2010-08-17
Brand Neue Corp. has unveiled its new energy efficient, high lumen output 120 Watt high bay LED fixture. The company said they can replace conventional 400 Watt metal halide lighting fixtures and consume 70~80% less electricity.
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2010-08-17
Meyda Custom Lighting, a Meyda Tiffany company and a leading manufacturer and designer of custom lighting and décor, has launched the handsome Boberick wall sconce featuring state of the art LED technology.
The Meyda Boberick LED Wall Sconce is 15 inches tall, 10.25 inches wide and four inches deep, other energy efficient lamping options are available. Otherwise, the fixture is UL listed for damp locations.
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2010-08-17
Streetlight Intelligence Inc. ("SLQ") is pleased to report that, the street lighting industry has recognized that LED luminaires can achieve greater energy efficiency when outfitted with adaptive lighting controls, such as SLQ's Lumen IQ™ Adaptive Street Light Management System.
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2010-08-17
The new assignment further strengthens the company's international senior management team and ensures continuing improvement of its efforts to expand in the LED lighting markets.
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2010-08-16
The LED lighting revolution achieved another victory with the opening of an industrial plant lit exclusively with LEDs. Located in Etten Leur, The Netherlands, the full-service consumer products packaging plant is owned and operated by Kompak. All interior and exterior lighting fixtures feature Cree XLamp® LEDs and were developed and installed by LedNed, a Dutch LED lighting pioneer.
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2010-08-16
Spectacular dynamic outdoor lighting with OSRAM LED shows the Uruguay bridge in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, in a completely new light.
To turn the rather inconspicuous bridge into a city highlight, renowned Maestre Iluminación S.A. was assigned to add new “color” to it and implemented a spectacular dynamic lighting concept – using state-of-the-art LED floodlights and innovative electronic equipment from OSRAM.
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2010-08-16
Carmanah EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems have been installed to provide illumination at a busy city bus stop near the LA City Department of Public Works Office Complex.
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2010-08-16
A 9,500 sq. m LED video screen, has been installed for 2010 World Expo Opening Ceremony, is from a chinese LED display company Retop LED Display Co. Ltd.
Retop claims that the screen is now the largest LED screen in the world as well as the largest LED screen ever been used for the stage.
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2010-08-16
Nexxus Lighting, Inc. has released its sales revenue of second quarter 2010. The company revenue increases by 43% to $3.7 million compared to the prior year quarter. Gross profit increased to $873,000 on higher sales volume, compared to $650,000 in Q2 2009.
Nexxus pointed out that the sales of LED products accounted for 84% Nexxus’ revenue in Q2 2010, versus 74% last year.
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2010-08-16
Samsung has announced three new 3D TVs in the US, one of which is the world’s largest 3D LED TV.
The set uses LED technology, has a 65-inch screen, Precision Dimming technology, 240Hz refresh rate technology, dynamic 8,000,000:1 contrast ratio and WiFi capabilities.
Samsung claims that it costs $6000 and will be available later in August this year.
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2010-08-13
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that Elec-Tech International has selected its TurboDisc(R) K465i MOCVD systems as their "tool of choice" for two new LED factories in Wuhu and Yangzhou, China.
In August Veeco booked the initial systems from a large multi-tool purchase order from Elec-Tech's LED subsidiary, Elec-Tech Optoelectronic Technology (Wuhu) Co., Ltd.
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2010-08-13
AIXTRON AG announced a substantial multiple order for additional MOCVD tools from Yangzhou Longyao, a LED manufacturing company in Yangzhou, PR China. Yangzhou Longyao is a subsidiary of Rainbow Optoelectronics Material Shanghai Co. Ltd., China, a long time customer of AIXTRON MOCVD equipment.
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2010-08-13
Compared with traditional HID street lights, Lighting Science Group (LSG)'s high performance PROLIFIC series street lights, which are 50% more efficient, provide more uniform light distribution, increase light levels, now line the streets of Banyeres de Mariola Alicante, Spain.
It is estimated that can save Banyeres de Mariola Alicante thousands of dollars in energy cost over the life of the fixtures. The main outstanding feature is that they are maintenance free.
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2010-08-13
Located in Etten Leur, the Netherlands, the full-service consumer products packaging plant is owned and operated by Kompak. All interior and exterior lighting fixtures feature more than 100,000 Cree XLamp(R) LEDs, which were developed and installed by LedNed, a Dutch LED lighting pioneer.
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2010-08-13
Small Footprint, 1mm2 Boost Switch Saves 60 Percent Board Space in Smartphone Designs
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2010-08-13
Collaboration will strengthen market penetration in Asia, Europe and US
Oree Inc., developer of LED planar illumination technology, announced today that it has secured an investment from Epistar Corporation, Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of LED chips. The funding is a demonstration of the strong strategic relationship between the two companies.
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2010-08-12
Based on the industry researcher LEDinside’s analysis and statistics, in July this year, listed LED manufacturers in Taiwan have total revenue of 10.853 billion NTD, a 2.7% growth compared with June revenue of 10.56 billion NTD and 80% rise YoY. The revenue for LED chip manufacturers in July reached 4.97 billion NTD, up 7.6% from June. The revenue for LED package manufacturers in July amounted to 5.88 billion NTD, down 1.1% from June.
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2010-08-12
ON Semiconductor designed a new line driver NCS5650, which was available in Power Line Carrier communications applications such as smart metering, industrial control and street lighting.
The NCS5650 features high efficiency, Class AB, low distortion, drive power line mains and capable of accepting a signal from any power line carrier modem.
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2010-08-12
Nexxus Lighting launches its 2nd generation Array™ Lighting line of products.
The Gen2 R30 and R16 feature an expanded color temperature offering (adding 2700° Kelvin) and improved color rendering indexes exceeding 80 CRI. Both of the new Gen2 product lines are UL listed, can be ordered in either architectural white or custom black housings and will feature the new Lighting Facts label on the packaging.
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2010-08-12
TSMC recently held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which passed the following resolutions:
1. Approved capital appropriations of US$1,972.3 million to expand advanced process technology capacity at 12-inch fabs.
2. Approved capital appropriations of US$369 million to continue construction of Fab 15.
3. Approved capital appropriations of US$258.1 million to provide specialty technology capacity.
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2010-08-12
Count On Tools, a precision component manufacturer specializing in all aspects of the machining industry, has announced the expansion of its LED nozzle series.
Its LED nozzle series is available for all types of SMT pick-and-place equipment and tooling.
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2010-08-12
Samsung Electronics America has expanded new 3D content, as 3D Blu-ray versions of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s global 3D blockbuster How to Train Your Dragon, IMAX's original productions Into the Deep and Galapagos, and Giant Screen Films' Mummies: Secrets of the Pharoahs for the home this fall.
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2010-08-11
Cyberlux Corporation announced that the Company has produced and shipped the first order from Sierra Nevada Corporation for the Cyberlux LED Hardened Shelter Lighting solution. Sierra Nevada uses five 24” Cyberlux HSL fixtures in the delivery of the Humvee-based mobile command and control centers produced for the U.S. Military.
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2010-08-11
Due to ongoing market share gains as well as rising demand, Lite-On Technology Corp. July consolidated revenue achieved to NT$10.54 billion, up 24% Y-o-Y, and cumulative sales from January through July reached NT$71.57 billion with growth of 41% Y-o-Y.
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2010-08-11
SemiLEDs Corporation, which specializes in blue, UV, and green LED chips, has filed for an Initial Public Offering. The firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $173 million in shares.
The firm has a history of 5 years and has booked $29 million in sales for the 12 months ended May 31.And it intends to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol LEDS.
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2010-08-11
Cree announced its annual revenue and annual net income. Its record revenue has achieved to $264.6 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, ended June 27, 2010. Compared to revenue of $148.1 million reported for the fourth fiscal quarter last year, it increase by 79% and compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010, it increase by 13%.
GAAP net income for the fourth quarter increased 445% year-over-year to $52.8 million, or $0.48 per diluted share.
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2010-08-11
Considering the Asian market is a cornerstone to the market growth, Luminus Devices, developer and manufacturer of PhlatLight® LEDs, and Comex Technology announced a partnership through which Comex will distribute Luminus LEDs to customers in Asia. Comex will provide comprehensive distribution, supply-chain optimization and technical support to help Luminus’ customers to accelerate product development for a variety of general illumination and specialty lighting applications.
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2010-08-11
LUXEON® Rebel LEDs have been selected by Daimler AG for use in the Daytime Running Light function on several vehicle .Also Daimler intends to expand the use of LUXEON Rebel LEDs for the DRL function in other models.
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2010-08-10
AIXTRON AG announced an order for three mass production MOCVD systems for GaN HB-LED production from the INCOTEX Group, a new AIXTRON customer in Bulgaria. INCOTEX placed the order in the first quarter of 2010 and the systems will be delivered from the third quarter of 2010 onwards. The local AIXTRON Europe support team will commission the new reactors at the company’s purposebuilt facility in Bulgaria.
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2010-08-10
GlacialTech Inc. introduces the novel GL-BR20D/30D/40D Series LED Bulbs that are 110/220VAC LED retrofits for conventional BR halogen bulbs. What makes GL-BR20D/30D/40D most unique is the TRIAC-dimmable function embodied in the bulbs for smoothly dimming down to complete darkness while the dimmer's conduction angle is being diminished towards nil.
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