Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed new silicone products used for high brightness LEDs. The new SWC Series is advanced silicone reflectors designed to greatly improve the brightness performance of LEDs. The new LPS-AF Series is protective film materials that are transparent and possess high heat resistance. These new materials will be used to improve the performance of high-brightness LEDs that are used for lighting products and for backlighting units in LCD TVs.

Linear Technology announces the LT3519, a 45V, high side current sense DC/DC converter designed to drive high current LEDs. The LT3519’s 3V to 40V input voltage range makes it ideal for applications such as automotive and industrial lighting. The combination of an internal 45V, 750mA switch, Schottky diode and internal compensation provides a highly compact LED driver solution.

LabelExpo 2009 in Brussels, Belgium from September 23rd-26th will see the unveiling of the first application of UV LED Curing technology for a flexographic label press. The system is designed and developed by Phoseon Technology and based on Phoseon's RX FireFlex architecture.

Taking place for the second year in 2009, the Jazz:Re:Found festival is fast becoming an Italian answer to that most famous of jazz festivals held in Montreux, Switzerland. This year Lighthouse Technologies became a technical sponsor of the three day event, providing two LED screens and technical expertise throughout.

NASCAR Driver Paul Menard admires the new 2010 Ford Mustang, while helping kick off the race weekend Friday night in the SYLVANIA hospitality tent at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  The 2010 Ford Mustang, provided by AutoFair Ford in Manchester, NH, showcases a story about lighting innovation. 

National Semiconductor Corp. today announced a new LED driver with temperature management control and the addition of an online design environment to support it.  The LM3424, a member of National’s PowerWise® energy-efficient product family, drives high-brightness LEDs in a variety of indoor, outdoor and automotive applications.  Supported in National’s WEBENCH® LED Designer, its temperature management control, thermal foldback, enables lighting designers to quickly and easily design a reliable thermal syste

Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2010 (Spring Edition) will be on 13-16 April, 2010 in Hong Kong.

New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday joined The Climate Group and the Central Park Conservancy to unveil lampposts in Central Park equipped with newly installed energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in order to assess their ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and provide quality lighting.

IXYS Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the LED driver IC and LCD display driver IC business units from Leadis Technology, Inc.

Vision X Lighting introduced the XIL-M1, which the company believed to be the world’s first CPU powered LED light. The XIL-M1 has a powerful 32 bit micro controller integrated in the housing. The primary function of the micro controller is to monitor the core thermal temperature of the light, ensuring the light fixture to function effectively and correctly to emit 10,800 lumens for 50,000 hours under any environments.

Philips Color Kinetics announced that its eW® Downlight Powercore LED fixture (65° beam angle, 2700 K and 4000K only) has been awarded the ENERGY STAR label.

Seoul Semiconductor announced that units of its Z-Power LED P5-II series were applied to display visual information for public bike racks of Vélib, a public bicycle rental program in Paris.

Edison Opto, a Taiwan based high power LED packaging company, recently introduced IP65+ waterproofed LED modules, enhancing outdoor application versatility and durability.

OLED Lighting Design Summit 2009 will be on Dec 2-3, 2009, 2009 in Boston, U.S.

After many years of development OLED lighting has now started commercial production. This breakthrough is going to change the day-to-day business of every single lighting designer in the world. Taking place Dec 2-3 in Boston, the OLED Lighting Design Summit 2009 will bring together over 20 leading OLED experts and 150 attendees to discuss the use of OLED technology for lighting design.  The agenda will focus on a number of key issues including:

East Japan Railway Co. will install blue LED lighting along Tokyo's Yamanote Line, in hope that the emotionally calming effect of blue light could make suicidal people think twice about jumping in front of trains, according to asahi.com. The lights will be installed at all 29 stations on the loop line by the end of October, a JR East official said.

Molex Incorporated introduced to the government, commercial and residential construction markets the company's new series of patent-pending SSL products, the Transcend™ Lighting Series, which will be sold exclusively by Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. in North America.

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, announced it has won the prestigious Wall Street Journal 2009 Technology Innovation Award in the Materials and other Base Technology category.

Traxon announces the launch of IP-67 rated Dot XL, an ultra brightness outdoor solution which is suited for enriching most demanding and sophisticated architectural applications with full color lighting effects and spectacular video animations. The multi-functional lighting fixture is equipped with six or nine high-performance LEDs per casing, mounted on a flexible cable. The scalable system with customizable pixel pitch option enables an outstanding versatility of the Dot XL.

SemiLEDs Corporation announced Wednesday the launch of the P5 UV LED, a new high power 5W 365nm UV LED in a silicon casing in ready to use format.

Cree, Inc. announces that it won the top prize in the 2009 Lighting for Tomorrow - Solid State Lighting Competition. The Cree LR6-DR1000 recessed downlight was awarded the coveted Grand Prize at an award ceremony at the American Lighting Association (ALA) Conference this week. The Cree LRP-38, a PAR38 bulb, and the LR6-HE (high-efficiency) were also recognized with Special Focus Awards for technical innovation and high efficiency, respectively.

According to survey by industry research house LEDinside, LED chip industry in mainland China has been exploding in the past 10 years, with the number of LED chip makers surging from 3 in 1998 to 62 by August 2009. During this period, the year 1999 marked the beginning of the fast development of LED industry with the join of 6 new LED chip manufacturers. From 1999 to 2009, an average of 2 to 7 enterprises entered into the LED section every year.

As all incandescent bulbs will be banned by the end of 2012 in Japan, and the Energy Act Amendment will go into effect in the first quarter of 2010, many public places in Japan are likely to gradually switch to LED lighting.

Lumenova GmbH, Esslingen, a PSI Group company and JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH, Triptis, part of the Jenoptik Optical Systems division, have concluded a wide-ranging strategic alliance in the area of LED lighting.

LEDforum 2009 (Taiwan) will be on November 24-25, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan.

In a move that aims to bring about a significant and much needed change in the way high power LEDs are sold and consumed in the rapidly growing Indian market, Enerdyne Devices P. Limited, part of Sainoor Group from India , have entered into a marketing arrangement with Prolight Opto Technology Corp, a speciality LED packaging company headquartered in Taipei. 

Danville, Virginia, announces that it has joined the Cree LED City® program, an international initiative promoting the deployment of energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting. The city has installed Cree LED lights in the Danville Water Treatment Plant and the Adult Detention Center in response to the Go Green Virginia initiative sponsored by the Virginia Municipal League (VML).

Wataru Ito, a student at the Tokyo University of Arts, spent four years creating “Castle on the Sea,” a one-of-a-kind origami cityscape made of Kent paper. The 2.4 m x 1.8 m model, constructed using only a knife, glue and a hole punch, debuted on April 30th and won top prize at the University’s Grand Prix of Art Festival. The exquisite artwork is meticulously illuminated using Martin Professional LED and fiber optic lighting sources.

Tower Semiconductor, Ltd., a global specialty foundry leader, Tuesday announced co-development of a 700V power platform to address next-generation industrial LED lighting requirements. The collaboration will combine GrandTek's 700V technology capability with Tower's advanced power management process and leading design kits to deliver the industry's most complete 700V foundry solution.

The City of Los Angeles approved LEDway streetlights from BetaLED® to replace modern cobrahead fixtures in local and residential neighborhoods as part of the green streetlight program.