The Bangkok Post followed with an update of findings from The Office of the Ombudsman pointing that the Thailand capital’s city hall extravagant lighting show was financed using budget allocated for next year.

Burlington’s waterfront was transformed into a futuristic scene earlier this week by LED bulbs.

In an effort to unify all of the offices and employees around the world, Acolyte LED announces the promotion of Scott Vontobel to Chief Operating Officer of the company effective January 1, 2016. Scott will now be in charge of all global operations of Acolyte Worldwide, United States, Acolyte Asia (China and Hong Kong), Dubai, Australia and New Zealand.

A state-of-the-art, high-resolution LED video wall manufactured and installed by S|N|A was recently unveiled at 350 Mission Street in San Francisco as part of a digital art show organized by Kilroy Realty Corporation.

Product updates with each passing day, when Syhdee releases the new led tube series means the better performance and products quality. This full pc led tube was approval TUV and CE certification which is suitable for European market. The upgraded version PC LED tube is application for residential and commercial lighting. This tube can be install direct no need to change the electrical circuit, so everybody can install safely by themselves.

Opportunity for LED Lights: Lighting consumes a significant amount of electricity for automotive dealerships. Like many other dealerships, this one had 2’x2’ troffers with a pair of 32 watt U bend fluorescent tubes, totaling 64 watts per fixture. At 12 hours of illumination over 6 days a week (3,744h/year), each fixture used 239.6 kWh/year. At the average electricity rate in Virginia of $.087/kWh, the lighting cost was $20.84 per fixture per year.

As LED applications gradually shift towards biology, medical, and health related market sectors, LED grow light applications large market potential has been recognized by the industry, according to a report from CALI. Chinese and international companies have entered the LED grow light market, with traditional lighting manufacturers Philips, Mitsubishi Chemicals, Seoul Semiconductor, Everlight, and Showa Denko all contending for market shares. The LED grow light industry is still mainly led by large multinational companies that have sufficient financing, advanced technology, and strong awareness of market deployment strategies.

Yankon Lighting announced on December 29 that the company received subsidies from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for “Industrial upgrade to smart manufacturing and IoT+ mobile support security project—Secured chip improvement and application.”

HC Semitek announced on Dec. 28, 2015 that the board of directors discussed with local government about large investment valuing RMB $5 billion (US $770 million) in the next three to five years.

A recent report from Navigant Research examines the global market for commercial building lighting controls, including forecasts for unit shipments and revenue, segmented by equipment type, building type, construction type, technology, and region, through 2024.

Brightek Optoeletronic started to develop automotive LED products in 2007, manufacturing high power automotive LEDs in Taiwan and low power ones in Shenzhen, China. The company has developed automotive LEDs for eight years, providing various exterior vehicle lights and attracted attention from the LED market in recent years. Weiming Pai, General Manager of the company spoke to LEDinside in an exclusive interview about their experience in automotive lighting market.

Thailand capital Bangkok’s large city hall LED lighting upgrade project has attracted criticism from netizens, who have questioned city officials’ decision to spend emergency budget on 5 million LED bulbs, reported Thai Visa News.

THE CHALLENGE In the heart of Taipei and cordoned off from all visitors, stood an abandoned factory that a century ago was a wine-producing facility. Rediscovered in 1997, the Huashan 1914 Creative Park was one of the least known and most well-preserved structures in Taiwan. Half a century later, this space has been partially restored and is home to community arts events and temporary pop-up shops.

With over 300 exhibitors from different lighting companies across the world, Light Middle East is the regional premier event which was held in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on 6-8 October 2015. The trade fair offered a platform for the lighting professionals, including manufacturer, architects, engineers and designers, to showcase their innovative lighting solutions, to explore business opportunities and to gain inspiration for their future projects and designs.

Constructed from aluminum body and frosted diffuser, build-in driver with Aluminum PCB inside and High lumen 2835 SMD LED, Ideal for office, schools, meeting room, hospital, car parking, garages, workshops, store rooms, corridors and circulation areas.

The oversupply situation in the LED industry this year has urged large Korean LED companies to size down, according to a Money DJ report by citing Korean media ETNews.

Foshan Lighting held its first stakeholder meeting of 2015 on December 25. The meeting approved the election of non-independent directors and other agenda. Among FSL’s six new non- independent director members, five went to members from State- owned asset Supervision and Administration Commission of Guangdong Province and won the election with high votes. In addition, He Yong, with State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guangdong Province background, was selected as chairman of the FSL boards.

Coldwater, a city in the state of Michigan in U.S., is to look brighter soon. Coldwater Board of Public Utilities announced that it will only be supplying LED fixture in outdoor or security illumination.

Siemens has been indiscreet about its dissatisfaction with Osram’s R&D strategy recently. A report from German media Handelsbatt on Monday pointed out the lighting company’s largest shareholder intends to sell its 17% stake to an Asian buyer, just one week after Siemens announced it was unsupportive of Osram new business strategy.

If you want to carry a flashlight with you wherever you go without noticing its existence, then it must be extremely small, lightweight, and energy efficient. “BULLET”, created by a small enterprise Slughaus, is designed to be an essential everyday carry item.

After celebrating its centennial birthday earlier this month, the iconic golden’s Queen’s Necklace on the Marine Drive in Mumbai will be reclaiming its lost glow by bringing back sodium vapor lights, reported Indian media Mid Day.

Without a doubt, color rendition is a key subject of fascination – or lament? – among advanced lighting users. A lot of confusion reigns on this topic, for at least one good reason: it’s complicated! Having been fairly involved in the field over the past few years, I’d like to kick off some thoughts.

The City of Fairborn located in Ohio, U.S. has signed a deal with Miami Valley Lighting to operate and maintain streetlights, after the council approved the plan Monday.

In Shanghai, one thing that never escapes from your eyes is Shanghai Tower, the iconic landmark of the city. Located in Lujiazui of Pudong, the 632- meter and 121- level tower is China’s tallest and world’s second tallest skyscraper, rises high above the skyline with curved façade and spirals up like a cluster of ivy stretching to reach the sky, symbolizing the dynamic emergence of modern China. To match the great momentum of the tower, Traxon & e:cue provides full lighting solutions to the green tower.

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Osram’s largest shareholder Siemens might be considering selling its 17% stake in the company, reported Reuters.Citing a report from leading German newspaper Handelsblatt, a source in the industry revealed Siemens might sell its stake in Osram to an Asian manufacturer. No further details were offered about the potential Asian candidate.

The LED lighting industry outlook for invisible LED business opportunities has been increasingly optimistic, with many international and Taiwanese companies jumping in this new blue sea market. Japanese, Korean, European and American manufacturers are all developing UV LEDs for curing, sterilization, medical, water and air purification systems. Security, retina recognition markets that require IR LED, are also presenting new business and technology opportunities for LED companies specializing in these fields.

Beaming light rings are no longer a specialty of divine beings and angels, one research group is bringing personalized halos to mere mortals.

Taiwanese OLED manufacturer Wisechip and a research team from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) intend to commercialize long-life economic OLED candle light by 2017, reported Taiwanese media Great News.

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.