Royal Philips Electronics and the KNVB has announced a three year partnership, which will be built around the creation of 90 so called solar 'light centers' across the African & South American continents. Light centers are areas of approx 1000m2, or the size of a small soccer pitch, which are lit using a new generation of solar powered LED lighting. The idea is to create areas of light for rural communities which live without electricity thus effectively 'extending the day' and creating numerous opportunities for social, sporting and economic activiti...

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market: NEXS) today announced that the Company has changed its name to Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc.  Effective Thursday, November 15, 2012, the Company's new stock symbol will be NASDAQ Capital Market: RVLT. "There is a revolution taking place in the lighting industry and our new name reflects our vision to provide cutting edge products, service and distribution to strongly position the Company as a major force in serving the needs of this very large and growing market," commented Rob...

Asia’s key event for the LED/OLED lighting industry, LIGHTING JAPAN 2013 will take place from January 16th to 18th, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight. When we talk about the current LED lighting industry, Asian market is the inevitable part of it. Taiwan and Korea have become the top suppliers of LED, as well as Japan. On the other hand, the market potential in this area is huge, as you can see in Japan (the world’s largest market of LED light bulbs) and China (the huge market where popularization of LED lighting is rapidly proceeding at the ...

Limited Pre-badge Mailing Available for LED Industry’s Largest Event Online registration is now open for the 2013 LED CHINA Exhibition—the world’s largest professional event showcasing the complete LED supply chain and produced by UBM Trust a joint venture with UBM Asia Ltd.-- Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia.  The event takes place 1-4 March at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex Area B, Guangzhou, China. Online registration is now...

Parkson is a renowned foreign brand with strong brand recognition focusing on fashion and lifestyle among the middle and middle upper class consumers. As a huge company, Parkson is far-sighted not only in its business but also in suppliers selecting. In its 2012 whole illumination system update project, Parkson made a long-term schemebeforehand. Thus, LED lighting that may be a little expensive than traditional ones but has overwhelming advantages in the long run becomes their undisputable choice. Sheenly new designed led downlight is a revolutionary product develop...

New 500 Watt GaN on SiC Transistor Available Now Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has expanded its family of radio frequency (RF) transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) technologies with a new S-band 500 watt (W) RF device. The 2729GN-500 is targeted at high-power air traffic control airport surveillance radar (ASR) applications. ASR is used to monitor and control aircrafts in the terminal within approximately 10...

DEFINITY(TM) MR16 High-Output and DEFINITY(TM) BR20 LED Lamps Among Selected Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting technology companies, announced today that its DEFINITY™ MR16 high-output LED lamp and the DEFINITY™ BR20 LED lamp has been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing advancements in the art and science of lighting. The accepted products will be part of the 2012 IES Progress Re...

SCOTT Safety, a leading provider of life safetyprotection products and services, is now also leading the way in reducing energy consumption. With the help of award-winning lighting manufacturer MHA Lighting, Scott Safety, a Tyco Company, is set to cut its lighting energy consumption by 81%at its Skelmersdale site. With thousands of people depending on Scott Safety products to protect them in high risk environments, it was imperative that light output, light quality and uniformity were high quality so as to aid precision working. With its award-winning low ...

SunLED reveals a new right angle package; 1206 domed, bi-polar Red & Green LED.  The traditional domed 1206 package is now available in a right angle version.   The domed lens package provides a narrow viewing angle of 30 degrees which allows a brighter intensity output and eliminates any light bleeding issues.  Typical issues with side fire LEDs when designed on arrays are light bleeding, overshadowing or dim light outputs.  These issues can be resolved by using this new domed package. Red & Green dies/chips are proportionally mounted in th...

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) 2012 Progress Report features 12 lighting solutions from the Acuity Brands LED lighting and OLED lighting portfolio. The IES Progress Report documents significant worldwide developments and achievements in the lighting industry, including new products, applications and design tools.   The innovative Acuity Brands products selected by IES include a variety of indoor and outdoor lighting solutions spanning commercial and industrial applications: •    HLH LED High Bay, Holophane® &...

When Collection Auto Group learned it could save more than it would spend to light its lots with new outdoor LED fixtures, the Ohio-based auto dealer struck a sweet deal with GE Lighting. As the proud new owner of GE’s energy-efficient ecomagination℠ Evolve™ LED Area Lights, Collection Auto Group’s five-year lighting expense will be discounted by nearly $400,000 as the result of using 660,000 fewer kilowatt hours (kWhs) while virtually eliminating upkeep for years to come. “Lighting in a car dealership is extremely important for a few reas...

Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces the ELMM-457SURCB/A3, a high performance, easy to use through-hole dot matrix display driven by packaged IC. Each display can be directly interfaced with a microprocessor. The serial IC interface allows the display of 104 built-in characters and 24 custom user-defined characters in a 5x7 pixel format. The LED sources of this programmable, four digit alphanumeric module display with a flat height of 6.5mm and configured in a 140 dots 4x5x7 matrix ...

PolyBrite International, developer of energy efficient Borealis® LED lamps and light systems announced today that the Borealis T8 LED Tube is listed on the DesignLights™ Consortium’s Qualified Products List (DLC QPL).  The DLC QPL is a listing of independently verified high efficiency lighting products which provides a central place for utilities and energy efficiency program administrators to access qualified products for consideration in their incentive promotions throughout the U.S. and Canada. The DLC’s main objective i...

Aeon Lighting Technologies (ALT) has won the 2012 Good Design Award with its Asteria MR16 that offers a highly efficient replacement for the traditional halogen lamps that are common in retail and office environments. Organised by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP), the prestigious Good Design Awards have been given to outstanding designs for more than 50 years. The judges remarked that ALT’s MR16 has high-quality craftsmanship in both product appearance and overall design. The 7W LED is able to achieve considerable energy savings as a...

Taiwanese LED chip supplier Formosa Epitaxy Inc has announced to intend to issue as many as 120 million new shares at NT$19.6 per share to China’s Sanan Optoelectronics Co.by a private placement. Through the NT$2.35 billion (US$80.8 million) deal, Sanan Optoelectronics will acquire 19.9 percent of Formosa Epitaxy via its 100-percent owned Xiamen subsidiary and will become the firm’s largest shareholder, ahead of Japan’s Mitsui & Co, which holds 15 percent. According to Formosa Epitaxy said in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, t...

AIXTRON SE today announced the sale of an AIX 2600G3 Planetary Reactor to Union Optronics Corp. (UOC) to expand production of gallium arsenide based laser diodes. The system is capable of handling 49x2-inch wafers in each run. The purchase was made in the second quarter of 2012 with delivery due in the fourth quarter of 2012. President Dr. Hir-Ming Shieh of UOC reports “Based on the good experience with our  existing AIXTRON AIX 2600G3 system, we are now preparing capacity for expanded business opportunities with this new AIX 2600G...

Five new 3-in-1 full color LEDs and Lamp for indoor, semi-outdoor and outdoor applications combine performance with efficiency Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronicsindustry, has extended its signage LED portfolio to offer five new productsfor indoor, semi-outdoor and outdoor applications. Two new SMD Chip type LEDs, the 18-038 (1010 package) and the 19-037A (1616 package) are ideally suited for indoor LED applications with highly compact board sizes. Both the 18-038 (1.0x1.0x0.5 mm) and the 19-03...

Siemens will cut $7.67 billion in costs by 2014 and will sell several assets,  in an effort to improve financial returns to shareholders, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company reported a 27 percent drop in fiscal year profits, intends to sell water-treatment assets and has been unsuccessful so far in selling it Osram lighting business. The Journal said the plan is a response to a weakening global economy and falling prices for many of Siemens' products.  ...

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, presents highly efficient white mid power LED series 62-227B (0.4W) and 62-217B (0.5W). These top view LEDs (5630 Package) provide high efficacy, high CRI (min. 80 or min. 75), low power consumption, a high luminous flux output, high current capability, a wide viewing angle and a compact form factor. These features make this package an ideal LED for all lighting applications. The design of Everlight's 0.5W 62-217B LED provides a high lumen, h...

Osram Sylvania is shipping the first batches of its Ultra LED bulb at the price of $50 to some Lowe’s stores. The bulb uses 20 watts of electricity, and it’s slightly larger than a regular 100-watt bulb, so it may not fit in all fixtures. It has 25,000 hours of use, or more than 20 times the lifespan of a standard, incandescent bulb. Its competitor Philips also plans to start selling its own, slightly brighter 100-watt-equivalent LED bulb at Home Depot’s website starting in a few weeks for about $55. Startup Switch Lighting Bulb Co., with its unus...

Further to the first architectural lighting series – Disc series, Neonny launched on 01 Oct, now we are proud to unveil second architectural lighting product – Triangle series. The new series integrates the latest LED technology with modern appearance. Except the ultra-uniform light distribution, the new product highlights its modern silhouette of both straight line round corner. The perfect combination of triangle with round corner brings user the positive symbol of firm, trust and team work. Currently, Neonny issues 1 models, Triangle600(rounded from an equ...

Japan’s winter light show has taken place at a botanical garden on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana since Nov. 3 and will be on display until March 31, 2013, dazzling visitors with its display of 7 million LED lights. The illuminated wonderland is considered the best lightshow in the country.   This year’s theme is “nature.” Displays feature breathtaking scenes inspired by Japan’s famed Mt. Fuji at sunrise, as well a rainbows across the sky and landscapes resembling an aurora. Previous shows have also featured many beloved Japanese cha...

WEBENCH Schematic Export supports CAD platforms from Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Altium Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) unveiled WEBENCH® Schematic Export, a new online tool that exports analog designs from TI’s WEBENCH Design Center to industry-leading computer-aided design (CAD) development platforms from Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics and Altium. WEBENCH Schematic Export will be demonstrated in TI’s booth #420 in Hall A4, at the Electronica trade show in Munic...

Peachtree Lighting, a subsidiary of Heatron, Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Conway as Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Marc will be responsible for managing all aspects of Peachtree Lighting's independent agency network, while playing a key role in the company’s long-term product strategy and development. “We are excited to bring such an experienced industry professional like Marc to the Peachtree team. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge to Peachtree and we believe that he will be a true asset in enhancing the company&rsquo...

Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces its latest innovation APM-16D25-11-DF8 which combines an ambient light and proximity sensor with an integrated IR transmitter in a compact DFN package. To optimize the sensitivity, the package includes a lens which was designed based on a highly precise optical simulation with 1 million light rays to produce an accurate model. Optical proximity sensors with integrated IR transmitters often have cross-talk issues caused by IR stray light. In orde...

Dublin-based technology company Ikon, which is engaged in developing more efficient and cost effective LED lighting solutions, has received a further €1m in funding from the Kernel Capital managed Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund II. And previously it has received €650,000 from the Kernel-led fund. The firm will now use the new tranche of funds to drive product development and is planning for significant recruitment over the next six months to support these growth plans. "Ikon's silicon, LED Driver solutions will offer significant benefits...

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED industry, showcases various new series of LED components at electronica  2012 in Munich, Germany. This year, Everlight presents the most updated series of high efficient LED packages for infrared and sensor, general lighting, TFT LCD backlight, signage and intelligent digital display applications. Everlight maintains its concept of “The Right LED for the Right Application” in order to provide the best performance and quality for different usage. Furthermore, by u...

Cree, parent company of Ruud Lighting, 9201 Washington Ave., has introduced a new LED light. On Nov. 2, Cree and Best Buy jointly announced the new Insignia bulb, powered by a Cree element, and manufactured and exclusively sold by Best Buy. Also, Cree has LED light bulbs for home use under the EcoSmart brand at other retailers. Cree said the Insignia bulb offers “distinct advantages” over existing LED bulbs on the market today. Unlike some others, the Insignia looks much like a traditional incandescent bulb. Like a standard bulb, it also prov...

Diwali has put denizens of Sangam city on a shopping spree for a variety of 'jhaalar' (colourful light series) and earthen lamps to fill their homes with a faint but beautiful golden light. From LED to rice bulb, rope light and artificial lamps, there is everything to suit the pocket of the Allahabadi reveler. But rising prices have hit even the wholesale market this year.  “The common man can light a bulb only if PM provides relief," said Shailesh Thakur, a businessmen of Shahganj market of the city. Everything, from the rates of these decorative...

The Taiwanese leading LED manufacturer - Edison Opto launches an energy efficient lamp for large area lighting – 150W LED high bay which provides high brightness and superior light quality. The 150W high bay was showcased in Hong Kong International Lighting Fair and was highly inquired. It attracted the attention of industry and demonstrated Edison Opto’s remarkable R&D achievements. The light source of 150W LED high bay is Edison Opto’s high brightness Federal 3535 Series component. The 150W high bay is composed of many LED emitt...