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!