Summary:2012 is an unusual year for LED industry. During the year, some companies benefited from subsidy program from government, some try to improve technology by themselves to reduce cost, some choose acquisition or set up lighting alliance to strengthen market share, and others have to break down due to financial problem. Therefore, the road lead to LED lighting is full of opportunities as well as challenges.

Let’s review the happiness and sorrow which we have undergone.

LED Industry News Timeline in 2012
Events:
January:
1.    Panasonic Reorganized Business Fields to Center on Energy Sector

2.    GE to Illuminate London's Tower Bridge with LED Technology for 2012 Olympics

3.    LG Releases World’s Largest OLED TV

4.    Scientists Utilizes Glowing Bacteria to Make Living LED Screens

5.    LEDinside :Averages Selling Prices for High-power LED Components Have Plunged

6.    American designer Creates Fresh LED Desk Lamp

7.    OSRAM's A4 OLED Lamp Folded into an Envelope

8.    TÜV SÜD America Opens Energy Efficiency Lab

9.    LED Companies Target at CES to Tap into LED Market

10.    Eulitha Signs Collaboration Agreement with EV Group to Establish Low-cost-of-ownership Nanopatterning Solution for HB-LED Manufacuring

11.    Pierre Yves Lesaicherre Appointed as Philips Lumileds New CEO

12. Toshiba Launches E-CORE LED 6W Candle Shaped Lamps

13. Cree Introduces the Next Generation of Lighting-Class LEDs

14. Guangdong Actively Provokes LED Industry

15. CSA Sets up Guangzhou LED Lighting and EEV Testing Laboratory

16. Japanese Asahi Kasei Acquired Crystal IS

17. Lighting Science Group Appoints Former U.S. Department of Energy Communications Chief Andrew Beck

18. Icon International Brings Japanese LED Lights to US

19. Sharp Announced New 10W Mini Zeni LED Arrays

20. LED technology may light the way for greener motorsport

21. Lumenpulse Enters into Strategic Partnership With Lightitude for Middle East and North Africa LED Fixture Market

22. Delta Electronics Showcased World's Lightest1000lm LED Bulb at Lighting Japan 2012

23. Japan Develops World’s First Cloud-based LED Lighting System

24. Osram to Cut Jobs in Germany to Focus on LED Industry

25. Japan's Tazmo Designs New A4 I-LED panel

26. Seoul Semiconductor Gets 10,000 Patents for LED

27. Samsung Electronics to Inject $41.7 billion in OLED Investment

28. Philips to Sell Prize-winning LED 'Bulb' in February

29. Philips Lumileds’s LUXEON K for Retrofit and Downlight LED Lighting Applications

30. Lighting Science Group Becomes North American Largest LED Lights Producer

31. Philips to Cut Prices on LED Bulbs

32. Cree Japan Shows White LED Lamp with New Chip

33. Everlight Estimates LED Bulb to Drop to US$10 in 2nd Half of 2012

February
1. CAO Group, Inc. and Sharp Electronics Corporation Resolve Patent Dispute

2. Delta Taps into Japan and Mainland China Market with Own-Brand LED Lamps

3. Philips Announces Q4 Loss of $211M

4. SemiLEDs Achieves 40% External Quantum Efficiency for Ultraviolet (UV) LED Chips

5. Taiwan to Focus on 8 Industries Industrial Cooperation with Mainland China

6. GreenStar Signs Contract with Toshiba International for North America Market

7. Seren Photonics to Bring Its HBLED Technology in India

8. Philips Lumileds Introduces New Generation High-voltage LED LUXEON H

9. Optogan Develops 500W LED Lighting Module

10. Toshiba Introduces New Cylindrical LED Bulbs

12. Cree to Set up LED Icons

13. Plessey Acquired CamGaN for White Lighting LEDs Manufacture

14. Epistar Orders Veeco’s K465i MOCVD System for Silicon Wafers on LEDs

15. LG Siltron Orders Veeco MOCVD for Development of GaN-on-Silicon Wafer

16. SemiLEDs Ordered Veeco’s MOCVD System for High Volume LED Production

17.Soraa Introduces Disruptive LED 2.0 Technology

18. Seoul Semiconductor Launches AC-powered Acrich2 LED Solution

19. LG Chem’s 45 lm/W OLED Panels to Mass Production

20. Aixtron Cooperates with Minsheng Financial Leasing on Chinese MOCVD Equipment Market

21. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors appoints Avnet Electronics Marketing as “Preferred Global Partner”

22. TCL to Focus on Become the World’s Fifth-largest LED TVs Supplier

23. Verticle Creats Honeycomb InGaN LED Chip

24. SemiLEDs Makes Breakthrough on Nitride UV LED Chips

25. Lextar Becomes Taiwan No.1 LED Industrial Peers in Patent Application

26. Panasonic Receives Top iF Product Design Awards for LED Clear Light Bulb

27. Kaistar Lighting Invests $25 Million in Bridgelux

28. Cree Debuts New LMH2 LED Modules to Serve Europe and Asia Markets

29. Lumenpulse Enters into Strategic Partnership With Technolite for Singapore LED Fixture Market

30. IMG Lighting Launches World’s Brightest, Dual Warm and Cool Diode LED Desk Lamp

31. LED CHINA 2012 Grandly Opened on 20th February

32. Philips joins The Climate Group’s Clean Revolution campaign as the first corporate partner

33. GT Advanced Technologies Successfully Hosted China LED Media Event on 21, February

34. Seoul Semiconductor’s Acrich2 Modules Passed UL Recognition

35. Billion Joins force with MetaTech to Tap into LED Lighting Market in China

36. Mainland China to Come out the Second Phase of LED Lighting Subsidization

37. Toyoda Gosei Filed Lawsuits with Formosa Epitaxy for Patent Infringement

38. Breakthrough in LED-Technology: Optogan launches its 500W COB Module

39. UL Named as Zhaga Authorized Testing Center for LED Lighting Testing

40. Thermal Technology Forms Chinese Service and Technology Center for Crystal Growth Market

March
1. AIXTRON remains confident in challenging market environment

2. Philips Sets up Green Products Sales Targets for the End of 2015

3. Philips Electronics Be Confident of LED Lighting Market

4. Epistar Receives AIXTRON CRIUS II-XL MOCVD System for UHB Blue and White LEDs Production

5. Neo-Neon Signs a Patent License Agreement with Philips

6. OCI Targets on Sapphire Ingot for LED Market

7. Mo-Cu Wafer Substrate for LED Chips

8. Toshiba Chooses Shelton Group as Agency of Record for LED Market in North America

9. Taiwan ITRI’s LED Laboratory Wins CBTL Qualification

10. Panasonic Donates 2,000 Solar LED Lanterns to Cambodia

11. LED CHINA 2012 Grows 40% in Exhibition Space

12. Nan Ya Photonics Forms World`s First LED Lighting Automated Production Line

13. Philips Founds New Subsidiary To Expand LED Market in South Africa

14. Taiwan International Lighting Show Grandly Opened on March 13

15. Japanese Research Group Develops New Rare Metal-free Phosphorescent OLED Device

16. Integration Technology and Lumen Dynamics to Cross-license UV LED Curing Rights

17. OCI Company Begins Production with GT’s ASF™ Sapphire Growth Furnaces

18. New AIXTRON MOCVD Technology Center Supports China's Global LED Ambitions

19. Aucksun Opto Orders Five AIXTRON Reactors for HB LED Production

20. Everlight Shows Good Attitude on Cross-Strait LED Cooperation

21. Mainland China to Get More Opportunity in Taiwan Five Key Industries Investment

22. Taiwan Suggests to Add Six LED Pilot Testing Locations in Mainland China

23. Cree Expands Industry’s Most Versatile Family of Mid-Power Lighting-Class LEDs

24. New OSRAM Ostar Stage LEDs with a flat glass window

25. Zhejiang Shangcheng Places $12.6 million Order for GT Advanced Technologies ASF™ Sapphire Furnaces

26. Taiwan’s LED Makers Likely Benefit from Mainland China’s Subsidization Program

27. UK-based Zeta Controls Launches World’s First “Conventional” LED Bulb

28. Taiwan's LED Streetlight Output Likely to Reach NT$34 billion by 2018

29. China Electric Mfg. to Make Cut-rate Strategy for 7.5W LED Bulb

30. Sydney to be First City in Australia for LED Replacement

31. Are You Ready to Turn off Your Light for Earth Hour

April
1. Samuel Wu takes over the OSRAM business in Asia

2. Osram May Set up First China LED Plant

3. Cree SC³ Technology Platform Continues to Deliver Innovation with Brighter XLamp® High-Voltage LEDs

4. Philips Lumileds Announces Its First White, Mid-power LED

5. Philips Lumileds LUXEON M Brightens the Outlook for Efficient and Cost Effective Outdoor and Industrial LED Lighting Solutions

6. Civilight Signs a Patent Cooperation Agreement with Philips

7. Dow Injects Innovation into New Products at PLASTIC JAPAN

8. Philips and Optogan sign up to cooperate in LED road lighting solutions in Russia

9. Leading Korean Research Center Selects VEECO MOCVD System for LED R&D

10. GE Debuts Landmark LED Modules at Light+Building

11. Taiwan and mainland China Jointly to Set up LED, Solar Energy On Common Standards at Upcoming Cross-Strait Standards Meeting

12. Delta to Receive Japanese Customers’Orders for LED Lightings

13. Mitsubishi Electric to Restructure Lighting Business

14. Veeco Supports Growth of LED Industry in Korea

15. TCL Teams up with Harvatek to Build LED Package Joint Venture in Mainland China

16. Philips 60W LED Bulbs Get Ready for Earth Day

17. Lighting Science Group Launches World's Most Efficient LED MR16 50-Watt Equivalent Bulb

18. Electricity Rate Hikes Brings New Opportunity to Taiwan’s LED Lighting Market

19. Nichia Filed YAG Patent Infringement Lawsuits against Harvatek

20. LED Celling Lights Becomes Popular in Japanese Market

21. Panasonic to Enter into European LED Industry

22. Taiwan's National Central University Develops New Packaging Technology for LED Indoor Lighting

23. Revolutionary Innovation from Luminus: World’s First Round LED

24. Philips Starts to Sell $60 LED Light Bulb in US

25. Everlight Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Nichia in US Court

26. SETi Makes Breakthroughs on UV-C LED Efficiencies

27. Toshiba Launches New PAR38 and MR16 LED Lamps

28. Philips Develops Technology to Reduce Dependence on Rare Earths for LEDs

29. Veeco China Training Center Reaches 500th Trainee Milestone

30. LUXEON R From Philips Lumileds Lowers Outdoor Lighting System Costs and Improves Efficacy

31. Taiwan Radiant Optoelectronics to Enter into LED Lighting Industry

May
1. China Patent Defended by CIVILIGHT in Europe

2. Fairchild Semiconductor Filed New Patent Infringement Claims against Power Integrations

3. SDK Cooperates with Toyoda Gosei to Form JV for GaN LED Business

4. Hangzhou Silan Azure Expands Manufacturing Capacity with Veeco MOCVD

5. GE Lighting to help customers navigate lighting transformation through new North America Professional Solutions organization

6. FOREPI Places Repeat Order for AIXTRON CRIUS II-XL and G5 HT Systems

7. From Frankfurt to Las Vegas: Zhaga continues success tour

8. NGK Insulators Ltd Develops New GaN Wafer for Double LED Luminous Efficiency

9. Japan Teams up with California to Design Low Droop and High Efficacy LEDs

10. GE Plans World Debut of LED Bulb that Replaces 100-watt Incandescent

11. Cooper Lighting and Rambus Sign License Agreement to Provide Innovative, LED-Based Lighting Solutions

12. Taiwan Delta Electronics and Lextar Benefit from Japanese Power Shortage

13. Lighting Science Group to Appoint K.R. (Kaj) den Daas as Company's Board of Directors

14. SunSun Lighting Received $30 M for LED Investment

15. Trinity Material Cooperates with ARC Energy for Sapphire Production

16. Epistar’s Lee Estimates Zhaga Standards to Make LED Lamps Popular in 2015

17. Bridgelux and Toshiba Achieve World Class Performance for 8″ GaN-On-Silicon LEDs

18. Everlight's Subsidiary Zenaro Get Involved in Nichia’s Patent Infringement Lawsuit

19. Seoul Semiconductor Showcases 3020 Series at LightFair International

20. Optogan enters the Italian lighting market with LEDisOne

21. Osram Sylvania to Release 100 W-equivalent LED Bulb

22. Researchers from North Carolina and Japan Overcome Obstacles on LED Based UV Disinfection

23. How the LED lighting industry benefits from Zhaga

24. Philips Reaches Milestone of 200th Licensee to LED Luminaire Licensing Program

25. Dow Electronic Materials to Acquire Lightscape Materials For Its LED Technology Expansion

26. Chinese Government Schedules to Arrange 2.2 Billion Yuan for Development of Energy-saving Lamps and LED Lights

27. Japanese Nanoco Group Maks Great Technical Achievement on Green Cadmium-free Quantum Dots

28. Chinese Domestic Brands to Achieve 80 % Share in LED Chip

29. Lite On to Build an Operation Center in Hubei Province,China

30. Samsung Focuses on LED TVs Sale

31. Unilumin Group to Center on LED Rental Display Sales in Chinese Market

32. Taiwan PIDA Predicts Taiwan’s LED Industry Would Rise 10%

33. SMM Cooperates with Tohoku University Research Team to Develop New Oxide-based Red Phosphor

34. Hitachi Appliances to Release 80 W-equivalent LED Bulb

35. JEDEC Publishes First International Thermal Testing Standards for LEDs

36. Kyma Makes a Breakthrough on 10” AlN-on-sapphire Template

37. Chinese Bigstone Technology Develops World’s Most Convenient LED Headlamp

38. Taiwan LED Manufacturers Prepare for LED Bulbs Sales Boom in Electricity Rate Hikes

39. Everlight Beat Nichia on Patent Infringement Lawsuit

40. NVC Lighting Technology Corporation’s Chairman Resigns Its Position

41. Zhejiang Tormin Develops 400 watt-equivalent High Power LED

42. OSRAM expands with new LED assembly plant in China

43. Everlight’s LED Bulbs will be Sold on 3000 Channel Partners in Mainland China

44. Guangdong Province to Complete LED Lightings Transition in Public Places Within 3 Years

45. Nichia Announced Its Patents is Valid over Everlight's Challenge

46. Tower Bridge Gets LED Makeover for London 2012 Olympic Games

47. Osram Ostar Projection Cube LED: a giant leap for smartphones and cameras

48. Nichia : Patent Nullity Proceeding filed by Everlight

June:
1.    Japanese Researchers Make Breakthrough on Optogenetics for GaN LEDs and CMOS Sensors

2. Everlight Cooperates with Tianmu SSL to Aim at Jiangsu’s LED Streetlight Market

3. Taiwan’s LED Industry to Recover in Q2

4. Philips Lighting Calls for Urban Planners to Use LED Lighting

5. Everlight Expands Its LED Lighting Sales in Mainland China

6. Malaysia's LED Companies Prepare to Tap into Global Market

7. "Shenzhen LED Industry Park" to Break Ground in Russia

8. Taiwan CHIMEI Cooperates with Waseda University to Enter into Japan Market

9. For interchangeable LED light sources around the world: Zhaga at the largest lighting exhibition in Asia

10. China’s Sinoepi to Produce Nitride LED Wafers with a AIXTRON CRIUS II-L System

11. Nichia Lodged an Appeal Against Everlight Case Ruled by Japan Patent Office

12. Philips Introduces LUXEON Z, Industry’s Smallest Power LED with Highest Lumen Density

13. LED Phosphor Industry to Boom within 8 Years

14. Toshiba Develops OLED Lighting with Luminous Efficiency of 91 lm/w

15.Lextar Electronics Corp. qualified LayTec’s Pyro 400 for GaN LED production

16.    Cree Brings Revolutionary LED Luminaire Design and Evaluation Services to China

17.    Dialight Acquires Airinet

18.    Shenzhen Mason Technologies to Invest RMB 30 million to Build New Subsidiary

19. Panasonic Targets to Sell 12 million LED Light Bulbs

20. Plessey Orders AIXTRON CRIUS II-XL Reactor for GaN-on-Si LED Production

21. Honeywell Calls to Speed up Globalization of LED Lighting

22. Lattice Power Stars Mass Production of High-power GaN-on-Si LEDs

23. DOE Announces $7 million Investments to Support SSL Development

24. China Silian to Form Lanzhou High-tech Industrial Base

25. Japanese Government to Calls for Halting Production and Sales of Incandescent Bulbs

26. LayTec's Latest Product Pyro 400 Received Aurora Award 2012

27. Large Manufacturers to Benefit Most from Chinese Subsidy Program for LED Lighting

28. Taiwan’s ITRI Develops A19 “Light & Light” LED Bulbs

29. New Philips Light Bulbs Make LED Lighting More Affordable

30. Sharp Launches 90-inch World Biggest LED TV

31. Lextar Expects to Get Apple’s Certification on iOS-based Control of LED Lighting

32. TÜV SÜD Joins DOE’s LED Lighting Facts Approved Labs

33. Japanese Group to Create World’s Largest LED Plant in Philippines

34. Nichia Develops NSSM032 SMD for Outdoor Full Color Displays

35. Chinese BOE and IRICO Announce to Tap into LED Lighting Market

36. Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronics Supplies Integrated LED Contract Service

37. Hitachi to Launch E26 LED Light Bulb Equivalent to 100W Incandescent Light

38. LEDforum 2012 Guangzhou Highlights: The Demands for LED Lighting will keep Increasing

39. Everlight Sold out 100,000 LED Lamps at 7-11 Stores

40. Sony Partners with Panasonic to Mass Produce OLED TV in 2013

41. Germany Trade & Invest Focuses on LED Market

42. Taiwan and Mainland China Sign Three MOUs on LED Cooperation

43. Taiwan’s National Chung Hsing University Orders AIXTRON CCS MOCVD System for GaN-on-Silicon Research

44. Panasonic Announces to Enter LED Market in Mainland China

45. SemiLEDs and Cree Come to an Agreement on Patent Litigation

46. Lite-On Said to Instead of Lextar for Philips Supplier

47. Taiwan to Replace 326,000 Mercury Streetlights with LEDs

48. Mitsui Supports FOREPI to Tap Mainland China’s LCD TV Market

49. Taiwan LED Manufacturers to Compete in High-wattage LED Market

July
1. Osram :Temperature stability record for area light source OLED

2. Epistar Invests US$ 166.7 Million to Become World’s Top LED Epitaxy Manufacturers

3. OSRAM Has Withdrawn the Patent Infringement Action Against KINGBRIGHT

4. ARC Energy Improves CHES Sapphire LED for 5% Brighter

5. DOE Releases Report: LEDs Are Most ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Lighting

6. Seoul Semi’s “nPola” Sets Milestone for LED Brightness

7. Shenzhen Sinolight Optoelectronics Closed down

8. Chongqing Silian Partnerships with Soitec to Jointly Develop GN Template Wafers for LED Production

9. Chinese Kento Electronic Makes Breakthroughs on SMD LED Packing

10. LG Electronics Failed First Round in U.S. LED Patent Fight against Osram

11. Cree's New XLamp® XP-G2 LEDs Deliver 20 Percent Efficiency Increase in the XP Footprint

12. Guangdong LED Exports Suffer 4 billion yuan Losses Limited Technical Standards from Overseas Market

13. Panasonic Announces to Stop Production of Incandescent Bulbs on October 31

14. Delta Electronics Predicts LED Lighting Price to Drop by 20%

15. Toshiba to Close Four Lighting Factories in Japan

16. CHIMEI Targets to Market 40,000 LED Desk Lamps in 2012

17. EpiGaN Successfully Utilizes AIXTRON MOCVD Reactors to Develop 8-inch GaN-on-Si Wafers

19.    DOE Announces BR30 or R30 LED Lamps Tested under CALiPER Program Could be Effective Replacements for Conventional Directional Lamps

20. China LED Industry’s High Unused Capacity Renders 2H12 Outlook Uncertain

21. LG Reported to Develop 60-inch Flexible OLED Displays by 2017

22. Hon Hai Group Injects US$35 Million to Form LED Venture in Mainland China

23. Intematix Prepares to Conduct a Registered IPO

24. Taiwan Genesis Photonics Builds Kunshan LED Plant in Southern China

25. MOCVD Orders are Placed Just to Maintain Capacity not Add

26. Shenzhen Civilight Receives Big LED Orders from Overseas Market

27. Chinese LED Industry Could Benefit from New Subsidy Program

28. Bidding for China LED Subsidies Restarted, Taiwan LED Firms in Advantageous Position

29. Zumtobel Sets up Lighting Factory in Tianjin, China

30. Seoul City Plans to Popularize LED Lightings in Public and Private Sector

31. Toshiba to Start Mass Production of White LEDs

32. Azzurro Orders Veeco MOCVD for GaN-on-Silicon Epiwafer Production

33. Luminus Sets up Taiwan Office to Strengthen Asian Market

34. Taiwan Lustrous Technology, Asia’s First LED Maker to Win UL-Certified Zhaga Light Engine Certification

35. ITRI Works on Designing Proposals for LED Light Bulb Standards

36. Wonderful LED Applications in London Olympic Games

August
1．Siemens to Spin-off Osram in Early 2013

2.    LED Lighting Driving Demand for New Phosphors

3.    GE Lighting introduces fully dimmable compact fluorescent bulb

4.    Panasonic to Reform R&D for Medium and Long-term Roadmaps

5.    Samsung Paves the way for Mass Production of Flexible AMOLED Panel

6.    Philips Introduces New Line of LED Light Bulbs

7.    Osram invests in further growth in China, new LED BE factory at WUXI will be completed by the end of 2013

8.    Taiwan Government to Unveil New Standards for Smart Lighting

9.    Huga Optotech to Become Epistar’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary

10.    Samsung, Osram Reach a Global LED Patent Settlement

11.    Taiwan LED Makers Operation Results Impacted by European Debt Crisis

12.    Russia LED Lighting Market will Occupy 1-5% in Global Market

13.    London Olympic Games Ushers in a New Round of LED Lighting Boom

14.    It’s Necessary for Taiwan to Make New Smart Lighting Standards

15.    AIXTRON Receives New Reactor Order from Jilin University for GaN UV and White LED Research

16.    Taiwan's National Defense University Develops Nanocarbon Light Source

17.    Philips to install 100 “light centers” across rural Africa by 2015

18.    Osram and Samsung reach global settlement over LED patent suits

19.    Philips Sets up Chengdu Based LED Professional Lighting Solutions Manufacturing Facility

20.    113 Enterprises Bids for Chinese LED Lighting Subsidization

21.    AOC TV Aims at Rs 1,100 cr Revenue in India Market for LCD and LED TV in 2013

22.    Taiwan Considers to Ease Restrictions on Island’s Strategic Hi-tech Industries Investments by Mainland Chinese

23.    Indoor Spaces Speak in New Accents with LED Architectural Lighting from GE Lighting Solutions

24.    Consumer Reports Study shows that Americans Prefer CFLs to LED

25. Follow-up Consumer Reports: LED Bulb’s Potential Advantages

25.    Philps Lumileds: LUXEON Z Power LEDs Offer Highest Lumen Density in Smallest Package

26.    PIDA Predicts 1.05 million LED Light Bulbs will be Sold in Taiwan in 2012

27.    Arrow Electronics Becomes Global Distribution for Intematix ChromaLit Remote Phosphor

28.    Samsung Electronics Swept Top Spots in the TV Markets of Europe’s 24 Countries

29.    Chinese Government Announced the Recipients for LED Lighting Subsidies

30.    Osram’s Survey : LED Lamps are Popular in Germany and Osram to Launch First LED Lamp under ten euros to the Market (RRP)

31.    Ushio Intends to Sell Soraa’s GaN-on-GaN LED MR16 Halogen Replacement Lamps in November

32.    Philips Predicts LED Lighting Could Save Africa up to $10bn a year

33.    Cree Debuts 150-mm 4HN Silicon Carbide Epitaxial Wafers

September
1.    Campaigners Warn Light-bulb Ban Caused Health Risk for ill-health People

2.    The Ban of the Incandescent Bulbs Campaign in UK Takes Place

3.    Six LED Giants Set up The Connected Lighting Alliance

4.    Philips Lumileds Releases High-Voltage LUXEON H 50-2 LEDs

5.    Samsung Sets off Mass Producing OLED TV Panels in Q4 2012

6.    UK Comes to the Final Phase of a Ban on Incandescent Bulbs Since September1

7.    LED lighting in Russia Market keeps growing

8.    Lextar Electronics Corp. Announces its “Photometric Laboratory” Listed with LM-79 and LM-80 Accreditation

9.    Sharp Designs LED Dining Light

10.    Philips Predicts Global LED Lighting’s Production Value to Reach US$66.67 B. by 2020

11.    Veeco MOCVD Supports Nantong Tongfang for GaN-on-Si LED Research

12.    Osram’s LEDs to Brighten up the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo for the 2014 World Cup

13.    Chinese Chipmakers Show Interests in Taiwan LED Industry

14.    DOE Consortium Releases Draft Model Specification for Adaptive Control and Remote Monitoring of LED Roadway Luminaires

15.    Mainland China Investment in Taiwan to Get More Own Controlling Stakes for key Industries

16.    Seoul Semiconductor’s Acrich2 module of 100 lm/watt Starts Volume Production

18. AZZURRO Launches 150 mm GaN-on-Si LEDs Templates

19.Veeco IBD System Achieves Breakthrough Defect Reduction in EUV Mask Blanks

20.    Taiwan Lextar to Merge Wellypower

21.    Philips to Cut 2,200 Jobs at Its Lighting and Electronic Divisions

22.    Japanese Combines Dye-sensitized Solar Cells With LED Lamp

23.    Osram Launches Oslon Black Flat LED for loads of light on the road

24.    Hon Hai to Set up New Manufacturing Base in Brazil

25.    Analysts Predict Half of Chinese LED Chip Makers to Go Bankrupt

26.    Nexxus Lighting Ends Patent Litigation with Philips

27.    Intematix Issued Red Nitride LED Phosphor Patent

October
1.    Ikea Group Announces to Sell Only LED Lights All Over the World

2.    ON Semiconductor Joins imec’s Program for GaN-on-Si Power Devices

3.    Taiwan LED Makers Move to Deploy Operations in China’s LED Lighting Market

4.    Epistar Estimates 2013 will Remain a Tough Year for LED Industry

5.    Taiwan Ministry Plans to Put Forward LED Light Bulb Subsidies

6.    Philips Electronics India Plans to Export Solar LED Street Lights

7.    Cree Introduces Next-Generation Color LEDs

8.    Philips Sets up First Lighting Store in UK

9.    Epistar and Azzurro Jointly Made Breakthroughs on GaN-on-silicon Technology

10.    Philips Builds Lighting Experience Centre in Singapore

11.    Intematix New Red Nitride Phosphors for LED Applications

12.    Foshan Lighting Wins the Bid for LED Lamps on 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Subsidy

13.    LED Tech Development Filed a Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Apple

14.    Malaysia Becomes Dialight’s First Asian LED Facility

15.    Ledman Acquires Ledman Europe GmbH for 51% Shares

16.    Taiwan HPLighting and HK Everbright Holdings sign Exclusive UV LED Distributorship Agreement for Greater China Region

17.    Siemens Plans to Make Osram Spin-off

18.    Shenzhen Schedules to Complete the Popularization of LED Lighting in Public before 2014

19.    Shenzhen LED Production Exports in the forefront of Mainland China

20.    Optogan`s high-power X10 modules: from research to mass production

21.    The Zhaga consortium publishes Book 3, the first of seven interface specifications for LED light engines

22.    Edison Opto LED Testing Laboratory Awarded UL Safety Certification

23.    Vietnam : Plants grow rapidly, safely with LED lamps

24.    Philips to Debut A21 LED for 100W Replacement Bulb

25.    HC SemiTek Purchases Additional Veeco MOCVD Systems for LED Production

26.    LED 50th Anniversary: Celebrating Today’s LED Applications

27.    Soraa to Sell Its LED MR16 Lamps through Ushio

28.    AIXTRON: Slower Than Expected Recovery of Demand leads to EUR 51.5m Inventory Write-Downs

29.    Philips to Lead New Innovations with Its LED Retrofit Lamps

30.    SDK to Split off and Transfer GaN LED Business to TS Opto

31.    EVERLIGHT Lighting Components Complete LM80 Testing

32. Introducing Philips hue: the world's smartest LED bulb, marking a new era in home lighting

33.LED Streetlights are Popular in United States

November
1.    New UN Collaborating Centre for Energy Efficient Lighting Opens in Beijing

2.    TESS reveal brand new 12W 1000lm omni-directional LED Bulb Breakthrough the technology barrier in lighting market

3.    South Korean Scientists Mimick Firefly Lantern for LED Lighting

4.    GT Advanced Technologies Announces Reorganization and Steps to Streamline Operations, Including Approximate 25% Reduction in its Global Workforce

5.    Japanese NGK Insulators Develops GaN Wafers to Double Green LED Luminous Efficiency

6.    The Intelligent Outdoor Lighting Standardization to Come out in the beginning of 2013

7. Nichia to Cooperate with Taiwan LED Maker

8. Olympic Lighting Schemes in London's Bridges to Retain

9. Samsung and Osram Gave up the Plan for LED JV

10. LG Buried the hatchet with Osram on LED Patent

11. Philips to Cut Jobs at Belgian Lighting Plant

12. LEDs Nationwide Could Save China Annual Electricity Output of two and a half of Three Gorges Dam

13. Bridgelux and EBV Elektronik Sign Distribution Agreement to Serve Rapidly Growing Market for Solid State Lighting

14. Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs to Put Forward LED Bulbs Subsidy

15. Toshiba and Epistar Have Concluded a AlGaInP LED Patent License Agreement

16. iPad be Used to Control Streetlights in London Borough

17. Philips Builds Second High Power LED Production Facility at Malaysia

18. Japanese Company Utilizes Ink-jet Technology to Make Light Guide Plate for LED Backlight

19. AIXTRON Gives LED Production Outlook at MOCVD Seminar

20. India Decorative Lighting Market Hit by Price Rise

21. Osram Ships LED Replacements for 100-watt Bulbs in Lowe’s Stores

22. Siemens Plans to Cut $7.67 billion in Costs by 2014

23. China’s Sanan to Join 19.9% Shares of Taiwanese Formosa Epitaxy

24. Nexxus Lighting Changes Its Name to Revolution Lighting Technologies

25. FOREPI Intends to Deepen Cooperation with Mainland Chinese LED Makers

26. GT Advanced Technologies Spends $10 million to Acquires Assets of Twin Creeks Technologies

27.Hess AG Extends Asia-Pacific Market with Singapore Office

28. Sumitomo Metal Mining Starts Mass Production of Large Sapphire Substrates

29. Everlight Receives Considerable Orders for IR LEDs from Mainland Chinese Suppliers

30. Samsung Filed OLED Patent Invalidation Lawsuit against LG

31. Lighting Controls in Global Market Will Grow to $8 billion by 2018

32. Philips Predicts Indian LED Lighting Market to Grow to $478 million

33. Seoul Semiconductor Makes Breakthrough on MJT Series Sales

34. GE Acquires LED Lighting Startup Albeo Technologies

35. Philips Color Kinetics Brighten up Empire State Building's LED Tower Light Show

36. Sharp Starts to Ship Ultrathin IGZO 4K LED Display

37. Mitsui Helps FOREPI to Penetrate Japanese Market

December
1. Siemens to Cut 4,700 More Lighting Jobs to Save $1.3 Bln

2. Osram expanding parts of its corporate program Total cost savings of about 1 billion euros expected by 2015

3. Taiwan and Japan Sign MOU for Industrial Cooperation

4. LED Chip Technology to Enter Plateau Period

5. Chunghwa Telecom Sets up New LED TV Deal Beats Goals

6.Philips’ 60-Watt LED Bulb Gets a Makeover

7. Intematix Improves Its Phosphors Performance for LED by 10%

8. Osram Breaks New Record on Chip Prototype

9. Epistar’s Patent Portfolio Reaches New Milestone of 1,000 Granted Patents

10. Everlight Beats Nichia on Blue LED Patent

11. Walmart Canada, First Large Canadian Retailer to Make LED Retrofit

12. GE Lighting Marks Its 50th year of Lighting National Christmas Tree

13. Osram to Spin off from Siemens

14. Philips Lighting in Bath to Close by the end of 2013

15. Guangdong Implements Public Use of LED Products

16. Panasonic to Distribute Lighthouse Technologies LED Video Display

17. Konica Acquires Instrument Systems

17.    Maracanã Stadium to Shine for the 2014 World Cup

19. LSG Files 71 New Patents in 2012

20. US Academic Creates Alternative Light Source

21. ELC, CELMA Merges into LightingEurope

22. PhotonStar LED Signs Its First Licensing Agreement with LED Chip Maker

23. Idemitsu Starts Production of OLED Materials in S. Korea

24. Cree Introduces Industry’s Brightest, Highest-Performing, Single-Die LEDs

25. Micron Narrows Focus on LED and Cuts Jobs

26. Long Certification Time, the Entry Barrier for Taiwan LED Lighting Maker

27. PNNL Develops LED Bulbs to Change Future of Electricity

28. Toshiba Starts to Sell White LED Packages

29. US: Cost for LED Chip and Package to Reduce by 80% in 2020

30. NASA Plans LED Lighting Test to Help ISS Astronauts Sleep

31. Mitsubishi Chemical Improves LED Phosphor Supply with Chinese OEM

32. Philips Taiwan to Boost LED Lighting Sales in 2013

33. Shenzhen Spark Wins LED Biding of National Highway Lighting Project

34. Cree Reaches LED Industry Milestone with 200 Lumen-Per-Watt LED

35. Osram LEDs in Coal Mine Lighting

36. Philips Lumileds and Future Electronics Restructure Principal Distribution Agreement

37. Revolution Lighting Technologies Closes Acquisition Of Seesmart Technologies, Inc.

38. Future Lighting Solutions and LG Innotek announce a Worldwide Strategic Partnership

39. GE Lighting announce the launch of its brand new Asia website

40. Challenges and Opportunities of China's LED Market

41. Nan Ya Photonics to Scramble for Orders from GE, Philips

42. Cheap Rare Earth Metals Drive LED Industry Uptake

43. EBU: Color Correction Costs Outweigh Savings for LED Lights

44. Bluetooth Smart Wireless Intelligent LED Light Bulb

45. LED TV Market Penetration in North America to Achieve 90% in 2013

46. Taiwanese LED Makers Form LED Lighting Industry Alliance

47. Large Size LED TV Becomes a Trend in Taiwan

48. 32,256 Philips LEDs Light the Iconic 2013 Times Square Ball

49. US chipmaker faces huge patent fine

Winter comes, and Spring is not far away. Say goodbay to 2012, and wish LED industry a new start in 2013!