Company Closes $10M Round of Investment to Support Continued Expansion   Digital Lumens announced that it has rung in the New Year with 150% growth in its customer base and a further commitment from investors to support the company’s dominance in LED lighting. With more than 500 large-scale installations of its Intelligent LED Lighting System, more than doubling the number reported last year, Digital Lumens is now saving customers more than $25 million per year by reducing their combined annual energy consumption by over 250 million kWh.   Accord...

Despite the lingering market pessimism which may last through 2013 and bring even greater challenges to LED lighting companies, the anticipation of a growing market share for LED lighting gives reason for optimism.   Bridgelux The market slump may continue for years and the European Union, the world's largest LED lighting market, may still be under the shadow of the debt crisis, but technology improvements are brightening the prospects of the LED lighting industry, said Brian Fiser, marketing director of the U.S.-based Bridgelux. Fiser is an optimist who s...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, announced it has acquired the assets of Adura Technologies, Inc. (“Adura”), a leading developer of wireless controls and energy management solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2005, San Francisco-based Adura has led the development of radio frequency (RF) mesh networking technology that allows individual light fixtures to communicate in a wireless mesh network with switches, sensors and system management software. T...

Rambus Inc has developed a business alliance with the Elite Group, which designs and distributes home goods, lighting and other consumable products. According to Rambus, its LED bulbs are designed using MicroLens optical technology that permits the use of a cylindrical light guide in the bulb. This produces a consistent, spherical distribution of light, an open structure that uses convection to keep the bulb cool, increases energy efficiency, improves lifetime and reduces bill of materials cost with fewer or lower-powered LEDs. The Elite Group will promote and sell th...

Latest Cree Innovation Uses Single LED Source to Deliver Precise Optical Control, Glare-Free Lighting and Lower Energy Cost Using up to 80 percent less energy and designed to last up to eight times longer than traditional 50-watt halogen MR16 lamps, the Cree® LM16 LED Lamp delivers a new standard in LED lighting. The new Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) lamp can deliver payback in less than 12 months and provide years of consistent color quality and lumen output.* The high-performance LM16 LED Lamp delivers the industry’s best center beam candlep...

Walmart has selected Honeywell’ s Ex-Or LED lighting technology for the retrofit of an additional 40 stores across China, which is worth approximately $12 million. Honeywell began to participate in the modernization and implementation of an energy-saving lighting program across China’ s Walmart stores in 2008, providing comprehensive LED lighting products including main floor, freezer, fresh produce, and outdoor billboard lighting. By installing Honeywell’ s LED lighting products, each Walmart store can cut its annual electricity consumption by aro...

Hisense, which has been coming on strong in US markets of-late, claims to be able to deliver a notable step up from current displays, minus the five-figure price tags attached to 4K/Ultra HD and OLED at international CES 2013. The sky-high cost of next-generation TV tech continues to be the elephant in the room and instead of trying to extricate it, Hisense it seems, is hedging its bets. The company claims its U-LED tech outdoes LED in terms of dark field, contrast ratio, and overall image quality when displaying the same content. Contrary to other next-gener...

QuantumClean, the provider of high-purity outsourced process tool parts, cleaning and surface treatment to the solar and LED industries , has acquired Advent Cleaning Technology, Inc. (Advent) semiconductor parts cleaning business located in Carrollton, Texas. The acquisition enhances QuantumClean's regional cleaning capabilities and adds quartz fabrication and repair to QuantumClean's already extensive portfolio of semiconductor parts refurbishment services. "We are pleased to acquire Advent Cleaning Technology, long-recognised in the industry for the...

The complete offering of architectural recessed luminaires provides customers with a sustainable solution for exceptional energy savings while delivering up to 103 lumens per watt.   Cooper Lighting has announced the addition of the Metalux ArcLine™ LED Series to its family of architectural recessed luminaires. This shallow plenum line of 1' x 1', 2' x 2', 2' x 4', and 1' x 4' luminaires blends modern architectural styling with an innovative optical design to deliver leading-edge performance, long life, and energy savings in excess of 4...

High efficiency LED Downlights deliver an affordable, yet feature-rich downlight solution ORR Lighting™, a manufacturer of innovative LED lighting solutions, has announced that the S9051 LED Series Downlights are ENERGY STAR® qualified for commercial and residential use.  The ORR Lighting line of high-efficiency, high-quality LED recessed downlights reduce energy usage over traditional sources and meet the requirements for both the ENERGY STAR® program, as well as the Canadian Lighting Rebate Office (CLRO) Hydro R...

FZLED, a leading maker of LED lighting products, is pleased to introduce the case that its energy-saving and environmental-friendly lights are being used in residential home lighting. The house is located in Tainan, the south of Taiwan. The owner understands the importance of energy-saving and cost efficiency; therefore, he decides to use LED lighting products instead of traditional and halogen lights. LED down lights are widely used in most of areas in the house. The interior designer uses 6-inch warm white down light (FZL-DL06-01-WW-12) in the living room, ...

Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013 is Asia’s largest international lighting show. Together the shows attracted 2,914 exhibitors showcasing their products in 21 halls covering 210,000 sqm. Visitor numbers increased by ten percent compared to the 2011 shows with the final count being 110,406 from 111 countries and different regions.

LUXeXceL Group B.V., manufacturer of optics for the LED lighting industry, has partnered with FX64 Software Solutions of Arzberg, Germany for development of custom optics design tools to facilitate use of LUXeXceL’s patented Printoptical fabrication process. LUXeXceL manufactures optical solutions using their patented “Printoptical” 3D printing process which requires no use of molds, special tooling, or post processing. This novel one step “CAD-to-Optic” process offers luminaire manufacturers significant cost reductions and ...

We are here at LG's CES 2013 press conference, where the company has just announced that it's only going to be using LEDs for its LCD HDTVs from now on. The company will still be producing Plasma TVs, so don't worry if you're still wedded to the standard. At the same time, it's also showing off its second-generation Cinema 3DTV design, that's packing an even thinner bezel. ...

Works with Soraa is a program that will thrive with partnership and collaboration from lighting manufacturers and distributors within the industry. Littman Bros has promoted one of Soraa's launch partners Tech Lighting for over 20 years. Most recently Littman advocates their incorporation of LED into their design of contemporary pendants and other fixtures. Soraa was founded in 2008 by a team of pioneering professors, it is the world’s leading developer of novel LED bulbs that are built from pure gallium nitride substrates, solid-state lighting technology; accordi...

Panasonic now has sixteen new LCD TVs for 2013, many of which featuring IPS displays and 3D. The top four of the six lines are 1080p and feature the latest Viera Connect with personalized home screen and Swipe & Share (for sharing photos and video from your smartphone or tablet with the flick of a finger). The same four also feature the accessibility feature, Voice Guidance, but only the WT60 and DT60 can be controlled by voice -- although it isn't full on voice control. They will start to become available this spring, with the top-of-the-line WT60 setting...

LED specialist Light Planet has announced a deal that will see them become the sole UK distributor for a multi-functional range of LED fittings manufactured by Lumi-Harvest Industries (LUMIX)   Building on 20 years experience of manufacturing and selling conventional lighting, Lumix has developed a reputation for producing quality LED replacements for the inefficient and unpopular fluorescent fixtures that are common in many commercial buildings.   Priced to be competitive with standard light fittings, the Lumix range offers end users and contractors a ...

RadTech, The Association for UV and EB Technologies announces to form a new committee devoted to fast emerging UV LED technology. The group’s first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 28, 2013, in Redondo Beach, CA, and will be co-located with the industry trade event, uv.eb WEST. Beth Rundlett of DSM and committee co-chair, said that ,“UV LED technology has the potential to play an essential role in radiation curing industrial applications, RadTech’s technical efforts will further promote UV LED development and it'...

Letizia Monico, a researcher at Antwerp University and Perugia University in Italy, has made in a doctoral thesis, turned out that light bulbs that emit a lot of blue light can damage paintings by art’s great masters. A few years ago researchers discovered that a chemical process made the chrome-yellow paint used by Vincent Van Gogh darker. Letizia Monico investigated the cause in her doctoral thesis. "That kind of yellow paint is very sensitive to green and blue. I would advise museums not to use LED bulbs any more as they emit at lot of blue light.”...

Nichia developed deep UV LED at shorter than 310nm and will be providing evaluation samples upon request.

NTL Lemnis, the LED Lighting solutions company, showcased a wide range of products of their globally acclaimed brand, “Pharox” at ELASIA 2013, Bangalore.   NTL Lemnis, the JV Company between the lighting electronics major from India, NTL Electronics India Ltd. and the global frontrunner in the field of LED based sustainable lighting solutions, Lemnis Lighting of the Netherlands, Showcased the Pharox range of LED lighting solutions which are specially targeted towards Indian audience. The products are already available across Afri...

Avion Lighting Co., Ltd is a professional supplier and manufacturer in the field of LED lighting. We have devoted ourselves to developing advanced LED lighting products and achieving the goal of excellent engineering team and ODM facilities and capabilities. The main products are as below: PowerDrive300 PowerDrive300 is a constant vlotage LED driver with DMX 512 decoder function. It is equipped with a variety of DMX modes for professional use. It also has 8 static colors and 9 built-in fadings in stand alone mode. It is easy for users to edit scenes witho...

GE’s LED solution is the choice illumination for external environment and signage for Malaysia’s premier residential development D’Island Residence. Thespecified products are GE’s Roadway lighting systemR150 and Module Roadway R250 for compound lighting within the development and the LED Tetra miniMAXSystem for the entrance signage. The GE lighting solution brings quality lighting to the development while offering its client reduced costs and a loweredenvironmental impact. GE Lighting has succeeded to provide its leading LED solutio...

Philips Hue lights offer a glimpse into the future of the fully automated and centrally controlled hi-tech home. Installation is very simple, the E27 bulbs fit in most common fittings. Compared with certain other energy-saving and LED lights, the Hue bulbs are able to provide a warm glow. The Android and iOS applet you create your own profiles which can control up to 50 lights and can customise brightness and colour at a touch. It's not all sunshine however. When you use the normal wall switches in your home to turn off and on the light, they are reset each time rega...

United States Patent and Trademark Office has received an application no. 20120327663, on December 27, 2012, by SEMILED OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., titled as "Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lighting System Having Adjustable Output" for the registration of patent. Inventors: DOAN; TRUNG TRI; (Baoshan Hsinchu 308, TW) Assignee: SEMILED OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Miao-Li County TW According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting di...

Rubicon Technology, Inc. announced the closing of a three year $25 million secured revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank. “This undrawn credit facility bolsters Rubicon’s strong liquidity position,” said William Weissman, Chief Financial Officer of Rubicon Technology. “We believe it is prudent to establish this additional financial flexibility for the future,” he concluded. Rubicon currently has no debt. The terms and conditions of the credit facility will be described in the company’s filings with the Securities and E...

The company continues to expand its outdoor LED area, site, and roadway product offering.   Cooper Lighting announce the addition of the McGraw-Edison Galleon™ LED luminaire to its line of outdoor LED area, site, and roadway lighting products. Incorporating Cooper’s industry-leading, patented AccuLED Optics™ system, the Galleon luminaire offers a choice of 12 specialized optical distributions, nine lumen packages, and comes standard with a wide array of specification grade design features. The performance and versatility of the Galleon lumin...

Simpler and more cost-effective methods are needed in LED lamp manufacture.VTT Ventures Ltd and Lumichip Ltd are pleased to announce a joint investment in Finnish LED technology company LightTherm Ltd that uses its innovative materials and heat management solutions to introduce novel design and manufacturing capabilities for LEDs. LightTherm’s electro-thermo-mechanical technologies provide higher light output, leaner sizing and lighter weight in its products for the LED replacement lamp and luminaire industry. The estimated global market for LED lamps i...

Los Angeles-based 1100 Wilshire projects annual energy savings of $17,000 through the installation of more than 700 Acculamp LED lamps. 1100 Wilshire, a 38-story luxury condo high-rise in downtown Los Angeles, installed more than 700 Acculamp® ALSMR16 LED lamps from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) to reduce energy and maintenance costs, while still achieving the same look and feel as the original incandescent lamps. Acculamp ALSMR16 LED lamps are ideal for indoor lighting applications where color, extended lamp life and efficacy are critical. &...

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