Highlights this week:

Cree has sold off its profitable GaN driver and RF business to Infineon for $850 million, so it can focus on its LED business, said the company.

The Asian Development Bank announced it will be financing about US $50 million in Malaysian state Melaka smart LED streetlight project, which involves retrofitting 100,000 streetlights.

LEDinside also had the chance to speak to Lawrence Lin, General Manager of MLS or Forest Lighting, about the company’s strategic distribution partnership with YACG in Taiwan, and its current LED package strategies.

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2. ADB Financially Backs Malaysia’s Large Scale Smart LED Streetlight Project
3. MLS Strategies in LED Package and Outlook for U.S. Market
4. EVERLIGHT’s Market Strategy in the Post LED Lighting Era
5. Lumileds LUXEON Stylist Series Enhances Colors in Various Applications
6. Changelight Puts New Aixtron MOCVD System into Production
7. U.S., Japan and Germany Uphold Favorable Ruling of Everlight Request to Invalidate Nichia YAG Patents
8. Osram Sets up New Social Media Channel for LEDVANCE
9. Forest Lighting and YACG Sign LED Bulbs Distribution Partnership Agreement
10. Automotive LED Market Has a Bright Future with the Rise of Replacement Products, Says LEDinside

What’s trending

1. LEDinside：Prices Stabilize in Global LED Bulb Market and China Package Industry
2. LEDinside: Scale of India’s LED Lighting Market Grows Rapidly and Is Projected to Reach US$1.14 Billion by the End of 2016
3. DOE: Eight Facts about LEDs
4. DOE’s New Report and Webinar on OLED Lighting Products

Government projects

• Northampton City in Massachusetts Gathers Community Input on LED Streetlights
• New York Government Agencies Collaborate on LED Streetlight Installations

Industry news

1. LeEco Denies Acquiring Vizio
2. ANSI Publishes New Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment—Plasma Lighting
3. DOE Releases New CALiPER Report on TLEDs
4. German TV Manufacturer Loewe Launches UHD OLED TV
5. SemiLEDs Financial Results Reports Net Loss for 3Q16
6. Noribachi Announces Ongoing Expansions in 2Q16
7. Premier Holding Subsidiary E3 to Supply LED Lighting to Inland Star
8. Austrian Manufacturer BILTON Acquires EUR 1.6M for Further Expansion
9. ITRI and Ta Yih Collaborate on Automotive OLED Taillights
10. Revolution Lighting Technologies Awarded $4.3M to Retrofit City of New Bedford, Massachusetts
11. Illumination Devices Granted US Patent for LED Current Regulator
12. LG to Launch Foldable OLED Smartphones in 2017
13. Distributor 1000Bulbs.com Adds LED Waterproof Strip Lights to Inventory
14. MaxLite Launches LED Lighting Fixtures for Sports Venue Applications
15. SYLVANIA Socket Survey Shows Rise of Smart Lighting in U.S.
16. OLED Displays to Provide Shatterproof Phone Solutions
17. Success in LED Thread Technology Leads to Harvatek Upbeat Revenue Outlook for 2H16 

New products

1. Philips Lighting Unveils LED Light Bulb Range with Multiple Light Settings
2. Osram Launches New UVA LED and LED Inspection Lamps
3. Avlite Systems Enhances Obstruction LED Products with Solar Power
4. Noribachi Launches Commercial LED Lighting Product Line
5. GlacialPower Launches Highly Efficient 100W LED Driver
6. Sportsbeam to Release LED Stadium and Sports Lighting at Lightfair Int’l
7. Lumileds Luanches LUXEON Stylist Series Specifically Designed for Wide Range of Retail Applications
8. LEDtronics Launches Low and High Voltage LED Area Lights
9. Evulma Starts Shipping New LED Retrofit Products

Lighting projects

1. Tridonic Brings Light to Historic Middle Age Building
2. Molex Help Light up Cisco Live! Las Vegas
3. Studio City of Macau Shines Bright with Illumination Physics LED Lights
4. StubHub Center Becomes First Major League Soccer Stadium to Install LED Sports Lights
5. Bloomberg TV Convention Coverage to Use Smart LEDs for Filming