It’ s reported that Taiwan high power LED lighting manufacturer Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT), invested in Swaziland, has opened a new era for “African Green Silicon Valley” plan on Swaziland. It has acquired a successful influence on local government as well as other African governments.

Australia Narva has introduced a new line of high powered LED work lamps with flood beams offering 4,500 lumen to an amazing 15,000 Lumens output.   Each lamp can produce a natural white light that is closer to daylight. A typical HID work lamp produces approximately 4,000 lumen.

Verbatim LED lighting, sometimes known as solid state lighting, will be available in wholesale and retail outlets throughout Australia in early 2011. Initially, Verbatim plans to sell lamps focused on the domestic lighting market with the most common shapes and base fittings including A-lamps, candle lamps and directional MR16s, with E14, E27, GU5.3 and GU10 bases. The products will be suitable for direct replacement of incandescent and halogen and compact fluorescent lamps.

Intersil Corporation has developed a new family of innovative multi-channel LED drivers, which provide an ultra-low dimming capability that can significantly extend battery life in notebook, netbook and tablet computers.   The new, highly integrated ISL97671/2/3/4 series reduces undesirable backlight-induced visual artifacts such as flickering, shimmering and banding that are observed when using conventional LED drivers.

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393] appointed Bert Loburg to the newly created position of Director, Distribution Management EMEA, effective from September 23, 2010. Focal points of his new role will be a structural revision of the company's distribution management, to prepare the sales channel organisation for further growth and to develop and introduce additional professional distribution tools.

Under a successful Beta test at a Florida Lexus car dealership, which provided valuable rollout information, SavWatt USA, Inc. has decided to cooperate with their supplier Unilumin,  one of the few Chinese companies that have UL approval for LED Street Lights in Shenzhen ,to launch an aggressive marketing campaign for their UL approved and certified LED Street Lights.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Veeco reports its results on a generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") basis, and also provides results excluding certain items. Please refer to the attached table for details of the reconciliation between GAAP operating results and Non-GAAP operating results, and presentation of results on a "Continuing Operations" basis for current and historical periods.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), has announced that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, placed a multi-tool order for Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems for high volume light emitting diode (LED) production.

Coretronic Corporation(5371)had posted consolidated sales revenue for 3Q of NT$25,903 million with an operating income of NT$1,360 million, up 1% and drop 10% from the previous quarter respectively. Net income totaled NT$1,133 million, dropped 12%. Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent company was NT$1,052 million with the basic EPS of NT$1.45 per common share.   

More and more Taiwanese display panel makers have involved in the production of AMOLED display, because of the optimistic outlooks of the market for such products. Insists on the opinion that AMOLED displays will replace TFT LCDs as the mainstream display panel for smartphones, Wintek Corp.,has switched part of its existing production lines for TFT LCDs to AMOLED displays. At present, its touch panels have contributed over 70% to the firm`s revenue, and TFT LCDs the remainder.

It is reported that Foxconn Electronics will invest US$10 billion in Chengdu to pave way for Chimei Innolux (CMI), which planed to build a factory with producing TFT-LCD panel. While CMI said their indeed planed to invest in china, but the investment was still under evaluation.

Radiant Opto-Electronics pure income for 3Q of 2010 was NT$668 million (US$21.72 million) with an EPS of NT$1.57, and consolidated revenues for 3Q were NT$12.36 billion, with gross profits of NT$1.1 billion, and NT$704 million in operating income.From 1Q until 3Q in 2010, consolidated revenues in Radiant totaled NT$34.62 billion, operating income was NT$2 billion, and net profit reached NT$1.75 billion with an EPS of NT$4.11.

AZ e-lite Pte Ltd ("AZ e-lite"), a whollyowned subsidiary of Aztech Group Ltd specialising in the design and development of quality LED lighting, is presenting a range of its latest LED lighting solutions to visitors of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn) 2010, a major event in the lighting trade industry.

As we know, it can be potentially distracting in a closed room meeting as you will need to peel open the strap a bit to check out just what the current time is. But nowadays, Genghis who comes from France has thought about the Hidden Time Watch concept which was specially designed to help you tell the time discreet in a closed room meeting.

At the 7th China International Forum for Solid State Lighting, John R. Peeler, Chief Executive Officer of Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), announced a significant expansion of Veeco's Asia presence in order to better support the rapid growth of the LED industry and the needs of its customers.   LEDinside recently attended Veeco’s 2010 MOCVD User Group Meeting to learn more about Veeco’s approaches to achieving the company’s objectives.  

Joby has designed a hands-free and tactical LED flashlight Joby Gorillatorch Flare. It is made of black ABS plastic (flashlight housing and legs).  There are grip rings made of TPE to make the flashlight easier to hold on to and to help it grip onto surfaces.  Each leg ends in a strong neodymnium magnet.  The feet and some of the grip rings are a bright red. 

Styron has announced the availability of CALIBRE™ 301-58 LT for durable LED (Light Emitting Diode) applications. As a high performance, high light transmission polycarbonate resin with excellent processing characteristics, CALIBRE™ 301-58 LT meets the requirements of many of tomorrow』s lighting applications. Shaping the future of LED lighting

Lately, the president of Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) Mr. Alcantaro Correa has led Brazil business delegation , exclusively came to visit Aeon Lighting Technology (ALT) head office in Taiwan and listened company profile presentation. During the presentation, all delegation members were impressed by the stability and performance of ALT high power LED lighting products.

First LED Lighting Manufacturer to Provide “One Stop Shop” for New and Retrofit Lighting Solutions That Reduce Energy Consumption by up to 85%

Nearly 2,000 LED Scattered lights, the new site-specific public art installation by pioneering new media artist Jim Campbell has been presented at Madison Square Park Conservancy. Scattered Light features three installations of orchestrated light incorporating elements of computer programming and high-technology for a public art installation which literally lights up Madison Square Park this fall and winter.

To meet the new energy requirement of California, Eco-story supplies an LED lighting solution that will work with GU24 bases while providing up to a 90 percent reduction in energy use. According to Mark Shoemaker, co-founder of Eco-story, "To help meet these energy requirements, LED lighting is a great solution but many businesses are worried that switching to LED lights will negatively affect their ambiance."

German LED maker LayTec has ranked among the national 50 fastest growing technology companies for the second time at the Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 award ceremony in Berlin on October 20, 2010. The award mainly depends on the total growth in sales within the last 5 years. Because LayTec increased its turnover by 241% between 2005 and 2009, also belongs to the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe in 2010.

As the sapphire market became stronger, Taiwan quartz components maker TXC planed to develop sapphire and other crystalline products. It is reported that the company will establish crystal growth capacity and start production in February 2011. Also, wafer slicing and sapphire substrate manufacturing is in the new crystal growth processing operations. TXC planned to invest total NT$300 million (US$9.7 million) initially, with focus on 4- and 6-inch sapphire substrates development.

LEDinside, the LED industry research institute has released its latest LED price trend report, showing that the LED price plummeted sharply in Q3 2010 due to the sudden decline in the LED application demand including inventory adjustment resulting from less-than-expected large-size panel demand and sluggish lighting application demand.  The LED price for large-size panel application fell around 11-16% while the high power LED for lighting application slumped more than 17%. As for the mobile application, LED price kept roughly flat with about 3-4% seasonal erosion thanks to the relatively stable demand.

The Middle East leading retail chain, 'Harman House' announced that it has achieved the highest penetration for Samsung LED TVs in the UAE.   The company further revealed that LED TV sales constitute 55% of its total TV sales in the UAE, thereby underlining the growing demand for flat screen televisions in the country.

New York's Times Square will install the biggest interactive display on the side of the Doubletree Hotel in November, 2010. The Doubletree's digital billboard will serve multiple advertisers and be capable of exchanging data transmitted via cell phones and broadcasting HD video feeds.   The latest twist in digital signage from D3 LED, it's sure to prove a technology and marketing game-changer for brands who want to make a big impression in one of not just New York's, but the planet's, premier retail showcases.

The municipal government office in Dongguan, China, has issued a "Dongguan to promote industrial development and application of LED demonstration plan". The plan proposed that some roads to the city street lights newly installed or modified as LED, LED lighting industry in output value reached 15 billion yuan in 2015.And six years to install 80,000 LED lamps.

Eco Depot has announced a World-wide distributor search to recruit key players for the LED lighting systems provider and its global partners in preparation for the unveiling of a unique LED financing and underwriting program for municipalities and corporations for 2011.

The Port Commissioners and Caltrans has unveiled plans for a programmable LED light show on the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge that will be 100% powered by wind turbines, which is considered as the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America. The light show was designed by Peter Fink, Mark Major, and Buro Happold.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and MODA LIGHT transform campus restaurant with energy-efficient lighting technology Legends, a campus restaurant and ale house located at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, recently completed the installation of 70 MODA LIGHT ICAN 15 down lights throughout its dining facilities. The installation of these fixtures, illuminated with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors LEDs, will help Legends achieve approximately 82% in energy savings from the previously installed fixtures.