Highlights last week:

We apologize for the delayed weekly picks for July 6-July 9, due to the unexpected arrival of typhoon Chan-hom on Taiwan’s north coast.

• According to LEDinside’s latest report Nichia once again has the greatest market share in China’s LED package market in 2014, while U.S. LED manufacturer Cree rankings drop to fourth place.
• Some of the important picks for last week include the impact from China’s volatile stock market on Chinese LED manufacturers. Several major Chinese LED manufacturers including San’an Opto have suspended trade on the Chinese bourse, due to upcoming acquisitions or repurchase company shares to stabilize bourse performance.
• A couple of interesting market application developments worth following up from last week. MiPow is planning to launch a super cheap smart LED bulb for a mere US $8, nearly the same price as you’d get for a fairly good quality LED bulb. Osram is pushing its IR lED applicaiton forward in iris recognition application in smartphone devices, with Fujitsu smartphones being the first in the world to embrace this technology. BMW is taking another step in automobile lighting technology, this time the company is developing smart brake lights for motorcycles. And finally will green LED glasses be the cure for insomnia? U.S. researchers have developed a green light LED glass to help lung cancer patients regulate their circadian rhythm by keeping them alert during daytime.

Editor Recommendations

1. LEDinside: Nichia Tops China’s LED Package Market in 2014, Cree Down to No. 4
2. U.S. Researchers Develops Green LED Glasses to Improve Sleep Quality of Lung Cancer Patients
3. MiPow Plans to Introduce Ultra Low Priced US $8 Smart LED Bulb
4. BMW Introduces Dynamic Motorcycle Brake Light by 2016
5. Comparison Between China’s Old and New LED Streetlight Standards
6. San’an Opto Receives Most Subsidies from Chinese Government in 1H15
7. 4Cabling Acquires e-Commerce Business OzLighting
8. More LED Manufacturers Suspend Trade on China’s Bourse
9. [Breaking News] Feit Electric Files LED Patent Rights Complaint Against Cree
10. Fujitsu Smartphones Adopt Osram IR LEDs for Iris Recognition

What’s Trending

• Indian Architect 3D Prints Lighting Portrait

Government projects

• Nova Scotia Power Seeks CA$36M for LED Streetlight Conversion
• Kaohsiung City Government Employs Yuehsin's Regulus Smart Lights

Industry News

1. Acolyte LED Lighting Sets up New Office in Australia
2. LG to Invest $803M in OLED
3. Mark Roush Assumes Presidency of the IES
4. Eight ETI Executives Increase Shareholdings in Company to Boost Investors Confidence
5. NVC Lighting Sued Over Outstanding Loan Left by Former CEO
6. Leyard Halts Trade Ahead of Two Upcoming Acquisitions
7. STG Aerospace Launches New Manufacturing and Warehouse Facility in Miami
8. Philips Launches New GrowWise City Farming Research Center in Eindhoven
9. MechaTronix Signs Agreement with European Distributor Avnet Abacus

New Products

1. The New Generation of XBO Cinema Projection Lamps
2. ALT’s LED Lighting Launches Luminaires Equipped with Cree LED Chips
3. OEM Group Expands Wafer Surface Preparation for LED Automotive Lighting Manufacturers
4. Mazet Expands Colorimeter Product Line with New Device
5. EV Group Launches New Nanoimprint Lithography Machine for High Volume Photonic Device Manufacturing
6. MaxLite Releases Ballast-compatible Plug-and-Play LED T8 U-bend Lamp
7. Techsil’s New Heat Transfer Tapes for Thermal Management in Electronic Systems
8. Leica Microsystems Launches Laser Microdissection Microscope Equipped with LED Illumination

Lighting Projects

1. Historic Victoria and Albert Museum Retains Traditional Warm Glow with LED Upgrade
2. Amerlux Lights up the City of Los Angeles with LED Streetlights
3. TrueCar to Light Up Twilight Concert Series with Interactive LEDs
4. Philips Shines Light on Opening of The Edge in Amsterdam