The illuminants are energy-saving, environmental -friendly & easy to install adding luminous glow to high-end jewelry, gold, silver, pearls, precious stones & diamonds.

TV makers, especially Samsung and LG Display, are scrambling for changes and quality upgrades for their products. In 2018, the focus of the competition between the two Korean display manufacturers will shift from QLED vs. OLED to Micro LED.

Smart lighting has been developed for years, but products and applications are not really used widely. In 2017, however, smart lighting has entered rapid development. According to the latest data of LEDinside, the global smart lighting market reached close to US$4.6 billion in 2017 with an annual growth rate of 95%. The market size is expected to reach US$13.4 billion in 2020.

Chinese LED maker HC Semitek announced it has signed an investment framework agreement to establish projects of advanced semiconductors and devices in the Yiwu Information and Optoelectronics Hi-Tech Industrial Park. The signing of the agreement was witnessed by the Yiwu Municipal People’s Government.

It’s not a coincidence that multinational lighting conglomerates like Philips Lighting and LEDVANCE have lately been undergoing transformations, including product mix adjustment, more investments in smart lighting, cutting jobs and quitting production related to traditional lighting.

The rise of the Internet of Things has led LED lighting to networked high-value digital lighting. Smart systems can collect information of users and environment, etc., make data analysis, and then adjust devices. Personalized and human-centric smart lighting has become the focus of future industrial development.

Osram is the official lighting partner for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Lisbon. For the fourth year in succession Osram will be supporting this mega event as an innovative supplier of modern digital lighting technology. 

LG Innotek today announced that it has supplied UV LED module for water purifiers to the famous Japanese purifier manufacturer for the past year and achieved the perfect quality of zero defect rate.

Seoul Semiconductor will participate in the annual Expo Lighting America conference and exhibit, the premier annual meeting for lighting professionals in Latin America, scheduled for February 27 – March 1, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. This year’s conference theme is “Light, Design and Comfort.”

Luminis announced the release of its next generation of Aramis pendants. The second generation Aramis - the Aramis G2 - LED luminaires build on the established Aramis design with higher output and increased efficiency. Its aesthetic has also been upgraded with a contemporary sleek housing.

MaxLite presents the MPulse Area Light as the newest release in an award-winning range of architectural outdoor luminaires designed with visual comfort optics and elegant aesthetics.

The energy source of photosynthesis is mainly comes from the chlorophyll and carotene absorption energy of light. Though two kinds of photosynthesis systems, it transforms the water and the carbon dioxide into the glucose and the oxygen. Therefore, provide plants the supplemental light during night time, it’s necessary to consider of plant type, choose effective specific light source (spectrum) to achieve adjust cropping goal.

Here begins a debate: when Mini LED is ready to enter the smartphone display market, it have to face an oversupply of OLED screens. Does Mini LED still have chances to grow in this space? And for how long can it last?

LED lighting has come a long way from its initial days. Today it is combined with digital lighting controls to create smart lighting solutions that dramatically save on energy consumption and the related operating costs. But in addition to these savings, organizations deploying smart lighting solutions are achieving impressive results in other ways. Let’s take a look at a few examples.

Absen Inc., specializing in LED display solutions, announced its recent collaboration with Trans-Lux Corporation as LED solution partner on the Prudential Center, home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Celebrated as the world’s largest center hung LED scoreboard, it weighs in at 88,401 pounds and contains a record breaking 29 Million pixels.

LEDtronics introduces its latest series of LED Machine Status Indicator & Utility Bulbs. This is a product category LEDtronics has been manufacturing for 35 years, and this newest generation is the most energy-efficient and of the highest quality to date.

Universal Display Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017.

Super Trend Lighting (Group) Limited (STG) was established in 1987. STG is one of the earliest company that engaged in development and manufacturing of green lighting products. STG aims to “benefiting all mankind by offering high quality and performance green lighting products” and follows the operation philosophy of “continuous improvement, pursuing excellence”. The headquarter of STG is in the Science Park of Hong Kong, and it’s R&D and manufacturing base in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang, P.R.China.

The human body reacts to sunlight and darkness by releasing hormones that direct our internal clock, known as our circadian system. Disturbing our internal clock can affect our ability to perform or concentrate and literally puts us at risk for a host of diseases. Recent research indicates that building occupants’ circadian rhythm can be disturbed when they spend long hours indoors without access to the Earth’s natural lighting cycle.  

Universal Display Corporation this month has confirmed two partnerships for OLED production.

A Decade Of Trade At Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) Continues To Offer Business Opportunities for A Bright Future   Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year during 6-9 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair is expected to gather 1,340 exhibitors, showcasing latest lighting merchandises to global buyers. In the 2017 edition, the fair welcomed close to 21,0...

SloanLED announces it has won a national rollout LED lighting upgrade with Engen, one of Africa’s energy companies. The Engen program has commenced with several trial sites in South Africa utilizing SloanLED’s lighting solution.

Ameresco, an energy efficiency and renewable energy company providing energy infrastructure solutions, announced that its UK operation was awarded and delivered a £3 million energy performance contract (EPC) across four colleges in Scotland—Edinburgh College, Borders College, Newbattle Abbey College, and West Lothian College.

Northwest metro Atlanta shines brightly every evening with 60,000 streetlights. Recently, however, an entire section of lights went out for one of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation’s (EMC) commercial members. Using the VantagePoint® Lighting Control solution from Sensus, a Xylem brand, the co-op discovered the issue and sent a crew to check out the situation before their customer could pick up the phone to report the outage.

Hurray transparent LED display has high transparency which can reach up to 75%-95% with the highest resolution, screen is almost invisible when viewed from 5 meter.

TILS 2018: GENCOM with Its Proprietary Lighting Products

The new Synios P2720 has the same footprint as the 850 nm version. Measuring only 2.0 mm x 2.75 mm x 0.6 mm, the IRED is therefore ideal for space-critical applications.

Some people believe that wireless cannot go the distance for large commercial lighting applications. That is not true. Even with the widespread usage of wireless networks, it is still amazing that there are so many myths about them. That is not a surprise since not everybody has strong IT knowledge. After all, IT can be quite complicated.

Researchers have designed a new LED-based train headlight that uses a tenth of the energy required for headlights using conventional light sources. If operated 8 hours every day, the electricity savings of the new design would reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by about 152 kilograms per year.

Seoul Semiconductor on February 20 has won the patent invalidity litigation action that was filed against Everlight Electronics in the United Kingdom.