LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, indicates that affected by the month-end inventory adjustment and the dreary end-market demand, most LED manufacturers’ revenues underwent setbacks, averaging between 10% and 15%. According to LEDinside, despite the low utilization rates of LED companies, the LED chip supply in 2011 still amounted to 174 billion units while the chip demand was merely 129 billion units, with a 35% oversupply. As a result, most LED manufacturers faced considerable inventory pressure in 2H11. Looking towards 2012, given t...

Seoul Semiconductor has introduced its new product ZC (Z-Power COB), Chip-On-Board (COB) Type of Direct Current (DC) LED. And the recently launched ZC Series will begin mass production in December and will subsequently be available to customers. ZC series, developed based on Seoul Semiconductor’s Z-Power LEDs which are mainly used as a light source of high-brightness and high-power, decreases thermal resistance, resulting in an exponential improvement in LED lighting product life expectancy. The ZC Series is designed as a COB type an...

Lately, Seoul Semiconductor and Royal Philips Electronics have agreed to enter into a cross-license agreement covering patents relating to specific LED technology areas. According to the arrangement, each party gains access to a substantial part of the other party's patent portfolios for various LED level technologies. “We are very excited about our Acrich family of products and especially Acrich2, which was introduced in October 2011. Acrich2 eliminates many of the technical barriers associated with traditional high-voltage and AC-driven LED solutions&...

Lately, Seoul Semiconductor has announced New Acriche 2 featuring long life time, low energy consumption and design convenience. According to the company,its 4W, 8W, 12W and 16W module launch which will provide bulb replacement LED solution replacing not only 40W, 60W and 100W incandescent bulb but also MR16 halogen lamp and down light. The newly introduced ‘Acrich 2’ has been increased more than 90% in power efficiency by improving the power factor up to 97% comparing to previous version of ‘Acrich’ of Seoul Semiconductor, and the THD ...

Seoul Semiconductor recently has won the ‘2011 National Competitiveness Contribution Award’ which is awarded to the entrepreneurs, companies and organizations that have made a contribution to the improvement of national competitiveness. The company has received the Prize of the Minister of Knowledge Economy thanks to remarkable management performance and increases in both national and corporate competitiveness with innovative LED technology and products in the green growth industry. John S. Bae, Vice president of Seoul Semiconductor, said, “Seoul ...

Reportedly, the Italian Association for Electronic Suppliers has given the 2011 Assodel Award for the Best LED Vendor to Seoul Semiconductor. The South Korea Company was honored to receive the best prize in the LED sector at the awards on June 17. The Assodel Award is one of the electronics industry's highest honors and achievements in Italy based on the votes of industry experts including developers, manufacturers and buyers....

Seoul Semiconductor lately has supplied its Z-Power LED series for the landscape lighting of the Foro Romano, one of the most important archaeological sites in Rome. The company installed most lights on the floor as well as some on the Column of Trajan. John S. Bae vice president of Seoul Semiconductor, said, “The Z-Power series supplied for the Foro Romano Project was the best choice to keep lighting up the historic place of Rome with long life and low-power consumption.” He added, “Seoul Semiconductor’s LED lights have been able ...

Overview   Organized by LEDinside, LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications will be grandly open in Shenzhen on May 27, 2011.   LEDforum 2011 will focus on the market trend of LED lighting application, and the agenda speakers include top leaders from Aixtron, Epilight, Macroblock, Osram, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Veeco and other industry giants. These industry heavy weights will share with us their unique industry perspectives and accurate market forecasts, including market dynamics, business strateg...

Recently, Seoul Semiconductor has initiated two actions asserting claims of patent infringement against Philips which was filed in Germany in March and in Korea in May, individually. The Korean company respects the intellectual property rights of others and believes that its products do not infringe Philips' patents. As a result, Seoul Semiconductor intends to vigorously defend the U.S. patent infringement action brought by Philips that is limited to a handful of Seoul Semiconductor products. Seoul Semiconductor holds thousands of patents worldwide directed ...

Recently, Seoul Semiconductor has launched the brand-new LED series named ‘Z4’ that in accordance with its 2011 business plan. The new model is a 1W LED light that is suitable for general lighting. It features competitive price as well as outstanding luminous efficiency (100lm/W) and luminous flux of 100ml. Z4 LED is against high temperature and highly competitive product in ‘cost/lm’. In addition, it has adopted a silicon lens for optical safety. Warm white and cool white is available. Samples of the Z4 series are available now, and it ...

Overview LEDinside is the market research institute specialized for global LED industry. Orgainized by LEDinside, LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications will be grandly open in Shenzhen On May 27, 2011. Management from well-known LED industry giants of the world will be invited as forum speakers. If you want to learn about Asian LED market trend, business opportunities and how to make it in the competitive LED market, you are sincerely invited to LEDforum 2011. Conference Title: LEDforum China of Internationa...

Currently, Seoul Semiconductor has started mass production of  its new Acriche AC and DC-powered LED for downlight, named ‘A8’ , as one of the flagship brands of Seoul Semiconductor. The brand new LED Acriche ‘A8’ is designed to replace a 60W incandescent bulb with a single package. It is very competitive in terms cost by removing SMD process of dozens of DC LED package on expensive metal substrate for thermal emission and also to prevent using AC, DC converter. It operates immediately without a converter at 110V/220V as...

Seoul Semiconductor Corporation has signed an agreement with Singapore-based Vertex Venture Management to join force to seek and invest in companies with advanced capabilities in the areas of LED technology development, expecting to create synergy effects from effective investments and asset management.

The Guangzhou Games committee selected local Seoul Semiconductor (SSC) partner GOLDEN SEA Professional Equipment Ltd. to provide the Z-power LED Series as stage lighting at the opening ceremonies of the Asian Games 2010.

With the official opening of Oak Ridge National Laboratories ZEBRAlliance project, Seoul Semiconductor (CEO Mr. Chung Hoon Lee, www.seoulsemicon.com) demonstrated how LEDs can help illuminate and define a home’s living area using a fraction of the energy consumed by traditional incandescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Seoul Semiconductor's Acriche A3 AC LED is supporting ZEBRAlliance's project to boost the energy efficiency of residential lighting.

Seoul Semiconductor, a manufacturer has announced that Acriche, which is made by its own patented technology and driven by an alternating current power source for household or industrial use, achieved a luminous efficiency of 100 lm/w in February, and the company began to put the product into mass production in April and it also recently succeeded in achieving 150 lm/W.

Shuji Nakamura, widely known as the “Thomas Edison of the LED industry” has been named a scientific adviser to the leading global LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Nakamura is a professor at the Materials Department of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

LEDs for street lights in Valencia Community of Spain will be lit all over the Community through additional supply within a year Streets will be brighter, tourists safer, and electrical bills lesser in this Mediterranean resort region, thanks to 1,000 new energy-efficient and cost-effective streetlights using Seoul Semiconductor LEDs.

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and LED innovator/manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor have entered into a global distribution agreement. The agreement includes distribution through Digi-Key of the full range of Seoul Semiconductor’s products, from the smallest DC LED to the innovative and world’s first AC LED, Acriche™.

Acriche Branded Bulb Delivers 25% Greater Efficiency The company has made an investment of about 20 million dollars in the United States so far and plans to expand the investment in the future 

Seoul Semiconductor, a world leading LED manufacturer, has announced that its LED products were selected for the external balcony lights of 'Oasis of the Seas' , the world's largest and most innovative cruise liner, which made its inaugural voyage on 5 December 2009.

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., the world’s No. 4 LED manufacturer, and its affiliate company, Seoul Optodevice Co., Ltd. announced today to raise $248 million in capital. Seoul Semiconductor issued 6.9 million shares at 33.565 dollars per share for a total of $232 million dollars and Seoul Optodevice issued 2.7 million shares at 5.870 dollars per share for a total of $16 million dollars.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia announced that the company and Seoul Semiconductor are organizing a series of seminars in November and December to help Chinese firms participate successfully in the potentially huge LED market.

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has announced that on November 18th the LCW100Z1 LED for ultra-small lighting fixtures won the award in “Power Device and Module” section selected by EDN, a highly circulated electronics magazine. The award-winning LCW100Z1 is highly recognized for its marketability, economic value, and efficiency.

The World Usability Day (WUD) project will make 1,000 LED spot/bulbs available for free via their website www.worldusabilityday.org. "Assume the following math: 1,000 bulbs can replace all of the light bulbs in 20 medium-sized houses," said Brian Sullivan, the usability principal at the Sabre Human Factors Center in San Francisco, CA, and co-chair of World Usability Day. "The LED bulbs are easily three times more efficient than standard bulbs. So that is the equivalent of lighting 100 houses," said Brian Sullivan, co-chair of World Usability Day.

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Private Limited will spend 284.7 billion won ($242 million) to acquire a 12 percent stake in S. Korean’s Seoul Semiconductor and a 9 percent stake in affiliate Seoul Optodevice, according to an article on Reuters.

Seoul Semiconductor has recently announced that Havells Sylvania, one of Europe’s largest lighting companies, released Concord Stadium spotlight range using Seoul Semiconductor’s Z-Power LED P4 series products.

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.

Seoul Semiconductor held a press conference in Korea, the US and China yesterday (August 26th) to introduce its  Acriche A4, a new LED product with luminous efficiency up to 75lm/W.