Durban in South Africa once again came alive with the buzz and the excitement of the 2015 Metro FM Awards, with Robe BMFL Spots taking centre stage – as part of a rig of nearly 150 Robe moving lights - for a stunning stage presentation at the Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre.

Ukin Technology's BLOCKY RIM combines the warmth of wood and the light of technology. The two elements presented in a rim with the help of innovation and ingenuity, signify the lasting coexistence of nature and technology.

A kind of new green energy with safe, portable and clean features. 

PnL Consulting group was established in 2010 in Taiwan. The company’s main technology is based on TFT, OLED and semiconductor. Most of the employees are Taiwanese and Korean. The company’s major revenue comes from Europe. The company also has various biz in Taiwan, China, Korea and US.

Wan Jiun Technology is 33 years old, its philosophy are safety first, quality priority and sincere service, customer satisfied and keep improving and innovation, teamwork and never give up. Wan Jiun Technology service all kinds of electrical & electronic components and devices. We always provide best services to our clients, we keep very good business relationship with them and let us sign the annual contract. Wan Jiun Technology also have service consultation, if you have any question, please call: 0800-291-066.

LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that industrial lighting has a decisive weight in the entire lighting market. LEDinside has released its latest “1Q15 Silver Member Market Report - Industrial Lighting and High Bay Markets”, which shows an intense level of price competition in the market for LED replacement lighting products, including LED light bulbs and light tubes sold in retail stores. More and more LED lighting vendors hope to capitalize on the situation by entering the industrial lighting sector. Based on LEDinside’s forecast, LED industrial lighting market scale will be worth US$2.366 billion in 2015 and by 2018 the scale will reach US$3.935 billion. 

In the ongoing Foshan Lighting deceptive financial lighting case, another 519 plaintiffs are now demanding compensation, reported Chinese media Sinai.

Samsung Electronics will be scaling up investments in LED chip business this year, specifically in silicon substrate based LED technology, according to a Money DJ report.

A chair member of listed Chinese LED manufacturer Zhejiang Yankon Group (Yankon) has recently resigned, stated the company in a recent press release.

Following the launch of the sapphire covered Apple Watch, Tawanese sapphire makers share value have soared over the last week. As the LED industry enters a peak season, sapphire industry shares value have reached new record high, reported Apple Daily.

Artificial night time light from sources such as street lamps affects the growth and flowering of plants and even the number of insects that depend on those plants for food, a study published today confirms.

Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials and a leading corporate venture firm, announced today that it has participated in a Series B financing round for RayVio Corporation, an advanced UV LED solutions company developing proprietary semiconductor-based technology for manufacturing solid state ultraviolet (SSUV) LED products and applications. RayVio's patented technology is intended to enable large-scale adoption of UV LEDs for the industrial, digital health and consumer sectors, with a variety of applications to benefit society.

Verbatim Americas, a member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) group, is proud to announce the latest addition to it’s line of LED products – a line of LED Edge Lit Flat Panels. Featuring a high purity Mitsubishi PMMA light guide plate for maximum uniformity and efficiency, each Edge Lit Flat Panel produces beautiful light, evenly distributed over the entire panel. 

As more wearable devices flood the market, some manufacturers are now tapping into the pet attire and accessories market.

CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions, is proud to announce the addition of circular polarization spectroscopy capabilities to CRAIC microspectrophotometers.  This unique feature is offered as packages that allow the user to measure the circular polarization spectra in either transmission or reflectance modes.  T he ability to measure circular polarization microspectra™ represents a powerful new tool for both materials science and biological research. 

HC Semitek projected it will be incurring heavy losses from January 1 to March 31, according to a Chinese media Securities Time report.

Lattice Power CEO Min Wang has vehemently denied a Reuters report suggesting the company was on its way of acquiring Philips Lumileds.

Chinese startup Lattice Power has emerged as an unexpected bidder in the auction of Philips lighting component business, reported Reuters.

Nitride Solutions a developer and manufacturer of advanced nitride substrates for LEDs, lasers, and power electronics—announced today that it has successfully closed US $3 million in new funding as Hansol Chemical, Greenpoint Global Mittelstand Fund, and Silicon Pastures Angel Investment Network joined the company’s investor group. Funds will be used to expand production of the company’s aluminum nitride substrate offerings, as well as to accelerate market introduction of its high-performance thermal management coatings.

LED Source, North America’s leading LED lighting solutions provider, has made a name for itself as an industry leader by providing products and solutions that represent the latest in LED technology. Celebrating a decade in business, the company Entrepreneur Magazine rated as one of the top new franchises on its 2015 New Franchise list is now leveraging multiple partnerships with leading lighting companies like Philips and Ketra to expand its contributions to commercial LED lighting.

MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of energy-efficient luminaires and lamps, has expanded its line of LED PAR30 and PAR38 lamps to include 277-volt versions.

Lumibright’s Grain series has been designed and developed with LED sharp chip with an elegant and compact body which gives 50,000 hours of stylish lighting. In this series, it offers many options in terms of the model and type of spot light which is most useful in indoor lighting recommended for various applications in your bedroom, kitchen, washroom, living room or study room. It is an easy to use ceiling recessed spotlight, available in fixed as well as adjustable fixture to focus the light in your preferred direction.

LED work lights provide bright, even illumination light for confined area or when needing portability, such as Auto, Home, Garage, and Workshop.  The lights come with 3 types for your option; cable, rechargeable and car charger.

█ CDM 70W replacement Track light █ Extremely high efficacy  CREE CXB LED █ 12 Degrees  narrow beam angle for high ceiling applications █ Made in Taiwan; Two years warranty █ Available in black and white

Leading Taiwanese LED maker Epistar announced recently that the company had acquired German manufacturer ALLOS unique GaN-on-Si technology. ALLOS has licensed the related patent to Epistar, and the two companies have concluded the initial phase of its technology transfer project. For further information please see original press release below.

Nichia has announced its product lineup for 2015 will include ELEDS, its first flip chip LEDs by the end of 2015. The new chip will be much smaller than existing products on the market. The company will also be launching new UV LED, red phosphor and laser diode based products. LEDinside projects Chinese sapphire industry will pick up as Apple Watch hits the markets. The price tag for the gold Watch Edition is a bank breaking $10,000. Sharp refutes claims last week that it will be withdrawing from the solar industry, or LED residential lighting market. TrendForce PV specialist observes the company will continue solar operations, but is transiting into an integrated energy solution provider. Philips lighting component business, which comprises of Philips Lumileds and automotive lighting might be sold to private equity consortium CVC and KKR. Osram will be increasingly focused on service and maintenance business in the near future as it overhauls its traditional lighting business.

According to a TrendForce photovoltaic analyst’s understanding, financially struggling Sharp might not be withdrawing from the solar business after all.

Private equity firms CVC and KKR have offered the highest bid for acquiring Philips lighting components business, a Reuters report cited three sources familiar with the matter saying.

This is the fifth and final installment of Fairchild Semiconductor's series on LED lighting trends. In this entry, Fairchild Semiconductor experts will address PAR16,20,30,38 lamps. These lamp types are AC voltage input, power rating between 4W~20W, socket is screw type E26/27 or 2 pin type GU10, as shown in Fig. 1.

Both large department chain stores and smaller outlets usually fail to take advantage of the different options for interior and exterior lighting.