2010-03-18

Philips and LUCI open city.people.light awards for 2010 entries

As urban lighting becomes an increasingly essential component of town planning, and a major element of a city’s identity, Philips and LUCI (the Lighting Urban Community International association) are to invite cities all over the world to celebrate their enhancement of urban living by launching the eighth annual international city.people.light awards.
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2010-03-18

U.S. Army Awards Cyberlux a Contract for 24 WhiteEye Systems

Cyberlux Lighting Systems Fulfill Request for Quote and will be Deployed to Forward Operating Base Hammer as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
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2010-03-18

Luminus and Forepi Announce Licensing Agreement

Luminus Devices, developer and manufacturer of big-chip PhlatLight(R) LEDs, today announced a licensing agreement that enables Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) to manufacture small and mid-power chip blue and green GaN LEDs on the PhlatLight platform. By licensing and incorporating PhlatLight chip-technology, Forepi now has the capability of producing high-performance vertical-GaN chips for markets that require the performance of PhlatLight technology, but in a small and mid-power chip form factor.
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2010-03-17

Seoul Semiconductor LEDs illuminate tourist destination in Spain

LEDs for street lights in Valencia Community of Spain will be lit all over the Community through additional supply within a year Streets will be brighter, tourists safer, and electrical bills lesser in this Mediterranean resort region, thanks to 1,000 new energy-efficient and cost-effective streetlights using Seoul Semiconductor LEDs.
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2010-03-17

Lighthouse Delivers Major League LED Video to the Pawtucket Red Sox

Lighthouse, TS Sports and the Pawtucket Red Sox are set to provide PawSox fans with a major league video experience from the comfortable minor league atmosphere of Pawtucket’s McCoy Stadium. The incoming Lighthouse LED video screen is two-and-one-half times the size of the outgoing board, and will provide the PawSox faithful with a video experience generally reserved for watching Boston Red Sox games on NESN.
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2010-03-17

Gosoled launches LED Spotlights Ⅲ realizing optical aesthetics value

Recently, China Gosoled Lighting(GS) releases a new product----Led Spotlights Ⅲ and claims that its life span is 40 times longer than incandescent bulb. This type of Led belongs to SHINElights series. Moreover, the new product of this series has more obvious advantage than the old types, such as uniform light, non- flare and without dark space, especially without light leakage in the side and in the back of the light, so it takes advantage of the light well.
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2010-03-17

Avago announces surface-mount round and oval HB LEDs for signage

New amber, red, green, and blue LEDs target outdoor and indoor electronic sign and signal manufacturers
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2010-03-17

Dialight’s New DuroSite LED High Bay Fixture Achieves 77 lumens per watt

Highly efficient and environmentally friendly solid-state LED luminaire delivers massive energy savings for industrial, commercial and infrastructure applications, worldwide.
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2010-03-16

Elcoteq and Philips Lighting agree on global cooperation

In line with its strategy of leveraging its capabilities into new product segments with growth potential, Elcoteq has successfully started serving customers in selected lighting segments. Philips Lighting, a leading provider of solutions and applications for both professional and consumer markets, has chosen Elcoteq for a global growth partner of its Solid-State Lighting business.
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2010-03-16

TYCO ELECTRONICS RELEASES ROHS-COMPLIANT IDC SSL CONNECTOR FOR QUICK, TOOL-LESS TERMINATION OF DISCRETE WIRES

Tyco Electronics today released the new IDC SSL connector for quick, tool-less termination of discrete wires onto LED printed circuit boards (PCBs).  The product terminates 18 through 24 AWG solid and stranded wire utilizing insulation displacement technology to eliminate the labor-intensive task of pre-stripping wires and soldering.
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2010-03-16

D-LED Technologies unveils OptoSNAP customizing linear PCB and optic holder

D-LED Technologies has recently announced the launch of its new modular 20mm optic holders system “OptoSNAP”. OptoSNAP is a “snap-on” 20mm optic holder and easily attaches itself to an MCPCB / FR4 PCB. OptoSNAP is made out of small interlocking modules which allow the creation of various lengths and combinations. The system is made of 3 parts: 1. Optic Holder 2. Rim cover 3. Closed cover
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2010-03-16

Elation On The Red Carpet at this year's Oscars

Los Angeles’ KABC-TV’s live pre-Oscar broadcast On The Red Carpet gave viewers an up-close look at Hollywood’s biggest stars as they arrived at the movie industry’s premier event. Right alongside these luminous celebrities were some “bright newcomers” making their first appearance at this year’s Academy Awards show – Elation Professional’s ELAR 108 RGBW LED par cans.
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2010-03-16

ATG receives UL certification for LED-based T8 tube replacements

ATG’s iBright™ Series LED tubes are C-UL US certified now. UL File No.: E329832 ATG is one of the first few companies focusing on the development of LED tubes. ATG has a world-class product R&D team. ATG  has been continuously investing to improve the performances of LED tubes and ATG is now introducing fourth generation tubes.
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2010-03-16

Philips Lumileds introduces ultra-compact Luxeon C

LUXEON c delivers a more efficient, cost effective LED solution for appliance, portable and personal lighting solutions Addressing the lighting industry’s need for smaller, more powerful, and long-lasting LEDs for applications like refrigerators, freezers, and washing machines, Philips Lumileds today is introducing LUXEON c, the company’s latest addition to its LUXEON power LED portfolio.
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2010-03-15

Epistar Overhauls LED Market Strategy

Epistar Corp., recently decided to select LED packagers as its strategic partners, departing from its past practice of passively waiting for packagers'contracts. Epistar`s executives said that based on the existing business model packagers place contracts with chipmakers after they win orders from LED-application suppliers like mobile-phone makers. But, they added, an increasing number of application-product suppliers are appreciating Epistar`s chips and have begun designating the company to supply them the chips.
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2010-03-15

Optigami announces 98%-efficient LED optics

Optigami, LLC announces the availability of more efficient LED optics. The MR16 and PAR30 Miro® silver based optics provide upto a 30% efficiency improvement over total internal reflection plastic optics or simple Aluminum reflectors. Optigami’s standard components are intended for illumination applications requiring less than 60 degree full width beam spread where an additional homogenizer is also in use. Optigami is a U.S. startup specializing in the application of laminar 98% reflective material to 3D optical surfaces.
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2010-03-15

Lighthouse Technologies announces strong business growth, expansion plans

Following a year of strong growth, manufacturer and supplier Lighthouse Technologies Limited continues to forge new ground with several major global wins in the first quarter of 2010.
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2010-03-12

Green Lighting Shanghai 2010 to Debut Shanghai

Currently, the Chinese novel light source and energy lighting industry is experiencing explosive growth. Because of large national projects, semiconductor lighting manufacturers now have access to greater opportunities than ever before. Green Lighting Shanghai 2010, to be held at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center from April 20 to April 22, will feature the giants of the semiconductor lighting industry, including Philips, OSRAM, ASTRI, AIXTRON, Cree, Shanghai Sansi, Rainbow Optoelectronics Material and Everfine.
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2010-03-12

Marl brings Lumoluce to the UK

Marl is to distribute the Lumotech Lumoluce range of LED architectural lighting products for commercial and domestic applications. Manufactured in the Netherlands, Lumoluce LED lighting solutions are attracting a fast-growing following due to their remarkable colour consistency and exceptional energy efficiency.
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2010-03-12

ilumisys LED tubes light San Diego Holiday Inn parking garage

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that channel partner Ecogreen Solutions Inc. has installed LED light tubes at Holiday Inn San Diego Downtown in San Diego to improve lighting quality and lower energy costs.
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2010-03-12

Barco LED panels wrap American Eagle Outfitters Times Square store

Visualization specialist Barco is proud to announce that American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) selected a variety of Barco LED and LCD products for their new flagship store in New York City's Times Square. American Eagle Outfitters leveraged the store's distinctive exterior architecture to create a dominant visual landmark in this most iconic of urban settings.
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2010-03-12

Solitaire industrial LED light cuts power consumption for sewing machines

Alternate Lighting, a LED lighting manufacturer based out of Bangalore India, announced the volume availability of Solitaire (TM) for the woven garment manufacturing industry. Solitaire is a purpose designed LED task lamp for Industrial sewing machines and allows industrial users to reduce power consumption on lighting by over 50 %. Alternate is also selectively sampling a new overhead lighting solution for the garment industry that can reduce power consumption by over 85 % in conjunction with the task lamp.
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2010-03-12

Sharp 7-inch industrial displays with LED backlighting

Sharp unveils a new range of industrial displays with 7" diagonal screen and LED backlighting. The 16:9 format, 7" diagonal is emerging as the new standard for numerous portable test, measurement and input devices spanning all industrial sectors - logistics, transport, medicine, vehicle manufacturing and repair, the hotel trade and catering, etc - and various consumer applications such as pocket PCs, media players and electronic picture frames.
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2010-03-12

Samsung Redefines Home Entertainment with Global Availability of World’s First Full HD 3D LED TV and First-Time Offering of DreamWorks Animation’s Beloved Shrek Film Collection in 3D

First available offerings include LED TVs, Blu-ray Players and 3D Active Glasses First-Ever Release of Most Successful Animated Film Series of All Time in 3D From DreamWorks Animation
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2010-03-12

OSRAM: Unlimited creative freedom with efficient OLED

An impressive OLED installation by the lighting planners of ‘LichtKunstLicht’ is the main attraction on the OSRAM stand at the Light + Building show in Frankfurt from 11 to 16 April 2010. Design objects and luminaires use actual examples to show the range of wafer thin light sources with various colors and shapes.
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2010-03-11

Elumin8 partners with Chinese lighting giant to develop green lighting technologies

Elumin8 Ltd has today announced a strategic partnership with Chinese lighting company Tianjin Gongda Hiyu Solid State Lighting Co. Ltd. (Hiyu). The agreement is to develop advanced LED street lighting applications and distribute them across Europe, Middle East & Asia. HiYu is an associate of the Climate Control Committee – part of the Climate Group
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2010-03-11

Austriamicrosystems introduces LED flash driver for digital cameras

Austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, today announced the AS3645 LED flash driver. This inductive, ultra-small, high-efficiency single/dual LED flash driver offers 25 percent higher output current than existing equivalents. The higher flash power enhances picture and video quality especially in low light environments at the same system size.
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2010-03-11

OPTILED ramps up commitment to Hong Kong environment with green campaign

OPTILED sets example for the industry by encouraging the public in Hong Kong to switch to greener lighting technologies OPTILED Lighting International, a pioneer of LED lighting technologies, launched its green L.E.D. campaign today. Short for Love the earth, Engage with LED lighting, Dump the conventional bulb, L.E.D. is a movement that will encourage people in Hong Kong to go green by taking the simple action of replacing one conventional bulb with an LED one.
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2010-03-11

Zumtobel LED technology lights Neuschwanstein Castle Throne Room

King Ludwig II would have been delighted! The sovereign, who had always been very open-minded about innovative technologies, had a number of sensational engineering advancements implemented during construction of Neuschwanstein Castle in the nineteenth century. All of these, but in particular the high-quality artistic furnishings of the magnificent rooms, are now being highlighted efficiently, but above all gently, by LEDs supplied by Zumtobel.
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2010-03-11

Nuventix selects Nypro as manufacturing partner for Synjet products

Nuventix, Inc., innovator of SynJet® active thermal management solutions, today announced it has signed a Manufacturing Services Agreement with Nypro Inc. Nypro provides plastic injection molding and turn-key assembly of Nuventix products.
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ams OSRAM’s OSIRE® E3731i and Stand-Alone Intelligent Driver (SAID) use OSP license-free protocol to connect color LEDs, sensors and microcontrollers. ams OSRAM, a global leader in intelligent emitting and sensing technologies, will... READ MORE

JBD, a pioneering MicroLED display manufacturer, has set a new standard with its Phoenix series microdisplay, achieving an industry-record white-balanced brightness of 2 million nits. JBD’s Phoenix - Native Monolithic RGB Panel Leveragin... READ MORE