AIXTRON SE, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced that Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. has ordered an AIX G5+ C cluster system for the production capacity expansion of gallium nitride LEDs manufactured on silicon wafers (GaN-on-Si). The tool is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter 2016.

Li-Fi inventor Professor Herald Haas from University of Edinburgh, UK has been trying to convince the Indian government about the advantages of using Li-Fi integrated solar panels, according to a recent LiveMint report.

Europe’s technology leaders in the development of flexible OLEDs for lighting and signage applications have joined together in a consortium to develop an open access pilot line that will accelerate the commercial adoption of this promising new technology.

Universal Display Corporation , enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced a collaboration and evaluation agreement with OSRAM, one of the world's leading lighting manufacturers. Under the agreement, OSRAM will begin sampling Universal Display’s proprietary PHOLED™ phosphorescent OLED materials for solid-state lighting applications.

Wander into a sparkling kaleidoscope, dance through a magical harp and paint the cityscape in a mosaic of colour at the touch of your finger, when i Light Marina Bay returns this month with 25 innovative installations. With 14 of the artworks designed by local artists, the fourth edition of Asia’s leading sustainable light art festival will see the highest participation from the local art scene to date.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, today announced it has added lower and higher wattage 120V MR16 GU10 LED lamps to its product portfolio. The 5W lamps are perfect replacements for 35W equivalent halogen lamps, and the 9W LED lamps replace 65-75W halogen lamps. These two new lines join the company’s existing line of 7.5W lamps (50W halogen equivalent). Soraa’s VIVID GU10 LED lamps produce unmatched peak intensity at a 25° beam angle; provide flawless beam definition and smooth beam edges; and have exceptional color (CRI of 95 and R9 of 95) and whiteness rendering.   

Lithuanian company Innospark presents innovative light table MONAI with the circadian lighting. The light emitted by this table helps to balance biological clock. This technology resembles natural light and helps to stay awake, active, and productive in the first part of a day. In the evening MONAI allows to relax and sleep better. The light table has an automatic regime and changes color temperature and intensity automatically after the time zone is set for the first time.

Infineon Technologies AG today launched a multimode flyback controller IC for LED applications. It can shorten ‘time-to-light’, lower component counts and reduce operational and standby power consumption. Designed to meet the performance and efficiency demands of mid-range to high-end LED designs, the IRS2982S provides a versatile controller solution that can meet the needs of a wide variety of interior, outdoor, office and industrial lighting schemes.

A team led by Prof. Tae-Woo Lee (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering) at POSTECH have fabricated highly-efficient, solution-processed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using pure-organic thermally-activated delayed-fluorescence (TADF) emitters. The research was published in Advanced Materials journal. This research is selected as a most significant paper and open to the public as a "Layman's abstract".

Optronics International, a leading manufacturer and supplier of heavy-duty LED vehicle lighting, is presenting its newly redesigned Fusion LED combination stop, tail, turn and backup lamp in booth 3885 at the 2016 NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. The new Fusion lamp is 25 percent smaller and includes new, optimized, circuitry that hosts both red and white LEDs on a single board, and a patent-pending optical design unlike anything else on the market.

Organizers of LED Expo Thailand have announced the VIP Hosted Buyer Programme . This unique service at the exhibition has become an effective business opportunity for the industry. This year, the VIP buyer programme is enabling leading suppliers and potential customers from across the globe to facilitate business matching at the show.

The LED industrial lighting market has enjoyed accelerated growth in recent years owing to the rising demand worldwide and government subsidies, says LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. According to LEDinside’s latest report, 2016 Industrial Lighting: Explosion-Proof Lamps, the market of LED industrial lighting is forecast to grow from US$2.93 billion in 2016 to US$5.20 billion in 2020, representing a CAGR of over 15% during the five-year period.

A Paris-based startup company Glowee is developing a bacteria lighting, using bioluminescent glow to light up shop windows and street signs, reported New Scientist.

With just a tiny tweak, researchers at Kyushu University greatly increased the device lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that use a recently developed class of molecules to convert electricity into light with the potential for increased efficiency at a lower cost in future displays and lighting.

Luxonic has expanded its offering with the opening of its first sales office in Scotland. The business’s new Glasgow base will further Luxonic’s already strong operation across the UK, adding to existing offices in Manchester, Belfast and Luxonic’s HQ and manufacturing facilities in Basingstoke.

First the campus grounds. Then the buildings. Then the power in the buildings. Now University of Puget Sound has gone “green” with the streetlights on campus, by installing low-energy, long-life LEDs throughout its grounds.

Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips company and global leader in lighting, today announced the U.S. debut of Philips LightVibes®, an innovative ambient LED lighting technology that is synced to on-screen content with the power to create fully immersive movie-going experiences.

As new product designs become smaller and more compact, the need for smaller components has become more prevalent.  We have seen the optoelectronics industry go from a 1206 sized LED down to an 0402 size where footprint reduction technology has come to a halt for the past many years.  SunLED is excited to make this remarkably unprecedented, groundbreaking announcement of the world's smallest LED - the 0201 LED.

Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, will highlight its global locations for plastics development at Strategies in Light, Santa Clara, California. The show runs from March 1 to 3, 2016, and Trinseo will exhibit at Booth 414.

When your light pole can scare away an intruder, capture video of a perpetrator, measure snowfall to trigger the arrival of snowplows, and support a range of other desirable functions, you can assume it came from PennSMART.

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart technology, today announced two new driver controllers for high power commercial LED lighting applications up to 90W. In these applications flicker-free operation is essential to avoid eye stress, particularly where there is long-term exposure to the light source. Dialog's patented Flickerless(TM) technology virtually eliminates flicker through digital control that achieves near-zero line frequency ripple.

The U.S. government’s blockage of Go Scale Capital’s acquisition of former Philips LED component business Lumileds in January 2016, has not deterred the Chinese manufacturer from bidding for Philips Lighting, reported Bloomberg Monday.

Toshiba Lighting and Technology is exiting the consumer market in China, and will be selling all related business operations to local appliance maker Konka Group, according to a recent Nikkei report.

A group of tourists got Wayne Thomson, chairman of Niagara Falls (Ontario) Tourism, thinking about upgrading the lighting of the well- known fall, reported Buffalo Business First.

Indian states Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir have become the latest to implement LED lighting replacement projects under the country’s Domestic Efficient Lighting Program (DELP), according to Indian media reports.

LED A-line lamps surged 226.7% during 4Q15 on a year-over-year basis. Meanwhile, halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 8.7%, and incandescent A-line lamps increased by 7.8 % while compact fluorescents lamps (CFL) dropped 56%. Compared to 3Q15, LED shipments rose 18.4 percent, halogen A-lines increased 0.8%, and CFL shipments saw a quarter-to-quarter increase of 6.5%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamp shipments decreased 16.7% on a quarter-over-quarter basis.

With ties to many major international companies in over 40 markets, Mackwell has appointed a General Manager of Middle East, India and Africa (MEIA) to oversee the business strategy in this region, further develop connections and market share in the UAE region and develop Mackwell’s presence in this fast-expanding market. René Joppi, was chosen for the position because of his vast experience in DALI, Lighting Controls, Emergency Lighting and software development, gained during his time with Zumtobel Group, plus his ability to advise on the legislation and regulations associated with emergency lighting in that region. 

Our friends at OLEDinfo have compiled news from several Korean sources confirming total investments in Samsung’s upcoming OLED TV panel fab might be higher than previous reports, and sheds light on the OLED technology the company will be utilizing.

Noah Horowitz is a senior scientist in NRDC's energy program gives an in-depth review of the latest DOE light bulb energy efficiency standards and its impact in the U.S. market.

Orion Energy Systems, Inc. , a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced Vac-Con®, Inc., a Florida-based manufacturer, has again selected Orion lighting for a major facility expansion. The project features a combination of first and second generation HARRIS LED High Bays.