Reportedly, Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) has released its newest dimmable LED lamps primarily for commercial use. These newly updated LED lamps are designed to meet Energy Star standards and are currently undergoing testing for final certification. They include enhancements such as dimming capabilities and a broad range of color temperatures and beam angles.  ...

It’s said that Pittsburgh is about to replace about 3,000 streetlights in the city's 50 business districts with LED bulbs within 10 months. According to Councilman, the effort would be expanded to the rest of the city, which has nearly 40,000 streetlights, during the next few years. At present , Pittsburgh is spending about $1 million a year to maintain its streetlights and another $1.1 million on electricity. By the time all of the lights are replaced, the city could be saving more than $1.3 million a year.  ...

Aluwave is a rapidly growing provider of customised LED-modules and systems that can include all necessary components such as LED-module, driver, optics and thermal solution. We offer short time to market and have working experience from several demanding industries. Aluwave develops and delivers LED-modules and systems primarily within the segments for General, Street- Technical and Vehicle lighting. The solutions are based on superior products and extensive knowhow within thermal management. The foundation of Aluwave is based on the expertise in thermal management ...

New CL-864 / L-864 Red LED Beacon Emits Zero Detectable Interference in Testing for Improved Reliability and Safety in Aircraft Navigation Communications Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced today that its newest Vigilant™ Series CL-864 / L-864 LED Red Obstruction Beacon, has been qualified through rigorous testing by NAV CANADA, the country’s civil air navigation services provider, for its ultra-low electromagnetic interference (EMI) in communication tower applications. ...

A Smithsonian Affiliate and One of the Country’s Premier Aerospace Museums Has Chosen MSi LED Lighting. This Lights Efficient, High Quality Output is so Good it Surprises the Museum’s Chief Building Engineer.  Recently the San Diego Air and Space Museum picked MSi LED lights as replacements for the hot and inefficient tungsten halogen lighting that were being used in their exhibit spaces. This Smithsonian affiliate museum is home to many historically important and rare aircraft including a British Spitfire, a Navy F6F Hellcat...

LEDs Assemblies from TT electronics Provide An Illuminating Solution to ATM Manufacturer’s Backlighting Challenge LED lighting ­ there are vast and varied ways to use LED lighting and it seems everyone wants it in their products.  It appears simple – just take the LED components, put it on a thermal management system, add some power and there you have it.  Yet, many companies have found that without the right resources and technical knowledge the task of designing in a LED lighting assembly is a little more complex than just a few st...

Lighting company Aluwave is planning to further expand its market share in the area of designing and supplying customised LED-modules. Funding has been raised from Almi Invest Västsverige, K-Svets Ventures and Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund. Mölndal based Aluwave aims to reinforce its position as a leader in customised lighting solutions based on LED technology on the Scandinavian market. - We expect to increase our turnover this year to 25 million SEK. The increase comes primarily from the areas of general lighting, technical lighting and increased exp...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, today releases their new line of T8 LED Tube Lights. Available in two sizes, two feet (58cm and 60cm) and four feet (120cm), these high-performance LED tube lights are direct replacements for traditional T8 tubes and fit standard G13 sockets with an AC voltage range of 90-264V. FZLED's commitment to R&D has enabled them to incorporate a creative dimming function into their T8 LED Tube Lights. This built-in feature allows the Tube Lights to function at 12%, 25%, 50%, and 100% of light intens...

Taiwan International Lighting Show 2011- I: Chip Makers 90% of the booths at this year’s Taiwan International Lighting Show are LED-related, including LED chip makers, LED package makers, package material manufacturers and lighting vendors. Besides, LED packaging system manufacturers attend the exhibition as well. Furthermore, HGD lights and promise lights are also exhibited.  Taiwan International Lighting Show 2011- I: Chip Makers   Epistar’s HV LED solution for 800 / 1100 lm bulb replacement.

Among all the booths of South Korean manufacturers, Seoul Semiconductor and Maltani’s booths were the biggest.

The scale of Taiwanese manufacturers’ exhibitions was small in this year’s Lighting Fair, which were mostly LED components, LED light bulbs and LED PAR lights; some manufacturers also exhibited new LED tubes.

 “The Prices of LED lighting products no longer have to be sky high and out of reach. The affordable VIRIBRIGHT brand brings everything down to earth.”  Matrix Lighting is proud to launch the new series of 4.5W LED spotlight with suggested retail price below US$12. The new VIRIBRIGHT spotlight uses 90 per cent less energy than a halogen spotlight, which significantly reducing power consumption and helping to achieve global energy conservation goals. The enhanced heat management and patented LED driver generate very little heat, ...

EnergyTrend and LEDinside will be co-organizing a one-day workshop at Green Lighting Shanghai 2011, addressing innovative approaches to energy utilization of green buildings, on May 11. As developing countries race to pursue high economic growth, the world’s dependence on petroleum has never been higher. Urbanization trend in China has also put great pressure on the eco-system, it takes energy saving devices, more efficient energy storage systems and alternative energy sources altogether to mitigate ever increasing energy needs.

Reportedly, Philips has received Red Dot product design and product innovation awards for its Jump luminaire from Philips Ledalite.   Jump is a high performance direct luminaire. Featuring Philips Ledalite's unique LEDLOGIQ design approach, Jump uses MesoOptics holographic nanotechnology, which makes spaces more visually appealing by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precise batwing distribution. In addition, Jump offers state-of-the-art sustainable technologies such as Response, an integrated daylight harve...

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, finalized a Model K1 sapphire crystal grower sales agreement with Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Silian). "This new sales order signals continued industry acceptance of Thermal Technology’s high-productivity industrial tool for sapphire crystal growth and will benefit both Silian and Thermal Technology going forward,” says Matt Mede, Thermal Technology president and CEO.  Shipments of Silian&rsqu...

New Installation Delivers Brighter, More Efficient Lighting for Safer Environment   Groom Energy and Digital Lumens announced the installation of Digital Lumens' Intelligent LED Lighting Systems at Americold facilities located in Massachusetts, Utah and Wisconsin. The new upgrades produce higher quality lighting and reduce overall energy consumption up to 90 percent or 2.3 million kilowatt hours (kWhs) annually. Over the coming months, Groom Energy and Americold are scheduled to upgrade facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois and Texas. The pr...

American Lighting has introduced a new indoor LED T8 Lamp that replaces existing, two or four foot fluorescent lamps. The new LED costs less to run while giving a more reliable, clean and brighter light for commercial and residential installations.  It offers up to 50,000 hours of life, turns on instantly and is quiet and easy to install. It can be retrofit into fixtures designed for 24-inch or 48-inch fluorescent T8 lamps and does not require a ballast. It can directly replace traditional fluorescent lamps, therefore save approximately a 45 percent reduction in energy...

LED Lights Bring Financial Savings to More Than 20 Red Robin Locations Eco-story, a leader in LED lighting solutions, today announced its partnership with Ansara Restaurant Group, one of Red Robin International’s largest franchise organizations. The project involved the installation of approximately 3,500 Eco-story LED lamps and is expected to achieve more than 1 million kilowatt hours of savings annually, which translates into more than $117,000 saved in utility costs per year.  In addition, the switch to Eco-story’s LED lights will save abo...

Philips Lumileds has set up a new standard of LED Performance on Hot Testing and Binning, and Freedom From Binning with its recently developed product LUXEON S. At 85°C which is the typical junction temperatures in an actual application, the company can provide accurate information about how LUXEON S will perform in the application. Expecially, from a color perspective, it completely removes the need to understand, calculate, and adjust for color shift over temperature because the LED is already specified at the use temperature. With LUXEON...

Event China (Shanghai) International LED Industrial Technology Expo & LED Luminary and City Lighting Exhibition Venue Shanghai New International Expo Center (No.2345 Long Yang Road, Shanghai, P.R.C Dates July 6-9, 2011 Organizers Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai World Expo Group C...

Due to the Japan post-quake reconstruction, Japanese LED-lighting suppliers have increased orders from Taiwan`s manufacturers. According to Unity Opto Technology Chairman C.H. Wu , the company`s Japanese customers have recently notified it of preparing LED light bulbs for them, which will make the company`s bulb shipments to increase in late April and May. it’s estimated that Japan`s increased orders will boost the company`s sales for the second quarter by 30% from the first quarter. And Delta Electronics is also supplying contract products to Hitachi. T...

According to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors , it has released a new section within its LED Light Site www.ledlight.osram-os.com - "LED Fundamentals," which is dedicated to providing instruction and educational tutorials on a range of subjects from LED lighting applications to LED system design considerations, and with a special focus on engineering discipline for thermal, optical and electrical applications. LED Fundamentals is an expansion of OSRAM Opto's existing LED Light Site, which serves as the leading source of LED information, reso...

It’s said that Philips Electronics has re-worked its strategy for India to solidify the market leader in lighting products and in particular to boost medical equipment and home products such as shavers, juicers and mixers. Currently, lighting products have over 50% shares in the company's revenues, while the consumer lifestyle and medical equipment segments together account for the rest. For lighting products, it plans to give major sales thrust to next generation LED  lights across India, which includes promotions in around 600,000 villages along with residentia...

After the announcement of American Energy Star’s LED light bulb criteria, more and more LED light bulbs manufacturers shift their focus from luminous efficacy to luminous quality, with increasing emphasis placed on beam angle of LED light bulbs.

Reportedly, Lunera Lighting has been honored Environmental Innovator Award by the San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA). Karen Owyeung, CEO of Lunera Lighting, was pleased to receive this award and commented  that “We locally manufacture commercial LED fixtures that will make a building better for the environment, more comfortable for its occupants, while reducing energy consumption, and effectively lowering its overall carbon footprint.”...

Samsung LED Co. has announced that it will cooperate with Sumitomo Chemical Co. to invest a combined 80 billion won ($72 million) and have an equal stake in a new venture. The new venture will start mass production of sapphire ingots and wafers used in LEDs in early 2012.

Continuing to add to its line of innovative and energy-efficient LED replacements for incandescent and halogen light bulbs, LEDtronics® announces its new series of PAR-style high-power, high-efficacy lamps with highest-grade LEDs and Fresnel lens. Operating either in 120VAC dimmable or in a wide voltage input range of 90-290VAC, the line of Edison medium screw-base and GU24 bi-pin base bulbs come in various PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 styles. With energy consumption ranging from 7 watts (PAR20) through 12 watts (PAR30) and up to 15 watts (PAR38), ...

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company has developed 100% LED lighting on all Utility refrigerated and dry van trailers as well as tandem and tridem axle flatbeds, to provide greater visibility for all drivers on the road and lower maintenance costs. According to Craig Bennett, Utility’s Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, they will utilize a new LED mid ship clearance light that also functions as a turn signal.   Developed by Grote Industries, this new LED flashing marker light also functions as a side turn light. compared with the current L...

Reportedly, Epistar has intended to inject US$75 million to set up an epitaxy wafer factory in Guangzhou of mainland China with Delta Electronics. The joint venture calls for total investment of US$210 million, with Epistar set to pay 70% and Delta to pay the remainder. And it is another collaboration deal after the cooperation on high-voltage LED technology. It’s estimated that the joint venture will give a boost to both companies’ goal of becoming heavyweight LED lighting suppliers in the mainland.  ...

It’s said that city of Dallas, TX, has become one of the first major US cities to adopt LED lighting technology for multiple parking garages. The city has cooperated with Lumetech Group, a provider of commercial LED lighting solutions, and Lighting Science Group for the conversion of five downtown parking garages including Dallas City Hall, Dallas Public Library, the Jack Evans Police Building, the freight terminal beneath Thanksgiving Square and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center to LED lighting. It is estimated that the annual energy s...