Lunera® Lighting, a leader in lighting innovation announced that they are launching their BallastLED™ technology and have raised US$ 5 million from Opus Bank to accelerate its adoption in the commercial general lighting market. BallastLEDTM technology makes it easy and affordable to convert an existing lighting infrastructure to LED by enabling true plug-and-play LED replacement bulbs for ballast driven lighting applications.

Walmart announced plans today to purchase energy-efficient LED ceiling lighting fixtures for new supercenters in the United States, stores in Asia and Latin America, and Asda locations in the United Kingdom. The new fixtures will use 40 percent less energy than lighting sources historically used in stores, and will help further the retailer’s goal to reduce the kilowatt hour (kWh) per square foot of energy required to power Walmart’s buildings globally 20 percent by 2020. This is Walmart’s largest purchase of GE LED lighting to date, and the most recent example of leadership from Walmart and GE to find and scale innovative, energy-efficient lighting solutions.

LED Expo 2014- The international exhibition on LED lighting products and technology will see a global conglomeration of LED professionals and end users, products & technology and infinite business opportunities in the Asian LED market.      The 11th edition of LED Expo will take place from 5-7 December at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. The show is expected to be much bigger and better than ever before with increased international participation from exhibitors and visitors, a wider product profile and larger country-wise pavilions.  A...

Panasonic Corporation today announced the opening of its “SLIDING NATURE” concept installation at this year’s Milano Salone Del Mobile, one of the largest and most influential design exhibitions in the world, held in Milan. The installation this year was designed by noted architects, TORAFU ARCHITECTS. Images and videos from the event will be available on the company’s Milano Salone del Mobile 2014 site.

SÜSS MicroTec, a global supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, has launched the new Mask Aligner MA200 Gen3. The tool is designed for high volume manufacturing and can be used for exposing wafers with a diameter of up to 200 mm. This latest generation tool is a further development of the very successful MA200 Compact platform, of which the 100th tool was recently delivered to a customer.

Smart glasses and other wearable augmented reality devices are the most exciting and fastest growing sectors in consumer electronics technology. EpiCrystals Inc. of Finland has developed a revolutionary laser light source which is especially designed to improve the usability and image quality in advanced projection applications.

The international exhibition on LED lighting products and technology will see a global conglomeration of LED professionals and end users, products & technology and infinite business opportunities in the Asian LED market.      The 11th edition of LED Expo will take place from 5-7 December 2014 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. Regarded as India’s biggest international exhibition on LED lighting products and technology, LED Expo witnesses an impressive showcase of innovative and trend-setting products and a record-breaking turnout of...

After a six year wait, Foxconn subsidiary Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc. (AOT) application to be listed on the Taiwan stock market was finally approved recently. 

Epistar raked in profits in 1Q14, benefitting from strong LED backlight and lighting order demands. The Taiwanese epitaxy manufacturer performed better than first quarter last year, with growth of 44.33 percent YoY. 

The European Commission released a rapid alert system for non-food dangerous products (RAPEX) notification for Chinese product Goobay’s LED Strip Flexible Waterproof with 150 RG SMD LEDs. Notifying country was Finland. 

Over the years, LED lighting has filtered into many different application facets, including commercial, residential, digital communications, TV displays, mobile devices, street lighting, and more. Due to its expansive array of uses and ever lowering prices, annual global sales are estimated to grow 54 percent from 2013 reaching US $24 million, according to IP fir, iRunway. 

AIXTRON SE announced that Jiangsu Trifortune Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., China, has ordered an AIX G5 HT system to develop gallium nitride based high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs). The AIXTRON system will be equipped to handle 56x2-inch wafers per run and will be installed at Trifortune’s R&D center. The developed process will be transferred to mass production in the Jiangsu area upon successful completion of the research.

Osram Opto Semiconductors now enables remote control functionality to be incorporated in a lower profile than ever before thanks to the first flush-mountable infrared LED. The compact side-looking T-shaped Midled offers impressively high radiant intensity and protrudes only fractions of millimeters from the board. An infrared transmitter can therefore now be integrated in extra-thin smartphones or tablet computers.

Bike lights are perfect to use at night to keep you safe on the road, making you visible to passing cars. However, once they die you become just another shadow that is not noticeable by motorists. That is where the Eagle 600 bike light comes in. It is the first ever bike light to use an OLED display screen that notifies you to when it will die. 

Harald Haas, Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Chief Science Officer (CSO) and co-founder of pureLiFi, and his team have made another breakthrough in Li-Fi by demonstrating that up to 1.1 gigabit per second (Gbps) can now be transmitted using light waves from micro LEDs over a distance of 10 meters using less than 0.5W power. This is only 5 percent of the power of a typical 10W LED light bulb. 

Access Fixtures has added LED stainless steel bollard lights with a specialized cone reflector to its extensive line of bollard lights. The new stainless steel bollards are now available with a 12w LG Innotek LED module. Beyond high style, the bollard light has a die-cast aluminum interior and stainless steel exterior for enhanced durability. The stainless steel housing prevents corrosion, rust, and stains typically caused by years of exposure to the elements. Bollard lights effectively and aesthetically illuminate paths and walkways in commercial, municipal and residential areas.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (“Revolution Lighting”), a leader in advanced LED lighting solutions, announced it has signed master distribution agreements to expand the Company’s international footprint and drive penetration in key European and South American markets. 

Marktech is pleased to introduce its new line of multichip LEDs. As electronic products continue to evolve technologically and the push for miniaturization continues, space constraints for electronics continue to be a concern for design engineers. Marktech has long specialized in chip on board (COB) solutions where multiple LED die can be placed into a small amount of space offering many advantages to standard packaging. In addition to using COB technology for illumination purposes, emission and detection functions of a sensor application can be greatly enhanced. 

In 2014, LED industry ushered in golden period of development, the competition and integration between enterprises kicked off. LED industry faces both opportunities and challenges: under the urging of the localization process, the upstream chip companies optimize capacity utilization, to compete with each other in technology. Flip chip technology breaks in in full fury, which has attracted more and more attention of lighting and backlighting market graduallty, becoming the most important developing item in this year. With the prevalence of "environmental protection and energ...

Creating comfort through light in an office environment is an important design aspect for lighting manufacturers. Designing anti-glare and flicker free lighting is an area all manufactures can agree on. Exterior appearance, however, is where it differs. 

In the outdoor lighting sector, manufacturers mostly emphasized luminous efficacy and light shape, due to advancements in LED technology and luminous efficacy at Light+Building 2014 that took place from March 31 to April 4, 2014 at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Center in Germany.

The sapphire substrate industry is booming on growing non-LED application demands. Tooted as having the potential to eliminate cracks and scratches, many electronic device manufacturers have been shifting their focus from glass to sapphire substrate over the past few years. A player looking into the sapphire substrate market has recently emerged.

Light measurement equipment manufacturers from around the world gathered at this year’s Light+Building in Frankfurt, Germany. A few of the large manufacturers in attendance included German companies LMT and Instrument Systems, American LabSphere, and Chinese comapny EVERFINE. Companies showcased their many new innovative products, including integration spheres, goniometers, spectrometeres, and more. 

Everlight’s LED TVs have been very successful lately, according to Infotimes. The company has received orders from new Japanese and Chinese TV clients this year and already began shipments in 1Q14. Mass production will officially start in 2Q14. 

Some residents in Hounslow Council in London, UK, have complained ultra-bright LED streetlights have disrupted their evening and sleep so bad that windows had to resort to old fashioned World War II blitz-style blackout curtains to keep the lights out, according to a Daily Mail report.

Roy Mi, Senior AE & Technical Marketing Manager at Fairchild Semiconductor introduces the company's LED driver with power factor correction in this latest blog entry. Please see below for more details:

Intelligent lighting solutions company Lighting Science® today announced the election of retired General and former White House National Security Advisor to President Obama, James L. Jones, as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. His election went into effect April 1, 2014. 

The recently concluded Light+Building trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany has shown the LED sector will become an important momentum to bolster the Malaysian electronics sector, according to an article by Malaysian national news agency Bernama.

Takram design engineering (takram) have designed and developed an OLED (Organic Electro-Luminescence) installation titled “Cradle of Light” to be presented at Light and Building 2014, the world’s largest lighting and architecture exhibition (Frankfurt Germany from 30th March 2014). The installation demonstrate the compelling performance of Konica Minolta’s OLED Lighting Panel, the world’s thinnest* and world’s first* color tunable function for flexible type.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the official global launch of its Samsung Smart Home service. The service will first be rolled out in Korea and the United States, with more countries around the world added throughout the year. The service makes home automation effortless and easy, with a single app that makes it possible to connect and control home appliances, TVs and mobile devices.