its expanded line of professional LED solutions, including Traxon LED Systems from SYLVANIA. Hosted by newly appointed President and CEO Rick Leaman, the event showcased the superior style and function of SYLVANIA LED systems to the lighting design community.  
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2009-11-02

Burton Medical Releases New Diagnostic LED Examination Light

Burton Medical Products, Inc. has developed a revolutionary diagnostic and examination light, the AIM LED, by combining the smart and versatile design of their existing AIM lights with the efficiency and longevity of an LED light source.
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2009-11-02

BT Creates Biggest LED Display to Celebrate 1,000 Days to Go until the London 2012 Olympic Games

British Telecommunications plc (BT)  has installed a giant electronic information band at the top of the iconic BT Tower in London. The 360 degree LED array – which is believed to be the highest of its kind in Europe and the Americas – will be switched on for the first time this evening with a pyrotechnic display and a message to celebrate 1000 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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2009-11-02

LG Display to Release 40-inch OLED Panel in 2012

LG Display announced its plan to develop and release large-size OLED panels at FPD International 2009, which took place from Oct 28 to 30, 2009 in Yokohama, Japan.
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2009-10-30

Low Cost Crystals for LED Lighting Awarded DOE Funding

The Department of Energy recently announced $151 million funding for 37 ambitious research projects to pursue breakthroughs that could fundamentally change the way we use and produce energy. One of the selected projects includes the development of low cost crystals for LED lighting.
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2009-10-30

Rohm Unveils New LED Bulbs Diffusing Light Widely as Incandescent Bulb

Rohm Co Ltd introduced its new E26 LED light bulb prototypes at Green Device 2009 held from Oct 28 to 30 in Japan.
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2009-10-30

DOMINANT Introduces New H-Series LEDs

DOMINANT introduces the new high intensity and cost competitive 5mm round and oval lamp InGaN LED series Lxx-Hxxxx as alternative to their Lxx-Nxxxx products. At an operating current of 20 mA, the 5mm round LEDs feature a typical luminous intensity of 4000mcd for blue, 12000mcd for true green. For their 5mm oval lamp part are two versions of viewing angle available; 70/35° and 100/40°.
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2009-10-30

Philips Lumileds Releases LUXEON Rebel LEDs for the Automotive Industry

Philips Lumileds has announced broad release of its white automotive rated LUXEON Rebel LEDs. Intended for use in automotive applications such as daytime running lamps, position lamps, backup lamps and interior lighting, these LUXEON Rebel parts provide superior design flexibility and are engineered and tested to exceed automotive requirements for reliability, performance, and lifetime. Each part conforms to both the SAE and ECE color specifications and has complete PPAP documentation.
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2009-10-30

Cree Demonstrates Record-Breaking LED Light Bulb

Today, at the annual Cree (Nasdaq:CREE) shareholder meeting, Cree Chairman and CEO Chuck Swoboda demonstrated an A-lamp LED light bulb with the highest lumen output and efficacy reported in the industry. The bulb produces 969 lumens at an impressive 102 lumens per watt, which is the light output equivalent to a 65-watt incandescent bulb, yet it uses only 9.5 watts.
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2009-10-29

LG Sets LED TV Base in Thailand

The South Korean electronics giant LG has chosen Thailand as the first Asean production base for its latest range of televisions.
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2009-10-29

Samsung Unveils 3.9mm-thick LED TV

Samsung introduced its "world's thinnest" 3.9mm-thick 40-inch LCD TV based on LED technology at FPD International 2009. The new design uses LED based edge-lighting along with new optical film manufacturing process to spread the light evenly behind the screen. The luminance, contrast and frame frequency of the panel are 400cd/m2, 5,000:1 and 120Hz, respectively.
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2009-10-29

Philips LED Lighting Solutions Illuminate GHD's Offices in Leeds

Philips’ has supplied Yorkshire based GHD, the market leading manufacturer of styling irons, with an LED lighting solution for their recently opened prestigious offices in the centre of Leeds.
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2009-10-29

Orb Optronix Announces Its New Family of Advanced LED Measurement Systems

Orb Optronix announced today its new family of advanced LED characterization systems. The ETΦ™ family of LED Characterization Systems, also known as ETO, is capable of measuring the complete electrical, thermal and optical characteristics of LEDs.
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2009-10-28

Hong Kong International Lighting Fair ‘09 Features High CRI and power-saving LEDs

The HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair opened with 1,788 exhibitors from 31 countries and regions. The LED Lighting Zone has attracted 440 exhibitors offering a range of LED lighting products. Companies from Belize, the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and the United Kingdom are taking part in the zone.
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2009-10-28

LED Backlight Drives Veeco‘s Q3 Revenu up

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. The third quarter revenue was $99 million, down 15% on $115.7m a year ago but up on $72m last quarter and well above the guidance of $80-88 million.
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2009-10-28

FPG to Form Strategic Alliance with Epistar to Tap LED Market

Nan Ya Photonics Inc. (NPI), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group, will form a strategic alliance with Epistar Corp. to tap the LED market, according to Taiwan Economic News.
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2009-10-28

Veeco MOCVD Tools Selected for Capacity Expansion at Xiamen Sanan OptoElectronics in China

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced that Sanan OptoElectronics of China has placed multiple tool orders for Veeco`s TurboDisc Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs).
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2009-10-28

Cree Shifts Lighting-Class LED Expectations to 100+ Lumens

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, is redefining expectations of lighting-class LEDs with the addition of new 100+ lumen XLamp(R) XP-C LEDs to the company's line of XLamp LEDs. This addition shifts Cree's entire XLamp portfolio of lighting-class LEDs into the 100+ lumen range, at 350 mA.
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2009-10-27

EPISTAR Achieves 110lmW Warm White LED for 1W and 3W Operation

EPISTAR achieves 110lm/W warm white LED and demonstrates these devices at LEDs 2009 conference in San Diego, California.
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2009-10-27

LEDtronics Shoebox and Cobrahead LED Luminaires Aid the Bolling Air Force Base in D.C. with Their Energy Efficiency Goals

"Energy Conservation: It Starts with Awareness" was the theme for the 2009 Energy Awareness Month at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. Through the program promoted by DOE each October, the AFDW sought to showcase the base as a nationally recognized model for energy and water conservation, and have replaced some of the power-hogging street lamps on the base grounds with eco-friendly LED lights from Torrance, California-based LEDtronics, Inc.
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2009-10-27

iWatt, Inc. Targets Solid State Lighting with New Digital PWM Controller

iWatt, Inc., a provider of digital power IC systems products and technology, today announced the release of the iW3620 Digital Controller for LED lighting applications. It is the industry’s first LED driver IC for 5-40W luminaires with primary side regulation that eliminates the need for an opto-coupler and related components thereby reducing bill-of-material cost and improving reliability.
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2009-10-27

AUO Exhibits Innovative Display Technologies at FPD Intl 2009

AU Optronics Corp. today announced that its new cutting-edge innovative display technologies will be exhibited at FPD International 2009, held in Yokohama Japan, from Oct. 28-30.
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2009-10-27

Lunera Lighting Ramps-Up Production of Dimmable LED Fixtures for Commercial Use

Lunera Lighting, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of next-generation digital LED lighting, is now selling its ultra-thin, energy-efficient LED fixtures to the commercial general lighting market.
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2009-10-27

LED Lamps for Puducherry Village in India Soon

Under a scheme sponsored by India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Union Ministry of Power, the Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP) will install LED lamps in a village in the Union Territory at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh, according to The Hindu, the online edition of India's National Newspaper.
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2009-10-27

Tyntek to Become Taiwan’s Third-largest LED Chipmaker by Acquiring Ubilux

Tyntek Corp, a Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, recently said it is seeking to acquire its local rival Ubilux to expand its output of LEDs for panel backlighting, according to an article on Taipei Times. The acquisition will make Tyntek Taiwan’s third-largest LED chipmaker, after Epistar Corp and Optotech Corp, the report said.
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE