Highlights this week:

• Osram is definitely showcasing how it is exploring more profitable niche markets, such as the launch of green LEDs for heart rate monitoring in wearable devices. LEDinside thinks Osram might have been Apple Watch’s green LED supplier, due to the many similarities in the product features.
• A lot of smart lighting products have been showcased or released at LightFair International 2015 this year. GE has become the latest lighting giant to join the colorful smart LED bulb movement and partner up with Apple Homekit, while Samsung is developing its own open platform smart lighting system. Cree has also announced its partnership with Belkin’s WeMo to bring smart lighting to the market.
• Acuity Brand has launched indoor lighting position products for retail applications following its merge with ByteLight.
• Epistar completes merge with TSMC SSL, following the merge TSMC SSL will no longer operate as an independent subsidiary. The Taiwanese giant LED chip maker and Edison Opto is also believed to have acquired a large residential lighting project from the Indian government recently. For more please see below:

Editor Recommendations

1. Philips to Muddle in Cutthroat Prices in China? (Part 2)
2. GE Smart LED Lighting Connects with Apple® HomeKit Ecosystem
3. Samsung Outlines Approach for Smart Lighting at LIGHTFAIR International 2015
4. Harry Verhaar: The Blueprint to the Future of Solar LED Lights
5.  Regulations Slowdown U.S. Automotive Lighting Development
6. GPI Investor Acquires Everlight Convertible Bonds
7. Everlight Chairman: Taiwan Should Not Step Down in LED Patent Wars
8. Acuity Brands Introduces LED Indoor Positioning System for Retailers
9. Smart Lighting Market is Expected to Reach US $56.62B by 2020
10. Osram Opto Vying Wearable Device Market with New Green LEDs for Heart Rate Monitoring

What’s Trending

• Drivers Propelling Smart Lighting Developments (Part 1)
• Hands on Review of Acuity Brand's Chalina OLED Luminaire
• Apple Confirms Tattoo Interferes with Apple Watch LED Performance

Government policies

• DOE Announces Selections for SSL R&D Funding Opportunity
• Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition Announces 2015 Winners
• Pixelligent Technologies Receives $1M Phase-II OLED Lighting Award from DOE

Industry News

1. Veeco Reports Losses in 1Q15
2. Mobile Application Growth Helps Rubicon Technology Reduce Losses in 1Q15
3. Philips Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Approves Separation of Lighting Business
4. Epistar Board Approves Merge with TSMC SSL, and Non-Public Issuing 165M Shares
5. Edison Opto and Epistar Join Hands to Win Large LED Bulb Order in India
6. Ledman Opto’s LED Revenue from Sports Applications to Soar in 2015
7. WeMo and Cree Partner Up to Bring Smart Lighting to the Masses
8. LIFX Demos Smart LED Bulbs at Microsoft Build Conference
9. Lunera Files LED Lamp Patent Infringement Suit against Seven U.S. Manufacturers
10. MaxLite, SATO and Topaz Denounces Lunera Lighting’s Allegations as Baseless
11. Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd Files Class Action Suit against Rubicon
12. Nitride Semiconductors Focuses on UV LED Chip and Package Efficiency
13. IR and UV LED Developments at IR+UV Expo 2015
14. LED Expo Receives Strong Support from Government of Maharashtra
15. Laser Diode Trends at OPIE’15
16. Chinese Authorities Seize Nearly 8,000 Fake Opple LED Tube Lights

LightFair Int’l Products

1. Samsung Electronics Unveils Ultra-Compact LED Chip Scale Packaging Technology at LIGHTFAIR International 2015
2. Philips Showcases Latest in Connected Lighting and Unique Applications of LEDs at LIGHTFAIR 2015
3. Eaton to Offer Exclusive Preview of New ReSource Center at LIGHTFAIR International
4. MaxLite to Showcase Extensive Luminaire Product Line at LIGHTFAIR 2015
5. Dow Corning to Unveil Two New Products at LightFair International 2015
6. Orion Energy Systems Showcases Full Range of LED Commercial and Industrial Retrofit Solutions at LIGHTFAIR® International 2015
7. Ketra Brings Dynamic, Digital LED Lighting to the High-End Residential Market
8. Bayer Polycarbonate Resin, Sheet and Films for LED Lighting Designs
9. OSRAM SYLVANIA Unveils Flexible Controllable Light at LIGHTFAIR International

New Products

1. LUX Introduces the First Dimmable, UL Certified, LED Filament Bulbs
2. Samsung Electronics Introduces New Flip Chip LED Package with Wide Range of Operating Currents
3. WeMo Brings IFTTT Compatibility to WeMo Smart LED Bulbs
4. Osram Launches New LED Chip Products for Fluorescent Tube Replacements

Lighting Projects

• LED Rear Bike Lights That Takes Balls to Install
• Philips to Install New York Tappan Zee Bridge with Smart LED Lights