The world's first long-wavelength LED devices using low-cost silicon wafer substrates were demonstrated by RoseStreet Labs. The company says its technology will find a home in the rapidly growing global LED lighting market where energy efficiency, low cost, and miniaturization are critical product characteristics. The technology, which enables green and longer-wavelength LEDs out to 575 nm, is a significant milestone considering that such longer-wavelength nitride-based LEDs have, until now, been challenging to fabricate compared to blue and ultraviolet (UV) LEDs d...

In regard to Veeco’s Taiwan Technology Center for the LED industry, Justin K. Wang, the VP/General Manager of Veeco Instrument Inc, and Dr. Ming Jiunn Jou, the President of Epistar Corporation, indicated that the future of LED makers comprises both risks and opportunities. Therefore, they hoped that the Taiwanese government can establish specific standards and criteria for LED lighting products, in the hope of raising awareness of LED products in consumers. Furthermore, if the government is willing to enact subsidy policies for the LED industry, the profits they bring will largely exceed the investment they require. That being said, the Taiwanese government should more actively support the energy-saving and green energy industries, otherwise the Taiwanese LED industry may be surpassed by South Korea in 2011 and decline to the third place in the total capacity of LED.

LEDtronics® announces its latest generation of direct incandescent-replacement R16 LED Reflector Lamps with standard 26mm medium screw base. The bulbs operate on 120VAC and provide a concentrated 40-degree beam of light from a cluster of 40 LEDs. The energy-efficient R16-40-SIW-120AM (3,000K warm white) and R16-40-TPW-120AM (5000K natural white) draw just 1.7 watts each and provide up to 140 lumens. Up to 90% savings in energy costs over incandescent and halogen bulbs, and an operating lifespan of up to 50,000-hour LED make these high-efficacy R16 l...

By Teddy To, Product Manager and Phillip Havens, Segment Manager • Littelfuse, Inc. As LEDs find their way into more outdoor applications they are at higher risk for ESD and other electrical transients. HB LEDs (those with sapphire or SiC substrates and in the future AlN and GaN substrates) are especially susceptible, and when the first LED in a string fails, the whole string goes dark. Few engineers know all the considerations of specifying circuit protection for LED strings. For example, a recent category of devices, called open LED protecto...

Veeco Instruments Inc, a supplier of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment for light emitting diodes (LEDs) production, celebrated the opening of its new Taiwan Technology Center (TTC) today in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The goal of Taiwan Technology Center is to ensure customer collaboration and enhanced responsiveness to build a long-term strategic partnership with our key Greater China customers. Due to the huge demand for LED and the LED chip investment fever, Veeco would like to provide an up-to-date and adequate service and the suppor...

The 50 watt, BRICKBLASTER PRO UV compact LED black light fixture outputs dimmable UV at beam angles from spotlight to wall wash with the intensity of an Iron-arc or Gas Discharge Lamp...without the heat or maintenance.   The Black Tank has released the newest member of the BRICKBLASTER PRO family.  The new ultra-compact, 4” cubed, 50 watt BRICKBLASTER PRO UV contains the newest LED technology and allows users to vary the output beam angle from 4 degrees (native) to 60 degrees (symmetrical). The fixtures vari...

The city of Buckhannon wants to light up its downtown and it hopes will attract more visitors to downtown Buckhannon. The streetscape lighting project will outline every building from the Upshur County Courthouse to Buckhannon City Hall. At a cost of $18,000, the LED lights are capable of producing 255 different colors and its programmable by a small computer to illuminate any color. Street lamps, along with lighting and decorations for the Christmas holiday will also line Main Street Buckhannon. Create Buckhannon is offering sponsored decorations for $50. &nbs...

Helping reduce energy consumption, BlueStar Energy Solutions recently designed an energy saving lighting solution for the Village of Franklin Park's Public Library.  Through the implementation of LED technology, BlueStar Energy helped the library achieve a 56 percent reduction in energy consumption. The project focused on ways to earn energy cost savings, enhance the lighting levels in the library to address concerns about poor quality lighting; reduce overall wattage usage; and use the "greenest" technology available in the marketplace.  BlueSt...

Recently, Larson Electronics ' Magnalight has launched an explosion proof LED light fixture with UL certification and a Class 1 Division 1 and 2 & Class 2 Division 1 & 2 explosion proof rating. This four foot long, four lamp LED light fixture replaces traditional fluorescent equipped fixtures and provides more light with less power consumption and enhanced durability as well as better contrast and good color rendering. The EPL-48-4L-LED light fixture from Magnalight is ideal for applications such as petrochemical processing, offshore marine operations...

An LED light manufacturer has claimed an 83 percent reduction in energy used for lighting thanks to the technology. By replacing conventional 300Wmercury lights with GlacialLight’s 60W LED spotlights it has been possible to make massive reductions, and provide an environmentally friendly solution. The Taiwanese firm also reports that maintenance is reduced for large businesses and chains with a life span of over 30,000 hours for its LEDs. According to LED lighting expert at IMS Research Jamie Fox, LED lighting will generally offer good savings whe...

Recognizes Lumenpulse's substantial global growth and award-winning LED technology Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced that it was ranked #17 in the 12th annual PROFIT HOT 50 ranking, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Top New Growth Companies. Published in the October issue of PROFIT magazine and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT HOT 50 ranks young firms by two-year revenue gro...

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. One of the world's largest international health and beauty chains, Watsons, has seen immediate benefits by replacing traditional 300W mercury lights with GlacialLight’s 60W LED Spotlights. For example, Watsons has seen an 83% reduction in energy used for lighting, as well as better ...

A new hybrid sensor of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors eases the installation of proximity and ambient light sensor technology in smartphones and similar devices. The sensor combines emitter and detector and it is designed to eliminate crosstalk in many applications. Suppressing this effect normally requires large efforts. For the first time, designers are also able to adapt the sensitivity of the ambient light sensor to the transparency of various smartphone covers. The digital sensor SFH 7773 detects objects up to a distance of 15 cm and simultaneously measures the intensity of...

Fujitsu Semiconductor has introduced a range of 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. Intended for use in control systems for lighting and industrial equipment, such as LED ballasts, induction heating, DC-DC converters, power tools and battery chargers, the MB95F430 MCUs have four channels of built-in analogue voltage comparators as well as an operational amplifier. The chip’s dual operation flash memory supports up to 100,000 erase cycles and 20-year data retention so can be used to replace external E2PROM. The on-chip debug module with sin...

While the prospect of selling their products abroad seems dim to many domestic LED makers that lack patented core technologies, Fujian Wanbang Optoelectronic Technology Co Ltd could have a bright future due to "new breakthroughs" in chip-related research. According to He Wenming, board chairman of the company, The new technologies solve heat problems while lowering costs and improving the lifespan of products. Compared to conventional bulbs, LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by 90 percent and even offer further reductions of 50 percent over the energy-sav...

Seesmart Holdings, Inc. (frankfurt:APF.F), a leading provider of LED lighting technology, today released its revenue guidance for 2011 and 2012. Based on current projections, the company expects 2011 revenue of approximately $11 million U.S. dollars. Additionally, the company expects 2012 revenue to grow to approximately $25 million U.S. dollars, an increase of more than 125%. "Our guidance reflects the significant increase in demand we are seeing for Seesmart products," said Ken Ames, Chief Executive Officer of Seesmart Holdings, Inc. "We have de...

Larson Electronics has launched the Magnalight BL70-LED Magnetic Mount Blasting Light, which provide excellent illumination while resisting the damaging effects of operation in media blasting applications. This LED blasting light produces 6,020 lumens and comes with an inline transformer that allows operation with standard 120V-277V AC current. This portable blasting light operates natively on 9 to 42 volt DC current for easy connection to vehicles and equipment, and includes an inline transformer that allows operation on any standard 120 to 277 Volt AC current. ...

Fremont Micro Devices USA Inc. President Alex Woo announced the introduction of the FT882, a current mode LED driver integrated circuit. The FT822 Integrated Circuit provides a low cost single chip controller solution which will enable high growth application like commercial and industrial lighting, architecture detail lighting and street lamp lighting....

OSRAM announced that they have launched their new OLED lighting pilot production line in Regensburg, Germany. The company says that they invested about 20 million euros on this project so far (originally they estimated that the total investment in the research and production center at Regensburg will reach 50 million euros). OSRAM says that the new pilot production line will enable them to double the brightness of the OLEDs and to enhance the durability (they probably mean Lifetime) and efficiency. It will also enable them to produce transparent OLEDs, altho...

According to Everlight’s official, the company expects its revenue in the third quarter to fall by 10 percent from the previous quarter amid lower demand, while returning to stronger growth in the fourth quarter on the back of a better lighting and small-size backlight business. The company’s financial data showed that consolidated revenue totaled NT$5.45 billion (US$187.79 million) in the second quarter, up 27.76 percent from the previous quarter, the company’s financial data showed. In contrast, the company’s net profit dropped 7.41 percent from the pr...

Reportedly, Sony India has decide to invest Rs 150 crore to expand its latest LED TV market  this year. According to the company’s senior company official , the company will expand its channel network to 6,000 outlets as part of its strategy to maintain market leadership in the flat-panel segment. Tadato Kimura, GM – marketing of Sony India, said, “The market for LED TVs has been steadily increasing over the past one year. Sony sold close to 8-lakh Bravia TVs last year and the number is expected to go up to 12 lakh by the end of this fin...

SavWatt USA, Inc. (OTCBB: SAVW), pioneers in LED lighting, the Green Revolution and exclusive worldwide licensee of the P2i (www.p2i.com) Nano technology for LED Lights, announced today that SavWatt's water resistant LED lights using P2i technology will be displayed at www.ifa-berlin.com. IFA, the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, takes place from 2 to 7 September 2011 in Berlin. Miller Mays, CEO of SavWatt Europe, Ltd., commented, "The P2i Nano technology geared for outdoor lights will be...

Aixtron SE has a new multiple tool order for 55x2-inch CRIUS II systems from existing customer Forepi. The new systems will be dedicated to the volume production of materials for high brightness blue LEDs. The system order came in the first quarter of 2011 and delivery takes place in the period between the second and fourth quarters of 2011. One of Aixtron´s local support teams will install and commission the new reactors in the company’s state-of-the-art production complex in Taiwan. Forepi President, Fen Ren Chien, comments, “Our technica...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), a leading supplier of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment used to make light emitting diodes (LEDs), celebrated the opening of its new Taiwan Technology Center (TTC) today in Hsinchu, Taiwan to provide process support for the rapidly growing LED industry. Several of Veeco’s key customers in Greater China and important local government officials were among Veeco’s honored guests. At the opening ceremony, John R. Peeler, Veeco’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, &ldq...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, has recently qualified the TurboDisc® MaxBright™ gallium nitride (GaN) Multi-Reactor Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for high-volume production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Ming Jiunn Jou, Ph.D., President of Epistar, commented, “Veeco’s MaxBright Multi-Chamber System enables us to ramp production quickly on the industry’s most productive platform. We will continue ...

HD quality and power saving up to 35%  meet the requirement of future IT products. Hongling Mansion in Futian District is in the most bustling financial district of Shenzhen, China, where a number of landmark buildings located, including the highest building in the city, KK100, Shenzhen Theater, Diwang Mansion, Shenzhen Bookstore and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Recently, a LED display with an area of more than 200 m² has been installed on the exterior wall of the three-story Hongling Mansion. The HD quality and high power efficiency of the LED disp...

Universal Display is reported to reach a deal  with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting Company, the joint venture of Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd., and Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. on OLED technology. Under the deal, Panasonic Idemitsu gets rights to use Universal’s “UniversalPHOLED” technology in its OLED lighting products, with the terms running through July of 2014. Some amount of the royalties involved will be paid up front to Universal, the company said, though the amounts involved were not disclosed. &n...

Sources inform that TDG Holding of Haining ,China,has intended to inject 360 million yuan to upgrade a facility that produces four-inch LED sapphire substrate, with annual capacity of 600,000 pieces.   It expects the upgrade to contribute 298.8 million yuan of revenue and yield net profit of 77.323 million yuan annually, for a yield rate of 21.31 percent and an investment return period of 5.94 years. Founded in 1999, TDG Holding started the LED sapphire substrate industry last year.The company also reported yesterday that it plans to spend 19.15 million yuan to ...

Taiwan’s top two LED makers Everlight and Epistar are both concerned about the loss of Taiwan’s LED Industry No.2 rank. Both of the two makers,believe that Taiwan is likely to be unseated by South Korea this year based on the lack of government incentives to consumers of LED lamps. Y.F. Yeh, chairman of Everlight, pointed out that mainland China and South Korea are poised to surpass Taiwan in LED production as a result of government subsidy to LED-lighting consumers. He noted that Taiwan’s LED industry has developed for nearly ...

Taiwan major LED packager Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., is satisfied with its revenue of NT$513 million (US$17.7 million) in July, up 2%. According to Unity Opto , sales of international TV brands have recovered in the third quarter,despite of the weak demand from LCD backlight modules. The company has seen clear increase of orders for backlighting application from TV makers in August. For shipments of illumination-application LEDs,it have been smooth in the past few months, especially deliveries to Japan. The company expects clear shipment growth in ...