Taiwan's LED chip maker Epistar recently has developed a high-Voltage (HV) LED chip , which enables 135lm/W white LED at 1W and color temperature of 5000 K operation. Package of HV LED chips are available in general lighting and any applications for high-efficacy white light.

New Mexico’s First State Park Retrofitted with Qnuru’s Vector LED Light Bulbs Qnuru™, the premier provider of energy efficient lighting solutions, today announced that it has upgraded New Mexico’s Hyde Memorial State Park area lighting with its Vector LED Light Bulbs. The ranch-style, pole-mounted light fixtures surrounding the park’s visitor entrance were retrofitted with 21 watt Vector Zuni model LED light bulbs (see photo below).

Santa Fe Mayor David Coss and Qnuru™, the premier provider of energy efficient lighting solutions, held a “wire cutting” ceremony to mark the installation of solar-powered luminaires in three of the city’s public parks. The Qnuru off-grid fixtures, named the “Santa Fe” in honor of the city that inspired their design, illuminate Frenchy’s Field Park, a 17-acre “natural park” that occupies an important link in the city’s open-space network of trails and parks. 

The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, US recently selected Amerlux's LED Acorn Retrofit lamps to retrofit 750 of its downtown area lights. It's said that the Public Works Committee of the city of Kenosha unanimously approved the Amerlux contract on Aug. 16. The City Council offered a nearly $1 million federal grant to fund the project.

Taiwan major LED packagers revealed financial reports in the first half of 2010. Among the peers, Everlight ranked the first with after-tax net earnings of NT$3.7 per share. It scored NT$1.4 billion (US$43 million at US$1:NT$32) in after-tax profit over the first half of 2010, more than double the amount it made a year earlier.

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar reported that the company's final target in Q3 of 2010 gross margin would keep at 35%,in spite of a demand slowdown from the LED-backlit TV segment. According to the company, the revenues of September would impair because it planed to adjust its shipment mix facing the slide forms. And Epistar hoped the share of blue LED capacity into September could reach 100% and red LEDs reach about 75~85%.

Following making incentives, On September 6, the Yangzhou government of China's Jiangsu Province will convene investors in Taipei in the filed of solar, LED lighting, e-book reader and smart-grid sectors. Some based-Taiwan makers, such as Amtran Technology, Unity Opto Technology, Formosa Epitaxy and the Far Eastern Business Group will attend the meeting.

GT Solar turn out its next generation CVD reactor, the SDR400 for the production of high purity polysilicon.

Redbird LED completed the installation of parking garage LED lighting retrofit at Buckhead Marketplace Shopping Center. Redbird LED selected its Vapor Tight Luminaries (40 watt) to enhance the lighting of parking spaces and walls along the periphery of the parking garage.

Sharp has shown off Aquos LE925 Quattron LED TV at IFA 2010,which consists of two panel sizes - 60- and 46-inch models.   The claimed 1.8x better brightness than normal three primary colour set is said to reduce crosstalk 3D image separation even further.

Toshiba has launched its first 3D enabled Regza WL768 series LED TVs. With the WL768 screens, you can view 3D content straight out of an optional transmitter and even throwing in a pair of active shutter glasses. With integrated Freeview HD tuner, Toshiba are certainly not relying on the 3D aspect of the new screens to generate sales. The service currently offers BBC1, ITV and Channel 4 in HD.

Toshiba has revealed a new pocket projector - Lumileo P100, which is intended primarily for small spaces.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed installation of a 1,513-inch Diamond Vision large-scale display system, which instead of the previous CRT screens installed in 1996, and becomes the second largest display at a Japanese boat racecourse and the largest in the Kyushu area. It displays high-definition video content, incorporates high-luminance LEDs aligned vertically and horizontally in a 15-millimeter dot pitch and the latest digital screen controllers.

Malaysian firm Dominant has launched its new high brightness AlInGaP devices, DWx-PJG and DWx-PKG. Operating from a supply current of 50mA, this LED features a luminous intensity of 2,600mcd, 7.2 lm (typical) for red; 3,000mcd, 8.0lm (typical) for amber and 3,200mcd, 8.5lm (typical) for yellow.

Japan's Quantum Lighting Products Limited will team up with Future Lighting Solutions, a division of Future Electronics to develop an LED retrofit for E26-base incandescent light bulbs.

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is scheduling to use LEDs to take the place of 800,000 working mercury streetlights. It will be worth of NT$22 billion (US$687 million), and be completed in 2011. When the project is completed, it estimated to cut down around 50% of electrical consumption from current level by mercury streetlights, according to senior MOEA officials.

More and more Taiwan Electric Manufacturing Company such as TSMC, UMC, AUO and MOEA, had entered green energy industry, which made more equipment suppliers are venturing into the production of equipment for the green energy industry. Now, some companies have ready started cost in equipment production for solar and LED applications, such as All Ring Tech, Csun Manufacturing, Gallant Precision Machining (GPM), Kenmec Mechanical Engineering and Mirle Automation.

Samsung has unveiled its latest 'ultra-slim' 65-inch LED-backbit 3D TV - LED C8000, the company claims it is the world's largest Full HD 3D LED TV.

Eco Depot, Inc has added the new high lumen output 125 Watt high bay LED fixture ICE PIPE to their avant-garde product line of commercial and industrial LED Lighting solutions. The company said that the new low cost ICE PIPE is designed to replace conventional 250 to 400 Watt metal halide lighting fixtures, provide a superior light output and consume 70-80% less electricity.

Taiwan’s Lite-On Group hopes that its overall revenues can roughly grow 20-25% to reach NT$350-400 billion (US$10.93-12.5 billion) in 2013. According to the company, car components, LED and clean energy will garner NT$22 billion, NT$50 billion and NT$5 billion in revenues in 2013.

The leading global LED lighting company Philips plans to expand its LED product lineup in South Korea, the company begins releasing affordable LED lamps, targeting Korean households. Philips stressed that although the market for home LED lighting currently takes up 1 to 2 percent of the whole market for home lights, it is expected to expand at a rapid speed. Philips will do its best to boost the commercialization of LED lights.

Taiwan’s Amtran Technology announced that its partner US-based LCD TV brand Vizio had released five M series edge-type LED-backlit LCD TVs in Taiwan. The five new inventions including five models, which from 32- to 55-inch, and the price is NT$27,900 (US$871.48) for 32-inch, NT$32,900 for 37-inch, NT$42,900 for 42-inch, NT$52,900 for 47-inch and NT$83,900 for 55-inch respectively.

Brand Neue Corp. has announced the Company will simplify its product line and focus more exclusively on the LED Lighting Products and Solutions opportunity inherent in its newly formed InteLEDgent Lighting division. To facilitate planned growth, Brand Neue has re-located its corporate head office from Bentonville, Arkansas to Las Vegas, Nevada. Also, the Company announces the resignation of President John J. Ryan III.

LED industry has become one of today’s most promising industries because LED is energy-saving, environment-friendly and long-lasting. In China, the LED industry has attracted great attention from Chinese governments and private investors. China’s LED chip industry has received a huge investment from 2009 to 2010.

Taiwan LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy has announced the income of 1H10. A gross margin is above 43.58% which is the highest among Taiwan LED chipmakers. The net profit reached NT$630 million (US$19.2 million) and revenues come to NT$2.096 billion, while EPS reached NT$1.85. In the 2Q of 2010, the strength of capacity expansion and being improved result in the strong result, while the company hope keep above the 40% level due to pay attention to LED lighting in the 3Q of 2010.

Taiwan’s LED chipmaker Arima Optoelectronics plans to build a new wholly-owned LED epitaxy manufacturing company in Wujiang of China's Jiangsu Province by investing US$30 million. According to Arima, the installment of new factory’s production facility will start at the end of 2010. It is expected to install 10 MOCVD sets, 10 more by mid-2011, and up to 150 sets in the next five years.

AU Optronics (AUO) expanded LED-backlit TV and monitor panels, TV panels cover from 24 -inch to 65-inch models, while monitor panels go up to as large as 27 inch. AUO noted that the proportion of LED-backlit Notebooks panels will be up to 100% at the end of this year. In addition, AUO is preparing for moving into 3D panels for TV, monitor and notebook. The company will release 65-inch 3D TV panels, 3D notebook panels and 23- and 27-inch 3D monitor panels in the next times.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has released a new white, non-diffused 3-mm LED. Utilizing ultrabright InGaN technology, the VLHW4100 can achieve a high luminous intensity from 4,500 mcd to 11,250 mcd at 20 mA. Vishay' VLHW4100 features a clear, untinted plastic case with a lens and viewing angle of 22.5 deg., and high light output and visibility performance, the company said that it is optimized for high-end applications with extreme luminous intensity requirements.

LEDtronics, Inc. has launched energy-efficient, vibration-resistant T8 and T12/2-pin fluorescent-replacement LED tube lights, the company said they are ideally designed for passenger buses and railcars.

Taiwan’s LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology reported the final finance result of the first half of 2010, which includes consolidated net profit of NT$661.728 million (US$20.65 million) with an EPS of NT$2.15. Consolidated revenues of Unity Opto is NT$3.906 billion and unconsolidated revenues is NT$3.25 billion.