This is part two of Lumia's data sheet terminology explanations and definitions to clarify any misunderstandings that may arise from reading the data sheets.

When reading Data Sheets that we always provide together with our products, there can be some definitions or values that maybe are not easy to understand, or sometimes we don’t know exactly how to use this information. Therefore we have decided to write this article, to give a more in-depth view on what all-content means in our Data Sheets.

Styron, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, will highlight its Performance Plastics and Styrenicsportfolios from October 14 – 18 at the Fakuma international trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Styron Performance Plastics focuses on the automotive, medical devices, lighting, electrical, and consumer electronics markets through the offering of customized plastics solutions. The company will exhibit at Booth # B5-5206.

Alpha, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering materials, will introduce its new line of ALPHA® LED compatible materials technologies at Strategies in Light Exposition & Conference, Oct. 21-23, at the M.O.C. Event Center in Munich, Germany. These product technologies provide the needed performance and value across the LED lighting system manufacturing process from: Die Attach & Package, Package on Board, Luminaire Module, Power Driver/Supply and Control Systems.

Lighting by Gregory is pleased to announce the #LBGDesignCompetition, an interior design contest for new and established interior designers.  As part of Lighting by Gregory’s expansion of their 8,500 sq. ft. showroom, the #LBGDesignCompetition will give entrants an opportunity to showcase their talents by crafting a design for the new multi-use area in the historic showrooms second floor. 

Prof. Hiroshi Amano, a member of Aledia’s Scientific Advisory Board, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, alongside Shuji Nakamura and Isamu Akasaki for their roles in inventing the blue light emitting diode (LED), that has revolutionized the lighting and display worlds.

Power management company Eaton today announced that the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee has recognized nine of its light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires from its Cooper Lighting Division for inclusion in the 2014 IES Progress Report. The Progress Report showcases products that provide significant technical advancement in the art and science of lighting.

These days, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are being increasingly used as replacements for traditional lamps and many other electronic appliances. In fact, lighting alone is responsible for up to 20 percent of the world's electricity consumption. As a result, the need to develop advanced LED materials and technology that produce more light while maintaining efficiency and reliability has become even more crucial in the industry. In many ways, Taiwan is a leader in the LED industry, since it manufactures the world's highest volume of LED products and continues to introduce various leading-edge technological advancements.

Khatod products leverage nearly three decades of hands-on experience with the toughest challenges in making lenses for SSL in a wide range of applications. Since our inception in 1985, unique on the international scene, Khatod has specified and developed the entire product process 100 percent in-house, Milano, Italy. A full optical service – from project to object - encompassing all the product development processes based on the latest in technology. Khatod offers full series of optical solutions for endless applications as well as a great capability in the realization of custom optics. We are able to develop the customers’ projects by collaborating with their designers or being their designers.

Shuji Nakamura, a former speaker at LEDinside’s LEDforum and a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014, along with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano on Tuesday in Sweden. Their breakthrough work in blue LED semi-conductors in the early 1990s put an end to a three-decade technology stalemate. Emergence of blue LEDs finally made white light achievable by combining blue, red and green LEDs.

 Lextar Electronics Corp. (TAIEX: 3698, “Lextar” or the “Company), a vertically-integrated LED company from Taiwan, debuted an ultra slim flat panel LED luminaire, LEAFIA, with a thickness of only 8mm and has been named a winner in Japan’s Good Design Award 2014. This is the fourth time Lextar has received recognition from the award. Lextar will unveil LEAFIA at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair taking place during October 27-30, 2014.

While other ambient lighting products require technical knowledge or are limited to computer input. Ambitheater allows HDMI with HDCP support as well as whole room lighting for a full experience.

GPE Ardenghi srl introduces the new Mod. GPE/24-LED automatic screen printer enabled by UV LED curing technology. The new machine is used for screen printing on pens, barrels and other small round articles. LED (light emitting diode) technology offers maximum UV output with significantly less energy consumption, along with cooler operating temperatures that allow for printing on heat sensitive substrates. 

"This is the 40th patent granted in 2014,” said CEO Ed Bednarcik. “Our ability to spectrally tune light to deliver proven biological and physiological effect is a game changer that will have dramatic, positive impact on all living things. Our team of lighting engineers is continually finding ways to improve health and wellbeing by innovating and redefining how we use light. It is a huge competitive advantage for us.”

The Green Trade Project Office under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs is set to stage its fourth exhibition event for the 2014 Green Light campaign at the CEATEC JAPAN exhibition, scheduled to be held on October 07-11 at the Makuhari Messe exhibition complex.

GlacialTech., the lighting technology manufacturer, is attending the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2014 (Autumn edition) fromOctober 27-30 to showcase its latest energy efficient LED lighting products and introduce its new surface mounted down lights, bay lights, DALI products, and LED thermal solutions. GlacialTech invites all to visit the company's booth at the Hall 3 # 3D-C07.

The Green Trade Project Office under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs is set to return to Istanbul for the third exhibition event of its 2014 Green Light campaign, leading a delegation of exhibitors to participate once again in the LED and LED Lighting Exhibition, scheduled to be held on September 25-28 at the Istanbul Expo Center (IFM).

Lunera® Lighting, a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology, is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Helen Lamp in the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Green Proving Ground (GPG) program for fiscal year 2014. The selected Helen Lamp is a plug and play LED replacement for compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) commonly used in commercial buildings.

Access Fixtures is headed to NECA 2014 Chicago and will debut its newest vandal-resistant LED Landscape lighting luminaires. These luminaires were designed with property owners in mind to reduce maintenance on landscape fixtures. Access Fixtures vandal-resistant lights do not have a glass lens, leaving almost nothing that can break from rocks, lawnmowers, or vandalism. Available in traditional styles as well as more modern styles, these fixtures are great for lighting signs, buildings and large landscaped areas.

Six Acuity Brands LED and OLED lighting solutions were selected as winners of the 2014 Next Generation LuminairesTM (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Indoor Competition, including a prestigious 'Best in Class' award for a new LED luminaire series from Mark Architectural LightingTM. Additionally, Acuity Brands won half of all of the awards in the ‘Emerging’ technologies category with unique LED and OLED luminaires from Winona® Lighting.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced today new psychophysical research proving that whiteness and color rendering have a strong effect on the perception of energy-efficient LED lighting. The study was approved by an Institutional Review Board and led by Kevin Houser at Penn State University.

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that 12 of its LED lighting and controls products have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing important advancements in lighting. The company has now received an impressive 42 IES Progress report selections supporting Hubbell’s technology leadership, which has been demonstrated over the past three years. Hubbell Lighting currently has the largest offering of LED residential and commercial fixtures recognized by IES.

USAI® Lighting’s Color Select® and Max Output® product families were among those earning awards in the Next Generation Luminaires™ (NGL) Solid State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition, sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). Color Select and Max Output were among 266 entries in this year’s competition, which promotes excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for commercial lighting applications. 

Alpha, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering and bonding materials in collaboration with Multek, a global supplier of rigid and flexible printed circuits, will present a technical paper on mid-power LED package assembly on PET substrates, at the upcoming 2014 SMTAI show to be held in Rosemont, Illinois.

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Xicato, enablers of the Internet of Lights, will sponsor the Midwest Sustainable Lighting Symposium, hosted by the world famous Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, on Friday, September 12, from 9:30am to 6:30pm CDT. The event will be an interactive and educational symposium featuring lectures from the Smithsonian Museum, an application tour and groundbreaking color preference research.

Innovational courage is the motto followed by opsira in all developments. The company is presenting a great highlight: Together with its partners KUKA and LED Linear the LED optics design experts demonstrate their goniophotometer robogonio in action with real measurements. Differentiating other solutions the robogonio offers flexible measurement solutions and full scope.

Lunera® Lighting, Inc., a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology announced today the positive impact of the Helen Lamp in the hospitality industry, through the release of two hotel case studies. Providing a superior guest experience is paramount for hoteliers, and the Helen Lamp delivers on this goal.

Dow Corning's authorized distributor in India, Kevin Electrochem, will showcase Dow Corning's innovative and high-performance silicon-based solutions for LED lighting at Light India from September 18 to 21st 2014 in New Delhi.

Sengled, a leading LED manufacturer from China introduces its extension of innovative Smart lighting products for consumers in the USA and Europe, with the new Pulse 7.1 LED + Wireless Audio System bulb (1 Master bulb can support up to 7 Satellite bulbs) and the Boost LED + Wi-Fi repeater bulb at IFA 2014. Earlier this year, Sengled launched its Pulse LED + Wireless Audio System starter kit 2.0 (1 Master bulb and 1 Satellite bulb) in the USA and Europe.