2018-06-15

Aledia Chooses Veeco’s Propel GaN MOCVD System for Large Wafer 3D LED Production

The semiconductor process equipment manufacturer, Veeco, released the information of Aledia’s selection on its product, Propel® GaN MOCVD system for Aledia’s further research and development on 3D LED application.
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2018-06-15

LEDVANCE Participates in United Nations Global Compact

LEDVANCE signed to join the United Nations Global Compact to illustrate the company’s commitment in four areas of corporate responsibility including human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. 
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2018-06-14

High-power LED Package Products Saw Slight Price Drop, Suppliers Deploy in Horticultural Lighting Market

The prices of mid-power LED package products in the Chinese market remained stable in May 2018, while high-power 3030 LED package products saw slight price drop, says LEDinside.
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2018-06-14

Smart Contact Lenses with Small LED to Monitor Glucose

One major development for wearable devices is to combine health monitoring technologies for medical application. A Korean research team had developed smart contact lenses to detect glucose; their result was published on Science Advances in January. 
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2018-06-14

Fusion Optix Acquires Asserts from Rambus Lighting Division

Fusion Optix, an American based manufacturer of LED components reported the news of the company acquiring precision production equipment related to light guides and optical firms, quality control testing equipment and other asserts from the former Lighting Division of Rambus. According to Fusion Optix, the new equipment will be installed at its headquarters in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA and the company is expecting the acquisition will increase the capabilities of in-house production and engineering. 
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2018-06-14

Creating Incredible Experiences for Audience with LED on Stages

By topping up with technologies, events, live shows and art performances increase the diversity in production and present more and more unique experiences for the audience. LED technology is certainly one of the major applications in the entertainment industry, lighting and LED firms has built up relationships with event production companies or performance venues.
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2018-06-13

Focuses at GILE 2018: Horticulture Lighting and Niche Products

The most influential and comprehensive lighting event in Asia, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) was held from June 9-12. International and local participants gathered at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China to find out the latest products and technology of the industry. LEDside joined the exhibition and looked into the on-going development demonstrated in the event. 
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2018-06-13

Focuses at GILE 2018: Ergonomic Lighting and High power EMC/CSP products

The industry chain of lighting and LED manufacturing were presented in GILE including equipment, chip, packaging, lighting and application. Companies including Cree and Seoul Semiconductor, LEDVANCE, MLS, Refond, HC SemiTek, Everlight, Nationstar, Honglitronic, BMTC, Meanwell and other producers all took part in the event and most exhibitors were companies of packaging and lighting. 
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2018-06-12

The LED Bulb Expert Shares Smart Lighting Insights at GILE

The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) ends its 23rd session at the China Import and Export Fair Complex on June 12th. This year, more than 2,000 companies from 22 countries exhibited during the fair. As a leading brand in lighting industry, Shanghai Wellmax Lighting (WELLMAX) gathered attentions from industry experts and introduced its latest LED technologies, solutions and insights.
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2018-06-12

FIFA World Cup Stadiums Shine with Signify

The 2018 World Cup is coming in two days and fans from all over the world are getting ready for exciting matches taking places in Russia. Among the 12 stadiums used as venues for games, Signify has lit up 10 of them including Luzhniki (Moscow), Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg), Fisht (Sochi), Ekaterinburg Arena (Yekaterinburg), as well as soccer stadiums in Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd and Samara.
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2018-06-12

Plessey LED Lights for Sustainable Tomato Farm

Plessey announced its cooperation with a Belgian tomato producer, TomatoMaster with its latest LED growing light product. 
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2018-06-11

Epistar Progresses Mini LED Production in Q3

The company has been working on Mini LED backlights application and is preparing production for clients on the third quarter 2018 and by the fourth quarter, Mini LED application could be found in the market.
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2018-06-11

Photoplethysmography to Pursue Higher Accuracy, Leading to Significant Growth in Demand for Infrared Optical Components, Says LEDinside

According to LEDinside’s 2018 Infrared Sensing Application Market Report, pulse oximeter heart rate sensors have been widely introduced into smartwatch and wristband markets, pushing the demand for infrared optical components. Apple is expected to increase the accuracy of pulse oximeter heart rate sensors in its new-generation Apple Watch, thus may double the amount of green LEDs and infrared LEDs used in the products. The amount of photodiode needed for the new products may be four to five times more than in previous models, and the photodiode will also be larger in size.
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2018-06-11

[InfoComm 2018] Show Report- Display Targets HDR as the Market of Future Development

According to the latest report from LEDinside, a division of the market research firm TrendForce, 2018 Global LED Digital Display and Micro LED Display Market Outlook, thanks to the development of LED fine pitch display in recent years, demand in display market has increased again. Indoor fine pitch display (≤P2.5) will continuously grow after experiencing rapid development in the past few years, and the market scale in 2017 was USD 1.141 billion with CAGR of 2017-2021 expected to reach 12%.
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2018-06-07

Samsung Ready to Release Micro LED TVs in Q3

Samsung demonstrated “The Wall”, the new giant 16inch Micro LED TV in CES 2018 and is now planning to release the products into the market by third quarter this year. According to the report of Korea Times, a senior company executive said Samsung Electronics will debut TVs using Micro LED technology commercially the soonest in the third quarter in 2018. 
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2018-06-07

Signify Assigned New Leader of Entertainment Group

Signify announced to appoint Brian Friborg as the new leader of Entertainment Lighting Group on 6th June 2018. Born in Danmark and now based in the U.S., Brian is experienced in lighting business and carries critical understandings about the industry.
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2018-06-07

Enlightening Interaction of LED Technology and Art

Artists around the world are combining lighting technology, multimedia and local landscape to attract attentions from visitors and create stunning experiences. 
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2018-06-06

【COMPUTEX 2018】The World First Micro LED chip on PCB Introduced by ITRI

At COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2018, ITRI demonstrated the new Micro LED signage module which transfers Micro LED chip directly on PCB substrate. This achievement suggests that the display module has a great potential to reduce the cost and can be applied on products like video wall and indoor signage through combination. 
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2018-06-05

LG will Introduce the New Transparent Color LED Film Display at InfoComm 2018

LG Eletronics USA Business Solution is introducing the new Transparent Color LED film display which is flexible and can be attached on any surface such as windows and glass, making it possible to turn them into customized digital display. 
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2018-06-05

[COMPUTEX 2018] FSP Poised to Power 5G World

In COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2018, FSP, a leading power-supply manufacturer in the world, will display its cutting-edge technologies for 5G, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and eSports applications, to showcase its multiple R&D and technological strengths in the power supply industry. With the advent of 5G wireless technology, advanced power supplies and systems have become increasingly important. Metaphorically speaking, a power supply system is like a heart that keeps the modern tech world alive and running, while wireless communications technology is like the brain’s neural network.
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2018-06-05

WELLMAX will Introduce New LED Solution on the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2018

The upcoming Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) is the most influential and professional lighting event in Asia, providing visitors with comprehensive information of the latest developments and trends of the lighting industry. Shanghai Wellmax Lighting (WELLMAX), as the top company in LED industry, will participate in this event to showcase its latest LED technologies at booth A29, hall 4.1 from June 9th – 12th. 
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2018-06-05

Signify Helps Agro-Inwest to Expand its LED Horticultural Lighting Project

Signify, formerly known as Philips, announced the expansion of LED horticultural lighting installation with Agro-Inwest, Russia’s rapidly growing innovative company cultivating fresh vegetables. The greenhouses using LED lighting for growing tomatoes will reach the size of 68.5 hectares, equivalent to 100 soccer pitches. 
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2018-06-04

Three Keys That Can Help You Smoothly Implement LED SKD Model Locally

China is well-known as the world’s center of LED design and manufacturing, with complete and mature LED lighting value chain in place for many years. As the LED Bulb Expert and the top LED bulb manufacturer in China, Shanghai Wellmax Lighting (WELLMAX) has rich experience in handling SKD projects. The company has successfully helped customers from Egypt, India and South America to set up SKD assembly lines. Today, we will tell you the secret behind their success stories. 
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2018-06-04

[Micro LEDforum 2018] Key Technology and Application Market- Transfer, Inspection and Drive Solution Boost

With Micro LED entering different applications, LEDinside this year has invited industry experts in Taiwan and from around the world to dissect the development of the technology and its major bottlenecks.
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2018-06-04

NASA Applied Osram LED Lighting System in Space Food Production

NASA is bringing the application of horticultural lighting to another level: the space. Aiming to provide fresh food supplies for astronauts off the earth, NASA has employed LED lighting system for researching the efficient possibilities to produce food during space travel.
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2018-06-04

LEDinside " Micro LED Technology Competition" Calls for Paper Abstracts

Call for Paper Abstracts: TrendForce is inviting companies and academic institutions to submit abstracts or outlines of their latest technical papers related to Innovative Micro LED Technologies. Below are instructions, terms, and conditions for the submission. ▲ Submission Period: Jun. 6, 2018 to Sep. 30, 2018 ▲ Prize winners will be announced on Oct 30, 2018.
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2018-06-01

Discover the key solutions in Micro LEDforum with LEDinside

Focusing on the technology trend of Micro LED and its manufacturing limitation, this year in Micro LEDforum, LEDinside has invited worldwide experts to dissert and reveal the solutions of Micro LED applications. 
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2018-06-01

Vuzix Announces Partnership to Develop Next Generation AR Smart Glasses Using Plessey microLED Technology

Vuzix® Corporation ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company is partnering with Plessey Semiconductor, a leading developer of award-winning optoelectronic solutions. The two companies are partnering to develop advanced display engines for Vuzix waveguide optics to enable next generation AR Smart Glasses. The combination of Vuzix' extensive expertise and IP in smart glasses and waveguide optic technologies along with Plessey's microLED light source product family, Quanta-Brite™ will be the basis for a new generation of AR Smart Glasses with the sleekest form factors to date.
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2018-05-31

LEDinside 2018 Chinese Automotive Lighting Market Trend- Passenger Car and Logistics Car Market Analysis

According to the latest report from LEDinside, a division of the market research firm TrendForce, 2018 Chinese Automotive Lighting Market Report- Passenger Car and Logistics Car Market Analysis, the quantity and market share of local car manufacturers in China have increased since 2017. The sales volume of domestic brands has grown annually as well. The product price levels from local car manufacturers have gradually approached to medium range. Although the license plate lottery measure reduced purchasing willingness, yet, as per capita income grew, car penetration will experience significant growth. Chinese conventional passenger car shipment volume in 2017 has reached 23.8 million units, and is expected to reach 25.5 million units in 2018.
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2018-05-31

Luminus’ Spectrally Tuned LED Light Sources Create New Market Opportunities

Luminus Devices, Inc. has released its third proprietary spectral technology, PerfectWhite™, which closely replicates the visual characteristics of halogen lamps (3000K). When compared to halogen, PerfectWhite was preferred by lighting designers in testing at both Light + Building and Lightfair. Though the spectrums are a virtual match – Luminus filled the cyan gap – PerfectWhite’s color point is slightly below the black body locus and as a result, there’s no green/yellow tint that is common to halogen. A better halogen has long been a wish of the lighting design community and PerfectWhite delivers without infra-red, without green/yellow tint, and without ultraviolet radiation.
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New flux bin options offer even better optical performance and efficacy Cree LED has introduced XLamp XP-G3 S Line and XP-G4 White LEDs that are now brighter, with new minimum flux bin options for drop-in increases of output and efficacy. XP-G... READ MORE

For decades, Cree LED has been at the forefront of video LED technology, setting the industry benchmark for large-format displays, digital signage and video screens used in sporting events, concerts and commercial installations. Our expansive ... READ MORE