Police in Eastern China’s Anhui province have seized 60,000 counterfeited Philips automotive lighting products valuing several million Chinese Yuan from a local company on Monday, reported LED-100.com.

Klauf Lighting started a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and successfully reached its targeted US$ 10,000 within the first four days of its launch and the number is still growing.

LSI Industries is pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Matsueda as Senior Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications for the Lighting Solutions division. Jay will report to Shawn Toney, President of LSI Lighting Solutions. 

Plessey announced UK’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7 million (US $10.26 million) towards the expansion of the Plessey LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England. 

Philips Lighting CEO Eric Rondolat recently met with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the biannual “key market visit” to discuss smart cities, smart lighting and solar lighting opportunities in Indian metropolitans, reported LiveMint.

LightingTech Egypt conference will gather key government officials, lighting industry experts, construction professionals and solution providers to learn about the upcoming projects, regulations, standards, discuss the needs and requirements for the lighting industry to achieve energy efficiency and ease the electricity load in Egypt.

Twenty three LED manufacturers have released their financial results as of Aug. 25, 2015. A lot of analysis has been done to understand net profit and sales revenue. LEDinside focus on the most discussed “price war” and have organized related data to make it easier to understand by observing changes in companies’ gross margins.

Originally a battery maker, Indian manufacturer Eveready is transiting into the LED lighting market recently with the aim of acquiring at least 10% market shares, according to a Business Standard report.

On August 31, 2015, Nichia Corporation ("Nichia") filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany at the District Court Düsseldorf against the Germany-based manufacturer of residential lighting products WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH ("WOFI").

When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds that of conventional sources at a fraction of cost.

Osram has developed and produced the LEDriving Xenarc headlight, its first full retrofit headlight. The front lighting on the Audi A4 is equipped with a combination of xenon and LED technologies. Osram is the only manufacturer so far to offer the option of a legal upgrade to xenon light without the need for costly reconstruction of the front of the vehicle.

Hubbell Lighting, has launched a new high performance LED area/site luminaire that is beautifully styled and exceedingly efficient—Spaulding Lighting’s Arceos ARA3. The low profile ARA3 features the latest LED technology, thermal management and controls; while providing excellent illumination and uniformity for large area/site lighting applications such as large parking lots, auto dealerships, transportation/port facilities, and retail/mall parking lots.

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting has illuminated yet another historical monument as part of an initiative to enhance the identity of cities in Turkey. The project, jointly organized with the Governor’s office of Edirne, was launched to reveal the architectural details of the bridge accurately with no damage to its historical features.

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced several school districts nationwide have selected Orion lighting solutions to reduce their maintenance costs and energy use while improving the quality of light in the classroom. Recent installations include Chula Vista School District in California, Webster Groves School District in Missouri, and the School District of Spencer in Wisconsin.

Raging price wars in the LED industry urged many manufacturers to veer away from low entry level products, and invest their resources in more profitable niche markets. Some of these markets include IR LED, UV LED, automotive lighting, grow lights, and smart lighting to name a few. The conventional wisdom is tapping into a blue sea market at an early stage would give enterprises a competitive edge in the market. But one top Chinese manufacturer MLS Co. LTD (or also known as Forest Lighting) is challenging this concept.

Taiwanese LED manufacturers have been affected by Chinese manufacturers’ low pricing strategies, even the Taiwanese LED stock market was hit hard, reported SET News.

Hongliopto announced it cancelled the acquisition of Shenzhen Wisdom GPS on Tuesday, according to a Securities Times report.

Panasonic intends to close two LED factories in Japan by late September 2015 to raise the company’s profitability, reported Japanese media Kyodo News.

LEDs are up to 80 percent more energy-efficient than normal light bulbs and last around five times as long as energy-saving light bulbs. As a result they are being used more and more frequently as a source of light. Nevertheless, white LEDs still have room for improvement, as current manufacturing processes are either very expensive or result in the lifetime of the LEDs being reduced. Researchers at FAU have now developed a new, rather unusual manufacturing method: their LEDs are partly made of fluorescent proteins.

The Midwest in U.S. is a tornado prone region that many residents in The Heartland have set up weather alerts on their phones to prepare ahead of severe weather, according to WorldNow and KFVS12 report.

A LED fanny pack might sound a bit lame, but this waist pack, BSEEN, aims to do more than just make athletes visible on the road.

Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced the addition of 4 new products to its line-up of the “TL1L4 series” of high power white LEDs, that achieve high luminous flux of 140lm(min.). Shipment of the new products starts from today.

OSRAM will present its LEDsBIKE range of bike lights at EuroBike 2015 with a personal appearance by Olympic champion, Sabine Spitz. As an indicator of trends in the bicycle industry, EuroBike attracts 45 000 visitors each year. Visit us this year from 26th to 29th August at the Friedrichshafen trade fair grounds and discover our high-performance bike lights with efficient LED technology at OSRAM stand 808 in Hall A3. See you there!

Chinese manufacturers are delivering solid performance for first half of 2015, especially San’an Opto, which was the most profitable among a survey of 14 Chinese LED manufacturers. Osram recalls nearly 50,000 LED T8 tubes over burn hazards. The number of resigning Chinese managers nearly double in the industry in 2015, which could indicate the general economy situation has become much tougher. GE discontinues some traditional lighting products to turn its focus to LED lighting.

In December 2014, the Chinese government announced it would no longer be encouraging local governments to issue financial subsidies to LED manufacturers. The announcement which could have brought a sigh of relief to foreign competitors, had come perhaps a bit too late for some. Yet, it is probably too early to make the Chinese government as the scapegoat for the woes of the LED industry. Here’s why.

Energy-saving renovation project is the Key projects of "the 12th Five-Year Plan", and the most important is the scientific and reasonable standard of energy-saving renovation project energy savings measurement and verification of boundaries, principle, measure and validation method those important technical links such as scientific and reasonable regulations. Spark, as the record companies of national development and reform commission (NDRC),strongly support the implementation of the national relevant energy saving policy, actively participate in and dominate the drafting of national standard “ Technical requirements of measurement and verification of energy savings- Lighting system”, standard no.GB/T 31348-2014.

EURASIA Light Antalya, International Lighting, Electric, Security and Building Automation Technologies Fair will be held in Antalya Expo Center from 27-30 January 2016 organized by Pyramids Group with its 22 years of experience and supported by Fiberli. 

Government of India will replace all street lights of the country with LED bulbs in next 24 months. This is in line with the Ministry’s motto of providing energy efficiency and dependable energy in the country. Under Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme efforts are being made to replace all domestic bulbs into LED said Shri. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy. Addressing the first Foundation Day Celebrations of the Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of the States (AREAS) in Bengaluru today Shri. Piyush Goyal said that Karnataka should join hands with the Central government in its energy efficiency programmes.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Pioneer Corporation announced that MCC and Pioneer have successfully developed the first bluelight-less OLED lighting module made with a wet coating process for the light-emitting layer, and will begin shipping samples on August 1.

A Florida State University engineering professor has developed a new highly efficient and low cost light emitting diode that could help spur more widespread adoption of the technology.