2012-02-15

Chevron Petroleum Station Goes Green with Cree LED Lighting LED Upgrade to Deliver an Estimated 70 Percent Energy Savings

Beaverton, Oregon’s Highland Chevron gas station and ExtraMile food market recently underwent extensive eco-renovations, including the installation of energy-efficient interior and exterior LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). The addition of Cree LED fixtures supports Highland Chevron’s mission of becoming a zero-energy establishment. Rebuilt from the ground up, the Highland Chevron store is fully lit with Cree LED luminaires under the exterior canopy and inside the convenience store—delivering energy savings estimated at nearly 70 pe...
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2012-02-14

Spark Launches Intelligence LED Street Lights at Guangzhou LED CHINA 2012

"LED CHINA 2012" exhibition start at 2005, it is the first Industrial Chain purchase platform which gather LED lighting. LED display. LED ad light source. LED packaging. LED chip and led equipment together; After 7 years international promotion and brand build-up, "LED CHINA 2012" have develop into the most important grand gathering of LED industry.   The eighth period "LED CHINA 2012" will hole on Feb. 20-23st, 2012 at China import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B (Guangzhou. China) again. It...
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2012-02-14

GlacialLight Exhibiting at LED China 2012 Booth Number N410 in Hall 9.3

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce its attendance at the world's largest LED event - LED China 2012 from February 20 to 23, 2012. GlacialLight invites all interested parties to visit their booth (#N410 in Hall 9.3) to test products, ask questions, and procure GlacialLight's most advanced LED lighting solutions offerings. Date: February 20-23, 2012 Venue: Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China Booth #: N410 in Hall 9.3 “LED CHINA has evolved into one of the mos...
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2012-02-14

Cree Debuts New LMH2 LED Modules to Serve Europe and Asia Markets

Next-Generation LED Module Family Supports 230 Volt Input To support the growing global demand for the Cree LMH2 module, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces the module is now available to lighting manufacturers based in Europe and Asia. The barrier-breaking LMH2 is designed to speed time-to-market and is the only LED module delivering 80 lumens-per-watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater than 90. The modules feature Cree TrueWhite® Technology, a revolutionary way to generate white light with LEDs. “Cree modules let us quickly...
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2012-02-14

SWITCH Lighting Showcases Their SWITCH60 Bulbs at Two Distinct Exhibitions

SWITCH Lighting(TM) is showing their SWITCH60 bulb displayed at two distinct exhibitions. According to the company, it is showing the SWITCH60 at the Pratt Gallery's "Bright Future: New Designs in Glass" exhibition on from February 10th to May 5th. The "Bright Future" exhibit features innovative designs in tableware, sculpture, and lighting that demonstrate new possibilities within the world of glass. Additionally, starting on February 17th, the SWITCH60 will also be on display at the Chicago Architecture Foundation&#...
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2012-02-14

Kaistar Lighting Invests $25 Million in Bridgelux

Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced that Kaistar Lighting (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. has agreed to invest $25 million in the company. Bridgelux will use the equity investment to further accelerate research, development, and production of LED chip and packaging technology for general illumination applications.   “The market for solid state lighting is expected to grow from $3 billion in 2011 to more than $25 billion in 2015,” said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux’s Chief Executive Officer. &ldq...
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2012-02-14

Nexxus Lighting Introduces First High Performance 650 Lumen BR30 LED Light Bulb

Designed to exceed ENERGY STAR® Performance Standards and to Retail for Under $29.00 Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) announced that its new Array® LED BR30 replacement light bulb, which will be available commercially in March 2012, incorporates a new enhanced dimming circuit and patented 2nd generation Selective Heat Sink Technology™, allowing for significant reductions in material cost and weight. The BR30 will produce the same light output as a 65 watt incandescent bulb while consuming less than ten watts, and has been designe...
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2012-02-13

TILS 2012: GiRich Tech Co. Ltd.

In 2011, GiRich Tech Co. Ltd. produced a series of “high lightness efficient” and “superb energy-saving” LED lighting products, including MR16, 6W/9W/11W bulb lights, and 600mm x 600mm/1200mm x 200mm panel lights, to the widespread praise of the lighting industry. Now, we expect to exhibit a series of high-class, high-quality LED lighting products in the TILS in 2012.     GiRich Tech Co. Ltd., with its respect for patents and insistence on high standards, uses Japan-made core components and presents products which are man...
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2012-02-13

Panasonic Receives Top iF Product Design Awards for LED Clear Light Bulb

Panasonic’s LED Clear Light Bulb (LDAHV4L27CG) and HD Integrated Camera (AW-HE120) are received two Gold Awards, the highest honor in the iF Product Design Award at the recent iF Design Awards 2012 presented by iF International Forum Design based in Hannover, Germany. This year there were a total of 4,322 entries from 48 counties in all award categories, and 1,218 products were selected by the panel of judges. Among these, 100 products were recognized with the prestigious Gold Awards. The Gold-winning LED Clear Light Bulb provides...
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2012-02-13

Lextar Becomes Taiwan No.1 LED Industrial Peers in Patent Application

Recently, sources from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) have informed that Taiwan Lextar is second to none of its LED industrial peers in Taiwan in terms of patent application volume. Date back to 2011, the company has forwarded 173 patent applications to the office, soaring 381% from 2010. Of the applications 115 were related to inventions. The application amount indicated that each of the company’s 160 employees filed at least one patent, on average, according to the company’s chairman and general man...
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2012-02-13

SemiLEDs Makes Breakthrough on Nitride UV LED Chips

Lately, SemiLEDs has made a breakthrough on its latest ultraviolet LED chips which are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQEs). The EQE is an LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons. The devices have been tested at 350 mA  and up to an output power of 500 mW and a typical 3.3V forward voltage. The exact output power depends on the wavelength. The present SemiLEDs UV LED products are available in wavelengths ranging from 365nm-420nm, in chip sizes of 1.07 mm x 1.07 mm an...
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2012-02-13

Verticle Creats Honeycomb InGaN LED Chip

Verticle, Inc. is to start mass production of a hexagonal-shaped "Honeycomb" LED chip. The chip will be showcased and available for sale at LED China 2012 between 20 and 23 Feb 2012 in Guangzhou. According to Mike (M.C.) Yoo, Verticle's CEO," This vertically structured LED chip features significant benefits that include higher light extraction and amore uniform beam profile than conventional square or rectangular LED chips based on sapphire or silicon substrates." Firstly, Honeycomb delivers an improvement in diode performance when...
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2012-02-13

Noribachi Streamlines Price to Promote LED Investment

Noribachi has streamlined its LED pricing, resulting in reductions of up to 31 percent across the LED product line. With the new price, the company expects that it will bolster both interest and investment in LED lighting. The company says cost has “everything” to do with how quickly energy-efficient technologies get adopted. Earlier, Noribachi launched LED Prix 2.0 an upgrade to its LED customization technology. The upgrade includes advancements in the thermal management of Noribachi’s custom retrofit bulbs and DLC certification for Noribac...
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2012-02-13

TCL to Focus on Become the World’s Fifth-largest LED TVs Supplier

According to TCL Corporation’s company filing, the company has posted a 14.68 percent year-on-year increase in LED TV sales in January to 1.34 million units, of which sales of LED backlit TVs surged 161.88 percent to 804,700 units, or 61 percent of the total. TCL sold 197,800 Internet TVs and 102,300 3D TVs in January, up 14.99 percent and 7.76 percent year-on-year. Exports of LED TVs in January rose 96.02 percent year-on-year, or 260,300 units, to 510,300 units. The company will focus on Internet TVs, next-generation smart TVs and 3D TVs...
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2012-02-10

TILS 2012:RAIDER ELECTRIC CORP.

一.LED Reflector Series LED Reflector Series Product model AR111 GU10             AR111 G53 PAR30 E27 PAR16 GU10 Watt 10W/15W 10W/15W 10W/15W 7W Voltage 120V/240V 120V/240V 120V/240V ...
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2012-02-10

Rubicon Technology Announces 2012 Customer Contract

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, announced today that it has entered into a new contract with its largest customer for large-diameter sapphire wafers. The amount of the contract is $20 million, and it represents a baseline level of shipments that will be made from June through December 2012. The previous contract expired at the end of December. “We are pleased that we will continue as a key supplier to our valued six-inch wafer customer in ...
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2012-02-10

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors appoints Avnet Electronics Marketing as “Preferred Global Partner”

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of optoelectronic semiconductors announced today that Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has been selected as OSRAM’s preferred global partner. The appointment is effective immediately in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Japan and Asia. As one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and embedded systems, Avnet Electronics Marketing’s team of illumination-focused light emitting diode (LED) and ...
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2012-02-10

Aixtron Cooperates with Minsheng Financial Leasing on Chinese MOCVD Equipment Market

Aixtron SE has signed a strategic alliance with Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) , one of China’s main non-banking financial institutions on joint marketing of leasing MOCVD equipment to customers across China The Memorandum of Understanding are signed by Feng Wang, CPO, President of Finance Leases SBU MSFL, and Wolfgang Breme , CFO Aixtron, at a ceremony held at MSFL’s headquarters in Beijing. “This exciting strategic cooperation will enable LED manufacturers to draw upon the most appropriate financing opportunities ...
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2012-02-10

Dialight Releases New 17,000 Lumen DuroSite® LED High Bay Fixture

Dialight has recently added new 100 lumen per Watt with 170W DuroSite® LED High Bay luminaire which offers lumen outputs ranging from 8,000 to 17,000. It will be available for delivery in March.   Instant-on capability allows the units to be paired with an occupancy sensor and/or dimmable components for enhanced energy efficiency. The units operate on an integrated universal power supply at 100-277VAC, and are well-suited for easy changeout from conventional HID light sources, such as metal halide and high pressure sodium.   Each unit is backed by Dial...
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2012-02-10

LG Chem’s 45 lm/W OLED Panels to Mass Production

Recently, LG Chem has completed the development of their first OLED lighting panel, and has planned to start mass production. The new panel called the "type 1" panel, or the LG-OLED-041 is a 100x100 mm square panel that features 4,000K, CRI>80, 45 lm/W and 10,000 hours lifetime (LT70) at 3,000 nits. The active emitting panel is 90x90 mm, and the whole panel is 2.44 mm thick (including the optical film and PCB. The OLED itself is 1.84 mm). Apart from that, the company is also developing the 2nd generation (or "type 2") panel which w...
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2012-02-10

The Future of Lighting Showcased at Christchurch Airport

Christchurch Airport is the first airport in New Zealand to convert to the latest smart and energy-efficient lighting technology in its terminal, in line with it being the first carbon neutral airport company in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second worldwide. Philips Lighting and Christchurch International Airport Ltd (CIAL) with assistance from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), is replacing 1,700 light fittings in the terminal with LED technology, providing high quality inviting lighting that not only stacks up aesthetically, but also ...
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2012-02-10

Lumenpulse Releases Low-profile Luminaire for Discreet Façade Illumination

New Lumenfacade Horizontal enables easy-to-conceal façade lighting Lumenpulse Inc. announced the release and immediate availability of Lumenfacade Horizontal, a linear, high-performance, LED projector with a slim, 2-inch profile. Developed for exterior floodlighting and wall grazing of tall structures, the Lumenfacade Horizontal’s low-profile design makes it easy to conceal and integrate into architectural facades. The unique design repositions the driver chamber to hide it from view, reducing the height of the luminaire while simultaneously concealing all wi...
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2012-02-09

TILS 2012: Color Stars, Inc.

Color Stars, Inc., founded in 2002, is a vertically integrated company incorporating downstream applications with upstream LED packaging, including lighting fixture design, optical lens and heat management, multiple-chip RGB packaging and white and warm-white LED packaging. New Product - R5-PAR lamp The R5-PAR lamp is designed for commercial lighting.  The idea of the design came from the shape of a blooming flower.  It has a low profile and a luxurious gray color. The aluminum fin heat sink allows for 35% less weight than standard R5-PAR lamp...
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2012-02-09

TILS 2012: Lumenmax Opto

As LumenMax strongly believes LED illumination price is highly sensitive, we are actively investing in R&D – currently, LumenMax is leading the industry with 500 lm/USD products. LED with high heat dissipation and special light distributions can effectively increase intensity and lower cost. Taking 4-foot LED tube as an example, in 2010 LumenMax made an industry breakthrough, lowering the required LED amount from 220-250 to 180 pieces for the same lumen, thereby reducing cost by over 30%. In 2012, further technological advancements enabled LumenMax to de...
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2012-02-09

Colour-blind Drivers Sees New Hope with Japan Developing LED Traffic Lights

Japanese Kyushu Sangyo University’s professor Taro Ochiai has developed LED traffic lights which can be seen by colour-blind drivers. Prof Ochiai starts to study LED application in 2003, when they first began to be used in traffic lights in preference to regular light bulbs. Sources has shown that colour-blindness affects around 8 per cent of males and 0.5 per cent of females, with most people with the condition experiencing problems differentiating between red and green. As a result , Colour-blind drivers reported that the LED signals were more difficult for the...
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2012-02-09

Seoul Semiconductor Launches AC-powered Acrich2 LED Solution

Newly, Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has announced the release of another AC-powered LED solution in its second-generation Acrich2 family at the Strategies in Light 2012 conference in Santa Clara, CA, USA. The new product features the removal of the AC/DC converter and consequently the optimized form factor. The company claims that this type of solution increases reliability by removing many of the components that cause early lifetime failure of other fluorescent replacement solutions. In particular, the design also provides more flexibility and space to work inside...
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2012-02-09

TILS 2012:Gemmy Worldwide’s Patented LED Panel Lamp

Patend Germany: 202011003558.1  Japan: 3167550 .China: 201020556260.4.Taiwan: M388608   We recommend our new unique and worldwide patented LED panel lamp(T bar lamp) to you,the Lamp use 4 PCS E27 , 8 W ( OR 10 W )  LED bulb to instead of the traditional T10/T9/T8/T5 fluorescent ( or LED) tube panel lamp. It no need transformer, capacitor,and starter. The most safety and easy install office lamp. It may use 1.globes 2. PAR 3. corn bulb which to offer 1. 1000 – 9000 lm. 2. Angle: 25 - 300 degree .3. Different color in a pan...
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2012-02-09

Ledzworld announces an industry-first; a Solid State Cooled Par20 LED Retrofit Lamp with 800 Lumen output powered by Cree® LEDs

Ledzworld Technology, an innovative R&D and manufacturing company of high-end LED retro-fit lamps for professional users, launches the world’s first LED lamp with Solid State Cooling System™ (SSCS). Thanks to built-in solid state cooling technology, this 14W lamp is able to dissipate double the heat that a standard sized Par20 can usually handle. During the LFI lightng fair (9-11 May 2012) Ledzworld will demonstrate the technology in its Par20 featuring a whopping output of 800 Lumen (3000 CCT) and a system efficacy of >70 Lumen per Wat...
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2012-02-09

Soraa Introduces Disruptive LED 2.0 Technology

New Soraa LED MR16 Built on Breakthrough GaN on GaNTM Technology Is Superior to Halogen Soraa, the world’s leading developer of GaN on GaNTM – gallium nitride on gallium nitride – solid-state lighting technology, today announced the launch of its flagship product, the Soraa LED MR16 lamp. The new product is the first LED lamp to provide superior performance to a traditional halogen MR16. It is also the first LED lamp to provide halogen-equivalent brightness without requiring a mechanical fan and payback within months, not years. ...
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2012-02-09

American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its High-End Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights

GlacialLight, a division of experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce that its environmentally-friendly LED lighting products are being used in many applications around the world and providing users with energy-saving light of the highest quality. Porsche automobiles are synonymous with high performance and perfected engineering. Recently, a Porsche showroom in Florida, USA applied these principles to their lighting by installing highly efficient GlacialLight LED lights. The Porsche showroom replaced their outdated recessed halog...
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Violumas, provider of high-power UV LED solutions and inventor of 3-PAD LED technology, is proud to launch the release of new 275nm and 265nm LEDs in mid-power, high-power, and high-density packages. The radiant flux of the new 275nm and 265nm... READ MORE

DURHAM, NC – November 12, 2024 –– Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), today announced the launch of its new CV28D LEDs with FusionBeam™ Technology, a groundbreaking advancement for the LED signage market... READ MORE