India’s LED lighting market is currently at a nascent stage. Though the LED market is already growing at a robust pace over the last 2-3 years, the country offers huge growth potential, especially over the next 5-10 years. Increasing adoption of LED lighting is being witnessed across commercial and residential sectors, government projects, upcoming smart building projects, etc. According to a recently published report by TechSci Research “India LED Lighting Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020”, the country’s LED lighting market is projected to register a growth of over 32% during 2015-20.

The UK’s Lighting Industry received a huge boost this week as the Lighting Industry Association received a share of GBP 1.3 million (US $2 million) from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund to further develop its laboratory services (LIA Laboratories) and new Lighting Training Academy.

When we talk about Livable Cities, Harbin China probably isn’t even on your radar. However you will be surprised at how this city, near the Russian border in northeast China, uses illumination to lighten the spirits during the bitter cold and long winter nights with the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival.

Industry-Leading CR Series Troffer with SmartCast Technology Now Features Field Adjustable CCT, Delivering Customized and Dynamic Lighting Solutions

For any place where ambiance is important, you’ll have just what you need, and you didn’t know you needed, and more than you’ll ever need. To expand your operations and manager your LEDs efficiently, and with high confidence in data you are accumulating. Because of all, you’re just in the time for a new wave in advanced optical light measuring technology.

LED light sources open up new possibilities in lighting design. Not only are they highly durable, they are extremely energy efficient.  But switching to LED technology is an option not only when planning a new lighting system. With the new accessory set for TALEXXmodules LLE from Tridonic, existing linear luminaires equipped with T5 or T8 fluorescent lamps can be quickly and easily upgraded to state-of-the-art LED technology.

Cree announced that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to open an investigation into unfair trade practices by Feit Electric Company, Inc. and its Asian supplier, Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. The investigation includes allegations of infringement of 8 Cree patents related to LED lighting and Feit’s false and misleading advertising claims, including that certain of its products meet ENERGY STAR® specifications. The decision to open an investigation comes after Cree filed a complaint on January 12, 2015, requesting an investigation by the ITC.

MaxLite introduces ballast-compatible DirectFit PL Lamps as a one-step solution for converting existing fixtures to LED

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announces the launch of its new PN-E series of LED displays designed for a wide range of professional applications. With their sleek design, and support for landscape and portrait installations, the PN-E703/E603 professional-grade displays offer an amazing degree of flexibility for around-the-clock operations.

Acolyte Industries is introducing two additions to its extensive line of spec grade RibbonLyte: the RGBW 4-IN-1 and the Super Populated. Both products will make their debut at LEDucation 9, in New York City, on March 5-6, 2015.

Gaintronics Technology's LED panel lights. (Gaintronics Technology/LEDinside) Gaintronics Technology LED SON light. (Gaintronics/LEDinside)

LED MR16 Dim Solution: Using PHILIPS UID8020 (220V) and LEVITON no.6674 (110V) Dimming switch to control LED MR16 Dim.

Taiwan Tang Hua was founded in 1998; we are a quality supplier with complete assembly line of packaging, design, production and marketing. We provide both indoor and outdoor high power LED lightings. We up holds the spirit of research, innovation and high quality. Group’s branch and factories are located throughout Taiwan, Southeast Asia, South Africa, North America and so on. Our products have unique design, stability quality, reasonable price, and favor to consumer. We can tailor-made LED lighting for customer.

The U.S. Department of Energy's CALiPER program has released Report 20.4, which is part of a series of investigations on LED PAR38 lamps. Report 20.4 focuses on lumen maintenance, chromaticity maintenance, and catastrophic failure in 32 of the Series 20 LED PAR38 lamps and eight benchmark lamps, which were monitored for nearly 14,000 hours at ambient temperatures between 44°C and 45°C. Among the findings:

Luminus Devices, a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs and solid-state light sources, announced today the appointment of Mark Pugh as Vice President of Marketing. Pugh brings tremendous solid state lighting (SSL) experience to the company adding new depth and market knowledge to the Luminus executive management team.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of its Lighting Systems Division, published a brief white paper on considerations U.S. federal, state, and local governments should have in mind when setting requirements for procurement of energy-efficient lighting systems. Specifically, the paper summarizes issues surrounding requirements that governments may set on the manufacturing location of final products or any product component.  

According to Gulf Technical Regulation for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment and Appliance BD-142004-01, the new GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) scheme will be in force from 2016-07-01, for the Gulf areas including United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait and Republic of Yemen.

Veeco Instruments announced that the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, a leading German compound semiconductor research institution, has purchased a TurboDisc® K465i Gallium Nitride (GaN) MOCVD System. 

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient lighting platforms, today announced that it intends to offer US $15,000,000 of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Orion. Orion also expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase additional shares equal to up to 15% of the aggregate number of shares to be sold in the offering to cover over-allotments, if any.

GlacialLight, the lighting division of GlacialTech Inc., announces a new bay light series, the GL-BL100, featuring 10,000 to 10,700 lumen output using just 96W. With a Unified Glare Rating (UGR) of less than 19, these bay lights are bright without being harsh, making them suitable for indoor applications. Additionally, the rugged IP66 rated design, -40°C to 50°C operating temperature range, and outdoor bracket mounts translates to the GL-BL100 also being well suited for outdoor spot lighting and lighting tower use.

Today’s LED lighting products can be problematic with blinding light, glare, high light loss and insufficient light source. Long-term usage can provoke discomfort, such as eyestrain. As modern man are conscious of environment protection and energy saving, LED lightings not only can meet these requirements but can also be used in household life and working environment. Let “Low glare, wide angle, high uniformity” be your best options for comfortable lighting.

Formosa Opto's highlighted LED bulb and tube product portfolio.

Behavior Tech's highlighted LED luminaires.

It will take some time before the effects from MOCVDs and other LED chip equipment acquired in 2014 will become evident, but it is expected the new equipment will make significant contributions to this year’s revenue growth, announced Chinese LED manufacturer HC SemiTek recently in an investor relations statement.

Following leading Chinese LED package manufacturer MLS’s recent IPO announcement, a Bloomberg report estimated the company’s Chairman Sun Qinghuan will be joining the billionaire club after the IPO.

China’s leading LED package manufacturer MLS, which has earned a reputation as “price slasher” in the LED industry, recently announced it will be raising RMB 960 million (US $ 153.87 million) through a Shenzhen IPO to expand its production capacity and increase liquidity, according to a Chinese Business News reports. MLS actions indicates the LED industry is entering another industry restructure phase.

It seems Samsung Display has not quite given up on OLED TVs yet, and has no intention of letting rival compatriot LG Display become a monopoly in this sector, according to a recent Reuters report.

Transparent, conductive, and uniform Ag nanowires (NWs) were introduced to improve the optical performance of GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by a spin-coating technique. The Ag NWs acted as a current spreading layer, exhibiting high transmittance and low sheet resistance, and ultimately leading to high performance GaN-based LEDs with an ultra large size of 5 × 5 mm2. Compared to the transmittance of conventional LEDs without Ag NWs, the relative transmittance of LEDs with Ag NWs was approximately 90% of the overall wavelength region. However, the electroluminescence (EL) intensity of LED with Ag NWs was much higher than that of conventional LEDs without Ag NWs for injection current above 45 mA. In addition, the EL full width at half maximum of LEDs with Ag NWs was much lower than that of conventional LEDs without Ag NWs. Based on these results, we believe that the enhanced optical performance of ultra large LEDs was due to an increase in the current spreading effect.

Rubicon Technology, a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, consumer electronics and optical industries, today announced that it has successfully produced the first-ever synthetic sapphire crystal of its size and thickness, meeting a key milestone in its Large-Area Net-Shape Crystal Extraction (LANCE) project. At 36 x 18 x 2 inches of sapphire, this product will serve the demanding needs of defense applications, along with future commercial and industrial applications.

Intertek (LSE: ITRK), a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, partnered with lighting product manufacturer MaxLite to bring its innovative new LED GU24 Puck Lamp to market quickly.