Under the blistering sun, Pedro Guerra, UNICEF child protection specialist and Leonard Ndirahisha a coordinator for Burundian NGO FVS Amade track the trails and hills of Gitega province in central Burundi. The two are out on a mission to collect feedback of portable bicycle-powered Nuru LED lights in a pilot project to offer safe and affordable lights to rural families.

Cree Edge High-Output TrueWhite LED Luminaire Delivers Breakthrough Color Performance, Helps Improve Bottom Lin. 

Oree Illumination Solutions Inc., developer of LED-based planar lighting technology, today announced the expansion of its LightCell™ Plus range to include drivers, connection cables and an installation guide – a complete system offering. This will simplify development and accelerate time to market for LED lighting designers and fixture manufacturers. Additionally, new product features provide greater protection of the LightCells against external mechanical forces.

MaxLite debuts its DesignLights Consortium (DLC)-qualified BayMAX LED Linear High Bay Fixtures with A-B bi-level capabilities that offer LM-80-tested LED strips in a low profile rectangular high bay housing; dimming models are also available.

Everlight Electronics Co., a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry with three decades of experience, has introduced the latest member of its ITR series of photo interrupters for use in optical switches, digital cameras and printers, the ultra small outline slotted type ITR1205ST11A/TR. A slotted type opto interrupter detects an object when it enters the gap of the slotted switch and blocks the light path between the emitter and detector.

Unity Opto says that 3Q revenue results were affected mainly by Chinese TV client’s inventory adjustments, and expects4Q revenue to rebound. Benefiting from the new household electricity subsidy and by European and U.S. holiday sales gradual revenue growth is anticipated for 4Q.

People automatically associate a yellow-orange halo glowing in the dark to warmth and romance. This is the appearance of incandescent light bulbs. Though beautiful, their harmful effect on the environment leaves countries deeply concerned. The EU in September 2012 even stopped incandescent light bulbs imports into Europe.

Not to be outdone by compteitor Samsung, South Korean electronics giant LG, recently announced it has started mass producing OLED smartphones screens for phones to be launched on the market by 2014, according to reports by BBC, the Verge, Engadget and other media. Although, Samsung will be launching its new OLED phones later this month, LG is close behind with its new smartphone.

Secondary optics manufacturer LedLink’s September revenue was affected by the lengthy holiday season this September.

Dubai municipality and Philips sign MoU to transform Municipality buildings from conventional to intelligent LED lighting LED lighting can help save 50% of energy consumption and 6,200 tons of CO2 emissions per year in the Municipality’s 262 buildings

Company enables original equipment manufacturers, commercial and industrial customers to improve cash flow, accelerate time to market and meet energy efficiency targets globally

Halo wins all lighting categories in Remodeling magazine’s readers’ survey.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. today announced it has acquired a portfolio of general illumination LED lighting products, including several product lines from CMG Energy Solutions (“CMG”).

Company partners with Maxtek Digicom Ltd to increase volume by 10 million lamps per year.

With the Acrich kit, customers can now make their own LED lighting modules without the traditional AC to DC converter. Seoul MJT LEDs decrease the component count and shrink board real estate giving designers more layout options, decreased costs and smaller fixture sizes and the Acrich AIC provides low THD, high power factor and dimming functions to control LEDs directly from AC power.

Hubbell Lighting announced the release of a new high-performance, yet incredibly versatile, LED security luminaire—Hubbell Outdoor Lighting’s LED Multi-purpose Dusk-to-Dawn.

LED Canada, Canada’s  wholesaler and manufacture of LED solutions announces distributor agreement with Homegrown Hydroponics for it's Growthstar™ horticultural lights.

The market is focused on the moment that LED industry can leave oversupply behind. China LED chip manufacturers growing number of new MOCVD equipment in 2014 will no doubt put pressure on the LED industry demand and supply. China’s large LED chip manufacturer San’an Optoelectronics, and vertically integrated Elec-Tech International Co. (ETI) both have expansion plans, while Nationstar Optoelectronics Co. is planning to invest in a second phase LED chip expansion project. 

With the LED lighting market soaring and backlight products increased incorporation of mid-powered LEDs, it is unsurprising that mid-power LEDs were most popular in 2013.

Lextar had a September 2013 revenue t decrease compared with August and but experienced growth since September last year.

San'an released a statement that on September 30th they received Anxi county finance bureau “sapphire substrate project."

Many consumers are shying away from LED lighting due to potential harm blue LED bulbs can have on the retina of the eye. The media has even confused blue lights emitted from blue-ray and blue LED light. So what exactly are blue LEDs then?

An anonymous industry insider recently leaked to The Chosun Ilbo that Apple’s upcoming iWatch will use a flexible OLED display.

Veeco Instruments announced that the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, purchased two GENxplor™ R&D Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Systems for its School of Physics and Astronomy. The systems will enable the growth of high quality, large area layers of graphene and boron nitride for advanced electronic and optoelectronic applications.

GE Lighting delivers improved visibility and a long life rating for drivers with its GE NIGHTHAWK™ LED headlights, which are designed to last for 15,000 hours and draw less amperage than standard halogen headlights.    

Larson Electronics has experienced significant expansion into the film entertainment industry and has again been chosen to supply its extreme duty line of LED lighting products for cinematic use in a major film production. The new Warner Brothers crime drama ‘Run All Night’, starring Liam Neeson and Ed Harris, will begin filming soon, and production crews for the film have chosen Larson Electronics’ line of extreme duty LEDLB-24E-IR-S-940 Infrared LED Lights for use in on set filming.

Nesora Light Technologies earned high praise from lighting industry judges and took top honors in two key LED categories in the annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition that serves to advance the arts and sciences of LED lighting for a variety of applications.

It is a restless intersection located in one of the busiest area in Taipei City, Taiwan; around the corner stands a luxurious but quiet construction with an entrance resembles in an egg knitted by steel and wooden materials. This is Runtex Tun-Rein Residence, a symbol of sophisticated taste and prestige. The most recognizable feature of this building is exactly its egg-shaped structure installed in the lobby. To illuminate its distinguished design, lighting designers from CMA Lighting Design (CWI Lighting Design then), Ta-Wei Lin, Su-Chen Wu and Jamie Liu brainstormed.

This week Walmart has pushed LED manufacturers into hot water as it releases a US$ 9 LED bulb line, while German manufacturer Osram slashed 900 jobs in the U.S. as part of its restructure plan. Goldman Sachs on the other hand has remained upbeat about LED growth in 2014, and has cast a rather rosy light on the industry. Below are LEDinside’s editor team’s pick of some important news over the week, that you might not want to miss out:

GlacialLight's Flood Light series now includes models with Standard AC input, DC input, and PIR Sensors. They are suitable for a very wide variety of indoor and outdoor architectural lighting needs, in commercial, industrial and residential environments. Special functions include solar powered lighting and security-enhancing illumination.