Permlight for Signs™, a division of Permlight Products, Inc., announced that it has expanded to the United Kingdom to manage increased demand for LED signage solutions from overseas customers. The company named Guy Young as national sales manager for the United Kingdom to support the expansion.

Recently, Supertex, Inc. introduced an LED driver- the HV9919, which designed to drive LEDs using a buck topology. The company said it is well suited for a variety of solid-state lighting applications, such as: industrial, architectural, signage, or decorative lighting; indicator or emergency lighting; and as a general purpose constant current source.

Taiwan LED lighting makers estimate LED market to take off in 2009 in spite of the ongoing financial crisis. In Taiwan, several significant LED lighting projects have launched by governments. The Taichung City government installed 5,000 streetlights by the end of October, the largest number of all. The Bureau of Energy under the Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced it will budget NT$150 million (US$4.5 million at US$1:NT$33) in 2009 to finance local governments on the island to erect a total number of 12,500 LED streetlights islandwide.

CML Innovative Technologies (CML-IT), one of the largest worldwide suppliers of miniature lighting components and systems, introduces a new 1 metre long double LED strip light unit complete with mounting base, screw holes and lens to replace fluorescent for general illumination, signage, retail lighting and transport lighting applications.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced its intelligent lighting solutions - PSoC Designer(TM) 5.0 visual design software and the CY3265N-RGB evaluation kit support the Power LED series from Nichia Corporation.

The following picture is an interesting LED lamp, which is designed by Young Bok Kim. This lantern concept puts a modern twist on the ancient hourglass by draining the light from LEDs instead of sand.

Spanish enterprise LUXINTEC, specialized in the design, R+D and manufacturing related to LED systems, that is, electronic parts, optical parts, and mechanical parts involved in the final LED lighting solution, which aims to achieve increased manufacturing capacity, higher speed of response and full control over in-house manufacturing processes of LED systems by incorporating an “pick and place” line in its factory in Spain.

Talee Star Place was grandly opened the other day. The splendid and impressive LED wall attracts numerous people, the various changing lights and shades presents an extremely different vision effect on the exterior of the construction, which is now the new landmark of Kaohsiung city. The case is completed after two years of cooperative planning by UN Studio in Holland and domestic LED lighting manufacturer, AOP. While AOP is responsible alone for the LED lighting design and manufacture, control system, and program development.

It’s reported that Dialight, has introduced a new series of reverse-mount LED indication products created for the needs of electronic and industrial equipment manufacturers. Designed to help eliminate mixed-technology PC board processing, the 597 series microLED SMD LEDs are RoHS compliant and compatible with automatic placement equipment as well as surface-mount reflow soldering processes. They also feature a gold plated termination finish.

Recently, Inventronics has announced the release of the EWC-100 series driver supplies designed specifically for high brightness LED lighting applications.

More homeowners and businesses than ever are replacing their old incandescent holiday lights for efficient LED bulbs, according to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials and businesses that sell lighting. Joe Molica, spokesman for PG&E, said as the public becomes more aware of them, they are becoming more popular. They are trying to raise the awareness that energy efficiency is one of the most important tools we have in the fight against global warming.

Lumidas Japan Co Ltd exhibited a number of "LumiDas" series LED lighting products developed and manufactured by Fawoo Technology Co Ltd of Korea at Eco-Products 2008 (from Dec 11 to 13, 2008, at Tokyo Big Sight in Chiba Prefecture, Japan).

It’s reported that cree will be one of the 31 main suppliers featured at the "Energy Efficiency & Lighting" global technical learning and networking event, held virtually at Premier Farnell's Live EDGE EcoSphere on December 11, 2008 from 8am to midnight EST.

It’s reported that Benjamin Damilano and a group of researchers of the CRHEA-CNRS in Valbonne Sophia-Antipolis, France, have created quantum well-based white LEDs.

The EU-funded project ROLLED has succeeded in developing a flexible OLED light source that could make packaging more attractive, among other applications.

StockerYale Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, introduced its first LED product — the COBRA Slim for linescan applications. The COBRA Slim family includes optical, thermal, electronic and mechanical improvements in an innovative modular concept to address linescan and web inspection from 100mm up to several meters.

Recently, Nuventix, Inc., creator of SynJet® technology cooling solutions, its innovative LED cooling design for lighting giant and Nuventix design partner, Philips wins the Austin Business Journal’s Tech Innovations Award. The Nuventix product is an active thermal management solution utilizing SynJet fanless air cooling technology providing silent operation, long life, and optimal cooling for the Philips Downlight LED Module (DLM) line of products.

ilumisys Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, is on behalf of its parent company Altair Engineering, announced that a favorable ruling was received from the United States Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences relative to Patent Interference Number 105,602.

The worldwide OLED display revenue in Q308 was US$141 million, down 11% quarter by quarter, but up 60% year by year, according to market sources. Chi Mei EL, the second supplier of AMOLED displays, posted record high shipments in Q308, while the leading AMOLED supplier Samsung SDI experienced lower shipments quarter by quarter. As a result, AMOLED shipments increased only slightly compared to Q208 reaching 1.7 million units.  

It’s reported that Houston plans to replace the light bulbs at all 2,381 of its traffic stops with LED bulbs that could save more than $4 million a year in electricity costs. The LED traffic signals will cost 16 times more than incandescent bulbs and last six years longer. City Council approve a $16.4 million contract for pricier signals with Siemens Building Technologies Inc.

Recently, Japan semiconductor manufacturer Rohm developed LED backlight driver ICs that incorporate an ultra-compact wafer-level chip scale package (WL-CSP), which are designed for small 1.6- to 4-inch LCDs in portable devices requiring high efficiency for maximum battery life.

LiquidLEDs is a Taiwanese LED manufacturer, which is experienced in developing AC LED lighting solution. It recently made AC LED bulbs the only lighting source for its new office in Taipei, Taiwan. This office is the first in the world to use AC LED bulb as it's main source of lighting.

Supertex, Inc., a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), introduced the CL520 and the CL525, two linear, constant current, two terminal LED drivers with only 1.0 volt drop-out and fixed output currents of 20mA and 25mA, respectively.

The three-acre North Dumpling Island off the coast of Connecticut, an independent state is reportedly that installs Philips’s LED lighting system.      

It’s reported that Konka Group Co., Ltd., of Shenzhen, China, announces that it is to open its LED backlight design and production line in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, Eastern China in mid December 2008. Established in May 1980, the Shenzhen company plans to spend three to five years building a complete LED industrial chain in China. The industrial chain is expected to produce LED related products with a value of more than CNY 10 billion per year.

The incandescent lamp is being discontinued in Europe because it is so inefficient, the replacement of 3.5 billion incandescent lamps installed throughout Europe will lead to a reduction in the power consumed by lighting systems by more than 30 percent.

Marktech LED Lighting Products, the definitive source for LED lighting products, introduces the T5 LED light tube. The high output, energy-efficient product was designed to insure the highest of quality and design to meet market demands. With an 80 CRI (color rendering index) and its slim design, the T5 is ideal for a variety of applications, including general or indirect lighting of display cases, wall washes and alcoves, in addition to backlighting of POP displays and vending machines.

Regular Christmas trees have a string of lights. High-tech trees have 30,000 LEDs. Look at the following high-tech christmas trees: Sharp's Aquos LCD Tree

UPEC Electronics Corp. announces the high-power RGB ceramic LED — HP 650 Series.

It’s reported that European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed.