Ricoh USA, Inc. announced the addition of EFI's H1625 LED and VUTEk® H2000 Pro hybrid roll/flatbed wide format printers to its growing wide format portfolio through a reseller agreement with EFI™. This new partnership is part of Ricoh's ongoing efforts to better serve customers looking to add or enhance capabilities in the fast-growing wide-format segment. 

At the 2017 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, and Planar, a Leyard company, launched the Leyard® LED MultiTouch, the industry’s first seamless LED touch-enabled video wall. This proprietary multi-touch solution revolutionizes interactivity for narrow pixel pitch LED video walls without the disadvantages of front glass—offering a seamless, smooth, lightweight and durable LED touch surface that delivers superior visual performance enabled by the patent-pending Leyard® PLTS™ (Pliable LED Touch Surface™) technology.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday the first span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge will open to drivers between Brooklyn and Queens on Thursday, April 27. 

Philips Lighting announced the company’s 2017 first quarter results on Friday, which showed improvement in comparable sales growth, continued increase in operational profitability and free cash flow.

Alabama Power is partnering with Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and technology vendors to introduce Smart Neighborhood™ by Alabama Power.

Beaverstate Dental Systems (BDS) announces the release of their new L-series LED patient light. "We have designed an operatory light that provides all the advantages of an LED, while remaining in the comparable price range of a halogen," states BDS President Rick Whitman. "We excel at offering more bang for the buck, each and every time. It doesn't have to cost you more to get a long-lived, reliable product. Our L-Series is low wattage, with a 5,000-5,500 K color temperature. With multiple mounting configurations and 3-Axis head rotation, our LED lends itself to increased flexibility."

Nan Ya Photonics Incorporation (NYPI), a leading LED lighting manufacturer, has begun to develop system products over the past two years. The company removed its mid-to-upstream LED production lines in 2016. In order to operate in coordination with the government’s green energy policies and expand revenue, NYPI conducted transformation in 2H16 and entered the green energy industry. LEDinside had the privilege to interview the vice president of NYPI, Jung-huang Lo, to discuss about NYPI’s transformation process and its future business direction.

Luminus Devices, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs and solid-state light sources, announced its superior alternative to metal halide, the Gen 2 XH Series chipon-board (COB) LED array. With substantial increases in light output and density, as well as color rendering, Luminus’ Gen 2 XH Series directly addresses the requirements of lighting designers and retailers for punch and the ability to create dramatic scenes.

Power management company Eaton announced that it’s being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2017 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award winner. The Sustained Excellence Award is the result of the company being named for the third consecutive year and Eaton is the first lighting luminaire manufacturer to receive this distinguished honor since 2009.

Situated in Dubai’s Business Bay District, a short stroll from The Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa, Steinberger a cosmopolitan hotel with a German touch is the first property from the Deutsche Hospitality brand in the GCC region, featuring elegant and stylish designs with aristocratic ambience, the newly opened 5-star Hotel meets the demands of both leisure combined with German precision and efficiency. 

Extron Inc., the North American manufacturer and distributor of Knurr electronics enclosures, control room consoles, and mobile carts, recently rolled out new capabilities for the design and integration of advanced air cooling and lighting solutions for its line of 19" network server enclosures and custom electronics enclosures.  

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) recently received top honors from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the design of its corporate headquarters at 101 Huntington Ave., making it the largest project in New England and 12th largest in the nation by square footage to be LEED® Platinum certified out of nearly 3,300 projects. Blue Cross received the LEED Platinum certification using LEED CIv2009 – Commercial Interiors criteria.

There is no better time to acknowledge how your choices impact the protection of the environment than during Earth Awareness Month, observed in April each year since 1970. Earth Awareness Month, which culminates with the celebration of Earth Day on April 22, is celebrated to demonstrate support of environmental concerns and remind citizens to appreciate our precious planet Earth. 

Wipro Lighting, part of Wipro Enterprises (P) Ltd., India’s leading LED lighting company, announced that it has won the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017 for its lighting product – VERGE LED, in the product design category. 

Eureka, an established leader in decorative lighting solutions, is pleased to announce that it has won a Red Dot Award for its Prince LED lighting fixture. It is the third year running that a Eureka product has been recognized with the prestigious award.

The 2017 Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) and LED Taiwan 2017 were held in Taipei, Taiwan from April 12 to 15. Under the theme “Smart Design and Innovative Applications”, the exhibitions showcased state-of-the-art lighting products that are designed to improve people’s quality of life. Here are some observations that LEDinside wants to share with our readers.

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced it has completed the renovation and upgrade of its headquarters (HQs) office for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region into a green building capable of achieving up to 45% expected annual energy savings, certified as a BREEAM sustainable facility with "Very Good" rating by the Dutch Green Building Council, and boasting a Dutch "A-class Building" energy label.

Elemental LED, a major U.S. based engineering and technology company that manufactures LED lighting solutions announced a partnership with ERT Lighting & Sales, Inc. that extends its Diode LED product brand into the San Antonio and south Texas region. Elemental LED and its manufacturing and wholesale division, Diode LED, provides a wide variety of superior quality linear, task, and accent LED lighting solutions for both commercial and residential applications.

MaxLite will introduce the MPulse Surface Mount Luminaire, part of a sleek new outdoor lighting range with high-performance optics and a distinctively clean design, at LIGHTFAIR® International 2017, May 9-11, in Philadelphia. 

39 experts, including independent designers, design professors and specialist journalists, from all over the world convened in Essen to assess each individual object live and in situ in a process spanning several days. The internal jury tested, discussed and assessed each individual product and then only designs that won over the jury with their high design quality were awarded the sought-after Red Dot.

Eclectic-ware offers superior kitchen cabinet and display LED lighting from Hera Lighting. Since 2001, the Tampa Bay-area company has supplied stunningly bright halogen, fluorescent, and LED lighting from one of the World's top manufacturers of cabinet and display lighting.

CLEANLIFE Energy, an LED lighting solutions company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, was recognized as one of 28 honorees to receive the inaugural Smart Culture Award presented by Smart Business and Alliance Solutions Group. The Smart Culture Conference and Awards puts a spotlight on companies in Northeast Ohio whose strong and distinct work cultures directly influence their success.

Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corporation unveiled a patent-pending cognitive vision-based technology that can enable a wide range of smart city and smart campus applications.  Echelon InSight™ utilizes artificial intelligence in vision-enabled edge devices, optimized for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. 

If you’re looking to update your fluorescent strip luminaires, the RCL LED channel retrofit kit from LumenFocus is a simple and efficient solution.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaNTM LED technology, announced that its VIVID LED lamps have been installed at historic M.S. Rau Antiques located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. With 25,000 square feet, M.S. Rau Antiques is one of the largest premier fine arts and antiques galleries in the world.

The lighting experts at ULUXUS have taken to Kickstarter for the launch of their newest solution, the ULUXUS Link LED Retrofit System. The campaign begins on May 1 and has a fundraising goal of $100,000.

Cree, Inc. announces a major LED breakthrough with the revolutionary NX technology platform that will power the next generation of Cree’s lighting-class LEDs. The NX technology platform enables the new Extreme Density (XD) LED family that delivers up to four times higher lumen density than Cree’s previous generation of high power LEDs. This new technology platform makes possible innovative new designs, eliminating current constraints for a wide spectrum of lighting applications such as color-mixing, directional lighting and industrial lighting.

As LED lighting technologies continue to advance, the demand for efficient thermal solutions has increased drastically. In addition, high power LEDs have triggered manufacturers to redesign heat sinks to make them more compact and have better heat dissipation. To better understand the development trends of thermal solutions, LEDinside interviewed Koen Vangorp, General Manager of Taiwan-based MechaTronix, at the 2017 Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS). 

Cree, Inc. announces the next generation of its groundbreaking Cree RSW LED Street Light portfolio with the introduction of 2700K, 5000K and 70 Color Rendering Index (CRI) configurations, giving cities and municipalities the ability to meet the full range of lighting preferences for their communities without sacrificing energy savings. The enhanced series includes RSW™ Small and Medium models that offer warm, inviting light for residential streets and clean, white illumination for roadways. Both deliver improved performance for superior efficacy with uniform and dark-sky friendly LED lighting.

Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America that specializes in implementing advanced technology solutions serving sports, entertainment and retail industries, in partnership with the Atlanta Braves, showcased their latest innovations and technologies at the new stadium SunTrust Park and entertainment district The Battery Atlanta, at the Braves home opener Friday night against the San Diego Padres.