A quest for a very professional appearance allied with compact size led Instrument Installations Ltd to specify Marl 512 Series LEDs in its handheld actuator demonstration product range for use during client visit and training room demonstrations of Rotork actuators.  Appearance is increasingly as important in industrial instrumentation as it is in consumer electronics – especially during the critical sales phase, according to Chris Hill, Managing Director of Instrument Installations. He said, “The unit is intended to professionally demonstrate the key features of the actuators in formal client presentations in the field and at the training facility. It not only had to look great, but also has to be very easy and intuitive for the sales force to use, ensuring a really slick demonstration. .......

Merck will be presenting its trendsetting portfolio of organic electronic materials at LOPE-C 2013 in Munich from June 11 to 13. One highlight will be the latest highly processable organic semiconductors marketed under the lisicon brand.  For more than a decade Merck has been spurring the rapid expansion of the Printed Electronics market with consistent innovation. Today Merck is accelerating the progress of futuristic display concepts with the latest developments in its lisicon portfolio. The new generation of polymeric organic semiconductors with mobility values exceeding 1cm2/Vs enable a performance approximately twice that of amorphous silicon and allow for dramatic improvements in process windows

Global market intelligence organization TrendForce’s research division LEDinside and Consumer research division AVANTI joint research results showed that only 25% of average Chinese consumers had a clear knowledge of LED bulbs. If LED lighting wants to popularize their products, the key is through increasing consumer awareness.

Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it is stocking the new LUXEON® M LEDs from Philips Lumileds, delivering high flux density and high efficacy with Freedom From Binning™.

        Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced that its Lighting Applications site on Mouser.com covering the entire lighting ecosystem has been expanded to include featured products, a new application feature, and several of the latest lighting industry articles. The updated site helps design engineers find the latest lighting advancements, trends, and supporting product information in as few clicks as possible. A new featured products section has been added, including products from leading suppliers such as Philips Lumileds, Cree and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. There is also a new featured application, the Instrument Cluster Backlight, with a block diagram and other supporting resources. The articles section has been updated as well to include the latest lighting articles by Philips Lumileds, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, and Mouser.

 Albeo ABHX-Series offers increased energy savings for high ceilings     Lumination EL Series creates visually striking possibilities for retail and office spaces.  GE Lighting today launched two commercial LED products - Albeo ABHX-series and Lumination EL series - in Asia at the 18th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. The Albeo ABHX series LED High Bay lighting fixture sets a new performance benchmark for areas with high ceilings while the Lumination EL series LED Luminaire represents an unconventional design which slashes energy costs at the same time. These two new products will be available in China, Australia and South East Asia in Q4 2013. These latest additions to GE’s extensive line of innovative and energy-efficient commercial lighting solutions will help to further fulfill business owners’ unique lighting needs.  “We stand at the precipice of a sea change in the lighting industry with the LED lighting market leading an unprecedented worldwide growth. Globally, the potential is huge in the LED lighting industry and the growth in Asia has been even more dramatic,” said Ms. Jane Lo, GM of Asia Product Management, GE Lighting Asia. “Given the innovative energy saving features and high degree of adaptability ......

LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS) today reported that it is the recipient of the 2013 Manny Award in the "biggest breakthrough" category. This prestigious annual award is given to outstanding manufacturing companies for their innovation and best practices. LSI's recently introduced solid-state product, the Sterling™ LED area light fixture, was the basis for this award. The Manny Award is given by Cincy Magazine, a leading business publication of Greater Cincinnati.  Robert J. Ready, CEO, said, "We are pleased to receive the Manny Award. As a leading lighting and graphics company dedicated to providing advanced solid-state LED products, new product development and introduction......

OSRAM SYLVANIA and Comcast recently announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to offer energy efficient light bulbs that can be controlled remotely through the Xfinity Home platform. By collaborating with OSRAM SYLVANIA, Comcast is further enhancing its Xfinity Home service by providing Sylvania’s new energy-saving LED smart light bulbs that can be installed on any standard light bulb socket, and that can save 83% energy costs and last 17.5 times longer than the lifespan of standard incandescent light bulbs. In addition, by coope...

EVERLIGHT has released the white 1W high-power LED XI3535. The company says that the cost-effective package provides high lumen output and efficacy and is apply to the designs of high-power LED such as directional lamps, decorative lamps, panel lights and other residential lighting applications. The XI3535’s package material is thermally efficient, allowing the LED to be driven at higher current for more lumens while maintaining good service life. The XI3535 is offered in ANSI correlated color temperature (CCT) ratings from 2700K to 6500K and has ...

MAQUET Medical Systems USA yesterday launched its LED concealed lighting system for the Labor, Delivery and Recovery (LDR) room. The retractable LED light sets a new standard in illumination quality, comfort and operational efficiency during the birthing process. The retractable LED concealed lighting system is designed to provide high-quality lighting and reduce clutter in the LDR room. The System offers a lamp holder that can be easily accessed from the ceiling and easily controlled. Furthermore, the unique lighting technology provides shadow-free, quali...

Recently, the LED project jointly invested by Everlight and Ching Fu Group with $ 160 million located in Yunxiao, Fujian.   The first phase of this project attracts the investment of $ 25 million, and it covers 100 acres of land, which mainly specializes in the R & D, production and sales of optoelectronic devices, new mechanical and electrical components, electronic equipment and others. Everlight is a global leader in the LED industry and a LED lighting applications business in Taiwan with the largest output. Ching Fu Group is one of the leading enterp...

Although all energy-saving LED lighting products are considered “green,” I’ve yet to see a real green bulb that is filled with algae until now.   To meet Hungarian designer Bodonyi Gyula’s concept of green LED lights, the AlgaeBulb was created. AlgaeBulb is a mini oxygen-generator housed inside of a teardrop-shaped LED bulb. As described, it is filled with microorganisms that power the bulb itself. The AlgaeBulb is an exploration into the use of the organisms on a micro-scale in single LED lightbulb that harnesses the green-power ...

During June 4 and 6, the SPARC International Lighting Event 2013 was held in Sydney international passenger traffic hub at Circular Quay. The biennial Australian International Lighting Fair is a professional lighting exhibition jointly sponsored by the Lighting Association of Australia (LCA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand (IES), this exhibition is the second. China Lighting Association invited 12 Chinese lighting companies to participate in the exhibition in accordance with the requirement of the organizers. Chin...

Fremont Micro Devices launched two new application samples for the FT838RNA. The FT838RNA facilitates the design of AC/DC LED driver applications. The LED current can be accurately regulated by sensing the primary side information with a few external components without the need for an opto-coupler and TL431. The integrated low voltage lockout and built-in cable compensation functions can lower the cost and increase the efficiency, in order to offer consumers the more affordable LED lighting products. “The two new FT838RNA application examples enab...

It is learned from the earnings report recently released by Epistar Corporation that its consolidated revenues in May reached 2.223 billion NTD, a growth of 15.85% over last month, also an annual growth of 19,42%. In view of the company's operation, Jye Lee who is the Chairman of Epistar Corporation said that the market demand for LED blue chip has started from March, while the demand for LED AlGaInP Chip in the initial stage has been weak, but in May, the market demand for LED AlGaInP chip increased significantly, which has become the main reason for ...

Arena in Sao Paulo: The pitch lighting exceeds the highest international standards by 50% and the LED video screen is currently the world's largest stadium LED panel. The new futuristic Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo: an arena of the superlatives. The entire high-tech lighting of the arena area is provided by the OSRAM Group.

SemiLEDs Corp, has released two new UV-LED product series, the 10-watt high-power N9 series, and the 0.17 to 0.50-watt mid-power P50N series. According to proprietary vertical LED structure, both product series are designed for industrial applications including printing, coating, curing, signage and medical or cosmetic uses. The N9 series, placed in a 9mm x 9mm ceramic package, is offered in wavelengths from 385nm to 420nm in 5nm bins. Drive currents up to 1000mA provides typical output of 5000mW of optical power at the nominal 350mA drive rate at 30V. The lamberti...

LEDinside, a subsidiary of TrendForce, is ready to hold a grand and perfect LEDforum 2013 Guangzhou  on June 11 th , to provide valuable advice that can help LED industry players to face challenges in the future.   This time, LEDforum 2013 will provide a perfect platform to interact with global LED market leaders from Cree, Philips Lumileds, Veeco, YunFeng , KLA-Tencor, Epistar, Richtek, Honglitronic, Refond. These leaders will share their insights on the development of the LED market. LEDinside analyst team will put forward Global L...

The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has demonstrated the first monolithic integration of LED and high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on the same gallium nitride (GaN) chip. It is estimated that this pioneering work could facilitate the generation of new LED technology that is low-cost, more efficient, and which enables new functions beyond illumination. In existing LED lighting systems, the external components including inductors, capacitors, silicon interconnects and wires, must be installed on or integ...

Lighting Science Group Corporation released its outdoor LED coastal Lights designed with amber-colored light, to improve survivability of sea turtle hatchlings and other wildlife that are sensitive to light or threatened by artificial coastal light. Studies show that turtle eye receptors are easily distracted by wavelengths in the ultraviolet, blue, or green spectrum found in typical white lighting. This bright, disruptive beach illumination can attract wildlife and disturb its natural behavior, so it should be replaced by amber-colored LED illumination. "Sea turtles ...

It was reported that the person who in charge of Panasonic's digital products business expressed in an interview with Japanese media that Panasonic will launch OLED TV before the end of 2015. Currently, Panasonic is developing the next-generation OLED panel to be used in TV / large-size display with Sony, the target is to establish the massive production technology of the next generation of OLED panel. In addition to Panasonic, Sony is also developing OLED panel with Taiwan AUO. Sankei Shimbun reported on February 16 that Sony and Panasonic ha...

Recently, the high-power E-star 3535 and the low-power PLCC 3014 of APT Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited (APTE) have experienced an actual test conducted by a third-party certification institution for up to 6,000 hours; both of the two products are comply with the U.S. "Energy Star" LM-80 standard. It is reported that the luminous flux maintenance rate of PLCC 3014 under test conditions at 55 ℃ for 6000 hours is 100.7%, while its luminous flux maintenance rate under the test conditions at 105 ℃ for 6000 hours is 98.6%. However, the luminous flux m...

Peter Arellano, the city's director of public works，said that Beaverton plans to improve street lighting this fiscal year, with four stretches of street expected to install new lights by June 30. The public works department will also ask the City Council to make LED lights the standard for street lights city-wide. Arellano told the city's budget committee May 30. Arellano said that the city mounted LED lights on Southwest 155th Terrace north of Southwest Scholls Ferry Road and on part of Southwest Nora Road. Southwest 139th Way and Southwest 141st Aven...

The 18th Street Railroad Viaduct in Birmingham will lunch LightRails. At 8 p.m. June 27, an Artistic Lighting Installation will be launched with the support of REV Birmingham and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. This lighting project is a great way to change underpasses into powerful connectors for pedestrian traffic," REV Birmingham CEO David Fleming said. The 18th Street Railroad lights are the first of many lighting projects to be displayed across the Birmingham's City Center. The next lighting ceremony will be the Railroad...

Skyworth Digital announced that the sales volume of its TV in May increased by 68% to 1.022 million units, the China TV business unit achieved an annual growth of 73% to 82.5 million units, the sales of LED LCD TV doubled to 82.5 million units. Overseas TV business unit also achieved an annual sales growth of 50% to 19.7 million units, the sales of flat-panel TV grew by 41% yearly to 150,600 units. Skyworth also said that TV sales in May increased by 73% year-Over-year, the sales of China TV business division increased by 72%, while overseas grew by 81%....

An internal wiring problem can pose fire and laceration hazards Philips Lighting Company of Bath, N.Y., is recalling about 8,100 metal halide lamps. The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter, posing fire and laceration hazards. The company has received one report of a failure that damaged a lamp. There have been no reports of injury or property damage. The recalled items are egg-shaped, clear glass, 150-watt industrial metal halide lamps about five inches long with a medium base. Recalled lamps were manufactured between November 201...

With the increasing emphasis on environmental issues, the demand for LED lighting gradually rise, compared with the demand caused by the replacement of home lighting consumers independently conducted, the demand caused by the government-led street light replacement is more clear, but the cross-strait LED manufacturers target the street lamps cases in mainland of China, who has ignored the fact that the opportunities to replace the traditional street lights with LED lamps has began to take shape in Europe and America. Currently, the penetration rate of LED lights in U.S....

Cree has received a matching $2.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its research and development of light-emitting diode, or LED, lighting products. The agency said the $10.1 million in competitive, matching grants to five companies are for two-year projects that "will focus on achieving significant cost reductions while maintaining quality by improving manufacturing equipment, processes, or monitoring techniques." Greg Merritt, vice president for marketing with Durham, N.C.-based Cree, said Wednesday the company has been working with the DOE...

The enigmatic smile of the "Mona Lisa" is now being illuminated by light-emitting diodes specially developed by Toshiba Corp., the electronics giant said June 5. The new LED illumination suppresses UV radiation, which will prevent degradation of Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece at the Louvre Museum in Paris, according to Toshiba. It said the system highlights the expression and skin tone of the "Mona Lisa," enabling viewers to enjoy more accurate color shades of the painting. The new lighting system, which is housed in a display...

Industry’s smallest and easy-to-use drivers reduce component count and solution size Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced the industry’s smallest off-line, phase-dimmable, constant-current lighting controller and an easy-to-use lighting driver that simplify the retrofit of a variety of LED bulbs, including E14, GU10, A19, PAR20/30/38, MR16 and AR111. The TPS92075 controller and TPS92560 driver reduce component count and solution size while improving compatibility with legacy lighting controls. The TPS92075 is designed for phase-dim...