The LED industry has now gained enough momentum and reached a critical mass to entice equipment and material providers into developing dedicated solutions for LED manufacturing. The recently released Yole Développement report, LED Packaging 2011, predicts more than $2 billion will be invested over the 2011-2016 period in new equipment for LED packaging. Packaging typically accounts for 20% to 60% of the packaged LED total cost and therefore represents the single largest opportunity for cost reduction, according to Yole Développement. Today LED...

According to a survey conducted by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, the revenues of listed Taiwanese LED manufacturers amounted to NT$ 8.415 billion (MoM-2.69%, YoY-18.9%) in Aug’11. Due to both end market underperformance and steep drop in the LED price, the demand side has been striving to lower the component inventory levels. However, the impending demand surge triggered by Christmas holiday and the new models of LED backlit TVs will most likely cause the rush-order effect for the backlight market, providing a timely and welcomed break for LED manufacturers.

Reportedly, Chip One Stop, Inc. has come to an agreement with Nichia on the patent infringement litigation regarding Nichia's patent No. 4530094 ("patent No. 094") that had been pending in Tokyo District Court by settlement out of court. Chip One has acknowledged that the white LED products (product number: GT 3528 series) manufactured by Everlight and sold by Chip One falls within the scope of the claim of patent No. 094, and agreed to terminate the sale of all white LED products manufactured by Everlight and to respect Nichia's intellectual ...

Lighting manufacturer Lighting Science Group today unveiled a new LED light for ceilings. The 15-watt Glimpse LED light is intended to replace 65-watt BR30 lights, and can be retrofit into most preexisting 5- to 6-inch recessed lighting cans or a J-Box. The light is dimmable down to 5 percent lighting capacity, according to the company. The Energy Star-qualifying bulb is also "fully recyclable" and free of toxic chemicals, according to Lighting Science Group. Like almost all LEDs, it is also free of mercury. The Glimpse LED is currently avai...

There is "general and widespread" confusion among the British public when it comes to LED lighting, suggests Light IQ. With the EU's ban prohibiting retailers from buying new stocks of incandescent 60 watt light bulbs now coming into full effect, consumers will have to adapt their usual shopping habits when it comes to lighting up their homes. This isn't going to be easy says Victoria Lee, client relationship manager at Light IQ, with many homeowners reluctant to move away from traditional lighting. It's something that shouldn't be feared ...

Luminous Power Technologies Limited, provider of power backup solutions for home, commercial, telecom towers & renewable energy systems has launched LED based Solar Lighting Solution, a low cost solution for rural home lighting requirements. The energy efficient LED based design of this new product with a single light output is at par with 11 watts CFL. The equipment can provide light output ranging between 11 to 102 hrs. About 39% of households in rural India still use kerosene to meet their lighting requirements. They plan to use new solar lighting instead of...

Lunera® Lighting, Inc. a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, announced today the availability of the 2210 SERIES. A DC direct powered, ultra thin, architectural grid lay-in luminaire, the 2210 SERIES is compliant with Armstrong® DC FlexZone™ Ceiling Systems, making it the first LED fixture that provides voluminous quality light directly from solar generated power. The 2210 SERIES is the first EMerge® Alliance Registered LED luminaire, and is ideally suited for office, sch...

OSRAM SYLVANIA, North American lighting leader, announced it has been honored with two Lighting for Tomorrow awards at the American Lighting Association (ALA) annual conference taking place this week. The winning products, the SYLVANIA ULTRA LED A-line 100-watt replacement lamp and the SYLVANIA ULTRA RT4 LED Recessed Downlight Kit, plus honorable mentions for the SYLVANIA ULTRA LED PAR38 lamp and the SYLVANIA ULTRA LED B10 lamp were the most by any manufacturer. The SYLVANIA ULT...

NexPhase Lighting, Inc., the subsidiary of Onteco Corporation, has completed LM79 testing for its Linear LED Luminaire Series No. COV20BMB41. Ty Ramsey, COO of NexPhase, stated, "We have completed an important milestone in establishing our NexPhase products as clearly 'best of class' and well ahead of the competition. Today, we received testing completion notification from CSA, our independent LM79 testing lab, that our Linear LED Luminaire Series No. COV20BMB41, has successfully completed all LM79 testing. What this means ...

-With Highly Efficient Philips Lumileds LED, for Very Large Indoor Spaces – GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc., today announced the GL-BL110 LED Retail and Industrial Light, the first product in its revolutionary new Arcturus GL-Baylight Series. This high efficiency 433.7mm (17-inch) 110W bay light is a simple replacement for older, less-efficient light sources. The GL-BL110 floods indoor spaces with bright natural light, but comes with astoundingly low energy and maintenance costs. This light...

Suppliers in Taiwan are boosting production of vertical LED chips, expecting the type to be the mainstream component for high-power LED applications in coming years. They are optimistic they can catch up with international leaders such as SemiLEDs, Osram and Cree. The increasing emphasis on the category is largely driven by its many advantages over transverse or lateral counterpart. Vertical LED chips can be classified according to substrate and emitted color. For the first, there are GaN, GaP and ZnO. The second category has red, green, blue and UV. The ...

MOM’s Organic Market has switched over from using traditional incandescent lights to LED bulbs in all seven of its stores. MOM’s operates stores in Alexandria, Va., and Bowie, College Park, Frederick, Jessup, Rockville and Timonium, Md. The grocer is slated open a location in Herndon, Va., next month, and stores in Merrifield, Va., and Waldorf, Md., in 2012. The LEDs deployed at MOM’s last an average of 25,000 hours and use 18 watts per bulb. The old incandescent bulbs lasted about 3,000 hours and used an average of more than 60 watts ...

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Energy Costs Reduced by Nearly 67 Percent with Cree XLamp® LEDs at California Waste Connections Facility In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) upgraded its lighting system with Cree-powered Xeralux LED high-bay fixtures. The Xeralux fixtures feature Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) XLamp® XP-G LEDs, helping Waste Connections reduce its energy costs by almost two-thirds and nearly eliminating its maintenance c...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, has enhanced its LED indoor ambient lighting portfolio with the launch of an expanded line of diffuser lens options for the Lithonia Lighting® TLED luminaire. The TLED luminaire is a high-quality, general-purpose troffer with flexible diffuser options, and along with the RTLED, ACLED, and VTLED is part of Lithonia Lighting’s versatile recessed LED indoor ambient lighting product family. The TLED l...

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The estimation of global market value of high-brightness LED in 2011 has been downgrade to total USD 9 billion from the 10.6 billion previously expected, with a mere annual increase of 8%. Contributing factors include: backlight market’s weak demand, drastic plummeting LED’s average selling price, which resulted in a oversupply in the LED market.

The first day's sessions will cover the LED upstream material, equipment, and epitaxy sectors. World’s leading equipment makers, such as KLA-Tencor, ULVAC, and MOCVD equipment makers Veeco and Aixtron, are invited to explain how LED equipment can contribute to LED quality enhancement and cost reduction.

General Electric International Inc (NYSE:GE) and Tune Hotels, the pioneering value hotel chain under Tune Group, signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) today to explore opportunities on sustainable developments. The MoC was signed by Chief Executive Officer of GE ASEAN, Stuart Dean, and Group Chief Executive Officer of Tune Hotels, Mark Lankester, to identify opportunities for collaboration with the aim of achieving cost savings and energy efficiency in Tune Hotel’s operations globally. The signing was witnessed by Dato’ Sri P...

Hubbell Lighting Inc. is proud to announce the expansion of the NRG® 300B Series with a new 15w LED Wallpack. This new LED perimeter lighting option provides an excellent upgrade from CFL systems and features a 10 LED system that delivers 635 lumens at 5000K providing optimal color recognition. With a 50,000 hr L70 rated life five times that of a CFL, the NRG® 300B Series LED Wallpack provides a low energy, long life ambient lighting solution for safety and security to any facility. Ideal for entry or perimeter security lighting applications f...

Acuity Brands has added to its LED ambient, indoor lighting product line, the novel Lithonia Lighting RTLED RELIGHT assembly pack. The RTLED RELIGHT pack is a good-quality, volumetric assembly developed to use the benefits obtained from LED lighting in renovation programs. The product complements the already existing products, the ACLED, TLED, RTLED, and VTLED in Lithonia Lighting’s LED lighting product line. The RTLED RELIGHT enhances the look of the room ensuring that the ceiling plane is not damaged. The ...

Nualight announces the acquisition of Lumoluce, an LED lighting technology company based in the Netherlands, bringing Nualight to revenues above €25m for 2011 with more than 200 employees. The deal accelerates Nualight’s expansion into the accent lighting market for food retail, an early-stage market which is predicted to grow rapidly as food retailers around the world continue to transition to energy-efficient LED lighting. Nualight is already recognised as a pioneer in LED lighting for refrigerated displays in food retail. In recent years, leading global f...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announces the introduction of two narrow-angle TIR (Total Internal Reflection) high efficiency lenses for the company’s high flux LuxiGen LZC- and LZP- series emitters. The proprietary 8-degree narrow spot lens and 15-degree spot lens are designed for use with LED Engin’s compact, high flux density LZC (12-die) and LZP (24-die) LuxiGen emitters. This combination enables an array of high brightness LEDs to be replaced by a single LED emitter and lens, cutting fixture size by at ...

Tsinghua Tongfang Company Limited, one of the most representative companies in China, has begun the establishment of its LED manufacturing base in Nantong in August, 2010 and started the production in August, 2011; over just one year, Tsinghua Tongfang has completed the first stage of the establishment comprising two plants and installed 16 MOCVD equipment, which is expected to be 48 and in place for production by the end of 2011. Tsinghua Tongfang’s excellent progress and considerable investment have made a splash in the market. How does Tsinghua Tongfang succee...

Seventeam Electronics Co., Ltd is the pioneer of Power Supply manufacturer. Founded in 1986, our main production is switching power supply for PC/IPC. There are over one million and two hundred thousands pieces of power supply marketed in five continents over 25 years. In recent years, Seventeam has branched out into energy-saving industry, especially for LED power supply. In LED power market, we have developed a variety of models, and recently launched dimmable LED driver. According to different demand, this series could be worked for light bulb, down-light and o...

HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co., a leading global automotive supplier, could significantly increase revenues in fiscal year 2010/2011, up 23 percent to 4.4 billion Euro (2009/2010: 3.6 billion Euro), and achieve the best result ever in its corporate history. EBIT grew from 146 million Euro to 268 million Euro year on year, the annual result could be improved to 164 million Euro (2009/2010: 81 million Euro). ”We benefit from our timely focus on key automotive trends such as the increasing environmental awareness, the still growing demand for safety and the shift from con...

Accoding to Taiwan major LED manufacture Epistar and Everlight , LED Lighting is likely to play a key role over the next two years. Recently , J.Y. Fan, a vice president of Epistar, said at the SEMI Taiwan 2011, that the oversupply will compel LED makers to shift application emphasis to lighting, which is considered much more profitable as its market remains in the infant stage. Also, excessive supplies have driven down prices of LED devices, thereby reducing production costs of lighting products. Fan’s estimate revised previous thoughts that lighting...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to introduce the Healthcare Lighting® Surg5™ surgical troffer luminaire. The Surg5 luminaire is the newest addition to the Healthcare Lighting® OR/Surgical Suite product line. While lighting in high-performance areas of a hospital are, in general, exempt from energy usage calculations, the Healthcare Lighting® Surg5, delivers consistent high-quality lighting while providing significant energy savings and ...

The seven German partners in the European EnLight consortium have announced that they will aim for a further 40% reduction in the energy consumption of LEDs during R&D projects over the next three years. EnLight has received around €11 million in funding to date. Almost half of the fund has come from the project’s industry partners, and €2 million has been contributed by the European Union. Meanwhile in the US, Macy’s has announced plans for a lighting retrofit that will see one million halogen bulbs replaced with LED spotlights. It i...

Ace Lamps have launched a 36 watt LED down light that adds to the range released with their new manufacturing partner. The Space LED Down Light is designed to be used for commercial situations, large atriums or larger communal areas. It has a unique design that offers a very high 1800 lumen light output from the 12 x 3 watt LED configuration, using warm white 3200k LED’s warm white 3200k LED’s that have a life of 50000 hours making it an ideal fluorescent, halogen or metal halide lighting alternative. A high quality light weight heat sink has been dev...