2009-08-24

LED TVs Help Samsung Earnings Soar

Despite the economic downturn, consumers globally bought some 500,000 LED-lit Samsung TVs in the first 100 days of the mid-March launch, according to the company. In the high-end premium market, Samsung took a share of 83 percent in May, up from just 4 percent a year earlier. Samsung Digital Media divisions registered an operating profit of USD$870,100,436 up 657 percent increase year-on-year. Revenue reached USD $9,661,429,999, a 13.8 percent increase year-on-year.
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2009-08-24

Power Station Installs Dialight LED Solutions to Replace Conventional Industrial Lighting

A large power station in Australia recently finalized an agreement to be fitted out on a progressive basis for all future general area and lighting applications with Dialight’s SafeSite® and LEDPAK® industrial LED lighting fixtures.
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2009-08-24

Plextronics Raises $14 Million for Organic LED, Solar Technology

Plextronics, Inc., a U.S.-based technology company focused on OLED and organic solar technology, announced last week that it has completed a $14 million Series B-1 financing round to commercialize its technology in the LED lighting and solar markets.
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2009-08-24

FPG, Yulon Group Both Invest in LED Company

In light of the bright outlook of LED industry, Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) and Yulon Group, have recently financed Trend Lighting Corp, a LED lighting maker on the island, according to Taiwan Economic News.
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2009-08-24

ilumisys Grants Intellectual Property License to Light Emitting Designs for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of solid-state lighting technology, announced last week that it has granted a license for its LED fluorescent tube replacement patents to Light Emitting Designs of North Barrington, Ill.


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2009-08-21

Sep. 10-11, 2009: LED Korea 2009

LED Korea 2009 will be on September 10-11, 2009 in Korea.
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2009-08-21

Oct. 14 - 16, 2009: CHINA SSL 2009

CHINA SSL 2009 will be on Oct. 14 - 16, 2009 in Shenzhen, China
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2009-08-21

Universal Display Awarded DOE Contract to Demonstrate OLED Lightingin for Under Cabinet Application

Universal Display Corporation announced that it has been awarded a $1.65 million, two-year contract from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate a thin, highly-efficient, white OLED lighting concept for under-cabinet applications.
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2009-08-21

Barco Empowers Abu Dhabi’s New Formula 1 Race Circuit with 14 LED Displays

Barco has just announced that it has signed a deal in Abu Dhabi for the delivery of 14 LED displays for the new Yas Marina Circuit. In total 452 square meter of LED will be installed around the track to optimize the fans' viewing experience. On 1 November 2009 this brand new race track will host the F1 season finale on the occasion of the first ever Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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2009-08-21

Luxeon Rebel Hot/Cold Factor Improves Solid-State Lighting Efficiency and Simplifies Thermal Design

Philips Lumileds continues to advance its core LED technology and recent breakthroughs implemented in the latest LUXEON Rebel LEDs for illumination applications improve efficacy and light output performance at luminaire operating temperatures. Hot/Cold Factor compares the light output of the LED at 100°C Tj and at 25°C Tj—which is how LEDs are specified on a datasheet. LEDs in a luminaire are operated at very high junction temperatures, often between 80°C and 110°C.
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2009-08-21

Ultrathin LEDs Create New Classes of Lighting and Display Systems

(Photo by D. Stevenson and C. Conway, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois) Stretchable micro-LED display, consisting of an interconnected mesh of printed micro LEDs bonded to a rubber substrate.
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2009-08-21

Meyda Custom Lighting Unveils Energy-efficient LED Fused Glass Wall Sconces Handcrafted in the USA

Combining energy efficiency with stunning, unique decorative glass designs, Meyda Custom Lighting unveils LED Fused Glass wall sconces. Meyda Lighting is a division of Meyda Tiffany, the nation's leading manufacturer and designer of Tiffany lamps and stained glass lighting and accessories.
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2009-08-20

Vishay Announces New LED Graphics Displays with Drive Electronics and + 5-V HC CMOS Level Video Interface

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has recently announced two new 128 x 32 LED graphics displays with drive electronics and a + 5-V HC CMOS-level video interface. The new displays come in bright red (LEE-128G032B) and neon orange (LEE-128G032-1), are designed as replacements for the popular APD-128G032 plasma display module.
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2009-08-20

AU Optronics Plans to Expand Due to Booming LED Panel Demand

To accommodate the booming demand of LED panels, leading panel maker, AU Optronics Corp, has decided to invest over $900 million to build four LED chip production plants under its subsidiary Lextar in Central Taiwan Science Park. The project is slated to begin in the fourth quarter this year, and it is expected to start production by the end of 2010. Lextar Chairman H.B. Chen indicated that going forward, Lextar’s role in supplying AUO’s LED chip demand will become increasingly important.
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2009-08-20

bulbs.com Announces LED Partnership with Nexxus Lighting

bulbs.com announced today that it has reached an agreement with Nexxus Lighting making bulbs.com the principal online distributor of the entire line of Array LED lamps and marking the entrance into the LED lighting market for bulbs.com.
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2009-08-20

Energy Focus Awarded an Additional $0.5 Million to Provide LED Lighting for US Navy Ships

Energy Focus, Inc. yesterday announced that it has been awarded a $0.5 million SBIR extension grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and produce solid state lighting fixtures for general use on Navy ships. The new fixtures will replace 50 and 110 Watt water tight incandescent fixtures now in use. With the addition of these new fixtures Energy Focus, Inc.
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2009-08-20

ICAP Ocean Tomo Retained to Sell Gentle Waves LED System Intellectual Property Portfolio

ICAP Ocean Tomo announced today that it has been retained to sell the intellectual property portfolio for the Gentle Waves LED Photomodulation® System. This portfolio contains 60 issued and pending patents in the U.S. and worldwide in addition to regulatory approvals, trademarks, logos, and related assets.
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2009-08-20

Porlier Outdoor Selects Watchfire to Install Its First Two Digital Billboards outside St. Louis, Mo.

Porlier Outdoor Advertising Co., located in the western suburbs of St. Louis, Mo., has installed two digital billboards manufactured by Watchfire Digital Outdoor. The 19mm 14’x48’ billboards are located in heavily traveled, highly visible locations in St. Charles County, a bedroom community of St. Louis.
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2009-08-20

Marktech LED Lighting Introduces Improved PAR20 LED Bulb for Indoor Lighting Applications

Marktech LED Lighting has released its new EnergyLED PAR20 LED bulb. The bulb uses just 4.6 watts to generate up to 300 lumens of light, a 50% improvement in lumen output compared to the previous generation. With a 50º beam angle and E26 base, this UL approved family of LED bulbs is currently available in two white color temperatures, 2800k and 6000k cool white.
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2009-08-19

Unity Opto expects Q3 revenues to reach $39 million

Spurred by medium to large-sized LED backlight order, Unity Opto Tech's Q3 margin rose significantly, with Q3 revenue forecasted to reach $39 million.
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2009-08-19

Philips Introduces Revolutionary Actilume Color Lighting Control System

Philips Lighting Electronics has announced the introduction of its new ActiLume(tm) Color System which provides dynamic and static color effects using both fluorescent and solid state lighting technologies.
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2009-08-19

Orb Optronix Added as a Future Lighting Solutions LED Systems Integration Member

Orb Optronix has recently been named an Integration Member of Future Lighting Solutions’ Network. This provides Future Lighting Solutions’ customers access to Orb Optronix’ LED product development services, LED measurement lab and LED measurement products.
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2009-08-19

Fusion Optix Expands Headquarters; Increases Product Development and Quality Control Space

In an effort to further support its growing client list, Fusion Optix has expanded into the adjoining space of its new facility in Woburn, MA. The move gives Fusion Optix 60% more space for engineering, product development, and quality control.
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2009-08-19

Carmanah Divests LED Edge-Lit Signs Business

Carmanah Technologies announced that the company and Dr. David Green today closed on an agreement whereby Dr. Green, through his holding company, has purchased Carmanah's LED edge-lit signs business, Carmanah Signs Inc. ("CSI"). This transaction is aligned with Carmanah's business strategy to focus on strategic solar lighting and technology markets. As part of the transaction, Dr.
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2009-08-19

Cooper Lighting Introduces LED Decorative Outdoor-Area Luminaire

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., has introduced a new outdoor lighting fixture — the McGraw-Edison Generation LED Post Top Luminaire.
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2009-08-19

London Gives Green Light to LED Traffic Signals

London Mayor has recently announced that Transport for London (TfL) is to spend £2.4million to replace 3,500 existing lamps at some 300 junctions in the city with energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
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2009-08-18

Sony Delays Launch of OLED TV to Stop the Bleeding

Sony will likely delay the launch of its new ultrathin organic light emitting diode (OLED) television, according to a report by Wall Street Journal. Once on track for the end of 2009, the larger Sony OLED TV is only slated to launch in 2010 at the earliest, because mass producing the new displays would exacerbate losses at its TV division. Its losses are blamed partly on decline in TV business due to sagging global economy.
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2009-08-18

Pittsburgh International Airport to Switch to LEDs with $800K Grant

The Pittsburgh International Airport has get an $800,000 grant to install LED lighting, a county executive Monday announced. Nearly 1,500 LED Lights will be installed in parking lots, and garages in the airport. The lights that will be replaced are in the long-term and extended parking lots as well as the three-level parking garage at the airport. The LED lighting system will consume an estimated 83 percent less energy and result in $158,754 in annual energy savings, with 2,118,438 kWh saved over the project's lifetime.
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2009-08-18

Philips Lumileds Adds Senior Executive in the Asia Pacific Region

Philips Lumileds today announced Alvin Tse, a fifteen-year veteran of the lighting industry, has joined the company as its Vice President of Sales in Asia Pacific. Mr. Tse will lead its growing team of technical, marketing and sales professionals in the region which is widely expected to be among the fastest growing for solid-state lighting adoption.
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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

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