LED lighting retrofit reduces OCCC’s energy consumption and carbon emissions Florida’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), the nation’s second largest, is leaping ahead with their environmental stewardship through a wide range of green initiatives. Albeo Technologies Inc. is supplying its award winning C-Series low bay to the convention center for a number of retrofit projects.

The Revolutionary Clarity LED Series Offers Reliable 24/7 Operation and Superior Visual Performance

Philips Lumileds announced today that it has implemented complete forward and backward traceability for LUXEON power LED products. It is now possible to identify to the wafer level exactly when, where, and how each of the hundreds of millions of LUXEON LEDs was manufactured. Philips Lumileds LUXEON 2D Barcode enables traceability

Cree XLamp® MPL EasyWhite™ LED Delivers up to 1500 Lumens at 75 Lumens per Watt in a Breakthrough Package Design

The new LED Light Site ledlight.osram-os.com from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is an information source on all things LED. On the online platform, customers can find news, technical information, support and tools in connection with LED lighting solutions in the fields of architectural, shop, outdoor and indoor lighting.

Light+Building 2010 will be on April 11-16, 2010 in Frankfurt.

The LED show will be on August 27, 2010 in Las Vegas.

AIXTRON AG announced that in the third quarter of 2009 Formosa Epitaxy Inc. ‘FOREPI’, based in Lung-Tan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, placed an order for multiple MOCVD reactors which will be used for the production of ultra-high brightness (UHB) InGaN-based blue LEDs.

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) are being developed for the next generation of displays and light sources. The QDI 302™ microscope spectrophotometer, from CRAIC Technologies, is designed to measure and compare the spectral output, intensity and color consistency of each of the microscopic pixels commonly found in OLED devices.

Lighthouse, the LED display solution provider, recently announced that it has won the “2009 Outstanding Brand for LED Screen” as well as the “2009 Innovative Product Award” for its "HELIOS High Efficiency LED Informative Operations System" at PjTime.com’s 2009 Large Screen Audio-Visual Gala. Awards Panel experts and scholars selected Lighthouse for its technical strength, advanced product concepts, good industry reputation, and impressive performance in the Chinese market.

Acriche Branded Bulb Delivers 25% Greater Efficiency The company has made an investment of about 20 million dollars in the United States so far and plans to expand the investment in the future 

To identify the high quality of Unilumin LED lights and approach better the USA LED light market, Unilumin Group Co., Ltd ( with its former name Shenzhen Unilumin Technology Co., Ltd.) has involved in UL testing process for LED street light since the end of last year. And from the latest news published by UL on Jan. 19th,2010, Unilumin has passed the authentic certification successfully.

Environmentally-friendly salad, with vegetables grown using nothing but LED lights, will soon be part of our everyday meals. According to a co-research by Professor Lee Jong-suk’s team at the Department of Horticulture Landscaping at Seoul Women’s University and leading LED lights company Fawoo Technology, Co., fresh salad vegetables have been successfully cultivated using just LED lights.

Topco Energy Saving System Corp. (TESS) announced the latest innovation in Feb. The new 9W / 9.5 W LED bulbs are designed with CREE LED chips inside. With the leading technology, the 9W cool white bulb reaches 700 lumens and it can replace 70W incandescent bulb.

Three years ago, Raleigh became the first city in the world to join the Cree LED City(R) program, a now-international initiative to deploy and promote LED lighting. Raleigh now boasts more than 40 installations, ranging from accent and indoor lighting to street and parking lot lighting.

In early 2009, after Samsung invested a large budget in promoting the new concept of LED TV, the market witnessed a surge in the replacement of new generation television. According to LEDinside’s latest market trend report, the total shipment of LED-backlit TVs in 2009 was about 3.5 million sets. Of that, Samsung was on the top with more than 70% share; followed by Sharp and LG. Notably, in the first wave of LED-backlit TV competition, shipment ratio of the two Korean companies accounted for 80% of the total.

Recently, Lextar Electronics Corp., a LED-chip manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan's largest TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), won order from Samsung of South Korea for LCD TV-panel backlights. Local LED makers said that Lextar would ship in-house packed LEDs to Samsung with LED chips supplied by Nichia of Japan and Epistar of Taiwan.

PetroCard, a fuels distributor, announced plans to upgrade 15 of its fueling stations with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) overhead fixtures which will reduce the company's energy use and associated costs by more than 40 percent. LEDs have already been installed in the canopies at three PetroCard facilities in Kent, Pacific, Lynnwood, as well as a PetroCard supplied "76" branded station in Seattle. The additional 12 stations throughout Washington state will be completed by the end of 2010.

Revolutionary MCX LED Technology Sets New Bar for Task Lighting The Element LED task light by Humanscale is now available to consumers. Designed by Mark McKenna, Design Director of the Humanscale Design Studio, Element offers groundbreaking advancements in LED technology and is the first light of its kind to meet all the Department of Energy’s criteria for an LED task light.

Apcus Technologies, an LED displays manufacturer, adds another center-hung screen using Cree's LEDs to its growing portfolio of installations accross the United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, and Germany. "We are proud to be apart of the sports industry among others providing state of the art LED displays at an affordable price." says Ron Randall, President

LUXEON Rebel LEDs made by Philips Lumileds in Silicon Valley are the light source in a solar-powered LED floodlight system designed by Philips that was unveiled late last year much to the joy of local children and adults with a passion for play. For the first time, they can participate in sports even after the sun has gone down. The new lighting presents a fantastic opportunity to enrich their lives, their health and their well-being.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation,Canadian solar LED technology innovator Carmanah Technologies Corporation has entered into a distribution agreement with the Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), a member of Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson Group. Under the terms of the agreement, JEC will distribute Carmanah's solar LED lighting products throughout Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and Thailand.

Acuity Brands, Inc. and Samsung LED Co. Ltd today announced they have agreed to collaborate in the development of leading products utilizing light-emitting diode (LED) technology that will establish a new standard for performance in solid-state lighting systems.

Innovative HIGH POWER FLOOD RGB LED luminaires from Osram have been installed on the exterior of the Novotel Hotel, London Heathrow, to enhance the aesthetic of the building. These luminaires offer complete colour control which increases the visibility of the hotel and offers the ability to create a different lighting atmosphere and mood depending on the occasion. 


Theatre Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, partnered with Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D. (NASDAQ-DAKT) to light up the façade of its famous, historic building that was built in 1932. Daktronics manufactured and designed two vertical displays, featuring the latest LED video technology that replaced fixed banners, previously used for promotion. The displays are approximately 11.8 meters high by 2.7 meters wide (39 feet high by nine feet wide) with pixels on 23 millimeter spacing.

Energy Focus Inc. of Solon, Ohio USA, reports that its research and development team received three LED lighting awards totaling $1.6 million. Two of the awards , "Explosion-Proof Solid State Lighting for Extreme Environments" and "A Spectrally Dynamic Berth Light for Active Circadian Cycle Management" are Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Investment of US$20 million to Produce Green Energy-saving LED Products Changzhou National Hi-Tech District announced that Hong Kong-based Wai Chi Holdings Ltd. started construction of a new facility in Changzhou Trina Photovoltaic Industry Zone in December 2009.

Setting the industry benchmark for optical performance and reliability

Small Form Factor and High Voltage of 50V Ideal for High Power and Ultra High Brightness Lighting Applications

Samsung to produce six panel types using ‘3D Active Glasses’ technology Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, announced that it has become the first company to commence mass production of panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs.