Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that during the recently completed second quarter, Shanghai Epilight Technology Company Ltd., one of the largest LED manufacturers in China, placed a multi-tool order for Veeco TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems. The equipment is for Epilight's planned capacity expansion at their Shanghai high-brightness light emitting diode (HB-LED) fab.

Taiwan has returned to the world expo stage for the first time since 1970's Osaka World Expo. This year's theme for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, "Better City, Better Life," denotes a growing global awareness of environmental issues, and promotes inter-city communication.  

Solar, Infrared and LED experts met to discuss advances in photonic materials and devices at the 2010 International Symposium in Chicago on July 12 and 13. The Quantum-functional Semiconductor Research Center of Dongguk University, the Microphysics Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Sivananthan Laboratories Inc. jointly organized.

According to a document from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to the APEC regional audience, the Korean innovation plan for LED had made a success that the next generation InGaN blue light's efficiency was increased by 30 percent. The document gives an outline of how the results were achieved. The results, in terms of technical details were said to be because of zinc oxide nanorod optical waveguide effects.

ADI manufactured ADP1650 1500-mA white LED driver. It features like a programmable I²C-compatible interface, programmable torch and flash currents for one LED up to 1500 mA, two independent TxMASK1 inputs and a 4-bit ADC. It provides high efficiency at 85 percent at the typical battery voltage (90 percent peak). The ultra-compact ADP1650 measures only 2 mm × 1.5 mm in a 12-ball WLCSP package and reduces PCB requirements.

Two wholly-owned subsidiaries from Shenzhen-listed Elec-Tech International schedules to order 130 sets of MOCVD tools and accessories fromVeeco and Aixtron at US $337.5 million.

AIXTRON AG today announced the move of its South Taiwan Office into its new facilities in Tainan Tree Valley, next to the Tainan Science Based Industrial Park.

Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd. began developing LED fans last year and secured orders from Philips for its LED lamps in the second quarter.

Invenlux Corporation, a U.S.-based manufacturer of LEDs selected Veeco's multiple TurboDisc(R) K-Series(TM) GaN MOCVD systems to ramp capacity at its factory in Haiyan City, China. According to Chris Yan, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Invenlux, they continue to select Veeco as our supplier of choice for their LED capacity ramp because of Veeco's proven advantage in productivity, and a lower cost of ownership when compared to competitive systems.

LEDtronics® announces Flame Tip Surface Mount LED Chandelier Bulbs that offer rich, beautiful lighting in many versatile applications. The DEC02SM-B11E26 series SMD LED Chandelier bulb comes in a flame-tip shape, UV-protected, plastic lens covering that allows the LEDs to shine three-dimensionally in multiple directions, while still being protected from the environment.

A new lighting spanning the 1565-meter Songhuajiang Bridge over the Songhua River in Harbin, China is completed by Roled Opto Electronics Shanghai Co., Ltd. with the help of Future Lighting Solutions. This project utilizes 1,288 linear floodlights containing 12,000 LUXEON® Rebel LEDs. 

Array™ Lighting R30 LED light bulbs producted by Nexxus Lighting have been installed throughout the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. According to Michael Kidwell, Broward Center's Maintenance Technician II, they have installed Array LED lamps in locations throughout their facility - everywhere from elevators and lobbies to the theater and stage with plans to do more.

Seesmart cooperates with First U.S. Finance (FUSF) to supply commercial LED products leasing on a national scale. Under the FUSF leasing program, Seesmart customers can benefit from 100% financing for Seesmart lighting products, control systems, product installation and product training. Financing packages are available from as low as $3,000.00.

 Osram Opto Semiconductor's prototype of a red Golden Dragon Plus LED sets new record Developers at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in increasing the efficiency of red thin-film LEDs by 30% – a new record. The latest generation of thin-film chips benefit from an optimized chip platform which has potential for further improvements. This boost in efficiency is opening up new LED applications in general illumination, in projection and in the industrial sector.

Edison Opto expands its product portfolio with the newly developed EdiPower® II series.

American brand Creative Recreation creates a pair of LED Sneakers. These illuminating kicks are designed by Moritz Waldemeyer, a German fashion designer.     The Creative Recreation LED shoe wears series of LED circuits on selected panels such as toe box, forefoot strap, collar, and heel while the remainder uses black premium leather.

A spherical screen made with one million LEDs is shown at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China. It’s designed and manufactured by Opto Tech Corp, a business partner of Nichia Corp. The diameter and weight of the screen are 16m and 130t. And Taiwan's natural environment and cultures are displayed on it.

TSMC will set up a new plant with more than $9.4 billion in Taichung, Taiwan. The new plant has a total site area of 18.4ha and will have a building area of 430,000sqm and clean room area of 104,000sqm. It's reported to create 8,000 jobs over the next few years. Fab 15, in Taichung's Central Taiwan Science Park will be TSMC's third GigafabTM, or fab with capacity of more than 100,000 300mm wafers per month, and will also be TSMC's second GigafabTM equipped for 28nm technology.

LedEngin completed its Series D financing. NGP Energy Technology Partners ("NGP ETP"), a leading energy technology fund with $496 million of capital under management. The financing will be used to increase the LedEngin product portfolio, increase manufacturing capacity and to increase its worldwide sales and marketing network. Because of its unique and innovative packaging and optical technology, LedEngin is poised to take advantage of robust growth in the LED market.

Cree reveals the industry's smallest warm and neutral bins,multichip XLamp® MP-L and MC-E EasyWhite™ LEDs. It offers a single two-step MacAdams ellipse bin per color temperature, optimized to achieve incandescent-like color consistency and eliminating the need to purchase multiple small bins and perform complex color mixing.

General Electric and Konica Minolta have achieved 56 lumens-per-watt efficiency, proving that flexible, white OLED lighting devices can be made at low cost using "solution-coatable" materials.

The Kremlin State Palace becomes one of the largest architectural LED installations worldwide with over 200,000 DMX channels. Its main auditorium is encased by towering walls which, during the recent contemporary update led by architects from the studio OTASH, were plated with RGB LED panels creating two vast curvilinear LED screens (25mx60m).

Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC) has chosen Veeco multiple TurboDisc(R) K465i GaN and E475 Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) MOCVD Systems to support production ramp. According to Marco Kuo, President of Arima Optoelectronics, they choose Veeco's MOCVD systems because of its production-proven reliability and high productivity. Most of the systems will be installed in a new joint venture company, Shanxi Province, Northern China.

Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India has participated in the Cree LED City® Program. Tirupati is one of India's important pilgrimage centers and a major economical and education hub in the southern region of Andhra Pradesh. To better light two of the city's busiest roads, Tirupati converted more than 140 street lights to LED fixtures.

Hella reveals a new line of "Green" LED street-lighting products, aiming at replacing conventional lighting on streets, parking lots and commercial property over North America.

Based on the fact that LED TV occupied 30 percent of the market in the second half last year, some experts predict the LED TV market share will be 70 percent this year.

Labsphere set up new manufacturing facility, Shanghai Lanfei Optical Equipment Co. Ltd., which is totally owned foreign enterprise in China, aiming at providing light measurement products and customer support at a local level. Three years ago, Labsphere opened its first sales office in China. It supplies LED, laser and traditional light source light measurement systems critical to China's developing solid state lighting industry.

Tiger Optics schedules  to introduce ALOHA, the world's first ammonia analyzer for HB LED-related applications, at the Semicon West trade show in San Francisco.

Greenscape Capital Group released that Green Park Denver LLC has chosen The LED Company, based out of Wilmington, Delaware, as the lighting supplier to its Denver parking facility.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that Neo-Neon Holdings Ltd., a leading lighting company listed on the Hong Kong exchanges, has ordered its first Veeco TurboDisc(R) K465i Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system to support its LED manufacturing capacity ramp at its JiangMen, China factory. Veeco received the order during the recently completed second quarter.