Fremont Micro Devices USA Inc. President Alex Woo announced the introduction of the FT882, a current mode LED driver integrated circuit. The FT822 Integrated Circuit provides a low cost single chip controller solution which will enable high growth application like commercial and industrial lighting, architecture detail lighting and street lamp lighting....

Aixtron SE has a new multiple tool order for 55x2-inch CRIUS II systems from existing customer Forepi. The new systems will be dedicated to the volume production of materials for high brightness blue LEDs. The system order came in the first quarter of 2011 and delivery takes place in the period between the second and fourth quarters of 2011. One of Aixtron´s local support teams will install and commission the new reactors in the company’s state-of-the-art production complex in Taiwan. Forepi President, Fen Ren Chien, comments, “Our technica...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), a leading supplier of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment used to make light emitting diodes (LEDs), celebrated the opening of its new Taiwan Technology Center (TTC) today in Hsinchu, Taiwan to provide process support for the rapidly growing LED industry. Several of Veeco’s key customers in Greater China and important local government officials were among Veeco’s honored guests. At the opening ceremony, John R. Peeler, Veeco’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, &ldq...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, has recently qualified the TurboDisc® MaxBright™ gallium nitride (GaN) Multi-Reactor Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for high-volume production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Ming Jiunn Jou, Ph.D., President of Epistar, commented, “Veeco’s MaxBright Multi-Chamber System enables us to ramp production quickly on the industry’s most productive platform. We will continue ...

Recently, Universal Display Corporation from Ewing, New Jersey, has presented the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Optics + Photonics Conference held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA from August 21 - 25, 2011. The company introduced advances in the company’s white OLED lighting technology and showcased a potential application using white OLED lighting panels. DOE Solid State Lighting program titled“High Efficacy Integrated Under-Cabinet Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Systems”in par...

Digi-Key Corporation has supplied the Molex Incorporated solderless LED array holders. Features of these high-temperature LED array holders include screw-mount attachment method for securing the array to a heat sink, optional snap-lock optics that provide light source adjustment, and compression contacts that will power the array and eliminate soldering during installation. Serviceability is greatly improved by the releasable wire trap. The array's small form factor, less than 50.00 mm (1.96") in diameter for ES arrays and 70.00 by 71.00 mm (2.75 by 2.80") fo...

Lighting Science Group and  electronics products manufacturer Dixon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, have jointly to announce the world’s first sub-$15 omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb. According to the two companies, the new product that will be available in India by the end of the year and will be sold worldwide by Lighting Science Group early next year. The bulb is the first in a series of products being jointly manufactured and distributed by the two companies. The full line of products will include street lights, outdoor and industrial ligh...

The Astronics DME Corp. Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will use advanced LED lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii under terms of a potential $7.4 million five-year contract announced Thursday. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order. Astronics DME Airfield Lighting Systems designs and builds airf...

About 100 LED streetlights were installed a couple of years ago along Barringer Road in Ilion in coordination with Frankfort’s Fiberdyne Energy, Chief Executive Officer Peter Polus said. Village officials are looking into various products and options for possibly extending LED streetlights to other main roads and eventually to the whole village. About $1 million of state funding for LEDs – or solid-state lighting – is expected to become available this fall through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. It’...

To prevent car accidents, Steve Gardner started working on a lighting system. The vehicle maintenance supervisor for the Lucas County (Ohio) Board of Developmental Disabilities, Gardner invented a system to increase visibility of the bus and young pedestrians. Two red LED lights mounted on a bus's front grille raise its visibility, and a white LED floodlight attached to the front bumper illuminate children crossing the street. Unity School Bus Parts of Marine City, Mich., is marketing and distributing the system for about $225, or about $120 for the white LE...

The Ergo series will be available in different shape variants including rectangular, corner, oval and square. The different shapes of the bathtub provide a contemporary spin to the traditional design of the bathtub. All the bathtubs of this series are fitted with LED lights giving it a spa-like feeling. The company has designed the bathtub in a way that it can hold a maximum of four tub spots. The tub normally has eight Venturi jets, which on customer demand can be increased upto 26 Air-Inject jets. The tub's warm, whirly water renders a feeling of relaxing massage. Hoes...

A WICKLOW-BASED lighting expert has invented an energy-efficient LED bulb for the outdoor security-lighting market that reduces the cost of its electricity consumption by 93 per cent. A Wattbeater bulb will also last 30 times longer than a standard tungsten halogen one. As more commercial bodies and domestic consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about energy consumption, these continuing advances in LED technology lamps are rendering old-style bulbs obsolete. In June the Wattbeater bulb made the top three in the Light Source Product of the Year 2011 U...

Cree Inc. acquires all outstanding stock of LED outdoor lighting firm, Ruud Lighting Inc. for approximately Rs.2,354.26 crore ($525 million). The acquisition involves Rs.1,668.16 crore ($372 million) in cash, Rs.946.19 crore ($211 million) in stock (valued at the market closing price of Rs.1,557.85 ($34.74)/share), Rs.381.17 crore ($85 million) paid concurrently with the acquisition to retire outstanding debt, offset by tax benefits. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution. According to Cree, the acquisition will allow the company to ...

Hybrid capacitors, a combination of an ultracapacitor and a lithium-ion battery, providing a longer term energy source than alternative energy storage solutions on the market. Hybrid capacitors have an energy density up to 115 percent higher than standard electric double-layer capacitors (ELDCs). This allows for faster and more efficient power to applications such as LED lights used in medical devices. Compared with a nickel cadmium or lithium-ion battery, hybrid capacitors provide more than 20 times the cycle life and 60 times faster recharge rates, vastly improving LED lig...

Retail Furniture Chain Sam Levitz Replaces Showroom’s Hot Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient, Cool Burning LED Lighting. Estimated Annual Energy and Maintenance Savings of $268,000 Produces $3.1 Million in Savings Over Lifespan of the MSi Lights.   The “Sunshine Factory” has gotten a little bit brighter and greener thanks to the addition of over 5,000 MSi iPAR LED lighting fixtures. Tucson, Arizona based furniture retailer Sam Levitz recently replaced all of the halogen spotlights in four of its five locations with s...

The U.S. market has taken the lead in proving the viability of LED technology for outdoor lighting applications. Although China has more installations, it has become the first casualty of quality issues. The Chinese market for outdoor lighting shrank in 2011 in order to address these quality issues. Elsewhere, especially in North America, quality consciousness has kept progress towards transitioning to LEDs thanks to the efforts of the DOE, the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, and the Design Lights Consortium. The 20%-25% drop in price of LED ...

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Encelium Technologies will showcase its innovative energy management and lighting control systems at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, Booth #121, on Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23, at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, Canada. At the exposition, attendees will get an insider’s look at Encelium’s new Polaris 3D, its next generation of lighting control software for the company’s Energy Control System™ (ECS).   A web-based application, Polaris 3D provides an industry first 360-degree, three-dimensional view of lighting energ...

Access Fixtures has been testing the new LEDnovations EnhanceLite® light emitting diode (LED) 180 degree directional lamp as an LED light engine in bollards. The outcome is truly astounding. Using our best selling Bollard Lights with a reflector, the efficiency of one a 6.1 watt light engine compared equally with a the light output against a 100W equivalent compact florescent lamp (CFL). According to Access Fixtures senior lighting specialist Steve Rothschild, LED Bollards can equal CFL brightness while using 73% less energy or only 6.1 watts. Additio...

ProFlixSales is now offering High CRI LED Video lighting at affordable prices. LED lighting for Video has been gaining popularity steadily over the past years. Videographers love LED lighting for their cool lighting, low power and durability. The issue has been the quality of the light. How "true" a light is to its stated Temperature is measured in CRI (Color Rendering Index). Standard LED lighting often has a low CRI, sometimes as low as 70. This means that although the light may be rated at 5600K Daylight, the color may be off. High CRI...

Mean Well has extended the power range of its power supply family to 90W with the introduction of the LPF-90(D) series, which equipped with a range of basic functions, while the LPF-90D series boasts additional, three-in-one dimming functionality utilising a 1 to 10 V d.c. PWM signal or variable resistance to achieve brightness reduction and energy savings. The power supplies achieve IP67 protection and are enclosed in a plastic case with 94V-0 fire prevention level. Their internal shock absorption can withstand 5 G vibrations. They possess up to 91% efficiency and c...

Cree recently announced that it buys LED outdoor lighting supplier Ruud Lighting Inc. in a cash and stock worth about $525 million. It would accelerate adoption and expanding the market for Cree’s LED systems and components. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution, creating a company that has an unrivaled focus and commitment to driving LED lighting adoption. Ruud Lighting will continue to be based in Racine, Wis., and will operate as a subsidiary as part of Cree's lighting business, Cree said. Alan Ruud, chairman and...

FuturoLighting, a new company focused on LED lighting solutions, introduces Aurora a fully autonomous, motion detecting, lighting application which uses Cree’s latest XLamp® ML-E LED.  Due to its immediate light output and no lifetime limitation due to switching, Aurora offers advantages over traditional incandescent and fluorescent light sources as well as improved reliability due to its solid-state construction.    Aurora has a simple setup using its microcontroller with integrated high resolution control over light output levels, ambient light ...

Acuity Brands’ Lithonia Lighting® ACLED luminaire received TheLEDAward for Best Interior Commercial Product at the recently concluded “TheLEDShow” 2011 in Las Vegas. Introduced in March 2011, the Lithonia Lighting ACLED is a high-quality, volumetric recessed luminaire that delivers ambient white light uniformly throughout an entire space while reducing energy and maintenance costs and a building’s environmental footprint. This luminaire is available in a 2’x2’ configuration, delivers 3300 lumens at 41 input watts a...

Illumitex Inc., developer of high-brightness LEDs and emerging LED technology, released today the lighting industry’s first and only precision beam LED for use in general, architectural and entertainment lighting applications, ranging from high mast street lights to stage and spot lights. Utilizing patented Illumitex technology, the Artavi™ produces a narrow 10 degree beam directly from optics integrated at the emitter level. With more than 90% of the light exiting the lens in the beam, the Artavi™ promises to significantly reduce energy consumption as well ...

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc., a leader in LED outdoor lighting, at an estimated net cost of approximately $525 million. Combining two highly complementary LED innovators, the acquisition allows Cree to extend its leadership position and increase the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting. The companies’ shared focus on best-in-class LED-based systems has led to thousands of LED lighting installations over the past several years. This acquisition creates a market leader for indoor and...

Recently, Christmas Central encourages college students to pack LED lighting, ornaments, and artificial trees in their school colors when they head to campus for the fall semester. There are colorful trees range in size from two feet to 12 feet tall and more than 20 colors to choose. Durable LED lights, which require just 10 to 20% of the power consumption of incandescent bulbs and remain cool when lit, provide energy-efficient dorm and apartment decorative lighting. While some of these ornaments incorporate seasonal features, most are suitable for year-round display, incre...

Hinkley Lighting Gallery is urging homeowners to light up their outdoor spaces the 'Green way' by encouraging the use of outdoor lighting fixtures rated by the International Dark Sky Association. Hinkley Lighting Gallery has been carrying Dark Sky light fixtures for over a year and reiterates its advocacy of eco-friendly lighting as the city of Boston implements a push towards sustainability. These light bulbs maximize energy savings while providing a relaxing and appealing white light. The city is expected to save around $1.1 million annually in electricity costs ...

Bob Ready’s Blue Ash, Ohio-based LSI Industries is a significant player in the national lighting industry. The company is now publicly traded, with more than 1400 employees in the US and Canada—eight or nine hundred of them in Ohio alone. Over the last 35 years, the company has grown here in the US while most lighting suppliers have shifted their production overseas. And it’s survived the Great Recession even as others have faltered and failed In particular, LSI’s line of LED lighting has raised the company’s profile. The lights...

Future Lighting Solutions recently has cooperated with Global Tech LED, in implementing energy efficient LED solutions for state roadways and commercial lighting applications. Future Lighting Solutions provided optical engineering support, as well as LUXEON® Rebel LEDs and 480V Philips Advance Drivers. This successful combination of product and optical engineering will be incorporated into various High Mast State Roadway projects Global Tech LED is currently undertaking. According to Jeff Newman, Managing Partner at Global Tech LED, &...