Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd showcased a light guide plate made with an ink-jet technology at FPD International 2012 from Oct 31 to Nov 2, 2012, in Yokohama, Japan. It is targeted at LCD panels using an LED backlight such as of TVs and monitors. The light guide plate was made by using an ink-jet technology to form a concave-convex pattern with an ultraviolet curable resin on the "Sumipex," Sumitomo Chemical's acrylic resin. The diameter of the pattern can be controlled between 30-70μm. Compared with light guide plates made by using an injection m...

Now available from distribution, ViviLux kit delivers consistent, high intensity, directional white light at 2700K or 3000K with CRI of at least 90 LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announces that a Starter Kit for its award-winning ViviLux emitter-plus-lens LED lighting platform is now available from distributors Mouser Electronics (North America) and Farnell (Europe). Users will quickly find how fast and easy it is to assemble a working light source equivalent to a 100W halogen or 35W metal halide bulb using a single high powe...

Brolis Semiconductors Ltd. and Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Brolis has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200® Edge™ Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) production system for installation at their new epitaxial wafer production facility in Vilnius, Lithuania. Dominykas Vizbaras, CEO of Brolis, commented, “The mission of our company is to become a world-leading provider of complex epitaxial structures for long-wave optoelectronics, such as thermal imaging, concentrator photovoltaic and other custom devices. Veeco is the w...

Lighting Science Group Corporation has developed a business partnership with Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar®. Lighting Science® collaborated with the world's largest casual dining chain to monitor, evaluate and markedly reduce energy usage for lighting in their 23 company-owned restaurants. Through the installation of ultra-efficient and design-enhancing LED lamps, Applebee's should net an energy reduction for lighting of 88% per year. Applebee's replaced over 3,000 incandescent and halogen lamps with Lighting Science's 8W A19 L...

Cooper Lighting, has announced that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards (PIA) competition. For the second consecutive year, Cooper Lighting has the most product awards in the lighting/electrical category. This year's LED products include the IRiS P3LED Directional Series, io Lili Gen II Recessed Indirect Luminaires, and the Lumiere Eon Bollards. Cooper Lighting has received a total of nine company awards since the competition's inception last year. ...

Luxonic Lighting, one of the UK leaders in LED luminaire systems, has introduced Slimlux LED, a range of recessed and suspended luminaires to provide continuous lines of light. Slimlux LED incorporates high-output white versions to accompany the established RGB colour change modules. Luxonic Lighting’s Slimlux LED is designed to give a homogenous-lit appearance over virtually any length based on a 300mm module, at outputs equivalent to and exceeding T5 high efficiency lamps. Where different requirements exist, such as different length modules or lumen...

ARCH Electronics launches high efficient LED power supplies,ALF100/150/240W series. Those are constant voltage mode (CV mode) and constant current mode (CC mode) with two-stage PFC and PWM design to provide users more choices with high regulation outdoor lighting applications. Those series are acceptable to the full range input voltage 90 ~ 305VAC, and adopt the design of high-frequency switching technology, efficiency up to 93%, can work at -25 to +70℃ ambient temperature in free air convection. With industrial grade potting processing to enhance the cooli...

LEDinside conducted an interview with Mr. Louis Lam, President & CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd, who shed light on the role OSRAM plays in the global LED, solid-state lighting and LED lighting industries and OSRAM’s strategy regarding the Asian and Chinese markets. Quality and R&D is the Key to Making Inroads into Global SSL Market In regard to OSRAM-OS’s new Wuxi plant, a lot of people in the industry are curious about the Wuxi plant’s role (packaging, assembly, and applications) and the c...

Philips chief executive officer, Frans van Houten, said the company was keen to expand its lighting and healthcare businesses in Malaysia and provide the best of its knowledge and capability to collaborate with the government and private institutions. Van Houten said this to reporters after the opening of Philips Lumileds' second high power LED production facility at Bayan Lepas, by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop. He said Malaysia offered vast opportunities for expansion and the company would like to tap its intell...

iPad is used to control streetlights in London borough. After a successful pilot scheme, the London borough has created a ‘Smart Lights system’ deploying Philips CosmoPolis Outdoor Lighting products in conjunction with a Harvard LeafNut CMS system. The council will also install GE Ceramic Metal Halide StreetWise lamps. The project will take four years to complete and it is hoped the £3.25 million investment will save council taxpayers £420,000 per year from 2015/16 onwards. All of the borough’s 14,000 streetlights will be adapted to...

Sharp have cooperated with Al Muftah Trading to release Qatar’s first commercially available 80 inch AQUOS LED TV, and Sharp’s latest Double French refrigerators. The two new products are part of the “From Bigger to Biggest” products line-up which reiterates Sharp’s position as the leader in LCD/LED TV category thanks to its 10th generation panel technology from a company in its 100th year. The full HD Japanese made panel, Sharp’s flagship 80 inch model LC-80LE940X provides more than twice the screen area of a...

Wherever there is light, you will also find semiconductor light sources from Osram Opto Semiconductors: in the automotive sector, the entertainment industry and even the security environment. At this year’s electronica fair (booth 107 in Hall A3) the company will therefore be highlighting its role as a complete supplier of semiconductor lighting solutions. This leading international exhibition of components, systems and applications will provide an opportunity to see the new Displix LED for the first time. This LED has been designed specifically for outdoor displays. O...

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The Company reported that third quarter revenue increased to $19.9 million from $17.0 million in the prior quarter driven by strong six-inch sapphire wafer sales. Revenue from six-inch wafer sales increased 62 percent sequentially as demand increased from both the Silicon-on-Sapphire and LED markets. Due to low industry pricing for two ...

Epistar has announced that Toshiba has granted a patent license regarding certain AlGaInP LED technologies and sold certain AlGaInP LED patents to Epistar. As part of the agreements, Epistar also licensed certain AlGaInP LED patents to Toshiba. The agreements recognize the value of Toshiba’s AlGaInP LED patent portfolio, and are expected to bring benefits for Epistar’s product development and enhance its patent portfolio furtherwithin the field of AlGaInP LED technologies. The exact terms of the license will not be disclosed unde...

Future Lighting Solutions and Shanghai Grand Light are pleased to announce the successful completion of a landscape lighting project illuminating several kilometers in the commercial and cultural heart of Shaoxing City. In total, 7300 linear wall washers and 3300 sets of spot lights using LUXEON® LEDs grouped in various configurations were used. Beginning at HuaQi Road and running from XinKai He, the new lighting covers a distance of 2.6 kilometers. The General Manager of Shanghai Grand Light said, “With helpful direction and support from Futu...

Reduced total cost of ownership, high fidelity, image stability and low-maintenance are key criteria for visual systems investment Today’s commercial aviation operators are looking for cost effective, high-fidelity and stable solutions for visual displays.  The brand new Boeing 777 full-flight simulator (FFS) is being manufactured by L-3 Link Simulation &Training UK (L-3 Link UK) at its Crawley, UK facility. The Boeing 777 FFS uses the very latest projectiondesign® FL35 projectors integrated with RSI Visual Systems’ XT4 Image ...

Dialight has secured an order to provide 1,224 LED lighting fixtures, with a total contract value of approximately $850,000, to a major US rig owner and operator for use on eight newly constructed onshore drilling rigs.   The Texas-based customer, who has in excess of 1,000 land rigs in its fleet, along with platform and barge rigs, has placed the order following a successful trial of Dialight’s LED light fixtures.   This contract represents Dialight’s first large rig order and consists of a combination of Class I, Div 1 and  Class I, Div 2 ...

GlacialPower, a sub-division of the experienced technology maker GlacialTech Inc., extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display (Booth #143/2, Hall B2) at Electronica 2012, to be held at Messe München in Munich, Germany from November 13-16, 2012. Date: November 13-16, 2012 Venue: Messe München, Munich, Germany Booth #: 143/2, Hall B2 Electronica 2012 is an excellent opportunity to learn about upcoming products from GlacialPower, even before they will be released. GlacialPower will be featuring...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has put forward the LED bulbs subsidy scheme for household, and has sent to the government for approval. According to Minister of Economic Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang, the first subsidy will cover low-income house. It’s estimated that 200,000 households will benefit from the plan. According to Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, these LED bulbs will be sent to the eligible families before the Spring Festival. Every family will get two LED bulbs, nearly saving 200 kw/h electricity and more than NT$ ...

ITV plc has scheduled to install multicoloured lighting on its South Bank tower as part of the broadcaster's relaunch to be unveiled in the new year. It has applied to Lambeth Council for advertisement consent for the installation of LED light fittings from the 4th to the 22nd floor of the 1970s office block at the riverside TV studio complex in Upper Ground. According to a letter to Lambeth Council from planning agents DP9, "The lights will be directed at the facade and project different coloured light – blue, green, pink and yellow – during t...

A fourth Quincy Newspapers television station, WGEM-TV in Quincy, IL, has converted its studios to Litepanels LED lighting fixtures. Brady Dreasler, Quincy Newspapers’ Director of Capital, Facilities and Engineering, said the lights helped flesh-tones pop. He added that WGEM’s news anchors have also seen a difference with the HD cameras and the lighting. Dreasler noted that the cool operation of the Litepanels LED fixtures brought an added benefit to the talent, allowing them to wear jackets in the summer time. Prior to the conversion, t...

LEDinside journalists recently visited the booth of TAO, a light resource and luminaire manufacturer, on 14th Hong Kong International Light Fair (Autumn Edition). TAO is a light source and luminaires manufacturer from China, founded in 2004, managed by a mixed Sino-European team. All their products are designed and developed in the R&D center in Shanghai, where their factory is also located. With about 900 employees, TAO is now a recognized vendor in the lighting industry. Their products are mostly distributed in western countries but they can also be found ...

From October 27thto 30th, 2012 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) had its grand opening at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. As the Asia's largest, the global ranking second in the industry exhibition, Hong Kong International Lighting Fair has long been regarded as leader in the LED lighting industry. On this fair, Shenzhen Spark Optoelectronics S&T Co.,Ltd., one of the leading enterprises in the domestic lighting industry, made its appearance with self-developed  new generation of modular high power tunnel lig...

Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced that EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, has become a distributor for Bridgelux products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With its broad sales network and established customer base, EBV will serve as an instrumental channel partner for the rapidly growing LED chip and packaged products business at Bridgelux.   The agreement gives EBV ready access to Bridgelux’s full line of LED chips as well as LED packaged products consisting of ...

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 wherepopularization of LED lighting is rapidly proceeding at the in...

The provider of commercial lamps and lighting products, Eye Lighting International in Mentor, announced it acquired the LED luminaire products assets of Aphos Lighting in Carrollton, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Eye Lighting will move production of the Aphos-brand LED luminaires to its plant in Mentor and will sell the products under the Eye Lighting brand name. Tom Salpietra, president and CEO of Eye Lighting, said the Aphos line creates “greater scale for (the) business and strengthens (its) position and penetration in the...

According to Xinhua News Agency, experts said that if half of the lighting devices nationwide were LEDs, China could save power equivalent to the annual electricity output of two and a half of Three Gorges Dam. At a forum held on Nov 3 in Wuhan,Chen Hongda, deputy director of the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that China could save about 210 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year if LEDs were more widely used. And in April, The Ministry of Science and Technology released its 12th Five-Year Plan (20...

Philips will deepen cuts at a lighting factory in Belgium and eliminate an additional 218 jobs in response to falling demand for conventional lamps and the rise of LED. The job cuts are on top of 136 reductions announced in June, Amsterdam-based Philips said in a statement. The site in Turnhout, Belgium, has 1,533 employees and makes high- pressure discharge lamps for sport stadiums and stores. “The need to focus on cost efficiency is becoming more and more important,” Alasdair Waugh, director at the site, said in a statement. “We expect a decrease of pr...

Urban Barns Foods Inc. , which is specializing in "CUBIC FARMING" a revolutionary type of farming that dramatically increases yields of vegetables with radically diminished water consumption when compared to conventional farming, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Wells Communications Inc.. The purpose of the MOU is to develop and expand a framework of cooperation between Urban Barns and Wells to develop mutually beneficial programs, projects and activities using LED light fixtures. Mr. Dan Meikleham, Chairman of Urban Barns, stat...

LG Electronics has buried the hatchet with Siemen's light bulb unit Osram over an LED patent lawsuit. In addition, according to Reuters, the two companies also agreed to "cross-license each other's LED patents and drop all litigation related to lighting product technology that they filed last year against each other in South Korea, the United States, Japan, China and Germany."  Also, Osram made a similar deal two months ago with Samsung....