Noribachi, a premier US based LED lighting engineering house, announces the addition of over 100 ultra bright LED light engines to the Design Lights Consortium’s (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL) for solid-state lighting. An expansive listing on the DLC’s QPL, encompassing Noribachi’s LED light engines containing 18 to 144 LEDs, has already secured Noribachi a place in the top 4% of solid-state lighting manufacturers qualified by DLC. With the addition of more than 100 new products, specifically ultra bright solutions with 145 to...

Case Study describes Lighting Design project highlights of new Performing Arts Center. Tivoli, the original innovator of linear LED solutions, has announced the release of a new case study on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. The case study highlights the expansion of the Muriel Kauffman Theatre and touches on the subtle lighting accents of Tivoli products used throughout the venue from the hallway entry, to the main audi¬torium, to the great hall lounge and even the dressing rooms.   Safdie Architects and Lam P...

According to The Korea Herald, LG Display has beat Samsung to be selected by Korean government for developing 60-inch flexible OLED displays by 2017 as part of its Future Flagship Program. So far, the world's largest flexible OLED display measures just 7.4 inches, so the LG-led consortium has a great deal of research and development ahead to create significantly larger transparent and flexible OLED displays. Led by The Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the program seeks to bolster Korea's economy by creating 840,000 jobs and exports valued at $56 b...

Dialight has signed Dron & Dickson, who are recognised as leaders in the design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, as authorised distributors effective immediately, to expand important LED lighting sales opportunities in oil and gas. With over 80 years experience in the supply of hazardous area products, Dron & Dickson now employs more than 200 people offshore and onshore and has a network of wholesales bases in Aberdeen, Hull, Lowestoft and Stirling. It has recently expanded its operation in the Middle East with the opening of an off...

SL Green Realty Corp., New York City's largest commercial property owner, has selected Seesmart Technologies’ LED lighting products to replace antiquated lightings throughout 21 commercial office properties, as part of one of the nation's largest LED lighting efficiency projects. There are more than 16,000 Seesmart LED lamps to replace antiquated lighting technologies, including incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lights, to provide exceptional efficiency that reduces energy use by more than 50 percent. This is combined with superior lamp life of more...

The io® Tile Gen II luminaires receive a Gold award in the Decorative Lighting category. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has been honored with a Best of NeoCon® Gold award for its family of io® Tile Gen II LED luminaires. Earning top honors in the Decorative Lighting category of the 23rd Annual Best of NeoCon awards competition, these LED products add unique lighting colors to modern indoor spaces, offering architects and designers an...

As the global economic outlook remains stagnant, LED industry’s peak season performance may fall short of expectations. Thus, Taiwanese LED firms such as Epistar, Unity Opto, Lextar, and Genesis Photonics underwent setbacks in the stock market on July 16. Since July, despite the orders keeping pouring in, there is still a considerable amount of unused capacity in the Chinese LED industry. Research institutes and foreign capitals become conservative about the LED market outlook, which kicks off the second half of 2012 with uncertainty. Most listed LED com...

DOE has finished Series 16 of testing under the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. The Report 16 analyzes the performance of a group of 13 LED products labeled as BR30 or R30 lamps. Results show substantial improvement versus earlier CALiPER testing of similar products, and performance comparable to recent data from LED Lighting Facts and ENERGY STAR. Many of the LED lamps tested could be effective replacements for conventional directional lamps in the right application. The report also indicates that it’s necessary to boar...

LT Lighting (Taiwan) Corp., has received a good feedback from overseas markets for its 200W LED high bay lights and 500W LED flood lights. According to the company’s directors, the company makes full use of its unique heat sink and optoelectronic integration technologies to work out these high-power LED lights particularly for use in special working environments. And its 200W LED high bay lights have been widely adopted by mining companies in Africa and Australia to replace 500W mercury-vapor lights, while the 500W LED flood lights, featuring high bright...

SafeSite® LED High Bay and Bulkhead are now KOSHA certified, opening an important new market in S Korea’s dynamic heavy industrial sector Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), announced that two of its class-leading LED hazardous location lighting products have achieved  S Korea’s KOSHA certification. The newly certified products are the SafeSite® High Bay and Bulkhead. Both fixture types are also certified to IECEx, ATEX, UL844 and most recently INMETRO hazardous location standards. The new certification paves the way...

Tallahassee, Fla.-based cooperatively owned grocery store New Leaf Market selected Cree’s new CS18 LED linear luminaires for a recent lighting upgrade in its 13,7000 square-foot store, resulting in significant energy savings and enhanced lighting. Here are some additional details:   •    In keeping with its commitment to advancing green initiatives at every opportunity, New Leaf Market installed 38 Cree CS18 LED linear luminaires to replace the previous T8 linear fluorescent fixtures to provide striking illumination from the enhanced co...

Phoenix schoolhouses will be LEED certified and feature Acuity Brands Smart + Simple Solutions for School Lighting   As part of its initiative to promote and deliver high-performance school lighting, Acuity Brands, Inc (NYSE: AYI) continues its support of the Green Schoolhouse Series, which has broken ground on its second project in Phoenix.   The self-described “studio-themed” addition to the Orangewood School is a state-of-the-art schoolhouse, designed to achieve Platinum status under the US Green Building Council’s Lead...

AIXTRON SE announced that EpiGaN, a new customer and a start-up manufacturer of III-Nitrides epitaxial material in Hasselt, Belgium, has successfully commissioned two new MOCVD systems, able to operate either in multiple 6” or in 8” configuration. It will use the systems to commercialize 6-inch GaN-on-Silicon wafers for a range of power and RF electronics devices as well as to develop the next generation of 200 mm GaN-on-Silicon wafers. The reactors were installed and commissioned by AIXTRON Europe’s service support team at the co...

Albeo Technologies has enlarged its manufacturing space by 15,000 square feet and increased its staff by 30 percent.  Its facility at 2108 55th St. in Boulder, Colorado now spans 35,000 square feet and the company headcount has grown to 65.  The company's new employees include high level engineers, sales and marketing staff. CEO Jeff Bisberg said that,"Our growth and expansion is being driven by rapid customer adoption of our LED lighting products. We are excited to be supporting the local economy by providing quality jobs in a wide range of areas a...

The LED lighting consumer market in China has always been more or less stagnant and the market prospects have been largely debated: what is the future looks like for LED consumer market in China? How can LED lighting see a wider adoption in consumer-based areas? At LEDinside’s LEDforum Guangzhou 2012 held at Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition in June 2012, Sean Zhou, the Regional Marketing Director of Philips Lumileds, noted that although a considerable amount of expectations riding on the LED consumer market, its market share pales in co...

Offers customers flexibility and a full choice of products for networked lighting systems, while helping to drive adoption of lighting controls Daintree Networks, Inc., and Philips today announced an agreement to develop advanced lighting controls products for commercial buildings through the use of open standards such as ZigBee®, helping customers to avoid vendor lock-in and ensure that their lighting systems are interoperable today and well into the future. Building owners and managers will have access to a full complement of ZigBee-based products, as well as best-of-breed...

CAMBRIDGE City Council has completely refitted its Grand Arcade Annex car park with award-winning LED lighting to help save energy and lower carbon emissions. As part of their commitment to make Cambridge a more sustainable city, council officers asked lighting specialists MHA Lighting to provide a solution that would reduce energy bills without affecting light quality. Manchester-based MHA Lighting replaced 220 Halophane light fittings (150 watts without ballast) with 220 of their award-winning LB 36 fittings, which use just 45 watts (including ballast)....

Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply and advanced power solutions provider, today officially announced their global expansion into the LED-Lighting market. Huntkey has been at the forefront in the development of high-efficiency power solutions for the PC and consumer markets since 1995. With this expertise “energy saving” has always been the core concept in Huntkey’s product development. Therefore entering into the rapidly growing LED-lighting market is a natural expansion step. The introductory flagship products are targeting the ma...

Nexgen Mediatech Inc., a member of the CHIMEI Group has launched its E1 series LED desk lamp, aiming for sales of over 40,000 such lamps to maintain the No.1 place in the island market with a 30% market share. The E1 series LED desk lamp is designed for pink-collar office ladies, and it is inspired by children’s floral graffiti with concise style and lively colors. M.L. Yu, senior director of CHIMEI Business Unit pointed out that Nexgen has successfully tapped the Japanese market by cooperating with large retail channels such as local outlet Big ...

The EU research project GECCO with their partners from Madrid, Bristol, Lodz, as well as Osram aim at vertically oriented LEDs that can boost the light output by a factor of 10. The European scientists expect that new three-dimensional assembly of LEDs could dramatically multiply the light output compared to today's planar devices. Currently, LEDs are being constructed in a planar way, meaning in layers and completely flat. The more light is being required, the more wafer area has to be produced—an expensive and laborious approach. The idea of the...

O2Micro(R) International Limited has released patented Free Dimming(TM) technology for the global LED lighting market.   The patented Free Dimming(TM) technology enables LED bulbs to dim using any on/off switch, thus eliminating the burden of installing expensive dimmers. It can work with any on/off switch, including wall toggles, paddle switches, pull cords, rotary switches and other types of on/off switches commonly found on walls, extension cords and table/desk lamps. Industry has estimated that there are roughly 150 million incandescent dimmers installed i...

Triangle Sign & Service, owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, a publicly traded company on the NYSE, has joined Vantage LEDs Partner Program to help grow Digital Signage locally in the Baltimore, MD area as well as nationally.   “We have seen substantial changes in the sign industry including computerized LEDs and advanced equipment. Triangle has always strived to be at the forefront of all new developments. “states Steve Altshuler, President of Triangle Sign & Service. When asked about their goals for the future, Mr. Altshuler state...

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, Avnet Inc.’s business region and a distributor of LED components for use in general lighting applications, has set up a lighting lab in Chandler, Ariz., to enable its customers to test and measure a wide range of LED applications. The Avnet Light Lab is a 900-square-foot facility designed to measure the key optical, electrical and thermal characteristics of high-power LEDs, modules and luminaires, and its services are offered to qualified Avnet customers. All photometric, radiometric and colormetric testing is conducted in...

Branded Cities Network ("BCN"), backed by Phoenix, AZ-based EL Media Holdings USA, LLC, has signed an exclusive representation agreement to sell digital advertising and integrated marketing campaigns on a new, full motion LED measuring over 18,000 sq. ft. in the heart of the famous Las Vegas Strip. Located literally at the "50-yard line" of Las Vegas Blvd., this iconic LED structure is located on the northeast corner of Harmon Avenue and "the Strip." The 60' high by 308' wide (longer than a football field) LED wa...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announced three key appointments to support the company’s continuing rapid growth. The company has named Geoff Brown as VP of Sales; Jack S. Yeh as Vice President of Sales, China and Taiwan and Seth Halio as Chief Financial Officer.  The moves follow LED Engin’s successful completion of a series E funding round led by leading technology fund GVT Fund, joined by existing investors WK Technology Fund, Partech International, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and indep...

In July 2012, Seoul Semiconductor (SSC) announces a new LED product called “nPola,” which takes SSC more than ten years to develop. The product features the non-polar technology that increases brightness levels 5 times over existing LEDs. Currently most mass-produced LEDs’ luminous efficacies are around 100lm, but SSC’s nPola product’s luminous efficacy reaching 500lm, five times higher. Simply put, a 60W equivalent LED light bulb usually requires 10-20 LEDs, but it only needs 1-2 LEDs if adopting nPola product. According t...

According to LEDinside’s latest price survey, the LED research division of TrendForce, the global ASP of LED light bulb dropped slightly in June. Global ASP of 40W equivalent LED light bulb dipped 4.5% to US$19.9 with prices in the United States and Germany undergoing more prominent decrease. As for 60W equivalent LED light bulb, global ASP in June dipped 2.3% with prices in most countries on a downtrend. LEDinside notes that prices in the United States experienced more drastic downturn in June. The lowest prices of 40W equivalent LED...

Toshiba Lighting & Technology (TLT) recently has announced that the company schedules to close its four lighting factories including Nagai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Yamagata by the end of March, 2013. Currently, it has seven factories in total. Nagai factory is major in producing LED bulbs and incandescent lights for special use. Tsukuba factory is dedicated in manufacturing lighting production for residential application. Ibaraki factory is engaged in making metal parts/resin parts for lighting products. Yamagata factory mainly supplies power circuit. According to the...

Ledoux introduces a new model LED wall light that gives extremly elegant lighting performance and adjustable lighting angle. Here below is the detail of Ledoux LED wall light: 1. Aluminum LED wall light with up and down lighting can be applied in Residence, Hotel, Villa, Commercial Exhibition Space and etc 2. Simple and DIY humanized design is classically demonstrated, which offers the best adjustable lighting distribution. ...

The machine vision lighting maker Smart Vision Lights of Muskegon, MI, USA has chosen Big Chip LED technology from Luminus Devices Inc, for its new product line of illumination sources. Luminus’ SST-90 LED is at the heart of Smart Vision Lights’ SP30 Series LED structured light pattern projector for the machine vision industry. “We selected the Luminus SST-90 for the large die footprint and high lumen output,” says Smart Vision Lights’ design engineer Matt Pinter. “The SST-90 gives us better uniformity ...