Lextar, a Taiwan-based supplier of a board range of LED products, reported its revenue in August declined to NTD 1.06 billion, down 4.6% MoM and 9.95% YoY. The consolidated revenue as of the end of August reached about NTD 8.35 billion, down 9.37% YoY.

Featuring floating villas with pools & restaurants, it provides exceptional lifestyle experiences for residents & visitors – reinforcing Dubai’s position as a global tourism destination. The project includes the Park, Pier & Yacht Club located along the Dubai Water Canal.

Lumileds introduced three new products in its LUXEON SunPlus Series of award winning LEDs for horticulture lighting. The LUXEON SunPlus Series is the only line of LEDs on the market to be tested and binned by photosynthetic photon flux (PPF). The portfolio of colors enables wavelength tuning for maximum crop yield in both greenhouse and vertical farming applications. 

California-based LED high bay lighting manufacturer, Foreverlamp, continues its sale representative expansion with a slate of new agency appointments. Schaeffer Marketing Group from St. Louis Missouri, Visual Impact Lighting from Green Bay Wisconsin, and Reflex Lighting from Boston Massachusetts have been appointed as official sales representatives for the award-winning line of LED high bay fixtures and plug and play LED lamps.

Automotive CoB LED is a segment that the LED industry pays less attention to for two reasons. First, CoB has been a niche market with a market scale far less than SMD's. Second, this segment is only one of the applications that adopt CoB LEDs. It’s quite a small market, so why discussing it now?

Philips Photonics, expert in VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers) technology solutions for data communications, consumer and industrial applications, announced the successful completion of its ‘VIDaP’ project (VCSEL Pilot Line for Illumination, Datacom and Power Applications), a €23 million project jointly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the EU, and executed under the umbrella of the European ECSEL program.

GlacialPower, a division of the LED technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc, announces the GP-CVP012N LED driver series. This new constant voltage LED driver rated power output of 12W and available in 12V and 24V models. The GP-CVP012N series support universal AC input from 90 to 264VAC. It has a very low no load consumption under 0.5 watt and a fast set-up time under 0.5 second at 230VAC.

Nearing the end of 2017, as the global markets enter the peak season of the year, the two most important exhibitions for professional buyers and manufacturers are coming. On October 15th 2017, the 122nd China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), the largest international trade fair in the world, is scheduled to open in Guangzhou, China. Immediately after, on October 27th the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) will be held. As the LED Bulb Expert, Shanghai Wellmax Lighting Industry (WELLMAX) will participate in these two exhibitions to showcase newly developed LED bulb products to the global audience.

Welcome to InterLumi Panama 2018 InterLumi Panama, the global lighting exhibition organized by the America Expo Group will commence its 3rd edition at ATLAPA Conference Center in Panama from July 11 to 13, 2018. Serving the Latin American & the Caribbean countries, InterLumi Panama is positioned to be an effective tool to stimulate the development of the region’s lighting industry as well as provide a gateway for exhibitors to tap into this emerging market.           A Gateway to the Lati...

LED Expo Thailand 2018, the 6th edition of ASEAN’s largest international exhibition on LED lighting products and technology, is dedicated to the science, technology and application of LEDs and solid-state lighting.   LED Expo Thailand is a dynamic hub for LED / lighting companies, mainly from Southeast Asian countries, to congregate, promote and partner with neighboring LED market at a niche level.   Website: www.ledexpothailand.com   Location: Challenger 1, Impact Exhibition & Convention Center ...

KIM Lighting has commercially introduced the new Ouro site/area family of luminaires. With its sophisticated styling, spec-grade performance and intuitive controls capability, the Ouro will immediately fill a much needed gap in the market for performance round luminaires.

Hubbell Lighting introduced the Pavilion family of architectural bollards by KIM Lighting. Pavilion redefines the bollard category with comprehensive best-in-class design, performance, and features.

Alpha Assembly Solutions, specializing in the production of electronic soldering and bonding materials, will be presenting information on its LED products for Die Attach and Assembly at the Future Lighting Workshop at the Lighting Technology show on Tuesday 10th October in Essen, Germany.

Opened in 1916, Chicago’s Navy Pier has become one of the top attended nonprofit cultural destinations in the Midwest, stretching more than six city blocks and welcoming more than nine million guests annually. To celebrate the iconic landmark entering into its second century, the Pier and its grounds have been dramatically transformed thanks to a massive undertaking by the city and leading architect James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) through an initiative called, Centennial Vision. Over the past 6 years, the Pier has been redeveloped into an accessible, year-round showpiece for local arts and cultural, entertainment, dining, shopping and beyond.

AIXTRON announced that the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland) has purchased a BM NOVO system. This versatile tool which can produce virtually all variations of 2-dimensional materials (2D) required for emerging optoelectronic applications is dedicated to support the University’s research projects coordinated by Prof. Andras Kis and Prof. Aleksandra Radenovic.

Sensata Technologies, a provider of sensors to the automotive, heavy vehicle, aerospace and industrial industries, is showcasing some of its latest sensor technologies for connectivity, electrification and automated driving at this week's Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA).

LASER COMPONENTS announces that the first of its products has achieved qualification for use in the automotive industry. Pulsed Laser Diodes (PLD) with a wavelength of 905 nm are key components for the LiDAR technology (Light Detection and Ranging) used in autonomous driving.

As one of the several Scottish Rite Valleys located in the state of Massachusetts, the Valley of Boston is steeped in the rich traditions of the Scottish Rite and Freemasonry dating back to the 17th Century. Dedicated to promoting personal character, leadership, and family values, the four bodies of the Valley of Boston come together twice a year in the spring and fall to welcome new members to the fraternal organization. In a ceremony that includes a high level of theatrical production, the Valley of Boston wanted to heighten the experience behind the ceremony so they installed a new FLEXLite LED video system from PixelFLEX.

Dobro is committed to offering far more than just great-tasting products. As part of the Žito Group and one of the biggest agriculture producers in the area, the Croatian dry-cured meat company prides itself on monitoring and controlling the entire production process, carefully sourcing local supplies and ingredients to combine the best quality with a genuine commitment to sustainability. This emphasis on high standards and environmental responsibility touches every aspect of the Dobro brand, making Thorn just the right partner for the illumination of three new factories in Čepin (Ovčara) in north-eastern Croatia. 

Businesses around the world could realize savings of up to USD 1.5 trillion in reduced rental costs alone if their office buildings were refurbished to the most efficient standards of today, according to a new analysis from Philips Lighting.

On July 16, an Industry collaboration agreement that is laying the foundation for a technology that could supersede Wi-Fi and greatly benefit the IoT Industry has just been signed between Monash University Australia and Malaysia, and Australian technology company nextLiFi.

Revolution Lighting Technologies on 22nd September provided an update to its projected third and fourth quarter results, and revised its full year guidance. As a result of recent hurricane activity in Texas and the south east impacting our multifamily lighting revenue, and the slippage of a number of our Energy Source division projects from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, our third quarter results will be negatively impacted.

ProPhotonix Limited, a high technology designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems and laser diode modules, with operations in Ireland and the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce the addition of new optical options to its COBRA Cure FX™ Series of UV LED curing systems providing higher intensity and dose. These new optical options allow end users to further optimize the systems to their specific application requirements.

Sansi North America (SNA) Displays is excited to announce the completion of a 10-screen project at L.A. LIVE, a sports and entertainment district located in downtown Los Angeles. The new display technology serves as an integral part of the ambiance at L.A. LIVE, home to the STAPLES Center, Microsoft Theater, and the GRAMMY Museum among other venues.

MaxLite introduces the 40-watt LED Area Lamp as an energy-efficient replacement for 175-watt metal halide bulbs in outdoor luminaires.

As part of the annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game festivities, the FanFest is an indoor baseball theme park experience dedicated specifically to the fans of the game. With opportunities to take photos with MLB Legends, get free autographs, plus pitch, hit and run on an indoor baseball diamond, the FanFest is an event like none other. Continuing the implementation of technology enhancements designed to heighten the fan experience, the producers once again worked with BaAM Productions and MSI Productions at the 2017 event, and together they created an LED video tunnel entrance using 3.9mm FLEXLite Plus from PixelFLEX.

On September 22, 2017 (CDT), Nitride Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Nitride”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota against Digi-Key Corporation d/b/a Digi-Key Electronics (“Digi-Key”), which sells UV-LED products on the internet that are manufactured by RayVio Corporation, a CA based UV-LED manufacturer (“RayVio”). 

The Eviyos prototype developed by Osram Opto Semiconductors is the world’s first hybrid LED and represents major progress toward the first market-ready smart controllable high-resolution LED. As soon as oncoming traffic is detected the appropriate pixels are automatically switched off so drivers of oncoming vehicles are not dazzled. The prototype, integrated in a demonstrator from Osram Specialty Lighting, will be on show for the first time at ISAL from September 25 through 27, 2017 in Darmstadt.   

2017-2018 is a pivotal period for the display industry. Companies are scrambling for new display technologies to bring better user experience with devices that sport them. Micro LED display technology is believed to combine the LED and display industries together to create a supply chain rolling out screen products more appealing, power-saving, and refined. This chain is even anticipated to replace a part of the current LCD chain worth USD 30-40 billion in the future (see here). The Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) revealed two months ago a refined roll-transfer technology which enables a successful mass Micro LED transfer onto flexible target substrates.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is saving the state approximately $42,000 per year on energy costs by switching thousands of compact fluorescent light bulbs to LED light bulbs.