At the International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IAC&ME) Training Conference, hold from June 23 to June 25 in Las Vegas, FoxFury Lighting Solutions will first time display its LED forensic light sources and portable, rechargeable LED area lights. Coroners and medical examiners sometimes have to perform field investigations at dark places where lighting is absolutely critical. Flood lights or spot lights are needed to examine the deceased while forensic lights sources help find evidence. FoxFury's most beneficial lighting tool&...

Larson Electronics recently introduced the GAU-HB-30X5W-1227 LED high bay light, which is a powerful and rugged industrial lighting product that allows operators to replace their bulky and aging HID lighting systems with a lightweight, efficient, and longer lived one. This LED high bay light pulls only 150 watts at 1.25 amps from standard 120 VAC, but produces the same light output as that of 400 watt metal halide light. The light from this high bay LED light is bright white and even as the metal halide lights, but LED fixtures run with less heat and do not ex...

Wavien launches an ultra bright LED fiber optic illuminator using its patented Recycling Light Technology (RLT), designed for architectural and signage applications. Wavien combined the high brightness produced by RLT technology with the long lifespan of LED technology, which can solve the problems caused by the short lifespan of arc lamp illuminators and inadequate brightness of LED illuminators. This new illuminator of Wavien can support both 3M single core fiber or Schott multi-fiber bundles, allowing the RLT system to take the place of neon-based signs currentl...

The Big Ass Fan® Company recently launched the world’s first LED-equipped industrial ceiling fan, which is an all-in-one package and an ideal addition to facilities’ energy-efficient lighting programs. The Powerfoil X LED gives out as much light as a 400W metal halide, while using less than 175W. Its tempered glass lens is designed to provide excellent optical properties which minimize glare. The light is easily installed and ties directly into an existing lighting grid for simple control. The LED is equipped to the Powerfoil® X, which is the...

On June 11, 2013, Nichia Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to enjoin Emcore Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, from infringing Nichia’s U.S. Patent No. 7,295,587 and to claim damages for the infringement with regard to laser diode products sold by Emcore. Nichia's '587 patent relates to laser diode structures used for plastic optical fibers that can be used in applications like telecommunications. Nichia seeks to protect its patents and other intellectual prope...

According to reports, Bingjie Li, the chairman of Epistar stated on June 9 that Epistar considers terminating the cooperation with Luminus Devices purchased by Sanan at $ 22 million a few days ago. In recent years, Epistar has being faced major challenge from Sanan, it not only dugs talents from Epistar, it also follows the steps of Epistar in the layout of blue LED products. The action that Saman entered AlGaInP LED from the blue LED has become a topic the industry discussing on the competition between Epistar and Sanan in the past year, especially when ...

Elemental LED announced yesterday that they have completed the upgrade of all LED strip light product to feature all white printed circuit board (PCB). This move catered to customer’s demand for high performance and consistent light presentation across all high quality LED strip light. “Our customers found that our white PCB strip lights were able to create more attractive lighting implementations with better light performance. Our top priority is always to adjust our products and services to offer customers better LED lighting,” said Elemental LE...

As an important part of commercial lighting, many LED companies hope to seize the share of the jewelry lighting market. For jewelry stores, the lighting indeed occupies a pivotal position in the store layout. The first-tier brands focus more on the following keywords in the lighting: bright, transparent, soft, full. "Bright" will guide the customers to enter the shop; "transparent" means that the lights have strong penetration; "soft" is that the lighting does not glare; "full" is that each corner of the store is illuminated. Qu Da in ch...

Luminus Devices, a VC-funded firm developing and selling solid-state lighting products, recently was sold to Chinese LED maker Sanan for $22 million. Luminus' customers include LG, Acer, Zumtobel, EYE Lighting, Philips, Denmark's Martin, and Germany's Vialux. The lighting industry is going through a drawn-out transition from traditional fluorescents to LED, and 2013 has seen strong progress in the commercialization of LED lighting. There will be winners and losers along the way, and in the case of Luminus Devices, it's not winner this ...

The 18th Guangzhou International Lighting Fair held in Guangzhou, more than 2,600 companies participated in this exhibition. It is learned from the exhibition that LED commercial and residential markets seem to achieve explosive growth in this year due to the benefits from the enthusiasm of distributors to the LED lighting products. However, fierce price war and channel war are on the verge of breaking out along with the market blowout. The industry believes that LED industry will develop rapidly in the next three to five years, and the duel among enterprises will become...

Fengzheng Su, the chairman of Ronda, said on June 9 that the demands for LED lighting and backlighting are good, pushing up capacity utilization to be remained at high, the revenue is expected to be higher quarterly in this year, and its lighting revenue benefit from that Japanese customers began to adopt LED for home lighting, the LED lighting revenue of Ronda is estimated to increase by 30% on the basis of last year. Fengzheng Su pointed out that in view of the visibility of current customers' orders, the order receiving in the third quarter is good, the market dema...

The Eighteenth Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition has just concluded. Reporters learned from the exhibition that the situation of LED lighting industry is better than last year, but the overcapacity still exists. Industry experts predict that the next eight years will be the rapid development period of LED lighting industry, it is expected that have 70% small and medium manufacturing enterprises are facing elimination. An industry source told reporters that the overcapacity of LED is mainly because there are excessive enterprises. The amount of registered LED...

LED lighting was once considered as a sunrise industry with unlimited prospect; however, the blind expansion of production capacity has caused this industry into the winter. According to the report released by Guangdong Guangya Lighting Research Institute, the market demand for LED backlighting and lighting has been strong and vendors of chip, packaging and application have received a large number of orders since this year. Some entrepreneurs and industry analysts believe that LED outbreak will usher in explosive growth in Q4 of this year. In accordance with "Energ...

According to the survey jointly conducted by LEDinside and AVANTI, the proportion that Chinese consumers can cognitive LED bulbs clear is only 25%, enhancing consumer awareness is still the key for the popularization of LED lighting. In recent years, LED lighting has been widely applied in the commercial and public lighting sectors for its energy saving, but in home lighting, its penetration rate is low, LEDinside estimated that LED lighting accounted for only 1% of the total flux required in home lighting in 2012. This study reveals that consumer awareness ...

Sets the standard for breadth of offerings in UV LEDs for industrial and specialty applications  SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), the world leader in vertical UV-LED technology solutions, today announced the release of two new product families, the 10-watt high-power N9 series, and the 0.17 to 0.50-watt mid-power P50N series. Both product families take advantage of SemiLEDs unique patented vertical LED structure that delivers superior performance in directional industrial applications, such as printing, coating and curing, and specialty applications including signage and medical or cosmetic uses.  The N9 series, housed on a 9 x 9mm ceramic package, is offered in wavelengths from 385 to 420nm in 5nm bins. Drive currents up to 1,000mA delivers typical output of 5,000mW of optical power at the nominal 350mA drive rate at 30V . The lambertian output distribution is highly compatible with secondary optics to allow precise control of the high-intensity UV light. Compared to the standard 1000-4000 hour life of the incumbent UV lamp technologies, vertical UV-LED systems ......

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 ...