LED light bulbs have a slight environmental edge on compact fluorescent bulbs and both trump traditional incandescent bulbs by a wide margin, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says in a new report. PNNL, a U.S. Department of Energy lab based in Richland, Wash., compared the environmental footprint of the three bulbs, including mining of raw materials, manufacturing, disposal and electricity use. It's the first public report to examine the impact of LED manufacturing in depth, the lab says. Among the study's conclusions: * Both LEDs and CFL...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that Finland-based Kruunutekniikka Oy, a leading manufacturer of solid-state LED lighting systems, has adopted Therma-Tech™ thermal management solutions to replace aluminum in its recently patented Coolics™ LED light fixtures. The PolyOne solution helps Kruunutekniikka Oy optimize its manufacturing processes and improve overall productivity. “These metal-replacement solutions manage heat while also providing the design...

Samsung and LG exhibited 55-inch OLED TVs at IFA 2012. This is the first time that they have been exhibited at a trade show in Europe. LG showed 3D video with special glasses and emphasized the slimness of a panel part (4mm). Starting by releasing the 55-inch full-HD (1,920 x 1,080-pixel) TV within 2012, LG Electronics plans to launch a 4k2k (3,840 x 2,160-pixel) OLED TV with a size of 60 inches or larger in 2013. "We expect that the price of the TV will be about 10,000 to 13,000 euro (in Europe)," the company said. Samsung showed...

Taiwan LED makers Unity Opto, I-Chiun Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Leadlink, Lextar and Formosa Epitaxy seen to have brisk sales in August. Unity Opto, I-Chiun, and Leadlink saw sales hit new highs in July and are estimated to score another high in August in the regularly busy third quarter. According to industry executives, capacity utilization of Taiwan’s LED industry is still on the climb, leading to satisfactory earnings in the first half of 2012 at most of the island’s LED makers. They felt that these manufacturers would be more profit...

Agnitron Technology, Inc. has completed the development of the original state of the art compact MOCVD research and development system, known as Agilis. The small volume reactor system provides an economical choice to universities and research and development organizations looking for high temperature AlGaN, GaN or general III-Nitride growth capabilities. The compact size enables reduced startup costs for R&D work as well as significantly reduced operating costs as precursor consumption is greatly reduced. Agilis is packed full of features typically only foun...

Lately, Sharp has announced four kinds of the "LED Dining Light" LED lighting apparatus, designed for dining rooms. The new lamp has a design like a plate floating in the air. There are two type of the lamp, the rectangular "Round Square" type and the circular "Circle" type. The Round Square type comes in two models: one is for four-seat tables, and the other is for six-seat tables. And the Circle type is available as a model on which leaves are seen when it is on in addition to a normal model. As in the case of the LED b...

The Sydney based clean-tech innovator BluGlass’s patent US2008272463, "Method and apparatus for growing a group (III) metal nitride film" has now been allowed in the U.S. This patent brings its international patent portfolio up to 16 granted patents in key semiconductor markets including the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and China. These patents help to provide the company with broad protection of its Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPCVD) technology and underpin the commercial opportunities for BluGlass in the production of high e...

According to a report published in Electronics For You magazine, a flagship publication of EFY Group, the single factor that puts LED lighting out of the reach of masses today is the high initial cost.   Therefore, the dream of every player in the LED lighting industry today is to create a commercially-feasible LED lamp that is equivalent to a 60W incandescent bulb, saleable at a cost of $5 to $10. The efficiency and light output of LEDs are increasing exponentially, effectively doubling every 36 months, in line with Moore's Law. LED efficiency, colo...

Kyma Technologies has tapped into the market for GaN crystal growth equipment. The firm’s GaN crystal growth system is based on the hydride vapour phase epitaxy (HVPE) growth process which is a proven high growth rate approach for producing high purity crystalline compound semiconductor materials including GaN, GaAs, InP, and CdS. HVPE is the dominant process used today for production of free-standing GaN substrates and recently has been used by Kyma and others to produce high quality GaN on sapphire templates and GaN on silicon templates. HVPE g...

New family delivers energy-efficient solution for large area floodlighting applications   Hubbell Outdoor Lighting Inc. is proud to introduce the Magniluter MLED Series, a family of LED floodlights designed specifically to provide energy-efficient and versatile solutions for large area floodlighting applications.  With two powerful lumen packages of 5,500 lm (40 LED) and 11,000 lm (80 LED), the MLED Series delivers controlled illumination with 50-60% energy savings.  A 60,000 hour rated life, L90 rating, 4800K CCT and a variety of distribution...

Thanks to lighting product sales increasing sharply as a result of reduction of LED prices and increased acceptance of LED lamps by consumers, Everlight’s Q2 earnings jump twofolds QoQ. The company earned NT$0.55 per share in Q2, more than double the NT$0.2 per share it made the first quarter. In the first half of 2012, the company had total after-tax net income of NT$302 million (US$10 million at US$1: NT$30), dwindling 66% year on year. The earnings were diluted into NT$0.75 per share. The company’s spokesman, B.Y. Liu, estimated the com...

PolyBrite International, Inc. of Naperville IL is one of the top 75 finalists for the prestigious 2012 Chicago Innovation Awards reflecting a cross section of the Chicago and surrounding regions’ business communities.  The final ten winners will be announced Monday, October 22 and celebrated at an event with over 1,500 business and civic leaders at Chicago’s Harris Theater. The Chicago Innovation Awards, celebrating its 11th year, is the only organization in the country dedicated to honoring the most innovative new products or services brought to mark...

LED specialist Light Planet is proud to announce its selection as a finalist in the Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year category in The Electrical Industry Awards 2012.   The Electrical Industry Awards recognises the achievements of those working in the UK’s diverse electrical sector and celebrates all that is best in the industry. The Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year category rewards the introduction or application of a new process, system or product that has brought about significant to energy savings. The selection is based on the comp...

- High Quality, Low Energy Consuming LED Lighting for Indoor Applications - GlacialLight, a division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., today announced the new GL-DL06D LED down light series. This high‐performance 12 Watt LED down light comes with a dimmable driver allowing the lighting to be adjusted to fit the preferred lighting scenario. The GL-DL06D series is a lightweight all‐in‐one lighting solution combining the LED source with a slim, sleek, and fashionable circular fixture for ease of installation. Energy-effi...

The GL SPECTIS 1.1 is the youngest member of the family of handy mini-spectrometers from GL Optic, which allow for a reliable spectral light measurement. Together with the handy integrating sphere GL OPTI SPHERE 48, available as an accessory, brightness values can be determined with a current duration of 25 ms and very high precision. Designers and developers of lamps are often faced with the problem that the standard LED shipping dimensions and configurations of certain series types contain a product group, which can possibly include LEDs with different c...

Its LEDs Completed 6,000 Hours of LM-80 Testing on Its 3014 and 5630 Package   Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company) (TAIEX: 3698) announces its “Photometric Laboratory” has been listed with LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation. This makes Lextar the first of any LED corporation in Taiwan to be awarded both accreditations and shows the company’s commitment to cultivating the LED industry. Additionally, Lextar’s 3014 and 5630 LED package have exceeded 6,000 hours of LM-80 testing, indicating the...

City Creek Center, a newly completed LEED Silver project in the heart of Salt Lake City, is evocative of a European streetscape and features 200 custom LED hanging light fixtures, each containing three Cree XLamp XP-G LEDs. Designed by Mike Joye of Auroralight, the LED festoon lighting creates as welcoming atmosphere for visitors to enjoy outdoor seating at night at any of the several restaurants located in the area.   The luminaires, nicknamed “The Necklace,” are three different lengths, 12”, 24” and 36”, and hang in a r...

New Eurotique Luminaires from Antique Street Lamps bring Euro-styling, long term reliability to outdoor environments Family scaled fixtures offer visual appeal, design continuity   Popular Euro-styling and superior nighttime performance merge in Antique Street Lamps™ new Eurotique LED luminaires. The high performance fixtures offer design flexibility with striking “Munich” and “Hanover” styles in two different sizes and either post top or pendant mounting.   New Eurotique LED luminaires are family scaled to offer designe...

Recently, LED chipmaker San’an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. from mainland China is attempting to lure customers away from Taiwan’s suppliers with fairly low price, however, contracts are still flooding to Taiwan’s LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy Inc. for Q3. San’an has risen quickly over the past two years to prominent position in the LED chip making sector by poaching engineers from Taiwan’s chipmakers, including Epistar and FPI. Although the mainland Chinese chipmaker has sent samples to Taiwan’s assemblers for v...

Brewer Science, which is engaged in developing specialty materials, integrated processes, and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment, will feature two conference presentations at SEMICON Taiwan being held between 5th and 7th ,September. The firm will be highlighting product technologies for HB LED manufacturing for wafer protection, thin wafer handling, epitaxial layer transfer, trench filling, and planarisation. “Brewer Science has been delivering advanced technology solutions for the HB LED market for over seven years through close partnerships with...

Techshot Lighting LLC, a rugged and energy-efficient lighting systems manufacturer for temporary military shelters, has completed an order placed by the U.S. Army valued at about $235,000 for lighting system. Most of the 750 units sold will be installed in tents housing military personnel at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. The company, based in Floyds Knobs, Ind., produces a bright LED lighting system that has been designed to provide years of trouble-free continuous use in harsh environments, while using a fraction of the energy of older fluorescent technology. ...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, will be demonstrating emitters and LED modules that enable the size of entertainment lighting products to be significantly reduced on Stand 2-S11 at the PLASA 2012 exhibition, 9-12th September, Earls Court, London, UK. The company’s LuxiGen platform of white and multi-colour compact emitters generate the high luminous flux density demanded in entertainment lighting, particularly for spot beams, distance lighting effects and in dynamic lighting scenarios. Patented thermal management technology a...

With its LARCH system, DAS Environmental Expert GmbH has developed a new product solution for environmentally friendly cleaning of waste process gases in the LED industry.   New technology for an environment friendly LED industry: The LARCH system of DAS Environmental Expert GmbH has been especially developed for the disposal of reactive waste gases from the light-emitting diode (LED) industry. As the statutory provisions on waste water and waste gas disposal are to be tightened in Taiwan from 2013 onwards, Taiwanese companies will soon have to s...

In 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that the ban on the sales of 100W and above incandescent bulbs would take effect in October 1, 2012. As the enforcement day is drawing near, LEDinside believes that now it has become the critical stage for the transition from conventional lighting to LED lighting. As the incandescent products are gradually phasing out and supportive policies of the SSL lighting industry are further introduced and implemented, LED lighting is faced up with a faster development than ever before. Over these years, with th...

Q2 2012 orders for MOCVD tools remained flattish with the trough-like Q1 numbers, according to Barclays Capital Inc. analysts confirmed at SEMICON West. Veeco and Aixtron confirm that activity is picking up into H2 2012. Sub-component suppliers to the MOCVD makers, as well as adjacent LED equipment suppliers, are anticipating gradual order growth in Q3 and Q4 2012. Key accounts that are in the process or on the cusp of placing orders in the remainder of 2012 include Sanan and 3E in China, Toyoda Gosei and Showa Denko in Japan, a little bit of E...

Source from Russian business consulting web site has shown that, the demand for  LED lamps in Russian market in 2011 has been increased two times as 2010, which is attributed to the implementation of the policy and residents' shopping interests. According to a report on the summary for LED lighting market in 2011 and outlook for 2012-2015 which issued by one research, mostly of LED lamps in Russian market come from Russian Distribution Companies, which place orders from Chinese company for cheap products and then attach their own trademark to sell. There are on...

New products integrate digital driver and receiver logic for added integration and value Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, has announced its latest product enhancements to the popular Versatile Link Plastic Optical Fiber product family.  This product platform has become a widely adopted solution for industrial communications and control links for industrial applications. Avago POF products offer infinite voltage isolation and EMI immunity performance that fa...

Lend Lease, a leader in public-private community development, and PolyBrite International, Inc., manufacturer and creator of Borealis® LED Lamps and Lighting, have partnered to convert the Oak Park Neighborhood at Knox Hills into the largest residential LED community in the world. The project, which consists of more than 9,500 Borealis LED light bulbs installed in 164 homes, is scheduled for completion in October 2012. The new Borealis LED bulbs will reduce community energy costs by $34,000 in one year, more than $859,000 over the 22-year life span of th...

Green House Co Ltd is to release an LED lantern"GH-LED10WBW," that generates electricity with water and salt in mid-September 2012.   The lantern emits light when water and salt are put in the lantern, so it  does not require a dry cell or rechargeable battery. It can continuously generate electricity for eight hours per charge of water. To use the LED lantern, 350ml of saline water containing 16g of salt is made by using a dedicated water bag. When the saline water is put in the lantern, it functions as an electrolyte with a magnesium (Mg) ro...

HotSpot2 connects small-profile LED drivers and battery packs to the LED modules already in place inside existing LED fixtures that are driven by constant current sources. During a power outage, the drivers provide output current to the modules connected. With several sizes and types of optional interchangeable batteries (NiCd, LiFePo4), this plug-and-play emergency lighting system offers a wide range of lumen output possibilities with expandable run times. The HotSpot2 system is an expansion of the existing HotSpot1 series, winner of an LFI Innovation Awar...