2010-01-05
DiCon LED announces the release of their tunable LED Microscope Illuminator, an energy-efficient replacement for traditional halogen or xenon illuminators with unprecedented programmability, for use in microscopy and machine vision applications.
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2010-01-04
LG said it plans to give a push to its LED TV sales by launching more advanced versions of it in 2010 and expects to sell up to 300 thousand units by the end of 2010.
Amitabh Tiwari, LG Electronics India Head of Sales, said "LED TV is one of the focused areas of the company. We will launch more advanced ones in the first half of 2010." He said the company expects the segment to contribute about 20 percent of its turnover by the end of 2010. At present, LED TVs account for less than four percent of its overall sales.
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2010-01-04
Today, E.ON will launch an LED streetlight that consumes up to 70 per cent less energy than standard lights and promises to deliver a "step change" in the efficiency of lighting infrastructure. The company already operates a number of lighting contracts for local authorities and private companies and is now looking to offer the technology to new and existing customers.
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2010-01-04
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest TV brand by revenue, said it sold 2.6 million TVs using LED backlight units in 2009, outperforming its earlier target. The company also confirmed an LED-backlight TV sales target for this year of 10 million units.
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2009-12-31
China Solid State Lighting Alliance has played an important part in the development of China’s LED industry. Yet, many are unfamiliar with the organization’s primary responsibilities and its role in the development of China's LED industry. LEDinside has conducted a special interview with Dr Jun Ruan, Deputy Secretary General of China Solid State Lighting Alliance to learn about the positioning of the organization and its actions in China’s LED industry, as well as the progress of the establishment of LED standards in China.
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2009-12-31
CHILI LIGHTING CORPORATION LIMITED, established in 2008, specializes in LED design, research and development, production and sales, installation and lighting applications. In addition to developing and selling a variety of mid to high-end LED lighting products, such as LED ball lamps, LED spotlights, LED threshold lights, LED fluorescent lamps, and high-power LED street lamps, our market position is to provide complete LED thermal dissipation solutions and LED products assembly services as well.
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2009-12-31
SemiLEDs Corporation, a world leading LED chip manufacturer, announces its new I-core™ LED has achieved over 120 lm/W in an optimized white light package by both, Nationstar Optoelectronics and SENGLED , leading LED packaging companies in Mainland China. These results demonstrate SemiLEDs commitment to developing its technology to provide superior performing products which continue to push the threshold of LED performance.
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2009-12-31
Combining High Luminosity and High Luminaire Efficiency, Everlight’s SL-Dolphin Street Light Series Wins「iF design award china 2009」、「EDN China Innovation Award 2009」and 「Taiwan Outstanding Photonics Product Awards 2009」 this year.
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2009-12-30
Green LED Technology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hi Score Corporation announced today that it has been invited by the City of Coral Springs, Florida to bid on the supply and application of LED Street Lights.
The project is aimed at replacing conventional 250 watt street lights with Green LED Technology's energy saving LED street lights, which only use 112 watts. This project is just part of the company's objective of converting 100,000 street lights within the next 24 months in Southern and Central Florida.
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2009-12-30
The compact design, low power, high reliability and price of the new obstuction light were the features for FETA to award to Contarnex Europe Limited the Forth Road Bridge refurbishment project. The obstruction lights are designed to be highly visible to aircraft from long distances without being dazzling.
CEL Aviation have now supplied new CEL-MI-20KW-48-X medium intensity obstruction lights Type A white 20,000cd to the Forth Estuary Transit Authority for the refurbishment of the aviation warning lights for the Forth Road Bridge.
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2009-12-30
enLux™ Lighting’s low-energy using, cool, R30 Series LED PAR lamp is now available with a gimbal ring, mini-swivel or gooseneck track lighting fixture. Either option can be readily used indoor or outdoor to illuminate areas requiring long-term lighting without the excessive heat and high energy cost of other lighting products. Fast and easy to install, the R30 track lighting units do not require an additional transformer unit or power supply.
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2009-12-29
LED has established its unshakable position in the backlighting of portable devices. Even in the backlighting for the large-sized LCD panel, it has started to challenge the mainstream CCFL. In lighting, LED is especially popular in the market due to its highlighted features like energy-efficiency, environmental friendliness, long lifetime, and low maintenance. The driver circuit is a crucial and integral part of the LED. Whether in lighting, backlighting or the display panel, the choice of the technical architecture of the driver circuit must correspond to specific applications.
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2009-12-29
Hi Score Corporation announced that the conversion of the Ocean Four Condominium Towers in Sunny Isles Florida have resulted in 60% savings in lighting cost.
The conversion consisted of replacing over 1,000 traditional halogen light bulbs to 6-watt LED bulbs in the month of October of this year. Ocean Four has enjoyed drastic reduction in electricity consumption due to the lower watts consumption of the LED bulbs and since their temperature is also very low, the condominiums have reduced their air conditioning operational cost on all three towers of 23 floors each.
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2009-12-29
Recently, the 11,875-pound Times Square ball has been successfully adorned with 288 new Waterford crystal panels that contain images of lapel ribbons, angel wings and flames in honor of the theme "Let there be courage." And with every year, the famous ball gets more green.
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2009-12-29
General LED, a subsidiary of Pal GroupPal GroupPAL Group of Companies, won two contracts in Abu Dhabi to provide a wide range of high quality LED lighting products. The first win is at the Yas Island - Yacht Club for the landscape and water feature lighting. The project was delivered in record time before the start of the F1 racing.
The second project is Marina Square at Reem Island and involves the supply of landscape lighting products. The site operations on this project are due to commence in the 1st week of December.
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2009-12-29
Hi Score Corporation announced today that it has achieved a new milestone by extending its distribution agreement with Consolidated Electrical Distributors.
The distribution was initiated in early 2009, providing Consolidated Electrical with the exclusive right to distribute the American Made Energy Saving Street Lights. The plan calls for CED Miami to distribute the line through all 660 of its sister locations throughout the continental United States.
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2009-12-28
Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd. and Sharp Corp have entered into a cross-licensing agreement, which granted each other the right to use inventions related to nitride-based LEDs and laser diodes covered by patents owned by the respective companies in Japan and in other countries.
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2009-12-28
Havells Sylvania set a revenue target of €50 million in 2010
Havells India Limited, a leading player in the Lighting & Fixture segment, electrical and power equipment sector in India is entering the LED Market.
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2009-12-28
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co Ltd (VPEC), Taiwanese pure-play epiwafer foundry, is planning to ramp its capacity by 40-60% in 2010.
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2009-12-28
Genius Electronics Optical Co., Ltd. recently won a contract to supply over 1,000 LED streetlights to several local governments in southern China, marking its first success in tapping mainland China`s LED streetlight market after entering into alliance with Philips Lumileds.
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2009-12-28
The two highest entry barriers of the LED industry – in-house production capacity of LED chips and vertical integration – are critical factors in determining whether a company can successfully secure its leading position in the LED industry, said Ben Fan, chairman of Neo-Neon.
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2009-12-25
AU Optronics Corp, the world's No.3 liquid crystal display maker, said it is working on a tie-up with a local LED chip designer to ensure its strength in the fast-growing LED-lit LCD TV market.
AU Optronics said it was working on concrete details with Global Mixed-mode Technology Inc.. AU said a tie-up could pave the way for it to strengthen its cost competitiveness if it could secure a new generation of power-saving LED chips from GMT.
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2009-12-25
Kim Lighting, the premiere manufacturer of architectural outdoor lighting, is proud to announce its new performance standard in LED parking structure lighting with PGL7 LED.
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2009-12-25
Currently, new LED markets such as for LED light bulbs, which are replacing incandescent lamps, and the backlight units of notebook PCs and LCD TVs are rapidly expanding. Recently, Sharp Corp has announced that it released two types of white LEDs (nine products) for lighting equipment. One of the two types is an LED used in the backlight units of Sharp's LCD TVs.
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2009-12-25
DYMAX Corporation launched their new BlueWave® LED Prime UVA high-intensity spot-curing system and a new line of compatible adhesives at the recent Assembly Technology Expo (ATExpo) in Chicago. The unit offers many advantages over conventional spot-curing systems including no consumable bulbs to change, no warm-up, cool cures, and constant intensity up to 50,000 hours.
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2009-12-24
Taiwan-based LED supplier Epistar Corp. and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) have formed an LED chip joint venture based in Mainland China.
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2009-12-24
Featuring ultra high power EdiStar emitter, the circular EDIS module integrates thermal, electrical, mechanical and optical aspects to deliver a total LED lighting solution.
Depending on the application, EDIS module is available in 50W and 100W, with three CCT options at Cool White, Neutral White and Warm White for each. The ultra-high power 100W EdiStar emitters offer 7,000lm, equivalent to the brightness of 400W mercury lamp with less energy consumption as much as 70%.
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2009-12-24
Neo-Neon Holdings Ltd. is stepping up presences in mainland China, which is touted as the world`s biggest market for LED lighting, in hope of influencing the mainland`s drafting of industrial standards for the new lighting technology.
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2009-12-24
RAB Lighting is proud to introduce the LPACK; an innovative, affordable and functional LED Wallpack.
Available in both warm and cool light, the LPACK has a high-output, 10 watt LED light engine that delivers 70% of its initial lumens at 50,000 hours and produces a light output comparable to 35 watt high-pressure sodium wallpacks. The LPACK reduces energy costs by as much as 30% when compared to equivalent high-pressure sodium, metal halide or incandescent fixtures.
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2009-12-24
Once Innovations, a Minnesota based research, development and manufacturing company with a firm focus on LED technologies announced today its intent to formally challenge newly finalized ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria for Integral LED Lamps.
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