Highlights this week:

Apple has dropped Osram Licht from its list of top 200 suppliers and added Royal Philips to its supply chain, ahead of the release of the iPhone 7.

German lighting giant Osram’s spin-off of its lamps business into LEDVANCE has completed organizational separation as of April 1, 2016, while the legal separation is scheduled in July 1, 2016. Many lighting vendors have been competing for a chunk of Osram’s lamp business, which LEDinside projects details of the acquisition transaction will become clearer from late April to late May 2016, including the offered price from various bidders, developments of vendors granted priority rights, and other conditions involved in the talks of the separation of LEDvance.

LG Display is to invest US $1.5 billion in the factory and expects the new module assembly plant will contribute to increasing production of OLED display panels back in Korea. The company is to establish a local subsidiary within the first half of 2016 and start mass production of modules in mid-2017.

Editor Recommendations

1. Apple Kicks Osram off Top 200 Supplier List, Adds Philips Lighting

2. Details of Osram Carve out of LEDVANCE to be Announced by May 2016

3. The Energy Focus Promise 10-Year Product Life Warranty

4. Forest Lighting to Grab India Government LED Bulb Lighting Tenders

5. ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C12 Revises ANSI C12.1-2014 Code for Electricity Metering

6. EESL Achieves New Low Price in LED Bulbs at US$0.82

7. LG Display Injects US $1B in Construction of OLED Display Module Factory in Vietnam

What’s trending

1. Philips Lighting Teams up with Lighting designer, Mark Wynn-Edwards at Prolight + Sound 2016

2. SYLVANIA Automotive Lighting Honors Highlights Headlight Maintenance Best Practices in National Car Care Month

Research

• UCSB Researcher Identifies Defects That Cause Inefficient LEDs

Industry News

1. Cree 3Q16 Financial Results Lower than Projected

2. NYSERDA and OLEDWorks to Study OLED Lighting for Healthcare Industry

3. Kyushu University TADF OLED Spin-off Kyulux Acquires US $13.5M Finance

4. NEMA Lighting Systems Index 4Q15 Results Shows Decrease in Ballast, Large Lamp and Components

5. Acuity Brands Reports Net Revenue up 26% in 2Q16

New Products

1. Panasonic Develops Light Diffusion Polypropylene Resin Molding Compounds

2. EarthTronics Unveils New HID Replacement LEDs

3. GLT Introduces Angle-adjustable Modular Lamp

4. Zumtobel's ONICO LED Luminaire Range Creates Presentation Illuminating Experience

5. Fraunhofer Institute Demonstrates Insects Made from Ultra-Thin OLED Panels

6. MaxLite Unveils Dimmable LED Downlight Retrofits for Residential Applications

7. Mimaki U.S. Branch Launches Super Wide Format UV-LED Printer

Lighting Projects

• Lunera: Five Major Lighting Sensor Technologies

• Cree Selected as LED Lighting Supplier for Pilot and Flying J Stores across North America

• Soraa Lights up Seaside City Restaurant with LEDs

• Acuity Brands Upgraded Fort Benning with LED Lighting System