Taiwan’s LED industry has benefited from simmering anti-Japan sentiment in China, due to nationalization of the Diaoyutai islet. Formosa Epitaxy Incorporation (FOREPI) and Epistar to see booming revenues in September, because many LED-related orders diverted from Japan to Taiwan. According to insiders, rising sales of color TVs in China drive demand for LED-backlit chips; while anti-Japan there has moved many Chinese LED TV factories and system providers to transfer chip orders from Nichia to Taiwan’s Epistar, FOREPI, Unity Opto ...

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. , from Taiwan, has finalized its grand investment project in Brazil, under a memorandum of understanding with the state government of Sao Paulo. The investment project is designed to pour a total of 1 billion Brazilian real dollars into setting up a manufacturing base covering an area of one million square meters to turn out electronic parts, broadband equipment, digital cameras, touch panels, LEDs and printed circuited boards in the Itu, a city on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. The manufacturing base is scheduled to roll in 2014 and...

2012 is an unusual year for global lighting as government around the world begins to commit in promoting energy-saving policies of banning incandescent lamps, and the cost of LED lighting keeps to fall; these factors help to stimulate the growth of the energy-saving market.

As the price downtrend persists, LED light bulb market has descended into a cut-throat competition, and the future does not look bright. In order to survive, LED lighting firms have been seeking other markets such as convenient store lighting and office lighting, aiming to increase their products’ added value and increase their market acceptance. “We won Aeon’s bidding process for its first project, acquiring the opportunity to expand the company’s business in Japan. Although we did not win the second project, we will keep looking for other chances,&rdqu...

Doubles the Lumens-Per-Dollar and Delivers Up To 20 Percent More Lumens Per Watt Over Original XP-E LED Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the new XLamp® XP-E2 LED, delivering higher lumens per watt and lumens-per-dollar to lower system costs for existing XP-E and XP-G designs. The new XP-E2 LEDs can increase the lumen output of XP-E designs for the same cost and power or lower system cost with fewer LEDs – enabling lighting manufacturers to deliver a better lighting system with minimal redesign. “The price to pe...

Edison Opto, a Taiwanese leading lighting manufacturer in high power LED market, has successively introduced many high power LED products which fit the market demand and environment protection. Edison Opto participates in many international exhibitions actively to showcase the latest LED products and the applications of Edison LDMS plan (Lighting Design Manufacturing Service). To maintain the leading position in the market, Edison Opto has recently introduced ET-3535 Series and broken the record for high cost-performance ratio products. Featuring excellen...

On Friday 14th September 2012 the renovated Luxol Sport field in Pembroke Malta was officially opened by Norman Darmanin Demajo, President of the Malta Football Association (MFA), in the assistance of Pieter Bregman, official Optogan`s distributor in Malta and Ove Sörensen, Director of Sales & Business Development at Optogan. The opening took place during the evening match between 2nd division teams Gharghur and San Gwann, where everybody could enjoy the game with the new DSF (Dynamic Sport Field) Lighting of Optogan. “It's finally ...

Versatile controller maximizes system efficiency, simplifies design and reduces cost Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) introduced a six-channel LED driver with dynamic headroom control for high-power applications, which accurately and efficiently drives up to six strings of LEDs. The LM3463 is the industry’s first wide-input voltage LED driver with multiple dimming control modes that maximizes system efficiency and reduces complexity in LED area lighting applications, such as street, high-bay and ceiling lights. The LM3463 is a 12-...

Global Resource Energy Inc. announce that its affiliate, Kardings America, has developed a strategic partnership with Pacific Coast Agency Lighting of Vancouver, Canada. Pacific Coast Agency is an indoor lighting distributor and represents more than 15 different brands and specializes in providing complete solutions to companies looking to reduce lighting costs by switching to efficient, green technologies. Kardings intends to formalize its partnership with Pacific Coastal Agency in the coming weeks. Kardings will continue to work with Pacific Coast Agency to fur...

When millions of visitors start streaming into the world’s biggest fair from September 22 to October 7, attention will center not only on good cheer, but also on the environment. While the Hippodrom is not the largest of the Oktoberfest beer tents, its commitment to the environment is all the greater: By replacing 550 incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient Osram LED lamps, the venue will be reducing CO2 emissions by some 1.2 tons at the Oktoberfest. A total of 550 warm-white LED lamps from Munich-based Osram will be putting visitors, food and beverages in t...

Orb Optronix has hired Heidi Steward, formerly of the CALiPER program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as Director of Sales and Marketing.   Ms. Steward joins the Kirkland, WA based company after spending eight years working for PNNL most of which involved supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solid State Lighting (SSL) Commercialization Support Program.  In her new role, she will help Orb Optronix expand its LED Test and Measurement Services, LED Test and Measurement Products, and LED, SSL,...

Industry standards are an important factor in ensuring quality lighting design for the commercial sector, but specifying fixtures simply because they meet requirements means more advanced solutions may be overlooked.   LEDs are an extremely attractive addition to any portfolio, but in some cases lack of understanding around product availability or experience of LED performance characteristics and capabilities is holding specifiers back.   Much of this confusion arises from the requirements laid out in ‘Lighting Guide 7: Office Lighting’. LG7 is an impo...

One of only four winning LED lighting fixtures, the IRiS 3-inch LED recessed series combines interchangeable optics with energy efficiency and long life.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, is pleased to announce that its IRiS™ Lighting Systems P3LED directional series has been recognized as a winner in the prestigious tenth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition. The awards, which recognize the best-designed, energy-efficient solid-state ligh...

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced new LED product , Oslon Black Flat for automotive frontlighting systems. Equipped with state-of-the-art chip and packaging technology and a ceramic converter, this new LED product from the famous Oslon Black series is a high-performance light source for automotive applications. It offers high light output even at high currents, uniform distribution of light, thermal stability and particularly good contrast for seeing and being seen. Oslon Black Flat had its premier as a prototype at ISAL 2011 and is available now. Light sour...

GlacialLight, 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 #LT715, Hall 4) at Light Middle East, to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai from October 1-3, 2012.   Date: October 1-3, 2012. Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai Booth #: LT715, Hall 4 GlacialLight will also be featuring their newly released LED flood light series using Philips Lumileds LED chips, Arcturus GL-Baylight series, Pollux ...

Lately, Nissha Printing Co Ltd has developed a lighting apparatus using dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and started to sell it. It is the first time that a DSSC developed and manufactured in Japan has been commercialized. The lighting apparatus, "Akarie," stores electricity generated with the DSSCs during daylight hours in a rechargeable battery. And the electricity is used to power an LED lamp during nighttime hours. The Akarie is made by using DSSCs on the top of a case that measures 200 x 200 x 85mm and weighs 3.7kg and placing a rechargea...

Sudbury has accelerated to transform LED streetlights after councillors voted Tuesday night to spend almost $1 million, along with some provincial grant money, to install 1,300 of the energy efficient bulbs across the city. Changing these light bulbs could save Greater Sudbury about $90,000 annually. The new LED bulbs only replace a fraction of the 14,000 streetlight bulbs in Greater Sudbury. The city plans to gradually switch over the remaining streetlights as the old bulbs burn out. Meanwhile, North Bay is aiming to save $200,000 each year by completely switching...

Wins Include Two Gold and Three Silver Awards from Five Subsidiaries of Cooper Industries Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Notification and Cooper Wiring Devices, subsidiaries of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), a global provider of electrical solutions, have been selected as Gold and Silver award winners in Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) magazine's 2012 Product of the Year competition. The annual Product of the Year awards, created to provide information on the top new products in the field, allow readers to choose Go...

In partnership with the World Green Building Council, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is enabling the development of more ‘Green Buildings’ by turning innovative and intelligent lighting solutions into people benefits in ways that are environmentally responsible and cost-effective. From September 17 to 21, World Green Building Week shines a spotlight on the key role of buildings in conserving natural resources, saving money and creating jobs while providing healthier places to live, work and play. “The ‘green building ag...

“Its Printoptical technology has the potential to become a standard in the near future” Based on its recent research on the advanced optics market for LED lighting, Frost & Sullivan presents LUXeXceL Group B.V (LUXeXceL) with the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology Award for its Printoptical Technology. LUXeXceL’s pioneering manufacturing process addresses the key challenges to large scale adoption of LEDs in general lighting. Currently, the majority of the LED chips are designed to deliver maximum light ...

LED performance and technology increased in popular series to over 26,000 lumens   Spaulding Lighting, a Hubbell Lighting Inc. brand, is proud to announce that their most popular area site lighting fixture, the superior performing Cimarron LED area site light, has increased lumen output by 15-30%. The LED enhancements result in a highly efficient luminaire that delivers up to 98 lumens per watt and allows for multiple LED configurations with over 26,000 lumens. This advancement in LED performance and lumen efficiencies are made available in the Cimarron LED ...

According to Oxford Instruments , it has sold its 400th plasma system to a Chinese HBLED supplier. Dan Ayres, Managing Director of Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology ,said that "It gives me a great sense of achievement to say that we have helped to enable the HBLED revolution.Our systems play a vital role in manufacturing HBLEDs, and we have served the industry as it has developed from its R&D roots into the global industry it is today.” Ayres continues, “We have been able to offer systems for high performance every step of the wa...

Linköping, Sweden, 18 September 2012:Dataton and WATCHOUT™ Premium Partner for North America, Show Sage, return to LDI 2012 On booth 442, the latest features of WATCHOUT multi-image display and presentation software will be demonstrated. The new features include interactivity, video streaming, live presentation, 3D stereo display and multiple output display. Dataton and Show Sage will also sponsor the Projection Master Classes taking place during the show on 17 and 18 October. Jim Testa, President of Show Sage explains: “LD...

Aluwave, a leading provider of tailored LED modules and systems, expands its business in LED lighting by signing a contract with D-TEC Lighting Systems (D-TEC). Aluwave will deliver the LED solution to D-TEC’s latest fixture, providing ambient light to professional users in clinics with high demands on light quality and color rendering. “D-TEC has spent a lot of effort to understand our customers’ needs. This fixture is designed to secure eye comfort and to improve visual inspection in clinics. It has been very well received when launched o...

AIXTRON SE today announced a new BM system order from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The contract is for a BM Pro PECVD system in a 4-inch wafer configuration, which will be dedicated to the production of carbon nanotubes and graphene. The order was placed in the first quarter of 2012 and the system will be delivered in the third quarter of 2012. AIXTRON’s local support team will install and commission the deposition system at the Institute’s state-of-the-art cleanroom facility. “We are ...

- Long Life LED Panel Light for Indoor Dimmable Applications - GlacialLight , a division of the experienced global technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has launched the GL-PL0312D LED Panel Light with a dimmable driver, another outstanding addition to the popular GlacialLight's range of LED lighting products. This high efficiency 58W LED panel light has the dimensions of 295 x 1195 x 13mm, and is an ideal replacement for traditional lighting. Its key advantages are surprisingly low energy and maintenance costs, thanks to LED technology w...

LIFX is a WiFi enabled, multi-color, energy efficient LED light bulb that you control with your iPhone or Android. What is LIFX? LIFX is the smartest light bulb you've ever experienced. It's a wifi-enabled, energy efficient, multi-colored bulb that you control with your iPhone or Android. LIFX gives you unprecedented control of your lights, reduces your energy costs, lasts up to 25 years and delivers an amazing range of experiences we think you’ll love. Sets up in Seconds LIFX is incredibly easy to set-up. Simply replace your existing bu...

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, listed Taiwanese LED firms’ revenues in August totaled NT$9.49 billion, a 2.64% MoM increase and a 7.6% YoY increase. LED Backlight Market Demand in China Surging Benefiting from the increasing demand from China’s October 1 holiday, certain LED manufacturers have been receiving more backlight orders. The demand growth in the Chinese market is attributed to China’s subsidy policy for energy-saving products enacted since June 1, which caused the demand for new TV mod...

The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce recognized Firefly LED Lighting -  as the winner of the Technology Award in the small business division at the 2012 Greater Austin Business Awards on August 30. “We recognize these businesses as paragons for their industries, as well as being role models for diverse businesses thriving in Austin,” said Austin Chamber Chairman of the Board Clark Heidrick. Receiving the award for innovation and creating significant new opportunities, Firefly LED Lighting designs and manufactures a full range of patente...

New Acuity Brands Canada facility incorporates Smart + Simple lighting and controls technology to showcase solutions for customers.    Acuity Brands, Inc., (NYSE: AYI) announces the opening of its new 60,000-square-foot facility for Acuity Brands Canada, combining the Company’s Lighting and Controls offices. Located in Toronto, the new facility includes offices, a warehouse distribution center and a state-of-the art showroom. Twelve offices incorporate a variety of Acuity Brands® value stream products to illustrate lighting solutions in offic...