An Australian-UK consortium is offering a epitaxial silicon carbide buffer layer for 300mm silicon wafers, claiming it will improve gallium nitride growth for GaN-on-Si LED fabrication. The buffer is the result of over 10 years research at the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Facility (QMF) of Griffith University, and a tie-up with Gwent-based fab equipment maker SPTS Technologies. "Fabricating GaN LEDs and power devices on large diameter silicon wafers is viewed as a path to reduce cost. However, existing buffer layers used to bridge the large th...

Outdoor downlights that produce only longer-wavelength light using amber LEDs ensure that hatchling turtles aren't attracted away from the ocean. Dasal Architectural Lighting has announced two outdoor LED-based downlights that are certified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Wildlife Friendly Lighting Program. The solid-state lighting (SSL) products produce amber-to-yellow light and target use in soffit-lighting applications under the roofline of both commercial buildings and residences located adjacent to the ocean. The round A...

The online retailers at Simple Lighting co. have shared their thoughts on the news that the £13.8 million programme in Leicester, to replace all sodium street lights with energy efficient lamps has reached its 1,000th upgrade. It has been reported in This is Leicester that the three year scheme, run by Leicester City Council, began in February, during which time 1,000 lamps have now been refitted with LED technology. By February 2016, the project is expected to see 33,000 sodium lamps replaced. There are also plans to install a new central management system to ena...

New Cree XH LEDs Deliver Breakthrough Reliability and Performance Cree, Inc. is redefining the mid-power LED market with the new XLamp® XH Series LEDs - the first family of mid-power ceramic LEDs that offer no-compromise performance and reliability. Unlike today's common mid-power plastic packages, XLamp XH-G and XH-B LEDs enable lighting manufacturers to create a new generation of more energy-efficient, longer life LED lighting solutions without sacrificing cost or performance. XH LEDs are optimized for fluorescent replacement lighti...

Serial-drive Pixel Light implementations can lead to streamlined, modular control solutions for AFS systems, leading to greatly enhanced night-time driving safety. Only 25% of travel by car takes place in the hours of darkness, yet over 40% of all major accidents (with fatalities or serious injuries ensuing) occur during this time, according to figures published by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the European Commission (EC). This has spurred on automobile manufacturers to find possible solutions, culminating in the implementation...

Grand Rapids, Michigan – The city plans to expand its utilization of LED fixtures in public street lights, deploying higher-volume installations of the technology in three areas: around the new Downtown Market, along Monroe Avenue at Riverside Park, beneath U.S. 131 by Grand Valley State University. Grand Rapids currently has an estimated 100 LED street lights, and the city will evaluate whether all 18,000 lights in the system should get the fixtures. "We are looking at an asset management strategy to consider just that," said Christopher Zull, ...

– GL-WL1012, GL-WL1012SH and GL-WL1012SL – for Outdoor Applications The distinctly stylish and durable wall lighting option for parks, verandas, walls and roof edges GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., today announces its first wall-mounted LED luminaires for outdoor applications. The three new wall-mounted luminaires include the standard 11.5W version GL-WL1012 and the two 12.5W versions with PIR sensors: GL-WL1012SH and GL-WL1012SL. All three of the wall-mounted luminair...

GE Edison Award recognizes Vintry Fine Wines project by L’Observatoire International. Cathode Lighting Systems is pleased to announce that Hervé Descottes, Jeff Taylor and Jessica Tchah of L’Observatoire International were recently awarded the prestigious GE Edison Award for lighting Vintry Fine Wines in New York, a Cathode Lighting Systems project.  This annual awards program recognizes outstanding projects in the field of architectural lighting design. The Vintry Fine Wines Project was awarded this honor for its superiority...

Energy efficient lighting leader recognized for 5-inch Aperture Eco-Downlight LED and Eco-Invizilite CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting), pioneers of recessed downlighting and leaders in energy efficient lighting, has received the prestigious 2013 Green GOOD DESIGN™ Award for its 5-inch aperture Eco-Downlight LED and Eco-Invizilite. The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design administer the annual awards program. “The 5” aperture Eco-D...

Luxonic Lighting’s range of LED products extends to specialised luminaires developed for the extreme conditions of cold store applications. The ICELUX® LED range is designed specifically to operate in temperatures down to minus 25°C, and the high efficiency of the luminaires can significantly contribute to energy savings. Luxonic’s ICELUX® range uses the highest quality LED’s to increase the visual comfort of a cold room space and therefore considerably improve the working conditions. Available as a fixed output or as an ECOD...

Some Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been ramping their shipments of LED driver ICs to China thanks to the fledging LED lighting industry in the country and growing demand for LED backlight products from China-based smartphone, tablet and consumer electronic product makers. Among the IC vendors, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see their revenues grow over 30% sequentially in the second quarter, while fellow companies Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are likely to double their shipments of LED driver ICs on qu...

ForceField Energy Inc. an international manufacturer, seller and distributor of energy products and solutions, announced it signed a three-year sub-distribution agreement with Prime Energy Solutions AG, a Wiesbaden, Germany consultancy company focused on the energy sector, and received an order for the sale and installation of LED lighting products at two public schools in Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, Prime has committed to purchase $15 million dollars of ForceField's Lightsky LED products during the first twelve months in order to maintain its excl...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a dimmable LED street light that consumes significantly less energy than current lighting systems, while improving the lighting characteristics. The street lights were tested in Helsinki with user experiences collected. Traditional street lights work on full power when turned on, and the amount of light is not usually adjusted. The new LED street lights developed by VTT adapt to the ambient conditions with the help of sensors and wireless control, allowing them to be dimmed on the basis of natural light, environment...

Luminaid and Paradox Engineering SA announce their partnership to offer the market future proof lighting management and Smart City technologies. Acknowledging an ideal strategic alignment and recognizing the high value of respective technological offerings, the two companies are setting Paradox Engineering's PE.AMI wireless network platform to complement Luminaid's lighting offer: together, they will grant reliable and future proof intelligent LED lighting acting as one of the key applications for broader Smart City initiatives. Together the two companies will p...

Bright Green Technology, a leading provider of LED lighting for advertising and signage, is nearing the completion of a large scale project at Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s new terminal. The terminal, which will open to service in June 2013, is benefiting from more than 700 individual way finding signs, with LED backlighting specified and optimised by Surrey-headquartered Bright Green Technology. The signage has been specifically designed to be ‘no maintenance’ compared to traditional fluorescent tube lighting, reflecting the needs of the busy, ...

LEDs are extremely efficient, and when it comes to single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or toys, they can’t be beat. But those aren’t the colors we want to light up our homes and offices. Our eyes prefer the warm, white light produced by the sun, and when it’s not available, we’ll take the similar glow produced by CFLs and incandescent bulbs. Soon, however, those traditional options won’t be available, and good riddance. They suck up way more energy than should be necessary to light a room. Scientists have been worki...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced the next-generation AEC-Q100 qualified automotive LED drivers, feature-packed with the industry’s highest voltage rating, thermal shutdown protection and optimized electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance. In harsh automotive environments, the electronics must endure high temperatures, high voltage transient and electromagnetic interference. It is crucial for the devices to survive such conditions while reducing electromagnetic emissions. The TLC6C598-Q1 and TLC6C5912-Q1 are monolithic, medium-voltage, lo...

At the LIA Annual Lunch held 23 May, Alasdair McRury, Managing Director of Holophane Europe was welcomed as President of the LIA for the coming year. He takes over from Rune Marki, CEO of OSRAM UK, who said “I have been proud to be the first President of the newly formed LIA and believe that much has been achieved in the last 18 months in creating a stronger representation body for the lighting industry”     Alasdair McRury thanked Rune Marki, on behalf of all members for his contribution, as President, to the success...

Two class-leading products demonstrated together for the first time   Calibre will show its best-in-class LEDView530 live events scaler together with the market-leading Lighthouse X3 modular 3mm LED screen from Lighthouse Technologies Limited.   This is the first time these two products have been demonstrated together and represents a unique opportunity for InfoComm visitors to see what can be achieved when two market-leading products collaborate to produce an exceptional result.   The Calibre UK LEDView530 scaler is the perfect answer to all ren...

Architect Magazine Readers Name Company as a leader in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Specified/Used the Most in its 2013 Brand Use Study    Cooper Lighting, a division of diversified power management company Eaton, is pleased to announce that it has been named the preferred brand of choice in the Lighting: Interior/Exterior category in Architect magazine’s 2013 Brand Use Study. The magazine is the official publication of the members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Surveyed Architect readers na...

Daktronics Inc, a leading provider of full-color LED video displays, recently designed, manufactured and installed an integrated LED video display system at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. The two main LED video displays measuring 8.15 meters x 23.88 meters feature a unique concaved design. The displays offer a resolution of 528 pixels x 1560 pixels in a 15HD pixel layout, which can be used for single large-size video or can be split into different windows. The ribbon display measures 0.75 meters high by 612 meters in circumference along the sitting area an...

MR-16 LED lamps USHIO America’s Solid State Lighting Group, a leader in the specialty and general lighting marketplaces, announced the launch of its new LED MR-16 series called Uphoria™ which replaces higher wattage halogen MR-16 Lamps. Uphoria LED MR-16 lamps incorporate the highest quality Cree LED’s, a customized optical design, and special thermal management characteristics that provide energy efficiency, long life, and reliable quality. At 6.5 watts in a standard MR-16 form factor, Uphoria LED lamps incorporate a ...

A Performance At Cascades Falls Park Jackson County, Minnesota - A $30,000 project at Cascades Falls Park calls for the replacement of incandescent bulbs with LED lights. John Jarchow, owner of JTEC Services in Jackson, is responsible for replacing the 1,230 incandescent bulbs in the falls with 90 LED rope lights. A new computer system and light controllers have also been installed, and should allow for a wider variety of shows and music. John Jarchow works on the new LED lights that are being installed at The Cascades "The lights are b...

The advanced technology of LED chip and package manufacturers as well as the declined market price has allowed LED lighting applications to be more diverse, and LED based-plant factories have also become the target market of global first-tier LED manufacturers. In fact, the idea of growing plants with electric lights has already been proposed in 1950 and implemented in 1970 (using traditional lighting products). Their goal was to grow high quality crops throughout the year and avoid damage caused by natural conditions and the excessive use of pesticides.

This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres more productive. Although many people believe vertical farming is unpractical, it is becoming increasingly popular as agricultural space becomes scarcer and people desire food produced closer to home. One major problem that arises with vertical farming practice is that of lighting. By stacking plants on top of each other, it creates sha...

The Taiwanese leading manufacturer in high power LED market, Edison Opto, will participate in the 2013 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition and showcase their latest LED products (from components, modules to high/low bay). The debut of Edison Opto’s new products will demonstrate their professional integration and development abilities from upstream to downstream. By that time, Edison Opto is expected to attract the attention of customers of lighting industry. Components: Edison Opto is about to release high voltage (HV series) components, such as Fe...

LED lamp innovator Leapfrog Lighting announced its support of an industry push to improve quality standards, and urges LED manufacturers pay increased attention to overall optical performance, consistency and glare factors. At a time when the lighting industry is discussing adding color rendering standards to LED lamp certification, Leapfrog Lighting — specialists in commercial quality LED lamps—urges the industry to pay more attention to optical performance, color consistency and glare factors. "We call it Total Light Quality™ since we believe...

According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, starting from August 2012, at least 5 M&A cases occurred in China and Taiwan; Epistar, for example, acquired 49% of Huga’s equity, and Sanan Opto acquired 120 million of FOREPI’s common stock. LEDinside indicated that starting from 2010, Chinese LED chip industries have aggressively invested in chips and caused severe oversupply in the market; chip price has continued to decline, and most industries have been struggling to survive in the industry. Even with the economic recovery, upstream LED chip manufacturers still failed to extricate themselves from the oversupply situation. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that M&A is the only solution to this problem.

According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, retail prices for LED bulbs worldwide continue to have a downward trend this year for April. Worldwide retail price for 40W equiv. LED bulbs dropped by 5.7%, reaching 16.1 USD. Newly added items in the markets were few. 60W equiv. LED bulb price also experienced a decline, with a worldwide average drop of 1.2%, reaching 23.8 USD. The ASPs in most areas maintained a stable decrease, except for China and Taiwan where the high prices of newly added products lead to an increase.

Leotek Electronics Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lite-on Technology Group with over two decades of history in LED Street light and traffic light products development experience in Taiwan. While 2012, Leotek becomes a leading brand in a highly competitive market with world’s famous lighting companies in North America.