2010-08-23
Lighting Science Group’s Prolific DC LED street lights will soon light up Mexico City's newly constructed "Viaducto Bicentenario" elevated superhighway, which runs 23 kilometers from Lomas Verdes to Tepotzotlan.
BHP Energy Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. is LSG's exclusive representative in Mexico. Gerstl Consultores selected BHP Energy Mexico to provide LED-based street lights to work with Gerstl Consultatores' solar power systems. LSG and BHP Energy Mexico are jointly announcing the nearly completed project.
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2010-08-23
The Carbon Company (SGL) 's isostatic graphite parts are predominantly used in the production of silicon for solar energy and semiconductor wafers as well for LEDs.
To strengthen global market position, SGL Group will invest approximately €75 million into the capacity expansion of isostatic graphite to support the global growth in the solar energy, LED and semiconductor industries within the next 3 years.
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2010-08-23
The Chinese decorative lighting manufacturer Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd. will open 2,000 LED lighting fixtures shops in three to five years throughout mainland China, which is estimated an investment of 500 million Chinese yuan (US$73 million).
B.Y. Fan, the company’s chairman, noted that the company opened its first retail shop in Hong Kong early this year and will open a store in Taipei next year.
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2010-08-23
The top U.S. chemicals manufacturer Dow Chemical Co. will invest US$45 million to build a plant producing key electronic materials - LED and display panel components in South Korea and the facility will be located in the city of Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul.
Dow Chemical has signed a memorandum of understanding with the governments of South Chungcheong Province and the city of Cheonan.
Dow notes that construction for the plant will begin in October and would be completed in 2015.
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2010-08-23
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) will install LED system signs and requests a new tender with a cost of JOD 100.000, to import new LED traffic lights, said by the Director of Traffic Operations Department, Eng. Khaled Haddadeen.
He noted that GAM has already tested the traffic lights on Al Rabiah sign (the intersection of Mecca Street and Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas Street, and 60~70% of the Capital's traffic lights, about 125 light signs, have already been replaced.
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2010-08-20
Featuring flexible printed circuit (FPC) board, Edison Opto has introduced a new lighting strip compliant with IP68 waterproofed grade for the demanding outdoor applications. The flexible substrate allows for a maximum curling angle up to 60 and enables application for installation around rounded, restricted cabinet spaces.
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2010-08-20
ION™ Light Engines, a leading developer of high-performance LED-Array light engines, will exhibit its proprietary LED-Array component light engines at the upcoming LED Show at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, August 27th. The booth of ION is #22.
Otherwise, ION’s president, Richard Farrell, is participating in the Speaker Conference Program and will present an overview of the LED-Array as a light source, highlighting its performance, versatility, scalability, and design applications.
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2010-08-20
Sharp Corporation is following up its LED lamps with another mainstay of residential lighting by introducing six models of industry-first LED ceiling lights into the Japanese market. Using Sharp’s proprietary light diffusion technology, these ceiling lights achieve a thin design that is 43 mm at the thickest part and just 8 mm at the thinnest.
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2010-08-20
High Score Corporation has entered into a licensing agreement to develop a line of Energy Saving LED Street Lights and Parking Lot Lights with NexPhase Lighting.
In spite of earnest efforts on the part of management this funding has not fully materialized. As a result, the previous President of the company, Dror Svorai, stepped down from his position as CEO and created an LED Lighting Factory.
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2010-08-20
LG Display of Korea will show off a 31-inch OLED TV at the IFA show. LGD said the TV is the biggest of its type.
LGD has not unveiled other details on the set, including resolution, thickness or price.
Also on display at the event will be LG's 72-inch 3D LED TV and what is being described as the thinnest LCD TV, at just about 0.28 inches.
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2010-08-20
JP Sercel Associates, Inc. (JPSA) a leading manufacturer of laser micromachining systems for LED production, announced that the Korean Intellectual Property Tribunal ruled in favor of claimant JPSA, invalidating two of QMC’s Korean patents dealing with scribing and LLO. The invalidated Patents are No. 724540, “Laser Beam transmission system and method of the same and lift-off process method,” and No. 588459, “An adjustable laser beam delivery system and method for forming the same.” Patent No.
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2010-08-19
LED EVENT & Showcase(L-O-M | LED - OPTICS - MATERIALS)will be held on Nov.10~ 11, 2010in Germany.
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2010-08-19
Interlight Moscow 2010will be held on Nov. 9 ~ 12, 2010, Expocentre Fairgrounds,Moscow
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2010-08-19
AIXTRON AG announced a new order for one AIX 200, 1x2 inch configuration deposition system from the Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil. The new system will be delivered and installed at the Semiconductor Laboratory (LabSem) of the University.
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2010-08-19
Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech™) has introduced its AAT1409/7/5 family of multi-string LED backlight drivers. Offering integrated boost converters and precision current sinks that can support up to 88 LEDs at 360mA total LED current, the AAT1409/7/5 drivers are among the most powerful in the marketplace.
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2010-08-19
Chemtura Organometallics GmbH of Bergkamen, Germany, a subsidiary of US-based specialty chemical manufacturer Chemtura Corp. announces that the company will further expand Bergkamen plant to provide a sustainable supply for tomorrow's global customer requirements of the specialty chemicals trimethylaluminum (TMA), methylaluminoxane (MAO), and diethylzinc (DEZ).
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2010-08-19
LED lighting company Cree announced that the company has supplied the most energy-efficient LED downlights to Home Depot for sale online. The price for the lights, available under Home Depot's EcoSmart brand, is $49.95, and is targeted to be available in nearly 2,000 The Home Depot retail stores in fall 2010.
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2010-08-19
American display manufacturer ViewSonic has released its newest display, the VX2250wm-LED, a 22-inch LED backlight display and announced that all of its PC displays will feature LED technology by early 2011.
LCD monitors that use LED backlighting use about 40 percent less energy than displays that use CCFL. Because of the clear benefits of LED backlighting and lowering costs of production, more and more display manufacturers are turning to LED.
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2010-08-19
Retail Furniture Chain Replaces Showroom’s Hot Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient, Cool Burning LED Lighting. Estimated Annual Energy and Maintenance Savings of $295,000 Produces $3.4 Million in Savings Over Lifespan of the MSi Lights.
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2010-08-18
Light Middle Eastwill be on Oct. 31 ~ Nov.2, 2010 in Dubai, UAE.
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2010-08-18
I. Brief Introduction
Chinese LED company Jiangxi LatticeLighting Co., Ltd. has succeed in developing and manufacturing high power LED street light and tunnel light whose luminous efficiency reaches 108.6 lm/w. In fact, it is the reported commercial highest luminous efficiency LED Street light on the world market.
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2010-08-18
Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition)will be on Oct. 27 ~ 30, 2010in Hong Kong, China.
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2010-08-18
Gekko Technology will add the high-brightness LED light to its karess range of LED-based video and film lighting equipment at IBC2010 in Amsterdam, Sept. 10~14.
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2010-08-18
Northern Border In-Transit, LLC (NBIT) located in Detroit, Michigan, has selected Lumasmart to upgrade its exterior lighting with LED wallpacks.
LumaSmart’s LED Wallpack, which draws 65 watts of electricity, will replace 400 watt High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights that currently draw 465 watts with ballasts factored in – an 85% savings in energy.
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2010-08-18
Located at the base of the Teton Mountains, the Jackson Hole Airport needed a superior lighting solution, which now has installed Albeo Technologies’s LED Lighting.
Albeo's C-Series LED high bay used in Jackson Hole's Silver LEED rated airport. Albeo’s 177 Watt high-bay fixture with approximately 14,000 lumen output per fixture and a 4200K color temperature was used for the project. About 50,000 sq. ft. was added to the existing terminal and opened May of 2010.
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2010-08-18
Luminus Devices has signed a licensing agreement with Epistar that enables the company to manufacture LEDs on the PhlatLight platform.
Luminus Devices noted that it is the third individual licensing agreement for Luminus to other LED companies, demonstrating that LEDs constructed using the PhlatLight technology platform offer unparalleled levels of brightness and reliability.
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2010-08-18
Enfis Group plc has secured the contract to supply LED arrays and drivers for the NBA Stadium under construction in Guangzhou, China for this November’s Asian games.
A stunning new lighting design for the exterior of the NBA stadium will be brought to life by over 900 high-power, smart LED light engines from Enfis.
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2010-08-17
2010 LED+Light Tech Show will be on Oct. 27 ~ 30, 2010in HongKong, China.
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2010-08-17
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell its Metrology business to Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR), a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, for $229 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of both companies and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010, pending regulatory review and subject to customary closing conditions.
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2010-08-17
AIXTRON AG announced that in the second quarter Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, a world leading manufacturer of high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a solid-state lighting industry pioneer, has placed a repeat order for multiple AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD reactors which will be used for the production of its LUXEON power LEDs.
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