Osram is teaming up with Boston Children’s Hospital to ‘Light Up’ the hospital and the City of Boston in an effort to support patients and their families during these cold winter months. The three-year partnership kicks off today with the announcement of the inaugural city-wide event, Light Up Our Hospital, Ignited by Osram.

The London School of Economics Configuring Light research group and LUCI, the international network of cities on urban lighting, along with Osram, have launched the joint research project "Pathways to Municipal Smart Lighting". It aims to show how municipalities worldwide understand intelligent lighting, how the topic fits into visions and plans for the urban future of towns and cities and how smart lighting can be realised within the framework of specific public policies.

OPTIS, an established software vendor for scientific simulation of light, human vision and physically correct visualization, announces it will debut its SPEOS solution dedicated to the lighting industry, SPEOS Lighting for SOLIDWORKS, at SOLIDWORKS World 2018.

Above All Lighting, an expert in the R&D, manufacturing and customization of LED indoor and outdoor light fixtures, introduces the LED small MT Area Light.

Mariana Figueiro, director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will reveal how lighting can optimize health based on the latest research at National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors’ (NAILD) Innovation 2018 on Feb. 13-16 in Rancho Mirage, California.

In the aerospace industry, Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology promises to keep planes operating longer with reduced maintenance costs and lower power consumption. With the need to frequently replace burned-out bulbs eliminated, the importance of constructing reliable exterior lighting systems that can maintain safe levels of light output while withstanding exposure to particulate abrasion, thermal, and chemical stresses is necessary for operators to realize the benefits of LED technology fully.

FORMALIGHTING announces new operationsin the U.S.that will operate under the name FORMALIGHTING, LLC and led by Managing Director, Peter Augusta. FORMALIGHTING’s USA headquarters is located in Alpharetta, Georgia and offers a full line of U.S. approved products from the FORMALIGHTING portfolio including the award-winning line of motorized architectural lighting – MOTOLUX. The motorized series of track, pendant, and recessed fixtures was awarded an “Innovation Award” at Euroshop and will be available exclusively via FORMALIGHTING’s USA sales representatives.

Acuity Brands announced the availability of mobile apps to help make start-up and programming of lighting control networks and sensors from Acuity Brands easier and quicker. Now electrical contractors and other validated users can have the capability to set up and manage indoor lighting controls via their iPhone and Android mobile devices. 

Absen Inc. announces that the launch of its ‘NXTGEN’ technologies which will take place at the upcoming Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) conference in Amsterdam, February 6-9, 2018. The reveal will involve a multitude of new and innovative LED solutions covering a range of fine-pixel pitches for today’s rental applications.

Pixelligent Technologies, inventing PixClear® high-index nanocomposites for the OLED Display, HD Display, and Solid State Lighting markets, announced the release of a joint whitepaper with Fraunhofer ISC and Osram Semiconductor. The white paper demonstrates the dramatic efficiency impacts achieved by combining Pixelligent’s PixClear® high-index inks with Fraunhofer’s ORMOCER® inorganic-organic hybrid polymer matrix that are suitable for numerous optoelectronic applications.

Sansi North America (SNA) Displays, a manufacturer of custom LED display and lighting solutions, recently completed the installation of five exterior LED video displays at 10 Times Square, also known as 1441 Broadway.

Masco Corporation, a manufacturers of branded home improvement and building products, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire The L.D. Kichler Co. (“Kichler Lighting”), a developer of decorative residential and light commercial lighting products, ceiling fans and LED lighting systems across both consumer and professional distribution channels.

Lighting Science, specializing in human-centric lighting solutions, unveiled its enhanced line of biological LED products that deliver greater physiological impacts and improved energy efficiency. 

Ketra, a LED lighting manufacturer with the highest quality, most accurate Natural Light, has announced its capability to integrate with Amazon Alexa and plans to integrate with Google Home in February. The news builds on Ketra's recent announcement of integration capability with Crestron and Lutron control systems, making it the first architectural-grade lighting system complete with lamps, controls, and software to enter the smart home market.

LG Electronics (LG) was honored with more than 90 awards at CES 2018, led by the Official CES Best TV Product Award (presented by Engadget) for the fourth consecutive year, this time for the new LG AI OLED TV (model C8). LG also earned numerous best-of-show honors for the LG InstaView ThinQ Refrigerator and LG 4K UHD Projector.

On January 15th, Shanghai Wellmax Lighting Industry (WELLMAX) signed a strategic partnership agreement with Jiangsu Prajna Electronic Industry (BORE) in Shanghai. As Epistar’s long-term partner, BORE’s collaboration with WELLMAX mainly focuses on the development of LED filament bulbs.

GB Energie LED announced it has signed a partnership agreement with IMPACT Construction, LLC, a minority-owned construction company located in the Virgin Islands that provides start-to-finish solutions for building and remodeling projects.

Intertek, a Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, has expanded its Class P program to include LED light engines, allowing luminaire manufacturers faster, simpler product certification at reduced costs.

Thousands of MaxLite LED lamps will be on display as part of a major showroom expansion by Progress Lighting at Lightovation – The Dallas International Lighting Show, January 17 – 21, 2018.

GB Energie LED, a minority, woman-owned business committed to sourcing sustainable energy solutions, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with POWTEC Solutions, a 100% tribally owned company providing professional IT solutions and professional services. This new partnership will focus on addressing federal, state, and local governments and tribal entity energy efficiency opportunities, including the replacement of existing lighting with Revolution Lighting Technologies high efficiency LED lighting solutions.

Fulham has just published a new white paper entitled ‘Clever Lighting - An Emerging New Market’.

Interlight is the third lighting manufacturer to sign up to the Gooee Platinum Innovation Partner programme. This IoT development partnership enables Interlight full and priority access to the Gooee platform for non-commercial use, dedicated support, access to Beta hardware and full use of the Gooee’s IoT Test Lab for long-term testing.

ON Semiconductor announced a scalable family of CMOS image sensors to address the spectrum of applications for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. 

UV LED curing technology presents numerous opportunities for wide web applications due to all of its inherent advantages. Although most applications on the market today are in digital inkjet, screen, narrow web flexographic and sheet-fed offset printing, and structural bonding, Phoseon Technology sees growing interest in UV LED for wide web applications.

Solar-Tectic LLC ("ST") and Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc., ("BWS") announced that a breakthrough material for dramatically improving the performance of thin-film transistors (TFTs) used in almost all displays on the market today, such as LCD, LED and OLED, has been patented by the USPTO.

Led by inventor and entrepreneur David Hall, Velodyne LiDAR announced a significant cost reduction for its VLP-16 Puck, which will spur hope and excitement for the development of safe autonomous vehicles that are accessible to all. Velodyne’s most popular LiDAR sensor, the VLP-16, is now offered to customers around the world for up to a 50 percent cost reduction.

LED Expo Thailand is all set for its new edition on LED technology, products & lighting. Organised jointly by MEX Exhibition Pvt. Ltd. and IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd., the Expo is scheduled from 10-12 May 2018 in Bangkok. It is a dynamic hub for LED & lighting companies to assemble, promote, discuss, transact, partner and gain insights on neighbouring markets. Each year the Show brings innovative, engaging and informative additions for its exhibitors to showcase under a specific segment and attract focused buyers.

Technology company Continental is committed to address accidents with its advanced driver assistance, Vehicle-to-X communications, and sensor technologies to turn today's dangerous intersections into safer, more intelligent intersections. The technology detects road users within a 360° perimeter of intersections and communicates the position and movement of these objects to all approaching vehicles, which are equipped with V2X technology.

On 22st December 2017, Qingdao Jason Electric Ltd Co. announced that they have successfully demonstrated a 3 Watt high output power 275nm UV-C LEDs lamp, which is only after few months with their recent success on the 1 watt UVC LEDs Lamp development. 

Delphi Display Systems, a visual engagement technology company, announced that they completed the installation of two large format LED digital signs at the site of the new headquarters for the Pacific Symphony and OC Music and Dance.