Light-Based Technologies Inc. (LBT), a developer and supplier of lighting application specific integrated circuits, announced they will be exhibiting their cutting edge LED control solutions in booth #244 at Strategies in Light 2011, held in Santa Clara California from February 22nd to the 24th.  Strategies in Light has grown over the past 12 years into the largest conference in the high brightness LED lighting industry. Strategies in Light draws the most knowledgeable participants in the area of LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) who are particularly wel...

Kaneka announced that it will start accepting orders for OLED lighting panels on March 22nd, 2011 in Japan (and later in April in Europe). Kaneka will offer OLED square panels in give colors (warm white, red, orange, blue and green). The panels will be dimmable (in the range from 1,000cd/m2 to 5,000cd/m2).   Kaneka's OLED panels will cost around ¥2 million (approx $24,000) per square meter - and the company believes that the price will drop to ¥200,000 ($2,400) next year and to ¥50,000 ($600) or less by 2020. Production capacity in 2011 will be 10,...

It’s said that Piccadilly Circus will replace the iconic red and white Sanyo sign, which has been in place since 1978. The Japanese electronics company has been told to replace the sign with a more modern LED display, which allows for moving images. However, according to a spokesman for Sanyo,” the owner of the ad space wanted to change the neon sign to LED for the coming London Olympics, but we didn't feel the need to change it for economic reasons.”...

Event LED China 2011 Venue China import and export fair pazhou complex,Area B Dates March. 1 ~ 4, 2011 Organizers UBM Asia Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of UBM, announced that it has formed a Sino-foreign joint venture, UBM Trust Co Ltd, with the organiser of LED CHINA, Trust Exhibition Co Ltd, to jointly develop the event. General information LE...

Featuring Intelligent Thermal Sensing Technology and Reduced Carbon Footprint   American Illumination, Inc®, a LED engine design and manufacturing company, is introducing the patent pending Light Plugz® light engines designed for the Cree XP family of LEDs.  Produced especially for light fixture designers, the Light Plugz® series incorporates intelligent thermal sensing technology, advanced custom optics, improved heat tolerance and a selection of interchangeable heat sinks.     In order to prevent shortened lifetime due to e...

According to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, it may form units in the solar and LED businesses. Formerly, TSMC and other Taiwan technology companies have been pushing into the $35 billion global solar energy market to leverage their expertise in chip and LCD manufacturing into new growth prospects. Last September, TSMC said it would complete the first phase of a planned solar energy plant in Taiwan in the first half of 2011 after an investment of over $200 million.  ...

PowerSecure International, Inc. has received $10 million award to develop its Interactive Distributed Generation® (IDG®) smart grid power systems, and LED lighting products. Among these awards, the new IDG System  has acquired total $7 million, and include installations for a broad base of customers, including hospitals, municipal water systems, educational facilities, and retailers. The left $3 million for new LED lighting, and consist primarily of an order from a major U.S. retailer to begin retrofitting refrigerated cases with EfficientLights&r...

Lighting Science Group has helped Yankee Candle stores all across New England to replace their halogen bulbs for energy saving. Compared with the halogen bulbs, the ENERGY STAR approved DEFINITY PAR 20, PAR 30, PAR 38 and MR 16 LED bulbs installed in stores are approximately 80% more efficient and are fully dimmable. In addition, theseLED bulbs are mercury-free, completely recyclable, "instant on," and offer outstanding light quality.   Yankee Candle received rebates from National Grid and Western Mass Electric Compan...

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, recently received 59 orders for their Model K1  90 kg sapphire crystal grower from customers in Taiwan, Korea and China.  In total, these growers will produce 5.2 million TIE (two-in-equivalents) per year.  The Model K1 sapphire crystal grower advances beyond the traditional kyropoulos process and out-performs other sapphire crystal growth methods currently being marketed, such as HEM or Bridgman. "I recently returned from our customer&rsqu...

Lunera CTO Will Discuss Demystifying the Pieces and Assembling the Future of Solid State Lighting Lunera® Lighting, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, is pleased to have Steve Paolini, Lunera’s CTO included in the impressive speaker line up at the upcoming Strategies in Light Conference. The solid-state lighting conference and tradeshow will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on February 22 – 24, 2011. The event anticipates a record breaking attendance of 4,500 ...

New ultra-compact HiVo LED family improves overall efficiency of LED Integral Lamps Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.[TSE:2393] launches a range of High Voltage LEDs especially suited for use in solid state lighting integral lamps, aka retrofit lamps. Everlight's new HiVo series comprises a 1W, 2W and 4W solution. The single chip LED provides a luminous flux of 80 / 100 lm at 48-55VDC in a color temperature of 3000 / 5700 K. The 2W product with two LED chips connected in series achieves 140 lm for 2700 K at 95-111VDC. The 4 chip LED w...

According to the analysis and statistics of LEDinside, a research division under TrendForce, the total revenues of listed Taiwan LED manufacturers was up to NTD 8.09 billion in January 2011(MoM-2.04%，YoY+15.9%). Regarding upstream chip manufacturers, these figures reached NTD 3.77 billion in January 2011, (MoM-0.7%; YoY+20.7%). The Chip LEDX moved back at 4,472 points, while Package LEDX rose to 5,001 points, showing a moderate uptrend.

AIXTRON SE today announced a new order for a 4-inch Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) system from The University of Texas at Austin. After delivery of the system at the end of 2010, the local AIXTRON support team has carried out the installation and commissioning in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microelectronics Research Center, at The University of Texas at Austin. Assistant Professor Deji Akinwande and Professor Rod Ruoff from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are working on seve...

Manchester based MHA Lighting, which specialises in innovative lighting solutions, has win contract to transform the design of the car park fittings at the Manchester Airport Car Parks. It’s said that MHA Lighting replaces the two thousand 80w bulbs across the two car parks with 30 and 40 Watt LED units in a move which will halve carbon emissions and cut energy bills by an estimated 60%.  ...

Digital Lumens CEO Tom Pincince is about to present at the Solid-State Lighting Investor Forum on February 22 in Santa Clara, Calif. and the J.P. Morgan LED General Lighting Symposium on February 24 also in the same place. During the Solid-State Lighting Investor Forum, which is part of Strategies in Light, the leading event for the global LED and Lighting industry, Mr. Pincince will be part of the Drivers/Thermals/Controls session, presenting "LEDs + Controls + Energy Management = Radical Efficiency." And he will give a pre...

Acuity Brands has released four white papers including LED Binning, Photometric Measurement, Lumen Depreciation and Color Quality, to help educate the marketplace about LED lighting and technology and associated issues in lighting design. According to Dave Ranieri, Vice President and General Manager, Lithonia Lighting® Commercial Indoor Products,  their goal is to provide the industry with tools to make the best possible decisions when selecting intelligent LED lighting and control systems....

The Russian city of Kazan requires two-thirds less energy thanks to LEDEL’s efficient street lighting with OSRAM Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs Reducing Russia’s primary energy consumption by 40 per cent by 2020 is one of the country’s core concerns. To help reach this goal the Republic of Tatarstan is tackling street lighting and has initiated a pilot project in its capital Kazan – a ward with around 25,000 households already benefits from the superior light quality of LED street lighting made by the LEDEL company. They have already...

Consumers get proven technology that will save energy and money with commercially available Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt   The world’s first LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb is now also the first to earn ENERGY STAR qualification.  Philips Lighting announced today that the Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt (also sold professionally under the Philips EnduraLED brand) has met or exceeded the light quality and energy efficiency requirements for a 60-watt LED equivalent set forth by ENERGY STAR, proving that it is a high...

GlacialLight, a division of GlacialTech Inc. and a global provider of PC Cooling, Power supplies, power drivers and LED lighting, extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display at the LIGHT INDIA INTERNATIONAL 2011 to be held at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India from March 4-7, 2011. Event: Lii2011/Light India International 2011 Venue: Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India Exhibition Date: March 4th to 7th, 2011 GlacialLight Booth #: 100, Hall # 3 “The Chennai Cen...

Besides the fields of lighting and backlight, the LED demand has also increased in the emerging applications of vehicle, projector and flashlight in these years. LEDinside had the exclusive interview with Dr. Alfred Felder, the President and CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd., owned by Osram group, and discussed the major LED companies’ view about the future of LED industrial development, as well as the fields which would become the development direction in the future market.

Samsung Electronics has installed 80 large-format displays (460UT), 236 latest LCD monitors, and 34 LED and LCD TVs in the control center, offices and conference rooms at Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall, to dress up the city as a smart city. It’s said that the video installed at the control center is not only the largest in Brazil but also in the whole of Central and South America. The Brazil government will operate the control center in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.  ...

In August of 2010, Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd (Neo-Neon) won the bid, amidst a field of world-class competitors, for a prominent tunnel illumination project in São Paulo, Brazil.  Winning the bid on this significant tunnel project,  Neo-Neon gained a significant order for 1800 pieces of LED Tunnel Light fixtures and at the same time this project serves to improve the brand image of Neo-Neon as energy-savings, excellent quality of both product and service. Good tunnel lighting allows the user to enter, pass through and exit the ...

Recently, The Republic Group Handelsvertretung GmbH (“TRG”) has acknowledged Nichia’s claims in the early first hearing at the District Court Düsseldorf. Previously, Nichia has filed patent infringement lawsuits in the above court. It claims that two different Harvatek white LED products (serial numbers HT-V116TW and HT-U158TW) sold by those distributors infringe Nichia YAG patent (EP936682[DE69702929]) and seeks an injunction, damages, recall and destruction. On January 18, 2011, TRG acknowledged Nichia’s Claim...

Sharp has introduced the highest LED device which has a luminous efficiency of 91lm/W with an input power of about 25W for lighting purposes.   The general color rendering index (Ra) of the new LED device is 83. It emits an incandescent color light. The mounting area of the LED device is as small as 24 x 20mm, and its thickness is only 1.8mm. The light emitting part has a round shape. It will start mass-producing on March 4, 2011, with a production rate of 100,000 units per month.  ...

It’s reported that Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar will team up with Delta Electronics to build an LED wafer and chip plant in Guangzhou. And The new facility is expected to engage in the development, manufacture and sale of upstream LED wafers and chips after it starts operating in 2012. It’s said that the two partners will invest a total of NT$3.63 billion (US$125 million) in the first phase. Epistar will hold a 70 percent stake and Delta Electronics will own 30 percent. In the second phase of the development, they will seek new partners from th...

Submit your abstract for LEDs 2011! Each year IntertechPira's LEDs Conference brings together leading executives and engineers representing manufacturers, component and equipment suppliers, lighting designers, and end user companies. The event focuses on LED and lighting technology and seeks to highlight exciting technological advances, address ongoing challenges and help move the industry forward. Participants will receive a thorough assessment of LED markets, while having ample opportunity to discuss industry issues and network with experts, key LED executives an...

29 September - 2 October 2011 Visit Hours: 11.00 - 19.00 LED Systems, Technologies and Applications Exhibition which is the only meeting point of the industry in Turkiye; as well as Europe, Middleeast and Africa; will bring the sector professionals together for the 7th time in Istanbul Expo Center between 29 September-02 October 2011. All important players will take their place at LED Exhibition; All important and biggest companies of sector exhibiting their newest products at LED Exhibition. Also important global manufacturers exhibiting with their signif...

The China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) is a worldwide renowned exhibition, which presents the most advanced optoelectronic technologies and innovations. CIOE was established in 1999 in Shenzhen. This annual event has been held annually for the past eleven years at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. The world's largest Optoelectronic expo, it has been an UFI-approved event since 2007. The 13th CIOE (CIOE 2011) will once again be held at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, September 6 to 9, 2011 over a total exhi...

Time: November 9th – 10th, 2011 Venue: Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow The topics of energy efficiency and LED are the driving forces of innovation in the industry. Thus once again at the IV International LED FORUM MOSCOW every single place at the event was taken. For the first time, a charge was made for participation in the two-day specialist conference, in order to further boost the quality of the forum. More than 200 top decision-makers of the dynamically developing Russian LED sector obtained information on the state of the art, in the plena...

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