AVX Corporation has developed a discrete wire-to-board ‘poke-home’ connector 9276 Series for LED applications. The connectors simplify installation and provide quick and reliable termination in a 2.5mm pitch SMT package. Featuring white insulation material, the 9276 Series connectors are designed to not absorb light, thus eliminating dark spots in the LED light fixture. The 9276 Series connects discrete wired components directly to a PCB; bringing power, ground and signals onto a PCB and simplify installation by enabling users to easily strip wires ...

GlacialTech Inc., a diverse provider of cooling, power supply, and PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications, is excited to showcase the latest and greatest LED drivers & GREEN battery chargers as well as LED lighting solutions for outdoor/indoor/industrial applications at COMPUTEX 2011. At this year's COMPUTEX, GlacialTech will reveal a full range of products, in addition to demonstrating its new and unique material treatments. Visit GlacialTech at the Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth #J411 (6 units) from May 31 to J...

Reportedly, Buckley Air Force Base has chosen Sunovia Energy Technologies'  120-Watt EvoLucia® LED Aimed Optics™ Shoebox fixtures throughout their base, which will reduce the base's energy consumption by more than 30 percent while providing maintenance-free lighting for up to 10 years. Sunovia's LED light fixtures were chosen by Buckley because of its high lumen output, uniformity of light and the increase in visibility.  They have a high CRI and therefore the ability to distinguish colors is greater, especially for areas in need o...

AVX Corporation has designed an UL-approved board-to-board connector series which receives the UL 1977 Standard under certificate #E90723 for the LED lighting industry. Designated the 9159 Series, it is UL-approved up to 3 Amps. These connectors provide design flexibility by offering right angle, plug-and-socket (two-piece) connectors for coplanar or end-to-end mating of either FR4 or metal core PCB’s for linear strip lighting applications. The connector system includes single sided SMT board-to-board connectors that are only 3.0mm high and 5.50mm w...

Recently, LG Innotek is expanding fast-growing marketing in for LED lighting in North America. Thanks to maturing technology and increased backing by governments, companies produce brighter and more power-efficient LED bulbs and other products at lower costs. In addition, LG Innotek is featuring a flat-screen lighting module dubbed "ModulA 1D" at the LightFair trade show in Philadelphia, which kicked off Wednesday (local time). It’s just 8 millimeters thick, comes with advanced LED backlight unit technology. It also unveiled AngulA which is c...

OSRAM SYLVANIA has developed a 14-watt LED lamp for the replacement of a 100-watt incandescent lamp. The dimmable SYLVANIA ULTRA A19 prototype features 1,500 lumens, and provides up to 86 percent energy savings, when compared to traditional incandescent technology.   It has a rated life that is 25 times longer than an incandescent lamp, with a color temperature of 2700K and a color rendering index that exceeds 80. It is suitable for use in common household fixtures, such as table lamps, wall sconces and ceiling pendant lighting. In addition, th...

For Best Floodlights, Theatrical, Specialty Luminaires at Lightfair International 2011   Designed for architectural flood lighting applications, Lumenbeam LBX offers simple maintenance, component replacement without having to replace the luminaire Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, announced that its Lumenbeam LBX received a LFI INNOVATION AWARD for Best Floodlights, Theatrical, Specialty Luminaires, ...

Borealis Candelabra lamps produce a lumen output corresponding to 15W incandescent lamps, consuming only 2 Watts of power PolyBrite International, Inc. manufacturer and creator of Borealis LED Lamps and Lighting Systems announced today the unveiling of the new Borealis Candelabra B10 LED lamp at the Lightfair 2011, May 17-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Booth # 3744. The Borealis LED Candelabra retains all the nostalgic features of the soft warm glow of the traditional incandescent predecessor including its distinctive elegant design. “...

Company to showcase LightBEEMTM, a complete, easy-to-deploy lighting control and energy management system that delivers facility-wide control, lowers energy costs and dramatically improves system's ROI BEEMTech , a global provider of advanced Lighting control and energy efficiency management solutions, will be showcasing LightBEEMTM at LIGHTFAIR® International 2011, the world’s premiere annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. Based on patented technology, LightBEEM's retrofit-ready design allows it t...

Marvell announced the industry’s first dual-string LED lighting controller family. With the 88EM8801, Marvell has packed all the functionality onto a single 4X4 millimeter chip that previously would have required multiple driver chips, a micro-controller and various discrete components. The capabilities of this new chip enables LED lightening OEMs to bring high-end architectural lighting capabilities – including improved CRI, more precise dimming and integrated networking capability  – into consumer and professional settings at the same price as e...

Verbatim Americas, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will release its LED and OLED products at LightFair 2011 in Philadelphia. Designed as hiqh quality, energy efficient replacements for incandescent and halogen lamps, Verbatim retrofit LED lamps feature clear, uniform light distributions that are fully dimmable. Verbatim LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by over 70% and late up to 40,000 hrs. Now including a new UL wet-rated outdoor/security PAR 38 lamp. Verbatim retrofit LED lamps are available in popular sizes and warm c...

The quantum dot product company, QD Vision, has made a breakthrough on the efficiency and performance of its quantum dot LED (QLED) technology. QD Vision’s red, green and blue QLEDs now meet or exceed the 1953 NSTC color standard without using color filters or secondary effects. The exceptional color performance of QLEDs translates into a fundamental 30-40% luminous efficiency advantage over the best known OLED technology. QD Vision’s deep red QLEDs now offer greater efficacy at equivalent color than the best reported phosphorescent ...

It’s reported that LUXEON A has started mass production and has been submitted for an Innovation Award at Lightfair 2011. As the second hot tested and specified LUXEON LED from Philips Lumileds this year, it has also delivers on the promise of Freedom From Binning. Advanced manufacturing control allows the company to so accurately target a specific correlated color temperature that each LUXEON A LED falls within one 3 step MacAdam ellipse space at actual operating conditions. According to Steve Barlow, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketin...

First Low-Cost, High Output A19 60 and 40 Watt Equivalent Omnidirectional Bulbs and BR30/40 Bulbs Added to the Line Leading the ultra-efficient lighting revolution—Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) will roll out at LIGHTFAIR International an expanded line of low-cost, long-lasting DEFINITY LED bulbs.  The line now includes LED flood and spot lights as well as vanity lights and 60 and 40 watt equivalent omnidirectional bulbs in variety of colors. The DEFINITY LED bulbs are approximately 75-80% more efficient ...

Reportedly, Philips will show off the world’s first EnduraLED A21 17-watt light bulb replacement for the 75-watt light bulb t the LIGHTFAIR® International tradeshow, May 17-19, 2011. Asidesfrom the replacement of 75-watt incandescent light bulb, the EnduraLED A21 17-watt is the latest addition to Philips’ comprehensive portfolio of LED bulbs that can replace traditional incandescents including 25W and 40W equivalents, as well as the ENERGY STAR-qualified Philips EnduraLED 12.5-watt bulb. Those specifications call for deliver...

The city of Bryan has planned to install two LED luminaries from Cooper Lighting, to replace its 150-watt high-pressure sodium(HPS) street lighting fixtures for more energy-efficient street lighting. Installing Cooper's Streetworks™ OVH LED Cobraheads (80W) and CLB Generation LED Decorative Post Top Luminaires (70W), officials are achieving an actual energy savings of 30 to 35 percent, and meeting the city's sustainability goals that Expected to see a savings of 25 to 30 percent. Bryan Municipal Utilities applied for and was awarded a $54...

Molex Incorporated’s Helieon® Sustainable Light Module has received a platinum award recipient in the modular engines category of the 2011 Architectural SSL Product Integration Awards (PIA),which determines and honors the best LED/solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market. The Helieon Light Module is the first plug-and-play sustainable solid-state lighting system to integrate high-efficiency precision lighting with an easy-to-use socketed solution. Combining solid-state lighting technology from Bridgelux and engage-and-turn interconnect technolog...

Bridgelux has introduced third-generation LED Arrays, including its LS, ES, and RS product families, featuring the latest technical advances in epitaxial GaN layer growth, LED chip design and packaging technologies, increasing efficacy by up to 20% and reducing the cost per lumen by up to 30% compared with previous generations. The new Arrays comply with Energy Star, Title 24, Part L and other global energy efficiency standards. The products are configured to align with industry-standard drive currents to simplify the electronic driver selection process for new ...

OSRAM SYLVANIA and Lowe’s have offered an expanded selection of SYLVANIA ULTRA LED light bulbs after their introduction of the brightest LED A-Line light bulbs. Products arrive by July 2011 in all Lowe’s stores nationwide and on Lowes.com. Expanded line of LED bulbs contains more than 16 new product offerings fit for indoor and outdoor. It matches the color temperature of most incandescent bulbs and lasts up to 25 times longer. According to the 2010 SYLVANIA Socket Survey, 75 percent of Americans think color quality is im...

Ultratech has recently opened the Asia Technology Centre(ATC) in Taiwan. It provides the capacility for leading-edge process development and in-depth demonstrations of Ultratech’s Sapphire 100 lithography system. This centre will support the company’s Singapore international operations facility throughout the Pacific Rim. It’s scheduled to open in the second half of 2011. Ultratech remains vigilant in its search for ways to provide low-cost solutions to support the significant growth in the HB-LED markets. The buiding contains 1500 platform, and...

Intematix is about to show up its three-dimensional ChromaLit Remote Phosphor Solution at LIGHTFAIR International 2011, May 17-19 in Philadelphia, PA. Compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, the ChromaLit Collection leverages a phosphor composite separated from the blue LED energy source. The latest ChromaLit products employ compound optical forms and offer a choice of wide radiation patterns ideal for bulb, pendant, lantern, decorative and other lighting applications. The new forms and light outpu...

Recently, Qualcomm has utilized intelligent LED lighting to illuminate e-paper screens at CES On The Hill. The new Qualcomm mirasol model has an embedded front light. That basically integrates one of those clip-on LED reading lights you see for Amazon’s Kindle and other ereaders, allowing you to read them in the dark. In contrast to a clip-on, Qualcomm’s system more evenly illuminates the full display, and of course doesn’t extend from the body of the ereader itself. Compared with the two mirasol prototypes, new on the left, old on the right. ...

•    First showing of dramatically designed recessed and suspended GE light-emitting-diode edge lighting fixtures set for LightFair 2011 in Philadelphia •    Innovation comes on 72nd anniversary of another GE first, the introduction of the ”first fluorescent light and fixture” at the 1939 New York World’s Fair   More than 70 years after debuting its fluorescent lighting fixtures at the 1939 New York World’s Fair—the technology subsequently swept into widespread use during World War II as the c...

EFI has chosen Phoseon as a key technology supplier of UV LED curing technology for a new line of VUTEk superwide UV inkjet printing systems. Phoseon’s UV LED curing technology enables output on a wider media mix and an extended range of applications while at the same time allowing a low total cost of ownership. UV LED curing technology allows printing on a wide range of heat sensitive materials, opening up new opportunities for wide format roll-to-roll printing. The versatile EFI VUTEk GS3250LX printer, a 3.2 meter hybrid digital UV printer, ...

Architects and Lighting Designers Now Have Increased Consistency, Flexibility and Sustainability with High-Performance Luminaires Lumenpulse Inc., an innovator and manufacturer of high performance, sustainable architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, will show for the first time its twenty recently announced fixtures at LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia, May 17-19, 2011. Attendees visiting Lumenpulse’s booth #3511 will see its expanded Lumenbeam™, Lumenfacade™, Lumencove...

GE is reported to showcase its overhead LED light fixtures to replace florescent tubes with thin, flat plates of light next week.   It’s said that the company will announce the line of LED Edge lighting fixtures that can be suspended from ceilings or recessed flush with ceiling tiles. The first of the products, a square troffer fixture design for recessed lighting, will be available by the end of this year. More stylish suspended fixtures are slated for release in the first half of next year.   According to GE, the four fixtures are built around coin-size L...

Dialight has launched its new LED Low Beam 4”x6” Headlamp to its growing line of SAE/DOT approved LED lighting products for mass transit busses and commercial vehicles. the Dialight Low Beam Headlamp  is made in the USA Exact-fit replacement for conventional low-beam units uses 70% less energy than incandescents and one-third the energy of the leading LED competitor in its class. It operates at less than 14 watts. Where typical conventional headlamps require replacement about once every nine months, the Dialight unit offers a life expectan...

There are some trees made of quick-growing bamboo and super efficient LED lights. These unique lighting devices are constructed of large, free-standing segments of bamboo. Sprouting from each of these “branches” is a leaf –shaped translucent casing lit up by a single LED light. All of these lights are networked via a central controller. Each individual LED light can be controller individually and the entire system is designed to operate reliably outdoors under a variety of environmental conditions(rain,sun,etc). According to I Green Spot, the Light ...

Cree has utilized its TrueWhite® Technology to develop new 1000 lumen LMR4 LED module, delivering 66 lumens per watt efficiency in a fully-integrated solution for downlight applications. Compared with 26 watt compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, the LMR4-1000 uses 42 percent less input power. It is also the only commercially available 2700 K LED module to deliver 1000 lumen output at more than 90 CRI, which can replace 100 watt incandescent bulbs in downlight applications. Moreover, it integrates driver electronics, optics and primary thermal management, makin...

“Brilliant-Mix” LED concept for warm white feel-good light Warm white light with a high luminous efficacy (110 lm/W) and a color rendering index (CRI) of more than 90 are the result of the new “Brilliant-Mix” concept from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. The intelligent color mix based on powerful OSLON SSL LEDs in EQ-White and Amber covers a broad white spectrum from 2700 to 4000 K. Depending on the required luminous flux, a different number of these LEDs can be combined to produce warm white feel-good light of high quality that w...