2016-06-24

PointGrab Joins Cisco Digital Ceiling Initiative for Smarter Buildings

PointGrab today announced that it has joined the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework as a partner for developing building automation solutions over one IP network. The Cisco Digital Ceiling is an IoT-based solution that connects building services in a single, converged IP network through an extensive ecosystem of leading-edge technologies.  PointGrab’s edge-analytics smart sensor, CogniPoint™, complements the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework by providing industry-leading occupancy analytics with low cost and intelligent connectivity to ensure that organizations are able to make better, more informed decisions affecting building management.
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2016-06-24

EarthTronics Appionts Diane M. Pena as Regional Sales Manager

EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy efficient lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact for its customers, announced today that is has appointed Diane M. Pena as Regional Sales Manager. Pena will be responsible for commercial sales through manufacturers rep agencies, electrical distribution, lighting showrooms, ESCOs, contractors and national accounts.
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2016-06-24

Luminous Patterns from Philips Lighting Made Debut at NeoCon

Philips Lighting debuted its new Luminous Patterns product line at the NeoCon tradeshow for commercial interiors at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Luminous Patterns fuses decorative patterns of light into customized architectural wall and ceiling panel systems, enabling designers to create innovative new experiences for retail, hospitality, office and healthcare applications.
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2016-06-23

Legrand Joins Cisco Digital Ceiling Framework, Deploys PoE LED Lighting for Launch Fishers

Legrand®, a global leader in high-performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced it has joined the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework. Along with Superior Essex and Platformatics, Legrand will deploy an intelligent Power over Ethernet-based LED lighting system at the Launch Fishers office building in Fishers, Indiana.
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2016-06-22

Eaton to Showcase Energy-Saving Residential Solutions at the 2016 PCBC Show

Power management company Eaton, a 2016 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, will showcase its innovative and energy-saving solutions for the residential building and construction industry at the 2016 PCBC trade show on June 22 and 23 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, booth 1215. At the largest home building trade show representing the West Coast region, visitors to Eaton’s exhibit can meet with company representatives and see its latest light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, wiring devices and power management technologies designed to save time, money and energy.
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2016-06-22

Leyard and Planar Awarded Seven Prestigious Industry Honors at InfoComm 2016

Leyard and Planar, a Leyard company, are the recipients of seven prestigious industry technology honors at InfoComm 2016, the largest event in North America focused on the professional AV industry.
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2016-06-20

LED Linear Wins at German Brand Award 2016

The German Brand Award is the award for successful brand management in Germany. Its aim: discover, showcase and reward groundbreaking brands and brand makers. Initiator of the competition is the German Design Council. Recipients are innovative brands, consistent brand management and sustainable brand communication as well as personalities and companies that are pioneering in the world of brands. LED Linear was represented this evening by Guido Beck, CEO of the supervising advertising agency BECKDESIGN. The agency in Bochum manages and develops the brand for 10 years together with LED Linear.
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2016-06-20

DOE Uploads 2016 Connected Lighting Systems Workshop Presentations

Thank you to all who attended DOE's Connected Lighting Systems Workshop, held June 8–9, 2016, in Santa Clara, CA. More than 170 attendees joined DOE and top lighting and IoT experts to examine key barriers and issues impacting development of connected lighting systems. For those new to connected lighting, two pre-workshop introductory sessions were held on communications and cybersecurity fundamentals.
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2016-06-17

Energy Focus CEO James Tu Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Award Winner in Northeast Ohio

Energy Focus, a leader in LED lighting technologies today announced that James Tu, Chairman, President and CEO of Energy Focus, Inc., received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Award in the technology category in Northeast Ohio. This year marks the 30thanniversary of theEY Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. James Tu was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a special gala event at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio on June 9, 2016.
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2016-06-15

Philips Lighting Partners with International Rose Breeders for LED Research

Philips Lighting, a company owned by Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), the global market leader in lighting, is embarking upon an intensive partnership with Dümmen Orange™, an international breeder and producer of young plants. For both companies this is a way of increasing their knowledge about the effects of LED lighting on new red rose varieties and other plants. The contract was signed by both companies on Friday, 29 April. This initial step will be followed by other projects. At the rose breeding company in Kudelstaart one bay has now been fitted with a combination of HPS lamps (80 µmol/m2/s) and Philips GreenPower LED toplighting (80 µmol/m2/s), making a total of 160 µmol/m2/s.
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2016-06-15

Revolution Lighting Received US$2.25M for LED Retrofit Projects at Public School Systems

Revolution Lighting Technologies, a leader in advanced LED lighting technology solutions, today announced that it has recently been awarded LED lighting contracts within public education facilities totaling $2.25M. Recent awards include New Jersey public school systems of Chester, Chatham and Verona, in addition to the public school systems of Jim Thorpe and Pottsville in Pennsylvania.
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2016-06-15

Philips Lighting Teams with Amsterdam ArenA for Dynamic Pitch Lighting

Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today signed an innovation partnership with Amsterdam ArenA for dynamic pitch lighting. As part of the agreement and in the run up towards UEFA Euro 2020, Philips Lighting will install a new combination of Philips ArenaVision LED pitch lighting with movable dynamic color spots in the Amsterdam ArenA. The new technology will meet the requirements of broadcasters for HDTV and will elevate the entertainment experience to a whole new level during concerts and events.
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2016-06-13

Samsung Electronics’ VP Visits Strategic Partner WELLMAX’s Booth at GILE

The annual Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition was held on 9th – 12th, June 2016. The LED Bulb Expert WELLMAX’s booth was again a popular success, attracting big numbers. Attendee Andrea from Italy told the reporter, “We didn’t quite know WELLMAX before this exhibition, but we saw WELLMAX’s booth and it is really eye-catching, like a very professional and international company, so we have to come in and take a look.”
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2016-06-08

EVERLIGHT Product Portfolio Performance Enhanced to Light up the Guangzhou Lighting Exhibition

EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. , a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, exhibits its full series of lighting, automotive and signage components inclusive of new products of UV series (UVA&UVC), DOB, the complete sets of 2835 series, together with the 3030CLU(AM) series for automotive-exterior installation. To strengthen the impression and understanding of customers, in this exhibition, real devices of lighting applications and vehicle-used modules are accompanied next to every demonstrated component especially. We sincerely welcome your visit for personal experience. (Booth Number: Hall 10.2, B02)
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2016-06-07

Demand for Trinseo's Clear UL-Certified Lighting Grades Emerges

Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, today announced that it is seeing a strong demand for its polycarbonate compounds and blends. Of particular interest are Trinseo’s UL-certified clear grades, which allow for very high light transmission and the ability to compound in light diffusion aids to achieve uniformity of light distribution while maintaining high lumens efficiency.
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2016-06-04

LpS 2016 – The Leading European Lighting Conference Announced a Comprehensive Program

The 6th International LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS 2016) in Bregenz, Austria, from September 20th to 22nd, has increased the conference program to 5 parallel running tracks with 100+ lectures, 4 workshops, 3 forums and 3 top-level keynotes. The three days of the symposium have been divided into a “Strategy Day” followed by a “Technology and Design Day” and ending with a “Solution Day”. In addition to the outstanding conference program, over 100 exhibitors will present latest innovations and the current status of LED and OLED lighting in the 3,000 square meter exhibition area.The organizers are expecting more than 1,500 visitors from over 50 countries.
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2016-06-02

Luminoso Appoints Mike Brunnick as Global SVP of Sales

Luminoso, a leading text understanding software company with roots in the MIT Media Lab, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Brunnick to the position of Global SVP of Sales, where he will report directly to Catherine Havasi, CEO. In this new role, Brunnick will be responsible for global revenue and client development at Luminoso; importantly, he will also be charged with building new channel partner relationships that provide Luminoso access to new clients and incremental revenue opportunities.
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2016-06-02

Etron Showcases Automotive “Smart Car” Applications at Computex 2016

Addressing the rapidly growing area of “Smart Car” in the IoT space, Etron Technology (TPEx: 5351.TW) will showcase its offerings of Known-Good-Dies (KGD) memory, USB Type-C Controller, Spherical 360°x3D Controller, and Automotive LED Drivers. Etron will demonstrate the system products enabled by these innovative solutions, e.g. Audio Visual Navigation (AVN), Spherical 360°x3D Video Capture, Driver's State Detection and Gesture Control for Adaptive Driving Support, Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), and Automotive LED Lighting for “Smart Car” applications. Etron welcomes companies to experience these innovative solutions and meet the Etron Team at Computex 2016.
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2016-06-01

Diversified Nano Solutions Showcases Digital INKS Unlimited at Drupa

Based in San Diego, California, with manufacturing facilities in the US and Europe, DNSC specializes in developing and manufacturing digital inks, nano materials, and fluids for high-resolution, high-performance digital inkjet printing. DNSC provides unique ink development services, research, and turn-key ink supply and fulfillment solutions reaching end users, resellers and, printer manufacturers worldwide. DNSC has developed an extensive product line under the x-nano™ brand, providing a range of solutions including high-quality, low-cost black & color dye inks (Value-Series), pigment inks (Elite Series), special ultra-fast dry inks (S-Series), magnetic MICR inks (K-Series), invisible fluorescent color (RGB) inks, infrared-absorbing inks (I-Series), and special inks for food grade, textile, and special effect applications (F-, T-, and X-Series). The company’s digital inks target dot-on-demand inkjet applications based on thermal and piezo print heads using aqueous, oil, energy-curable (UV/LED), and eco-solvent based inks.
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2016-05-31

Philips Celebrates 125th Anniversary with New Interactive Exhibition in Museum

Did you know that May 2016 marks Philips’ 125th anniversary? A milestone that is worth commemorating. Over the past century Philips has transformed unexpected opportunities into meaningful innovations. It is this history that will serve as Philips’ inspiration for the next 125 years.
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2016-05-31

Panasonic Reopens Vietnam-based Showroom to Showcase Latest Premium Lifestyle Solutions

Panasonic Vietnam (Panasonic) opened its newly designed corporate showroom, Panasonic Risupia Vietnam, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the company’s establishment, today. The showroom has been renovated to showcase the latest Premium Lifestyle solutions and provide a more interactive experience for visitors.
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2016-05-27

Event alert! Wellmax products Will exhibit at the Incoming Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition/ Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition invitation from Wellmax

With over 2000 exhibitors from across the world, the 2016 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is coming! As part of Messe Frankfurt’s architecture and technology shows, it is expecting over hundred-thousand visitors this year at the China Import and Export Fair Complex this year. This is definitely one of the biggest lighting exhibitions in the world that you should not miss.
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2016-05-26

Porsche Incorporates LED Headlighting from Osram in its Le Mans Package

In bright sunshine, the reigning world champions with the number 1 car, Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU), set the best time of the day in 1:58.012 minutes during the first of two 90 minute sessions. The number 2 sister car, shared by Romain Dumas (FR), Neel Jani (CH) and Marc Lieb (DE), set the third fastest lap of the day (1:58.577 min) on the 7.004 kilometre long circuit.
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2016-05-26

LIA Council of Management for 2016 Elaborates on Strategy and Vision

Peter Scott from Fern-Howard Lighting took up his tenure as President of the LIA Council of Management at the LIA’s Annual Luncheon in May.During the day, Dave Ribbons of Lutron EA Ltd and Mike Collett of WILA Lighting Limited, took up their position as Vice Presidents.
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2016-05-25

LG's New Curved OLED TV Line Hits U.S. Retail Market

LG Electronics USA today announced pricing and availability for its 2016 OLED TV line, including the newly launched flat-panel B6 and curved-panel C6 series OLED TVs, which join the already released LG SIGNATURE OLED G6 and LG OLED E6 series available at leading retailers nationwide.
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2016-05-24

Leaders in Online Wholesale Trade and Exhibitions to Debut "O2O2O Solution" Service at SIGN and LED CHINA 2016 Expositions

UBM plc, one of the world's leading trade exhibition organisers, and Alibaba's B2B business unit, including Alibaba.com and 1688.com, the leading platforms for online wholesale trade of the Alibaba Group, today announced the launch date of the B2B industry's "game-changing" sourcing solution and service.
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2016-05-24

Solar Soccer Marks an Unofficial Start of UN Environment Summit

Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX, PHIA) company and global leader in lighting, announces that a Solar Soccer match at its Community Light Center outside Nairobi marked the unofficial start of the second United Nations Environment Assembly.
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2016-05-23

Panasonic To Supply Large LED Displays to Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Panasonic, which supports the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Rio 2016 Olympics) and the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as an Official Worldwide Partner for the Olympic Games*1, today announced the company will launch a variety of global marketing activities in its sponsorship category. Through these activities, Panasonic hopes to deliver the splendor and excitement of sports and help nurture the Olympic Movement.
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2016-05-20

Opple Lighting’s Nepali Distributor Supports Good Cause by Visiting Hospital and Rehab for Disabled Children

G. P. Trading Concern, national distributor of Opple LED lighting in Nepal, initiated a noble cause this April 2016. On behalf of the entire company, a group of 16 employees decided to visit Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC), a leading hospital with specialization in orthopedic and reconstructive surgery, treatment of cerebral palsy and management of spine problems.
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2016-05-20

Fulham ThoroLED AC LED Retrofit Kits Certified as ENERGY STAR(R) Luminaire 2.0 Compliant

Fulham Co., Inc., a leading supplier of lighting components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications, today announced that three models of its AC-powered ThoroLED LED Retrofit Kits have been tested and certified as ENERGY STAR® Luminaire 2.0 compliant.
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE