According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, in July 2013, the total revenues of LED companies listed on Taiwan’s stock market reached NT$ 10.95 billion (US$ 366 million), with a Year on Year (YOY) increase of 24.9% and a Month-Over-Month (MOM) growth of 4.24%. Listed Taiwanese LED chip manufacturers revenues peaked NT$ 3.85 billion in the same month, while listed LED package manufacturers saw revenues climb to NT$ 7.09 billion. Despite effects from slowed backlight demands, end-market demands have attracted LED manufacturers to quickly expand into lighting applications.

Mid-power LED shortages eased in 3Q13, due to increasing LED suppliers, according to LEDinside, an LED research division of international research organization TrendForce. High-power LED prices dropped in 3Q as outdoor lighting demands and construction bidding projects fell below market expectations in 2Q, and impacts from advances of mid-power LEDs , such as 5630 package (PKG) and 3030 PKG threatens the high-powered LED market share. Both uncertainty surrounding China’s new energy-saving appliance subsidies and high inventory levels in distribution channels have caused the LED price for TV application to drop. However, LED for mobile applications have a positive 3Q outlook due to increasing smartphone shipments and introduction of two in one package.

Glowsource.com, a company that supplies glow in the dark party supplies gives an overview of some of the top LED party accessories that are suitable for all occasions.  Whether for a birthday party, summer party, graduation party, Halloween party, New Years’ party or other parties, glow in the dark parties are the latest craze that don’t see signs of slowing down any time soon. They suit every theme and make parties more fun. 

Larson Electronics announced the release of an infrared (IR) LED light built to provide powerful and reliable IR illumination in a rugged and easy to mount design that is ideal for use as a covert military vehicle tail light and indicator. The LEDLB-1-IR-MTL Military Infrared LED Tail Light can withstand demanding conditions and is ideal for operators who want the ability to maintain covert operations without compromising the ability to identify the location of their own vehicles.

As the major "ENERGY STAR Technology Provider" for U.S. home remodeling media company Proud Green Home, LG Electronics USA is playing a key role in this unique project that features techniques, products and designs to create a sustainable home for the future.

In line with the Financial Results for the first half of 2013 HC SemiTek recently released, its total revenue is 112 million Yuan, decrease of 40.42 percent compared to the same period of last year. The net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies is 14.29 million Yuan, down 61.47 percent over the same period of last year. Basic EPS (earnings per share) is about 0.05 Yuan, down 68.75 percent Y-o-Y. HC SemiTek said that operating income in the first half of 2013 dropped 40.42% Y-o-Y, after the last year's irrational price competition in LED chip...

Mitsubishi and Pioneer have established a new company called MC Pioneer OLED Lighting (MPOL). The registered capital of the new company was one hundred and fifty million yen, and the two companies each contributed 50%. The new company will handle OLED lighting marketing and sales in Japan. MPOL offers Verbatim's Velve color-tunable OLED lighting panels that jointly made by Mitsubishi and Pioneer. MPOL has a nice website (in Japanese, though) that shows nice photos of the latest Velve installations such as the Issey Miyake store at Tokyo'...

Recently, SEAMLESS GREEN announced that Good Return, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, signed an agreement with Primary Billio, an independent third party, to sell the entire equity interest in Arnda Semiconductor Limited to Primary Billio for a total consideration of HK$11 million, and the proceeds will be counted as general working capital. The group expects to record a net loss of around HK$5.5 million from the disposal, but since the group has already made impairment loss on the investment in the subsidiary of approximately HK$11.1million in year ...

Due to the phase out of low efficiency illuminants around the world, modern LED-lighting solutions are enjoying a growth in popularity and the lighting market is gradually adapting to these changes. Therefore, more manufacturers  intends to switch to LED industry, RECOM Lighting is no exception, it is an innovative leader over the past 35 years in the manufacture and distribution of DC/DC and AC/DC converters, switching regulators and LED drivers. According to relevant reports, recently, RECOM Lighting has introduced ultra-compact 25 watt LED driver...

For further demonstrating its leadership in environmental sustainability, MGM Grand Detroit has completed the LED lamp retrofit of its 61-acre parking garage. Cited as one of the nation’s largest LED parking garage makeovers, the three-month installation boasts 3,117 LED lamps and will reduce the garage’s annual energy use by 80% at the Four Diamond destination resort. “As a property fully committed to the fundamental principles of environmental stewardship, we are proud to complete the LED lamp installation and further minimize MGM Grand Detro...

LarsonElectronics.com has announced the addition of the EXP-LED-RL-FX5R Explosion Proof Rechargeable LED Flashlight to its growing line of portable and handheld explosion proof lighting equipment. U.L. and ATEX approved for hazardous location lighting, the EXP-LED-RL-FX5R is Class 1 Division 1 certified and an ideal portable lighting solution for operators in hazardous locations who require more than just a simple flashlight.

EnvironmentalLights.com, a leading online resource for high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting systems, recently introduced an innovative line of Direct DMX LED Pixel Control Lights. The PixelDMX line of products combines RGB LEDs with cutting edge circuit board technology, eliminating the need for pixel decoders.

Spearing into the blue sky, Burj Khalifa – also called “the Dubai Tower” – has been regarded as one of the most remarkable building in human history. Burj Khalifa is a landmark among Middle East, where is mostly dominated by Islamic culture, and also an icon of how high technology can help to construct an “automatic” building. Across the Persian Gulf, there is a vivid comparison to Burj Khalifa –Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. The museum is a beautiful architecture that collects enormous number of Islamic artworks. Both of these two great building are lightened up by fixtures from Philips.

Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE) announced recently it will withdraw from Top Energy Saving System’s (TESS) board. CWE planned to take over TESS management and acquire the company, but has called off the merger deal since TESS former Chairman Tsai Wen-Kuei's suspected violation of Taiwan’s Securities and Exchange Act, said CWE Chairman and President Huang Chia-Neng.

In the second quarter of next year the FIFA World Cup Brazil will feature top grade LED displays in 14 playing venues. With LED display panel driver IC demand starting to emerge, Macroblock chairman Dr. Li-Chang Yang expressed that the company has been receiving an influx of customer orders and the increased output volume has become one of the divers for operation in the second half of the year.

As the effectiveness of layout in Chinese market is paying off, OEM orders continues to increase. LED packaging enterprise Edison said that Q3 is the traditional peak season for LED lighting, order visibility has stretched to 1.5 to 2 months, the capacity utilization of existing production lines can be maintained at 90%. Relevant sources expect that the revenue of Edison in the third quarter will grow more than 10% over the second quarter, higher than the average for the industry. Revenue is Expected to Increase over 10% in Q3 Jianrong Wu, Chairman of Edision, po...

French smartphone device startup SmartMobilAccessoire is working on a new product called the Biiwatch. It’s a watch-like device that’s worn around the wrist and designed to let you control your smartphone to snap photos. The startup says that this upcoming device is “the first iPhone wristhand remote control for photo and video.” If you find yourself constantly out and about, the accessory will give you an easy way of triggering your camera’s shutter without having to touch the phone itself.           ...

Metro LED Lighting is marketing a new LED lighting fixture for commercial parking garages that is now DesignLights Consortium (DLC) qualified. The GL-40SV, from IntenCity Lighting, is designed for effective lighting, with low glare, and high efficiency to lower electric costs. It is engineered as a one-to-one replacement for High Intensity Discharge (HID) fixtures and fluorescent garage lights. As a DLC listed parking garage light, this LED fixture has undergone testing to assure compliance with the latest outdoor lighting standards. The GL-40SV Parking Garage Light requires no periodic maintenance, re-lamping or ballast changes required of fluorescent garage lighting or HID fixtures.

Trans-Lux Corporation ("Trans-Lux" or the "Company"), a leading supplier of Digital Displays and next generation LED lighting, reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 on August 14, 2013. Trans-Lux President and Chief Executive Officer J.M. Allain made the announcement.

FoxFury Lighting Solutions, maker of professional LED lighting tools for first responders and industrial professionals, is officially 10 years old. To celebrate, the company will be giving away 10 prizes and is partnering on a special critical stress management project. FoxFury formed in August of 2003 to create a wide angle LED headlamp for night surfing. Within months, first responders approached FoxFury asking if the lights could be made fire resistant and weatherproof. Fast forward 10 years and the company now offers LED headlamps, flashlights, area lights, pis...

The financial report recently published for Taiwan LED manufacture 2Q performance shows LED packaging manufacturers are fairing far better than the majority of wafer manufacturers whom are still in a state of deficit. Among seven packaging manufactures on the market all experienced gains this quarter aside from Bright LED Electronics Corp and Harvatek whom had profit loss of NT$0.07 and NT$0.44. Edison Otp and PARA Light were able to turn their profits around this quarter, and Everlight still was able to maintain a good performance with EPS NT$ 0.9, keeping their top spot.

An Australian company, IC12, is meeting photographic and digital filmmaking industries demands with the release of a portable and interlocking LED flash and light source - The LED Light Cube - to be crowdfunded on Indiegogo from Tuesday 13th August (Australian time) to the cry of 'Become a Cubist!'. The LED Light Cube was borne out of a desire to make the biggest difference in the photographic industries with the smallest change, according to Managing Director of IC12, Nathan Oxley. "From our work with photographic awards and competitions, we he...

Recently, a super fine pitch LED display has become a mainstream product in this fierce competition market. Super fine pitch displays become popular in indoor applications, such as shopping centers. In order to meet the unmet needs of display market, Marcoblock launches the innovative S-PWM LED driver IC, MBI5152, especially designed for a super fine pitch display. Furthermore, MBI5152 collocates NOVASTAR to provide a solution for the fine pitch display and expects to trigger the evolution of super fine pitch LED display market.   Kerry Huang, Prod...

Lite-On Technology reported second quarter 2013 consolidated revenue of NT$50.01 billion, up 7% Q-o-Q. Thanks to a better product mix, operating efficiency and higher scale of profitable products, the gross margin and operating margin in the second quarter were 14.8% and 4.8%, with sequential growths of 0.1% Q-o-Q and 0.6% Q-o-Q respectively. Net profits in the second quarter reached NT$2.24 billion with a growth of 42% Q-o-Q, and an EPS of NT$ 0.98. Despite ICT market declines, Lite-On's core business units’ Q2 sales continued to gain momentum, with...

The LED lamp, called the Curl, was created by British designer Sebastian Bergne. A circular LED bulb is finished simply with a curl of white plastic, resulting in a minimalist design and original shape. The bulb’s temperature can be adjusted from 2400° Kelvin, which produces a rosy amber color, to 3500° Kelvin, a cool white. There is also a dimming feature so you can create any atmosphere you want.

TruLite LED has officially released their latest update and adjustment to spectral output for their LED plant grow lights. Through continuous research and development of their solid state chip configuration, yields just keep getting better. The use of specific colors in very precise wavelengths in their grow lights is important as research continues. These tweaks are done to optimize size and morphology of a plant while decreasing grow cycle times. Plant growth is optimized when spectral wavelengths are more precise. The first step in photosynthesis is the absorption of light...

The LEDPB10W-120X2E LED boat light is an ideal alternative for boaters looking to improve the efficiency as well as performance of their onboard lighting systems. Producing 10,320 lumens while using only 120 watts at 10 amps, this LED light bar produces more light output than three 50 watt halogen spreader lights combined, yet uses less power. Designed for extreme conditions, the LEDPB10W-120X2E is built with a heavy duty extruded aluminum housing and sealed polycarbonate lens for excellent resistance to the effects of impacts, vibrations, and damaging environment...

With the help of lighting manufacturer MHA Lighting, three companies with offices in Catalina Property Services' St. Mary’s Court, a 36,000 square foot commercial building in Douglas, are significantly reducing their lighting energy consumption – savings are estimated to exceed £300,000 (NT$ 14,000) and 850 tons of Co2.

Starting from 2012-2014, bans on incandescent lights has led to the gradual entry of LED products in the residential lighting markets, according to a latest search report by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce. Improved LED luminous efficacy and lowered LED product prices contributed to higher consumer acceptance levels and rising penetration rates. Japan was the largest LED residential lighting market in 2012, followed by Europe and North America. However, China’s residential lighting’s global market share is also growing.

According to reports, Noribachi, premier LED lighting manufacturer dedicated to the principle of efficient and cost effective energy use through innovative LED technology, issued its 2013-2014 product catalog August 15, containing its standard line of LED fixtures, light engines, and replacement legacy bulbs. The 144-page book is a digest of detailed specifications of over 40 fixtures ranging from canopy lights to high bay and wall pack luminaries; the company’s full range of DesignLights Consortium (DLC) qualified LED light engines that replace traditional lig...