Today Yole Développement (Yole), the market research, technology and strategy consulting company announces the founding of daughter company, BLUMORPHO SAS. BLUMORPHO’s mission is to create value from all forms of innovation.

LED Source, a franchisor of LED lighting products, announces the introduction of new Chief Operating Officer Sanford (Sandy) Lechner, CFE. Bringing years of experience working within the franchise community, Lechner is joining the company recently named on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing companies, its fourth consecutive year on the list.

Trilliant, the smart communications platform company, announced a partnership with Naples Florida based Apollo Metro, an intelligent smart lighting company, to integrate the Trilliant Smart Communications Platform with Apollo’s street lighting platform.

PayGo solar expert Azuri Technologies has introduced a new generation of LED lamps designed specifically for African off-grid rural markets. The new lamps feature in Azuri’s fully digital Quad solar home system, to be released in March.

Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Corelite RZL light-emitting diode (LED) Suspended Luminaire. The energy efficient linear direct/indirect LED continuous row system provides a cost effective solution in large open ceiling environments, offering up to 55 percent in energy savings over fluorescent luminaires.

Thomas Research Products (TRP), a leading manufacturer of SSL power solutions and accessories, announces adding the EnOcean 0-10V LED Relay Controller to its wireless OEM lighting portfolio. The 0-10V LED controller complements TRP's recently launched ZenNet Self-Powered Wireless Lighting Control System for a flexible and energy-saving lighting system. Visitors to Strategies in Light (February 24-26, Las Vegas) can experience the innovative wireless control suite at TRP's booth 923.

Lumens, a Korean LED packaging manufacturer, introduces new Mid-Power LED 5630F, a new family of ErgonTM.  Based on Lumens’ Flip Chip technology, the new 5630F4 provides the superb reliability to the conventional LED components while delivering the highest efficacy up to 200lumens-per-watt at 65mA, 5000K CCT, 80 CRI. Thanks to the world’s first silver-free flip chip technology, the new 5630F provides higher Reflectivity and Robustness. The 5630F also features high color uniformity with 3-step MacAdam Ellipses and Excellent light quality.

At a recent special ceremony on The Big Four Bridge, Louisville, Ky. Mayor Greg Fischer flipped the switch to reveal a new LED lighting system from Philips. The new dynamic color-changing lighting system, a shining example of public-private partnership, transforms the popular daytime destination into a lively nighttime art piece and backdrop for waterfront events. The project delivers on Mayor Fischer’s six-year plan to create a clean, green, inclusive environment through the use of innovative, energy-efficient LED technology.  The addition of the lighting further cements the bridge as an iconic symbol of Louisville and a reflection of the vibrant community that surrounds it.

MaxLite introduces ENERGY STAR qualified Adjustable LED Downlight Retrofits as an easy upgrade solution that provides endless lighting design possibilities for residential, retail and commercial interiors.

Bringing new light to the world Taiwan global LED suppliers turn on the best!   TiLS 2015  In conjunction with LED Taiwan 2015 The place where lighting sources, sells and connects!

With a thermal resistance of 1.1°C/W in a diameter of 99 millimeter, the BJB LED star cooler offers a perfect passive cooling platform for luminaires up to 5000 lumen. Through a modular mounting pattern the GH36d LED cooler offers a wide platform of mechanical exchangeability – including Zhaga book 3 and Zhaga book 11 mounting platforms.

LEDinside editoral team will be away during the Chinese Lunar New Year vacation starting from Feb. 17-23, and will not be updating the website during this period.

Unity Opto aims to ship 60 million bulbs by 2015, nearly doubled growth compared to 2014, according to a China Times report. 

HC Semitek announced its arm in Suzhou received RMB 49.60 million (US $7.94 million) worth of LED equipment subsidies from Zhangjiagang Economic and Technological Development Zone’s management committee.

Taiwanese LED manufacturer AOT projected significant growth in the UV LED market after recently announcing last month’s revenues, according to a Chinese-media LaoYaoBao report.

Toshiba has started mass producing LED products belonging to its new LED TL1L4 series as of Feb.4, 2015, according to a Nikkei BP report.

GE reported strong growth in LED lighting business,but overall lighting business slid down by 1%, due to declining traditional luminaire sales.

The U.S. Department of Energy's CALiPER program has released another special report on LED lamps that are available through the retail marketplace and targeted toward general consumers. CALiPER Retail Lamps Study 3.2 focuses on lumen depreciation and color shift in a subset of 15 LED A lamps from CALiPER Retail Lamps Study 3. The lamps were monitored in an automated long-term test apparatus for more than 7,500 hours.

LG Display and Samsung Display’s feud over technology theft intensified last Sunday, following a prosecution decision that indicted several Samsung employees were involved in a case of alleged industrial spying.

Energy efficient LED streetlights are often brighter than traditional luminaires, but poorly planned installations can create unintended dark corners.

Advanced lighting, front and back: Osram is represented in the BMW M4 Concept Iconic Lights not only with laser light in the headlights but also, and for the first time, with OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) in the tail lights. These area light sources enable the lights to be made in any shape, opening up completely new design options. “The show car is an important milestone for our OLED strategy. As a leading supplier Osram wants to have a presence on the road with a series OLED product from 2016 onward”, said Marc Lünnemann, the man responsible at Osram for OLED business.

Due to the impacts from election and constraining policy on real estate, housing markets have dropped to a 13 year low in 2014 in Taiwan; but even then, ALTLED® had cooperated with a new construction case and achieved staggering results of clearing every unit in just four months.

In the redevelopment of King's Cross Square, the station's new entrance, StudioFRACTAL were commissioned to create a new lighting scheme. The project is the first large scale public realm project in the UK to use only LED technology and Kemps Architectural Lighting were specified to provide both standard and bespoke LED luminaires for the project.

In the past decade, LED has become popular as an energy-saving, long-life light source that is also increasingly affordable. In more and more applications, this new technology is now the lighting of choice. But hot on its heels is a new innovation that is based on the next generation of light-emitting diodes: OLED. Also, the Philips Lumiblade range is on the cutting edge.

Technical Consumer Products (TCP), a leader in energy-efficient lighting, has been recognized by Walmart's supplier excellence awards for 2014 "Item of the Year" and "Supplier of the Year." TCP's Great Value 60 watt equivalent general purpose LED light bulb was the item of the year for Walmart's Hardlines category, which includes electronics, equipment and tools. TCP was also nominated as one of six finalists for the supplier of the Item Of The Year for its stores (Walmart stocks over 120,000 products).

The LED Floodlight 500W, 250W optional in high power and high brightness is especially suitable for tall building lighting and extreme distance projection with 500 meters maximum. CE Rosh TUV SAA is approval with 5 years warranty.

Access Fixtures, a leader in commercial and sports lighting, has announced the production of a new 158w LED high bay that uses 66% less energy than a 400 watt metal halide (MH) high bay, yet has equivalent light output. The LEDs in the high bay are rated LM70 at 100,000 hours. Over the course of 10 years, the LED high bay is expected to reduce operating cost by $2,385.86. In many instances, the payback is less than 2 years. The 158w LED high bay is ideal for illuminating large indoor areas such as large retail applications, warehouses and sports facilities such as high school gyms.

LEDinside’s Senior Analyst Figo Wang gives an in-depth analysis of the sapphire substrate market trends in 2015. Despite of the blows from GTAT’s bankruptcy last year, the sapphire market will continue to grow next year. Korean manufacturer Samsung Display has not given up on OLED TVs yet, and will be injecting millions into the technology. MLS has recorded a very successful IPO recently, with shares being oversubscribed by nearly 88 times. The U.S. court has started investigations into whether Feit Electric and Unity Opto have infringed Cree patents as claimed in the complaint.

Most new stocks on the market rarely achieve skyrocketing growth rates, but investors that have betted on MLS shares are probably thrilled at the moment.

In a recent financial statement, Nationstar highlighted positive growth during fiscal year 2014.