NXP’s GreenChip smart lighting solution opens an entirely new dimension in energy efficient lighting                                                                                  ...

Marvell announced the industry’s first dual-string LED lighting controller family. With the 88EM8801, Marvell has packed all the functionality onto a single 4X4 millimeter chip that previously would have required multiple driver chips, a micro-controller and various discrete components. The capabilities of this new chip enables LED lightening OEMs to bring high-end architectural lighting capabilities – including improved CRI, more precise dimming and integrated networking capability  – into consumer and professional settings at the same price as e...

Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. presents a flexible substrate (ECOOL-F) that achieves the same level of heat dissipation as aluminum substrates, allowing for use in applications that require thinner, lighter, and flexible substrates. This flexible type uses a thin, uniform polyimide film as an insulating layer, achieves low thermal resistance levels, and also possesses high electric strength. Panasonic is to exhibit at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) on 9-12 June 2011, and the LED Lighting Taiwan on 14-16 June 2011....

The 6th (Shanghai) International Road Lamp, Patio Lamp & Outdoor Lighting Fair (RLF2011) International Road Lamp, Patio Lamp & Outdoor Lighting Fair (RLF) is firstly created at March 2009 in Guangzhou, China. RLF is held twice every year, March in Guangzhou and September in Shanghai, which is China’s first exhibition focusing on road and outdoor lighting. After 3 years of growth, RLF has become the world's premier professional exhibition of road and outdoor lighting. Many famous brands both domestic and abroad were attracted to part...

Verbatim Americas, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will release its LED and OLED products at LightFair 2011 in Philadelphia. Designed as hiqh quality, energy efficient replacements for incandescent and halogen lamps, Verbatim retrofit LED lamps feature clear, uniform light distributions that are fully dimmable. Verbatim LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by over 70% and late up to 40,000 hrs. Now including a new UL wet-rated outdoor/security PAR 38 lamp. Verbatim retrofit LED lamps are available in popular sizes and warm c...

The quantum dot product company, QD Vision, has made a breakthrough on the efficiency and performance of its quantum dot LED (QLED) technology. QD Vision’s red, green and blue QLEDs now meet or exceed the 1953 NSTC color standard without using color filters or secondary effects. The exceptional color performance of QLEDs translates into a fundamental 30-40% luminous efficiency advantage over the best known OLED technology. QD Vision’s deep red QLEDs now offer greater efficacy at equivalent color than the best reported phosphorescent ...

It’s reported that LUXEON A has started mass production and has been submitted for an Innovation Award at Lightfair 2011. As the second hot tested and specified LUXEON LED from Philips Lumileds this year, it has also delivers on the promise of Freedom From Binning. Advanced manufacturing control allows the company to so accurately target a specific correlated color temperature that each LUXEON A LED falls within one 3 step MacAdam ellipse space at actual operating conditions. According to Steve Barlow, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketin...

First Low-Cost, High Output A19 60 and 40 Watt Equivalent Omnidirectional Bulbs and BR30/40 Bulbs Added to the Line Leading the ultra-efficient lighting revolution—Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) will roll out at LIGHTFAIR International an expanded line of low-cost, long-lasting DEFINITY LED bulbs.  The line now includes LED flood and spot lights as well as vanity lights and 60 and 40 watt equivalent omnidirectional bulbs in variety of colors. The DEFINITY LED bulbs are approximately 75-80% more efficient ...

Reportedly, Philips will show off the world’s first EnduraLED A21 17-watt light bulb replacement for the 75-watt light bulb t the LIGHTFAIR® International tradeshow, May 17-19, 2011. Asidesfrom the replacement of 75-watt incandescent light bulb, the EnduraLED A21 17-watt is the latest addition to Philips’ comprehensive portfolio of LED bulbs that can replace traditional incandescents including 25W and 40W equivalents, as well as the ENERGY STAR-qualified Philips EnduraLED 12.5-watt bulb. Those specifications call for deliver...

Based on the statistics of LEDinside, the research division of TrendForce, the revenue of Taiwan listed LED manufacturers in April 2011 has reached NTD 9.62 billion (MoM +3.39%, YoY+6.6%). As can be seen from the chip makers’ revenue, the revenue of listed LED chip makers has increased to NTD 4.37 billion with 8.5% rise compared with last April  (MoM+1.8%; YoY+8.5%). On the other hand, the revenue of listed LED package makers has increased to NTD 5.25 billion, up 5% on yearly base (MoM+2.9%，YoY+5%). Generally speaking, LED backlight sales steadily increased and April revenue remained flat growth. 

The city of Bryan has planned to install two LED luminaries from Cooper Lighting, to replace its 150-watt high-pressure sodium(HPS) street lighting fixtures for more energy-efficient street lighting. Installing Cooper's Streetworks™ OVH LED Cobraheads (80W) and CLB Generation LED Decorative Post Top Luminaires (70W), officials are achieving an actual energy savings of 30 to 35 percent, and meeting the city's sustainability goals that Expected to see a savings of 25 to 30 percent. Bryan Municipal Utilities applied for and was awarded a $54...

NexPhase Lighting , Onteco Corporation’s subsidiary has attended the pre-bid conference for the North Lauderdale LED Lighting Project for the procurement of over two hundred 2x2 LED lighting fixtures. Only those who attended the pre-bid conference will be allowed to submit a bid and closed bids will be reviewed on May 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Jon Cooper, President of NexPhase, believed that the NexSense 2x2 Troffer fits this bid opportunity very well and they were anxious to submit our proposal to the city. The City of North Lauderdale expects to fina...

Molex Incorporated’s Helieon® Sustainable Light Module has received a platinum award recipient in the modular engines category of the 2011 Architectural SSL Product Integration Awards (PIA),which determines and honors the best LED/solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market. The Helieon Light Module is the first plug-and-play sustainable solid-state lighting system to integrate high-efficiency precision lighting with an easy-to-use socketed solution. Combining solid-state lighting technology from Bridgelux and engage-and-turn interconnect technolog...

Reportedly, Carbon Futures , Hong Kong-based British company, plans to introduce LED lighting to Sri Lanka for the replacement of even compact fluorescent lights. According to Anthony Arman, Managing Director of Carbon Futures, the two-member team of British experts headed by him has already informed the Sri Lankan government agencies they are ready to assist in addressing the country’s carbon emission reduction policies, by advising them on the most equitable pathway to realizing significant additional revenue streams, whilst achieving full compliance with exis...

Bridgelux has introduced third-generation LED Arrays, including its LS, ES, and RS product families, featuring the latest technical advances in epitaxial GaN layer growth, LED chip design and packaging technologies, increasing efficacy by up to 20% and reducing the cost per lumen by up to 30% compared with previous generations. The new Arrays comply with Energy Star, Title 24, Part L and other global energy efficiency standards. The products are configured to align with industry-standard drive currents to simplify the electronic driver selection process for new ...

OSRAM SYLVANIA and Lowe’s have offered an expanded selection of SYLVANIA ULTRA LED light bulbs after their introduction of the brightest LED A-Line light bulbs. Products arrive by July 2011 in all Lowe’s stores nationwide and on Lowes.com. Expanded line of LED bulbs contains more than 16 new product offerings fit for indoor and outdoor. It matches the color temperature of most incandescent bulbs and lasts up to 25 times longer. According to the 2010 SYLVANIA Socket Survey, 75 percent of Americans think color quality is im...

Ultratech has recently opened the Asia Technology Centre(ATC) in Taiwan. It provides the capacility for leading-edge process development and in-depth demonstrations of Ultratech’s Sapphire 100 lithography system. This centre will support the company’s Singapore international operations facility throughout the Pacific Rim. It’s scheduled to open in the second half of 2011. Ultratech remains vigilant in its search for ways to provide low-cost solutions to support the significant growth in the HB-LED markets. The buiding contains 1500 platform, and...

Sponsored by Delta Electronics and co-organized by EnergyTrend and LEDinside, the thematic session A, featuring green building applications, came to an end with remarkable exchange of industry insights and tremendous success on May 11 at Green Lighting Shanghai 2011.

Intematix is about to show up its three-dimensional ChromaLit Remote Phosphor Solution at LIGHTFAIR International 2011, May 17-19 in Philadelphia, PA. Compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, the ChromaLit Collection leverages a phosphor composite separated from the blue LED energy source. The latest ChromaLit products employ compound optical forms and offer a choice of wide radiation patterns ideal for bulb, pendant, lantern, decorative and other lighting applications. The new forms and light outpu...

Recently, Qualcomm has utilized intelligent LED lighting to illuminate e-paper screens at CES On The Hill. The new Qualcomm mirasol model has an embedded front light. That basically integrates one of those clip-on LED reading lights you see for Amazon’s Kindle and other ereaders, allowing you to read them in the dark. In contrast to a clip-on, Qualcomm’s system more evenly illuminates the full display, and of course doesn’t extend from the body of the ereader itself. Compared with the two mirasol prototypes, new on the left, old on the right. ...

•    First showing of dramatically designed recessed and suspended GE light-emitting-diode edge lighting fixtures set for LightFair 2011 in Philadelphia •    Innovation comes on 72nd anniversary of another GE first, the introduction of the ”first fluorescent light and fixture” at the 1939 New York World’s Fair   More than 70 years after debuting its fluorescent lighting fixtures at the 1939 New York World’s Fair—the technology subsequently swept into widespread use during World War II as the c...

EFI has chosen Phoseon as a key technology supplier of UV LED curing technology for a new line of VUTEk superwide UV inkjet printing systems. Phoseon’s UV LED curing technology enables output on a wider media mix and an extended range of applications while at the same time allowing a low total cost of ownership. UV LED curing technology allows printing on a wide range of heat sensitive materials, opening up new opportunities for wide format roll-to-roll printing. The versatile EFI VUTEk GS3250LX printer, a 3.2 meter hybrid digital UV printer, ...

Architects and Lighting Designers Now Have Increased Consistency, Flexibility and Sustainability with High-Performance Luminaires Lumenpulse Inc., an innovator and manufacturer of high performance, sustainable architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, will show for the first time its twenty recently announced fixtures at LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia, May 17-19, 2011. Attendees visiting Lumenpulse’s booth #3511 will see its expanded Lumenbeam™, Lumenfacade™, Lumencove...

Get the Skinny on CLS‐Slim at Lightfair 2011 Cathode Lighting Systems is pleased to announce the official launch of its latest innovation, CLS‐Slim, during Lightfair International 2011. As the world’s premier manufacturer of specification‐grade, modular cold‐cathode fixtures and lamps, Cathode Lighting Systems has modified the design of its most popular fixture to only 1 5/8" wide and 2 3/8" tall, achieving the smallest footprint of any cold‐cathode luminaire available in the market today. Phenomenally energy efficient with an astounding lamp l...

Made to fit E26, E27, GU10, and B22 Sockets FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, today releases their all new GU60 LED Bulb Series. Composed of high-quality LED bulbs, including 7 and 9 watt models, they are available with or without TriAC-dimming functionality and fit E26, E27, GU10, and B22 sockets, making them extremely versatile. In the GU60 LED bulb series, the lens are frosted and fins are available in silver or black to give consumers the look they desire. Emitting no harmful UV or IR rays and with very low heat emissi...

GE is reported to showcase its overhead LED light fixtures to replace florescent tubes with thin, flat plates of light next week.   It’s said that the company will announce the line of LED Edge lighting fixtures that can be suspended from ceilings or recessed flush with ceiling tiles. The first of the products, a square troffer fixture design for recessed lighting, will be available by the end of this year. More stylish suspended fixtures are slated for release in the first half of next year.   According to GE, the four fixtures are built around coin-size L...

Jenoptik´s business unit Optoelectronic Systems, which experts in manufacturing optoelectronic systems and polymer optical components, has joined force with LEIDS GmbH & Co. KG to present innovative LED illumination solutions at the  tradeshow transport logistic 2011 for the first time. The two companies have agreed to sign a development and cooperation agreement in the field of LED industrial lighting which runs for 5 years. Under the cooperation, they mainly targets at the common development and production of components, modules and highly efficient...

Dialight has launched its new LED Low Beam 4”x6” Headlamp to its growing line of SAE/DOT approved LED lighting products for mass transit busses and commercial vehicles. the Dialight Low Beam Headlamp  is made in the USA Exact-fit replacement for conventional low-beam units uses 70% less energy than incandescents and one-third the energy of the leading LED competitor in its class. It operates at less than 14 watts. Where typical conventional headlamps require replacement about once every nine months, the Dialight unit offers a life expectan...

Reportedly, the CAO Group has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah based on the fact that GE Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Lighting Science Group, Nexxus Lighting, Sharp Electronics, Toshiba International Corporation, Feit Electric Company, and Lights of America infringed CAO Group's patents of LED light source solutions. The CAO Group believes that these companies infringe CAO Group's patents at the core of LED light source solutions as following: 1. US Patent No. 6,465,961 -- Semiconducto...

There are some trees made of quick-growing bamboo and super efficient LED lights. These unique lighting devices are constructed of large, free-standing segments of bamboo. Sprouting from each of these “branches” is a leaf –shaped translucent casing lit up by a single LED light. All of these lights are networked via a central controller. Each individual LED light can be controller individually and the entire system is designed to operate reliably outdoors under a variety of environmental conditions(rain,sun,etc). According to I Green Spot, the Light ...