Several Zhaga-standardized engines were released at the Light+Building 2012 fair held in early April in Frankfurt, Germany. As a member, Taiwan Epistar’s Chairman B.J. Lee thought that interface standards that Zhaga Consortium, which consists of over 195 individual LED companies around the world, is working on for LED light engines will make LED lamps prevalent in three years. In Lee’s opinion, architects have been loath to design LED lighting fixtures into their works all because of the inconsistent interface specifications among LED light eng...

Trinity Material in China has cooperated with ARC Energy to use ARC Energy’s CHES furnaces for sapphire production. The two companies are paving the way for new industry expectations and opportunities based on c-axis growth orientation for LED manufacturing. Trinity Material is successfully ramping up to produce very high volumes of sapphire crystals to meet the growing demand for large diameter sapphire wafers in the LED market. Sapphire boules are grown on c-axis by ARC Energy’s CHES method compared to conventional processes where a-axis bo...

CS163X Family of LED Controllers Offers Up to 30 Percent Higher Lumens Per Watt Compared to Single-Channel Drivers While Providing Improved Color Temperature Quality Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) has introduced its second family of digital LED controllers with digital TruDim™ dimmer compatibility technology designed to accelerate worldwide adoption of LED retrofit bulbs. In addition to providing near 100 percent compatibility with the world’s installed base of dimmers, the new CS163X family provides two-channel LED color mixin...

GT Advanced Technologies is to host a LED manufacturing symposium in Shanghai, China, May 9-10, 2012. The event will bring together a wide range of manufacturers from the LED value chain throughout Asia, from sapphire crystal growers to epi-wafer and LED device producers, to discuss the metrics that matter most in producing high yielding and high quality LEDs. Particular focus will be on the role that high quality sapphire material plays in driving downstream yield improvements and costs reductions. Presenters include representatives from Philips Lumileds, Ari...

Chinese based LED Company SunSun Lighting has received $30 million in Series B financing from GSR Ventures and Oak Investment Partners and additional commitments from its original angel investors. Oak, a multi-stage venture capital firm, is leading the round. Allan Kwan, a China-based advisor for Oak, is joining the board of SunSun. SunSun Lighting eliminates the performance and cost trade-offs of current LED lighting technology by offering a complete LED system, including power electronics, housing, packaging, and optics. The company's patented P...

SWITCH Lighting™ Shows Off Full Family of Liquid-Cooled LED Lamps, New Technology at LIGHTFAIR   SWITCH Lighting™, the first company to offer a true LED replacement to the incandescent with no compromises, is announcing the availability of its highly-anticipated family of LED A-lamps. They are the only liquid-cooled LED A-lamps that can be used in any fixture, any orientation, and anywhere – indoors and out. After first introducing their innovative technology last year, SWITCH’s LED lamps are now in produ...

New 30W Constant Current Driver Optimized for Residential and Commercial Lighting Applications Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today unveiled a new dimmable LED driver module optimized for worldwide residential, commercial and industrial light fixtures. The 30 watt (W) LXMG221W-0700030-D0™ LED driver enables start up times of 150 milliseconds (ms) or faster, closely emulating the "lights-on" performance of a typical incandescent...

- Compact, efficient, long life LED panels for lower cost interior lighting GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc., has launched the GL-PL0312 LED Panel Light, another outstanding addition to the popular GlacialLight's range of LED lighting products. This high efficiency 58W LED panel is an ideal replacement for older, less-efficient light sources. Its key advantages are surprisingly low energy and maintenance costs, thanks to LED technology which brings greatly reduced power costs, long life, and low heat. ...

Germany major company Osram AG, the forerunner in the European lighting industry, has a subsidiary company OSRAM OS which is dedicated to producing LED light source and chip. According to LEDinside, the company’s main exhibition area was located at Hall 2 at Light+Building 2012 with a few booths at other halls. The main area was divided into two sections – innovative technologies and lighting applications.   Outdoors Lighting Products In regard to outdoors lighting, the company released Bergmeister luminaries, whose reflecting des...

SemiLEDS is a world’s leading LED chip maker, possessing many LED-related patents and technologies. Recently, LEDinside conducted an interview with Dr. Chuong Anh Tran, President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at SemiLEDs Corp, who shed light on SemiLEDS’ recent LED technological breakthroughs and the company’s latest endeavor on UV LED chips.   LED Lighting to See Upswing in 2H12 and 2013 Chuong stated, SemiLEDS has expanded the capacities of its Taiwan and China production lines, whic...

Philips is to launch a 23-watt LED bulb as bright as a 100-watt incandescent lamp this fall. The company will add to its EnduraLED line with a lamp that gives off almost 1,700 lumens, or about the amount of light as a 100-watt incandescent, and consumes 23 watts. The price isn’t disclosed but it is expected to be in the $40 to $50 range. This latest EnduraLED has a color temperature is a warm yellow at 2,700 Kelvin, is dimmable, and has a color rendering index of 80. The existing EnduraLED bulbs are rated to last nearly 23 years based on three hours of us...

Lighting Science Group, announced that former chairman of Philips North America K.R. (Kaj) den Daas, will be joining Company's board of directors. From 1977 to 2010, Mr. den Daas served in various capacities with Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., including: from 2006 to 2009, as Chairman of Philips Lighting North America and CEO of BU Professional Luminaires North America; from 2003 to 2006, as COO of BG Lamps and Executive Vice-President of Philips Lighting B.V.; and from 1999 to 2003, as CEO of Philips' Business Unit - Lam...

As Japan closed its last nuclear reactor a few days ago, the country’s electricity shortage is estimated to surge to 13% this summer. And industry executives estimated the power shortage may run up to 20% if the summer heat rises higher than expected. But it brings new opportunities to Taiwan Delta Electronics Inc., Lextar Electronics Corp. Since the March 11 earthquakes of 2011, Japanese market for the energy-saving lamps has been thriving. LED lamps in Japan’s market is estimated to spike 69% to 373.8 billion yen (US$4.6 billion at US$1:80 yen) this yea...

Philips will be showcasing the company's next generation LED lighting solutions at Booth # 208, Lightfair International. Offerings from Philips Color Kinetics, Philips Lamps, Philips Lightolier, Philips Lumec, Philips Lumileds, Philips Lumiblade OLED, Philips Teletrol and Philips Wide-Lite will be showcased, demonstrating the latest LED systems for architectural, outdoor, retail, and consumer applications. Highlights include: A breakthrough dimmable 100-watt LED equivalent lamp using just 23 watts to deliver nearly 1700 lumens that will b...

Agreement covers Rambus’ patented innovations for edge-lit lighting solutions Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, and Rambus Inc., one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, announced they have signed a licensing agreement for the use of Rambus' patented lighting innovations. Cooper will focus on creating LED-based lighting fixtures for commercial, industrial and utility markets.  "As a leading provider of innovative, hi...

Industry Leaders Integrate LED Products and Controls for Maximum Energy Efficiency The growing demand for energy-efficient LED lighting solutions combined with increasingly stringent energy and building codes require an advanced level of lighting and control integration.  Cree, Inc. announces a first-of-its-kind agreement with Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. to embed Lutron EcoSystem® technology on a chip in Cree® luminaires to accelerate LED adoption and increase energy efficiency for building designers, contractors and owners.   The combina...

Innovative slim system brings benefits of high quality LED lighting to offices and educational facilities Lumenpulse Inc. announced the release and availability of Lumenline™, a unique system of indoor linear LED luminaires introducing the benefits of high-quality LED lighting to commercial and institutional environments seeking lower energy and maintenance costs. Lumenline marks a significant breakthrough for LED technology, challenging the performance of traditional T5 HO fluorescent systems using a similarly slim 2-inch profile. Lumenline delivers 68 lumen...

Extensive line of LED replacement lamps deliver crystal-clear illumination, long-life and energy cost savings RaviLights, an innovator of LED lighting products and associated technologies, today announced the introduction of their extensive line of LED-based replacement lamps made in the USA. Designed as direct, ready-to-plug-in retrofits for energy-hungry halogen, incandescent and comparable compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), the RaviLights product line includes the Rival™ PAR38, Pro™ MR16, Tradition™ A19, and Flame™ B10 series of la...

•    Ohio-based GE scientists, engineers and product designers worked to leapfrog the competition and go beyond industry expectations for a 75-watt incandescent replacement being introduced first •    New 27-watt GE Energy Smart® LED bulb results from collaboration with ecomaginationSM Challenge winner Nuventix, creator of LED cooling technologies for energy-efficient lighting   GE Lighting (NYSE: GE) this week will illuminate a light-emitting diode replacement for the 100-watt incandescent light bulb—develo...

Perfect light source for directional and decorative applications with low thermal resistance and high performance Adding to the performance and popularity of Everlight’s 6.4W and 8W Chip-on-Board (COB) LED series, one of the highest CRI and highest efficiency COBs on the market, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (TSE:2393) announces the brand new and smaller C52 COB LED series which is perfectly suitable for directional and decorative applications such as MR lamps and P35 bulbs at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 in Las Vegas/USA. For...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at a meeting on May 2 approved the solar lightening project besides five more development initiatives, involving a total of Taka 875 crore. Under the ‘Solar Street Lighting Program in City Corporation’ project, the Power Division will introduce solar energy-driven LED technology covering one thousand kilometers of streets of Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur city corporations. The project would be implemented during January 2012-December 2015 pe...

Recently, researchers from Japan and California have jointly made a breakthrough on blue and green LEDs to reduce efficiency droop. According to the research team, they designed low droop and high efficacy LEDs by altering the direction of the crystal structure within semiconductor films. Droop refers to significant drop in efficiency at extreme currents. It is one of the major factors that retard the growth of the solid-state lighting market. Household bulbs generate white light due to the mix of wavelengths with the hue produced from blue and green LEDs. These valuab...

Pacific Light Technologies working from the Portland State University Business Accelerator, has landed a $3 million venture capital round led by local investor groups. The company has closed $2 million of the Series A round led by the Oregon Angel Fund and Portland-based venture capital firm Pivotal Investments. CEO Ron Nelson, who also contributed to the round, said another $1 million has been committed and should close by the end of July. The 13-person company is developing a technology which will allow manufacturers of long-lasting LED lights to provide be...

Over recent years, due to the promising future of green lighting, an increasing number of enterprises have entered the emerging industry of LED lighting and joined its fierce competition. In the LED jungle, how to give full play to the advantage and achieve success in the tough competition is a challenge posed to all players. For this reason, LEDinside interviewed Mr. Meng Guo, the Operation Director of Good Creative Technology (GCT)to invite him to talk about the development of the company and share its experiences.         Mr.M...

New Luminaire Collection features intelligent design, innovative technology and customization Steve Grossman, CEO of Cathode Lighting Systems, in Gaithersburg, MD is pleased to introduce a non-traditional, specialty architectural brand – VoksLyte.  Promising intelligent luminaire design for the discriminating palette, VoksLyte’s mission is to produce the highest quality most thoughtfully designed nontraditional fixtures available, utilizing the latest solid-state technology or the most appropriate traditional light sources. “VoksLyte was crea...

Recently, NGK Insulators Ltd has made a breakthrough on LED Luminous Efficiency with a gallium nitride (GaN) wafer. The company claims that the new GaN wafer can realize twice as high a luminous efficiency as existing LED light sources (200lm/W). According to the company, it realized a transparent and colorless wafer with a low defect density by using its own liquid phase growth method for a single-crystal growth process. Generally, existing LED devices have an internal quantum efficiency of 30-40% (with a current of 200mA). However, under the help of a resea...

Sunovia Energy Technologies, has been issued U.S. Patent No. 8,018,161 B2 relating to the wireless control and battery backed operation of LED lighting systems. And the company also plans to license this technology as well as integrate the proprietary controls into its utility and commercial product lines. According to the company, the issuance of patent no. 8,018,161 B2 provides additional protections for Sunovia's proprietary brand of EvoLucia Aimed Optics(TM) products, and fortifies the company's strategic initiatives to further advance the controls and mon...

Eliminates Initial Cost Barriers and Continues to Drive LED Adoption   Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the industry’s first LED downlight designed to deliver specification-grade lighting performance with pricing to match the everyday price of incumbent technology fluorescent grade downlights. With initial models designed to replace 18 and 26 watt fluorescent downlights, the KR Series is at least 35 percent more efficient than incumbent fluorescents and is designed to last up to five times longer. “The innovative Cree KR Series truly...

Following Light+Building 2012, more than ten members will be exhibiting Zhaga-compliant LED products at Lightfair International  “Our specifications substantially change the LED lighting market by reducing the risks of developing LED lighting products”, Menno Treffers, Secretary General at Zhaga, gets to the heart of the matter – the future belongs to the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers. This was recently experienced by the 200,000 visitors who attended Light+Building. “The reactions to Zhaga w...

New Cree LMH2 Module Delivers Unparalleled Efficacy and Design Flexibility Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) expands the recently launched 2000 and 3000 lumen LMH2 module family and delivers lighting manufacturers a new dome lens and universal driver with dimming options. The new lens enables up to a five percent increase in system efficacy compared to the standard lens and delivers an unrivalled hemispheric light pattern. Cree LMH2 modules enable true 50 watt and 70 watt ceramic metal halide LED replacements and support an expansive range of lighting applications, i...