Zumtobel's LED lighting system has joined the contemporary interior design of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The Museum now attracts its guests in an entrance hall flooded with light. According to the museum's technical director, Thomas Frey, thanks to the professional technical support provided by Zumtobel,they have achieved a highly attractive result.

Taiwan LED maker Huga Optotech has signed a NT$ 2 bn. syndication loan agreement with Hua Nan Commercial Bank. Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Industrial Bank of Taiwan, Mega International Commercial Bank, Chang Hwa Bank, and The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, also financed the deal.

Climate ESCO Ltd. (CE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mantra Venture Group Ltd.  has secured a demonstration project using its new LED lighting products for the District of North Vancouver. The District is utilizing the Northlands Golf and Country Club for the project and CE is now under way to retrofit the entire club house LED interior lighting system. The installation is anticipated to be completed by the end of September 2010.

The Lighting Association (LA) is Europe's largest association for the industry. In 2010 LA Member, Low Energy Designs kindly donated five SunBURST™ LED luminaires, ideal for our floodlighting needs. Low Energy Designs are at the forefront of energy saving solutions, both in technology quality, and energy efficiency. Their products use the highest specification LEDs and with their clever design and test meant, they were ready to not only illuminate the Lighting Association but also provide us with between 40 – 70% cost savings compared to the existing luminaires.

Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT), a leading global manufacturer of high power LED lighting products, has proudly introduced its latest products—the Aurora(tm)-series V5 LED MR16 and the Apollo(tm)-series LED BR40 with the highest lumen output in the world for their product class. The Aurora(tm)-series V5 7-watt LED MR16 produces 720lm and the Apollo(tm)-series 35 watt LED BR40 produces 2600lm.

Federal Customers Can Now Easily Purchase Lunera LED Lighting Fixtures Lunera Lighting, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, is pleased to announce that its award winning, energy efficient LED fixtures are now available for purchase on the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule. New to the Lunera® team, Harpreet Walia, head of Government Affairs, will be leading the company's government sales efforts.

Acuity Brands, a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, received theLEDshow's(TM) award for best interior commercial product for the Lithonia Lighting(R) RTLED(TM) luminaire. theLEDshow is a mini-convention and lighting industry consortium focused on marketing and promoting LED and solid-state lighting. The award honors LED lighting that is innovative, provides a high-quality of light output and eliminates cumbersome installation processes. Acuity Brands' Lithonia Lighting accepted the award at theLEDshow in Las Vegas in August 2010.

UV-LED curing technology is gaining worldwide acceptance and many experts predict that LEDs will replace traditional mercury based UV curing lamps. LEDs offer a green, safe, energy efficient technology that is revolutionizing visible light and changing how manufacturers are UV curing.

The  three-day SEMICON Taiwan 2010 is going to hold in Taipei and over 2,300 people have signed up to attend. It is estimated to draw around 30,000 visitors this year to shop from 500 exhibitors or so. During the show, 50 technology workshops and forums will be held to address topics including micro electro mechanical systems, 3D, advanced IC testing and packaging, LED process, eco-friendly process, chemical-mechanical planarization, and compound semiconductor.

AIXTRON AG has announced a new order for ten more CRIUS® 31x2-inch configuration deposition systems from Neo-Neon International Ltd. The China based company placed the order in the fourth quarter of 2009 and when the systems are delivered in the period between third and fourth quarters of 2010, they will be used for GaN ultra-high brightness (UHB) blue/green LED production.

As Inventory adjustments by panel makers and lower inventory of CCFL panels and CCFL TVs, most Taiwan LED packagers, chipmakers August revenues become lower than last month. LED chip packaging Unity Opto Technology August revenues slip 4.6% but up 58% on year to NT$670 million (US$20.979 million). The total income in 2010 until August 31 reached NT$4.62 billion, which more NT$4 billion than the whole 2009.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has launched its latest 70 series PX2370 eco-friendly LED monitor, Magic Lux and Magic Angle in India. The PX 2370 is the first LED monitor, which can support RGB 100% thereby delivering nature-like picture quality.

Magic Bulb, a Chinese company, has created rechargeable LED bulbs and decided to show off their creation at IFA. These bulbs use all of 4W of power while shining as brightly as a 50W bulb. 

Samsung has announced new device of Nori series, the Samsung Nori F (SHW-A200), known as LED illumination, which enable users to customize LED illumination on the front of their mobile phones. Nori F is a flip form factor phone set for South Korea. This device will be available in four fleshy colors such as Bleu Marin, Red, Orange and Light Blue. 

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.