State-of-the-art LED lighting and sophisticated wiring device products lend ambiance, energy efficiency to Georgia home. The  2010 Southern Living Idea House in historic Senoia, Georgia, benefits from a range of energy-efficient lighting and wiring device products thanks to Cooper Lighting and Cooper Wiring Devices, divisions of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE).

Industry's first ENERGY STAR® qualified lighting fixture sets benchmark for optical performance and versatility at Lighting California's Future project. The Bidwell Mansion Visitor Center in Chico, California, now enjoys a variety of energy-efficient, aesthetic and cost-saving benefits thanks to the HALO® LED 600 Series recessed downlight from Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE). 

LG Kicks off to roll out the world's largest commercial 3D LED-backlit TV . It has released 72-inch 72LEX9 widescreen in Korea with a 480Hz True Motion panel, DLNA connectivity, and now-typical support for plenty of online sites and programs such as YouTube. It's reported that this behemoth of a display is poised to ship during the second quarter of 2011. However,the  prices are still not disclosed.

Dialight's Director of Marketing and LED lighting expert Michael Schratz plans to discuss the benefits of sustainable lighting for the state of North Carolina at the CleanLinks networking event at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 18 at the Hotel Indigo in Durham, NC. The event is sponsored by SJF Ventures and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

Luminus Devices's CBT-90 white PhlatLight LEDs are powering Martin Professional's new MAC 350 Entour luminaire, which is the entertainment lighting industry's first LED alternative to traditional high intensity discharge (HID)-based profile fixtures. This new MAC 350 Entour lighting features award-winning Luminus PhlatLight LEDs has win 2010 Danish Industry Prize.

Philips Electronics India Ltd has released new range of LED consumer bulbs, a 5W retrofit bulb along with the 2W candle and 7WSpotlight bulbs for various lighting applications inside homes for the Indian market. According to the company, the new range of bulbs are not only upto 80% energy efficient compared to traditional  incandescent bulbs but also are capable of producing better quality and more versatile lighting and has life of about 15 years.

Two SUPERVALU stores in Southern California has recently renovated with Acuity Brands'Lithonia Lighting®RTLEDTM system. It's said that SUPERVALU began a trial using the Lithonia Lighting RTLED at the end of 2009 in its Chestnut Hill Star Market in Newton, MA. Meanwhile, the Star Market served as a test ground for installing LED lighting and is the first grocery store in the nation entirely lit with LEDs.

Philips has launched 15 models of LEDs, 8 models of LCDs and 5 models of ultra slim TVs, which it said would redefine the premium television market in India. The price range of the LED TVs starts from Rs.26,500, while that of LCD TVs from Rs.16,499. The price range for ultra slim TVs starts from Rs.5,290. According to the company, it also will launch its flat panel TV range under the flagship model Cinema 21:9 TV, world's first cinema proportion 3D LED pro TV with ambilight. 

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 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) to be held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 27-30, 2010. Exhibition Date: October 27-30, 2010 GlacialLight Booth: Hall 5, No. 5C-D18

Dan Polito to Demonstrate How Businesses Can Save Money and the Environment by Switching to LED Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced that Chief Marketing Officer Dan Polito will be a featured presenter highlighting the benefits of LED lighting technology for commercial buildings during the Energy Efficiency Expo 2010 set for Oct. 19-20 near Dallas, TX.

LG Electronics has launched a 72-inch 3-D-equipped LED TV in the South Korea market. The new LED TV model features the largest screen among the 3-D LED TVs available in the market. The new product is priced at 20 million won (US$17,825). According to the company spokesman Park Young-shin, the 72-inch TV will be launched in the global market early in 2011.

America provider of digital projection and visual display products, FAVI Entertainment has been involved in the LED display market with the introduction of a 19" LED-backlit HDTV featuring high-definition resolution.   Available now in both a glossy white and piano black finish , FAVI's F19BL-TV/F19WH-TV offers best in class video and audio as well as superior energy efficiency (only 40 watts of power consumption). Both of them are at the price of $197.  

Green RG Management, LLC (Green RG) has given Green Energy Management (GEM) a license to market exclusively and distribute patented and proprietary LED technology (the "Technology"). According to the independent testing of the Technology, compared to existing LED technology that typically provides up to 25,000 hours of bulb life, it can produce lighting products capable of providing at least 50,000 hours of bulb life.

Benefit from the subsidy from the China government amid significant market demand, Taiwan LED chipmaker Tyntek has decided to pour 153 million yuan (US$4.94 million) to build a LED production joint venture with the Fuzhou government in China. The total investment for the joint venture will achieve to 353 million yuan.

OKI Data Americas launched new LED single function monochrome printer B700 Series for small to mid-size workgroups.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation has set up a strategic partnership with the world's leading manufacturer of deep cycle batteries, Trojan Battery Company.   According to the agreement, Trojan's deep cycle batteries will provide energy storage for Carmanah's EverGEN(TM) portfolio of outdoor solar LED lights. 

According to the division's chief of General Electric, its lighting unit may draw as much as 75 percent of sales from LED products within the next decade, compared with less than 10 percent now, which means rising competition among GE suppliers is helping cut the cost of the chips used in the bulbs.   It's said that U.S. legislation will bring an end to production of the 100-watt incandescent bulb in 2012, prompting consumers to switch to other types including halogen and compact fluorescents. Lower-wattage incandescent bulbs will be phased out later.  

America Energy Conservation Program of the Navy has installed 120 W EvoLucia LED street lights. It's the first major government order for Sunovia. The General Services Administration contract was awarded in earlier 2010. A marine base in North Carolina called Camp Lejeune was the first government customer of Sunovia. And Camp Lejeune had installed the EvoLucia LED streetlights in the campus in December, 2009.

Based on the analysis and statistics of LEDinside, which is a research division under TrendForce, in September this year, listed LED manufacturers in Taiwan have total revenue of 9.736 billion NTD, an 8.1% decline compared with August revenue of 10.593 billion NTD and 45.8% rise in YoY. The revenue for LED chip manufacturers in September reached 4.554 billion NTD, down 6.9% from August. The revenue for LED package manufacturers in September amounted to 5.182 billion NTD, down 9.1% from August.

Lunera Lighting has been given an honor as a Premier Private GreenTech Company in AlwaysOn’s GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100. It's said that 2010 GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 Top Private Companies list is characterized by companies weathering stormy economic weather through innovative business models, multinational partnerships, and creative use of government incentives. Hundreds of companies were assessed to determine the breakthrough potential of their technologies, market size, management team, and investors.

Few lawmakers have more influence in the nation’s capital than 17-term Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, the powerful chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Representing a district mostly of small towns and rural communities, and having national security on top of his agenda, it is no surprise that in recent years he has co-sponsored or debated for proposals to help make America more energy-independent.

AIXTRON AG announced that in the second quarter of 2010, Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI), placed an order for a 56x2-inch AIX G5 HT MOCVD reactor which will be used for ultra-high brightness (UHB) GaN-based LEDs. Planned to be shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 it will join FOREPI’s multiple high throughput Planetary Reactor systems at the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Lung-Tan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Recently, AU Optronics has reported its new organization arrangement effective. The company has been honoring the outstanding next-generation of professional managers with the promotion of four new vice presidents, to instill fresh impetus into the organization.

To better serve the needs of its customers throughout the Asia Pacific region, GT Solar has set up its new Asia operations headquarters in Hong Kong.   It has been doing business in Asia since 2002, and has played as an equipment provider, to help the region's early adopters establish their PV and polysilicon manufacturing operations. At present, many of these companies have grown to become some of the region's largest solar manufacturers in China, Korea, and Taiwan.

TDK Corp showed flexible and see-through passive matrix OLED panels at Ceatec Japan 2010 from Oct 5 to 9, 2010.   According to TDK, the flexible OLED panel is as thin as 0.3mm or less. The weights of the color-display and monochrome-display models are 1.11g and 0.96g, respectively.

Merck puts the spotlight on licristal®, liquid crystal mixtures as advanced PS-VA material and licrivue®, a range of ready-to-use reactive mesogen formulations with its advantages for 3D displays over conventional LCD technologies

Fairchild Semiconductor prepared to show its latest technological advancements for mobile applications, as well as power solutions that focus on the smart grid at electronica 2010, in Munich, Germany, 9-12 November. It's reported that Fairchild's booth (Hall A4, #506) will feature technology demonstrations that enable mobile connectivity and optimize energy usage in power supplies (AC/DC and DC/DC), mobile, LED lighting, motor, solar, computing, consumer and automotive applications.

AOC has launched its most cutting-edge design, the “Razor” Series, which is considered to be the world’s slimmest LED monitor.

Energy Smart Industry (ESI) has launched customized lighting solution for different kinds of industries and has now introduced LED Lighting retrofit for hospital lighting. With the new LED lights for hospitals, they can now get energy efficient lighting and can look forward to reduced electricity bills. The lighting solutions offered by the company are recommended by the US department of energy.

LED lighting technology developer Once Innovations has utilized its proprietary AC conditioning technology to turn out luminous flux of 1080 lumens at 11.8W and correlated color temperature of 2870 K. 50mm diameter AC LED modules are designed to connect to 120VAC, 60Hz mains without the need for additional electronics.