The Future. Illuminated. LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI) is the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. LFI has a proven track record of bringing top international and domestic Architectural, Design, Engineering and Lighting professionals together with exhibitors from around the world. Our Partners LIGHTFAIR International is co-owned by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES, www.ies.org) and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD, www.iald.org). The event is ...

Green Lighting China 2011 will take place between May 11 and May 13 at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center. The event will be co-organized by Reed Exhibitions and the CSA. Green Lighting China is dedicated to exploring every segment of the novel energy and light source industry. The show is a key connector for industry professionals and serves as a valuable guide to emerging technological innovations. The Five Functional Zones of Green Lighting China 2011: * Chip/Epitaxy Manufacturing Equipment and Material Zone * Packaging Equipment/Compone...

Jointly sponsored by the National High-tech Enterprise Development LED Professional Committee, Beijing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, and Beijing Jingmaolian Exhibition Co., Ltd., the CILED 2010 achieved a successful conclusion on May 9, 2010 in China International Exhibition Centre of Beijing. During the exhibition, the organizing committee invited some of the main government principals from the national-wide cities to attend the opening ceremony and visited the exhibition and other activities, especially, the Beijing municipal ...

Exhibition Introduction The 5th China (Guangzhou) International Road Lamp, Patio Lamp & Outdoor Lighting Fair (RLF2011) is going to be held on Mar.30th –Apr.1st , 2011 in China Import & Export Fair, Pazhou Complex. Our committee sincerely invite you to attend RLF2011. The International Road Lamp, Patio Lamp & Outdoor Lighting Fair(RLF) is known as one of the best fairs in China,which is supported by China Municipal Engineering Association and other 26 domestic lighting associations and 12 overseas lighting associations such as ...

An initiative towards a green environment & energy conservation. LEDs play an indispensable role today in all the electrical and electronic devices used daily. LED EXPO 2011 is dedicated to the science, technology and application of LEDs and solid-state lighting. LED Expo has evolved as a premier exhibition & the biggest & only show exclusively for this segment. It is defining the future of this industry in an increasingly competitive and fierce market. The exhibition has created records in term of quality, design, standards and hospitality year after year....

Exhibit Now at SEMICON Korea 2011!   No other event in Korea gives you access to more leading microelectronics companies in the region than SEMICON Korea. At SEMICON Korea, you will:   Connect with customers and key decision-makers SEMICON Korea attracts Korea's leading microelectronics companies, giving you the opportunity to experience a year's worth of sales contacts in just three days. The audience at SEMICON Korea is highly influential with 73% of visitors involved in the evaluation, selection, and purchasing of...

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Enlighten Europe Conference ran alongside the this years exhibition. Visitor were able to hear from those at the forefront of the lighting industry, giving them the chance to be educated, network and debate the hot topics in lighting design and manufacture today.   This year’s conference was designed to give you a unique insight into the very latest in lighting, from urban, retail, and animation, through to the development of world leading environments. Plus, this year The ARC Show secured an exclus...

A comprehensive, highly-detailed 800-page Product Selection Guide has been released by Nora Lighting for use by industry professionals, including electrical distributors; showrooms and sales representatives; contractors; lighting specifiers; architects and interior designers. Enhanced with dramatic site photography, the Guide is available  by calling Nora Lighting: 800.686.6672 or via email: sales@noralighting.com. “The new Nora Guide represents a compilation of in-depth product and company information and is the result of an extraordinary effort by the Nora sa...

~ Teams compete March 10-12, 2011 ~ Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, is once again supporting teams in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition in San Diego.  This is the fifth year that Nordson Corporation Foundation has helped sponsor the competition nationally.  Nordson ASYMTEK mentors six San Diego teams. The FIRST Robotics Competition provides an educational and engineering environment for students to learn technical and business skil...

Recently, Barco has been proudly showcased its first 2Kx2K main display with replaceable LED backlights for Air Traffic Control at ATC Global 2011, from 8 to 10 March 2011. The 2Kx2K LCD display is capable of saving up to 20% power while offering a standard stabilized brightness of 240 cd/m² and remaining dimmable to 3 cd/m², resulting in enhanced user comfort in both dark and natural light environments. The display features an open system environment and has been improved with an additional level of redundancy, as it comprises four independent trays wit...

It’s reported that a major tomato producer from Quebec hothouse will cooperate with McGill University and GE on trials of LED lighting aimed at boosting crop yield and cutting energy use. Les Serres du St-Laurent, which grows Savoura-brand tomatoes under artificial light year-round at a number of greenhouses in the province, will install the LED lighting in its facilities, expecting to keep costs at an acceptable level and through more efficient use of energy. GE's Canadian commercial LED lighting wing, GE Lighting Solutions Canada Co., will get ...

U.S. DOE Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop 2011 will be April 12 – 13, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Event U.S. DOE SSL MANUFACTURING R&D WORKSHOP 2010 Venue Hyatt Harborside, Boston, MA Dates April 12 – 13, 2011 Workshop Hours Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM ...

Reportedly, Nova Scotia based company LED Roadway Lighting , has won a $500,000 contract from the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program to test GPS-equipped LED street lights switches. Executive vice-president Darren Zwicker in an interview introduced that “It could replace existing automatic light switching by photocell." According to Zwicker , the lights can be shipped around the world and their imbedded GPS chips will recognize exactly where they are and accurately determine local sunrise and sunset times used to switch the lights off an...

Japan's OLED lighting fair started in March 8th, and we got some interesting OLED Lighting news. NEC lighting is showing several OLED lighting lamps using their upcoming panels - which will be 10x10cm ones offering 60lm/W efficiency - which is actually very good. The company plans to commercialize them in fiscal 2011 (which ends of March 2012). NEC is using UDC's PHOLED materials, which explains the relativly high efficiency. Panasonic Electric Works is another company that's developing OLED lighting panels based on UDC's material...

The Centre de Recherche Public (CRP) - Gabriel Lippmann, the leading research institute in Nanotechnologies in Luxembourg, and AIXTRON SE announced  the start of a cooperation agreement. The main goal of the new project is the mutual development of advanced polymer materials focusing on establishing a wide range of processes that contribute to the fabrication of advanced organic/inorganic materials. The technological platform in this 3-year cooperative project is AIXTRON´s Polymer Vapor Phase Deposition technology (PVPD™) for the depos...

Street lamps with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ OSLON SSL LEDs as light source have been installed in three districts in Beijing. These 120W/180W LED fixtures will save up to 50% in energy consumption compared to the 250W/400W sodium lamps they replace. In addition, these LED street lamps provide uniform lighting for drivers and pedestrians. The LED street lamps are in Ti Yu Guan Road, Bei Yuan East Road, Gong Yi West Bridge and Xin Fa Di Road. They are busy roads in the Dong Cheng District, Chao Yang District and Da Xing Di...

Estar LED Light Company Limited today announced that it has received an Intentional Purchase Order with an estimated value of 2.5 billion US Dollars that will be an exclusive contract for LED bulbs said Rick McCoy, President of Estar LED Light Company Limited   Estar LED Light Company Limited has been developing a new LED bulb to replace the 60 Watt Bulb; Global Retailers and two of the world’s largest lighting manufacturers have shown interest in the LED project. The LED industry is awaiting further news to be released later this ...

March 2011 Taipei, Taiwan: Strong interest, growth and innovation are spotlighted everywhere at TiLS2011, Taiwan’s largest lighting show that shines from March 18 to 21 at TWTC Exhibition Hall 1. Success at this event, in its second year, is guaranteed with the coupling up of TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA) to organize TiLs (the Taiwan International Lighting Show). With Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, AMKO SOLARA, Taiwan-N Lighting, LEDTECH, Wellypo...

Currently, twenty Taiwanese organizations have set up an alliance to develop wide bandgap electronics devices, including SiC and GaN compound semiconductors, for use in high-power electronics applications as electric cars and LEDs. Based on the professions, alliance members are divided into groups to develop substrate materials, epitaxy wafers, devices, modules and inspection technologies. The alliance projects to roll out application modules of these wide bandgap semiconductors, whose electronic band gaps are larger than one or two electronvolts (eV). They plan to complet...

LED Light Engines manufacturer Permlight Products, Inc., recently released its new catalog of Brillia® LED light engines for luminaire manufacturers to meet the new requirements set by EPA for ENERGY STAR luminaires. It’s said that on February 16, 2011, EPA released the new ENERGY STAR Luminaires Specification which will become effective October 1, 2011.According to the new specification, luminaires that are not specifically defined as directional luminaires do not require full photometric testing and can qualify using LED Light E...

It’s said that the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (“MHPA”) has selected Acuity Brands’s RTLED lighting system for its substantial energy savings. MHPA has partnered with Acuity Brands for several times. This time, MPHA plans to continue installing LED lighting in its facilities. Plifka, MPHA manager of facilities and development, said “The RTLED lighting system is working perfectly and the feedback from residents and property management staff has all been positive.” With the help of Acuity Brands, MH...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the 2011 Taiwan International Lighting Show from March 18-21, 2011 at the Taipei World Trade Center. Buyers, media, and the general public are all welcome to visit FZLED's booth (Hall 1, Booth #: A1311 & 1312) and view the company's innovative LED lighting solutions. FZLED's booth will be featuring their one-of-a-kind LED tube lights that are equipped with a dimming function controlled by standard on/off switches. FZLED will ...

March 1-4 2011, focused on LED lighting in the area of professional industry event --- the seventh LED 2011 Guangzhou Lighting Fair in full swing after a 4-day exhibition has successfully concluded. LED CHINA 2011 as an important part of Guangzhou LED LED Lighting Fair has become a global field "vane " The Guangzhou International LED show attracted over 900 exhibitors from domestic and abroad, more than 60,000 spectators enter and visit. As a well-known manufacturer of LED lighting products,//www.spark-oe.com bring led lamps selected for...

Ledzworld Technology, an innovative  R&D and manufacturing company of high-end LED retro-fit lamps for professional users, launches its new LED retrofit GU10 , a fully dimmable 6.5W LED lamp. The lamp has a light output of 240 lumen in warm white (3000K) and 260 lumen in natural white (4200K). In Q4 of this year, a higher output version of 400Lm will be added to the range. Ledzworld is the first company to launch a fully dimmable retrofit LED halogen replacement lamp that integrates the Cree MCE  technology with sophisticated Ledzworld driver t...

Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced that its new SafeSite® Series LED Linear Fixture has achieved certification to the Class I, Div 2 standard for use in hazardous locations. Engineered specifically to replace linear fluorescent lighting fixtures, the new SafeSite Linear Class I, Div 2 product is designed to provide superior visibility, optimum energy efficiency and low-cost maintenance for any location where there is a potential of flammable gases or vapors present, even under extreme conditions. &ldquo...

Rohm Co Ltd showcased an E26-base LED light bulb and an incandescent-color E11-base LED lamp at Lighting Fair 2011.   The E26-base LED light bulb has a color temperature as low as 2,600K and is being developed to realize "a candle light." Its general color rendering index (Ra) is as high as 95. The company spreads the light of the bulb in lateral directions by three-dimensionally installing a board embedded with LED chips so that the LED light bulb becomes like a candle in terms of not only color temperature but also the way in which light spr...

Bridgelux  has made a breakthrough on the 135 Lumens per Watt GaN-on-Silicon based LED Technology, which marks the industry's first commercial grade performance for a Silicon-based LED. The 135 Lumen per Watt performance was achieved at a CCT of 4730K using a single 1.5mm power LED operated at 350mA. These LEDs operate just 2.90V at 350mA and < 3.25V at 1 Amp. Optimization of the epitaxy process on 8-inch Si wafers will make LED manufacturing compatible with existing automated semiconductor lines. It’s said that the company will ...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ LEDs are in the spotlight again. When the advertising light-boxes in Singapore’s Changi Airport were to switch away from fluorescent T8 tubes under REVOLITE’s energy saving program, OSRAM’s Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs were chosen to be the light source by REVOLITE, the renowned LED back-light application expertise. It was found that over the last five years, after replacing the old tubes and installing REVOLITE’s Dio™ back-lit lightbox system with these LEDs, maintenance ...

Elemental LED has developed White Balance LED Strip Lighting system to enable users to choose the exact shade of white and brightness of their lighting. The new white balance system lets users choose their white LED lighting color temperature from anywhere between a cool white 8000k and a warm white 2700k. The unique design of the White Balance LED Strip Light incorporates white bulbs in three shades: cool, neutral and warm. The White Balance Wall Controller is similar to an LED dimmer switch. A toggle switch lets the user smoothly and easily fade bet...

It’s said that Lighting Science Group has developed with Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC (LPI) a highly efficient, high output and low cost 60-watt replacement LED bulb. And it has　told　to　the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)　and　 will submit the　new　bulb for testing to win the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The bulb design is based on patented and patent-pending technologies developed by both companies. The L Prize was established by The Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007,aiming　to promote the dev...