Dual Red/IR LED Unit Provides Visibility with NVGs and ANVIS in a Single Unit for New Installations or as an Easy Retrofit for Existing Fixtures Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), the leading innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, unveiled its new Vigilant™ Series L-810 RTO Infrared Series Dual Red/Infrared LED L-810 Obstruction Light, the first and only L-810 product on the market featuring red and IR LEDs in a single unit. The Vigilant IR Series leverages Dialight’s superior optics technology to ensure vi...

Levitech BV announced that it sold and delivered its Levitor® 4300 Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) system to a leading Asian LED maker for annealing their GaN devices.   “The Levitor was selected for its ability to provide uniform fast heating of (transparent) sapphire LED wafers., The considerable reduction of power consumption of the LED devices was a strong motivator to work with the patented annealing technology of Levitech”, commented Nobuyuki Ura, Director of Levitech Japan. “Levitor’s unique capability to process 2&rdqu...

Office Depot was reported to support its new line of Realspace® LED lamps for Global Green’s 8th Annual Pre-Oscar Party held at the Avalon Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. It’s said that　the theme for this year’s event is “Greener Cities for a Cooler Planet” and will benefit Global Green’s initiatives to promote smart solutions to climate change. To showcase one of the smart solutions ,Office Depot prepare to launch its new line of Realspace® LED lamps.  ...

dilatoriness GmbH has launched a new LED driver ,the MCC16, which is designed for interior applications. According to the company, the MCC16 has combined with DMX, TCP/IP or DALI interfaces and has a capability of separately controlling up to 16 LED modules. With these ground-breaking characteristics, it can be used not only in workplace lighting, accent lighting for hotels and bars but also flexible area lighting for conference and seminar rooms, demanding individual lighting concepts based on LEDs....

Philips Lumileds is announced to make a LED lighting industry breakthrough on “Freedom From Binning”, which will relieve luminaire manufacturers’ and lighting designers’ concerns over white light consistency and uniformity and will simplify the design process for LED solutions. With Philips Lumileds “ Freedom From Binning” vision, white LUXEON emitters will be uniform and consistent that there will be no color bin selections. Buyers of the new LEDs, initially released at CCTs of 2700K and 3000K with others to follow, w...

Enables Customers to Address High-Output Halogen Retrofits Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces a new lighting-class LED designed for high-output, small form-factor directional lighting applications. The XLamp MT-G LEDs are optimized for 35W-50W halogen MR16 retrofit bulbs and other accent, track, display and down lighting used in retail stores, residential settings, museums, art galleries, hospitality and landscapes and are the first commercial LEDs to deliver sufficient light output for these applications. The mult...

New Mask Aligner Delivers Highest-in-Class Throughput and Yield EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, announced the latest addition to its portfolio of products created to optimize the manufacture of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs), compound semiconductors and power electronics.  The new EVG620HBL fully automated mask alignment system builds on EVG's field-proven mask aligner...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ Multi CHIPLED LEDs are used in the video display screens in the conference hall of Jinan Municipal Government in Shandong Province of China. The LEDs are selected for their high brightness, high contrast and advanced structure. Housed in black package that is impervious to ambient lighting with its close pitch design, the LEDs enable homogeneous video display and high colour fidelity. Having the blackest LED package on the market and together with diffused resin, the Multi CHIPLED enables better contrast, thus th...

Internationally renowned NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre has been acknowledged of being one of its ‘Greenest Facilities’ and has recently installed a light solution system from Lutron Electronics. The Administrative and Maintenance facility catering to Propellants is using innovative light control strategies to dramatically reduce energy consumption and maximizes the use of available daylight. Lutron is thrilled to enable NASA achieve net zero energy use in their greenest facility to-date with light control strategies that can save up to 60% of lighting ...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces commercial availability of the LBR-30™ LED lamp, aimed at replacing energy-wasting incandescent lamps commonly used in tracks, commercial and residential recessed downlights. Powered by Cree TrueWhite® Technology, the lamp delivers beautiful, warm-white light with unrivaled color accuracy and efficiency. “We were highly impressed with the installation of LBR-30 lamps in our Pittsburgh, Pa. LEED Gold designed location,” said Andrew Dunmire, AIA, LEED AP, vi...

Nine innovative products are honored for technical advancement. Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), announces that nine of its Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls products have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing “an advancement in the art and science of lighting.”  The accepted products are part of the 2010 IES Progress Report, which presents significant developments and improvements in the lighting industry over the past year.  The accepted prod...

Lately, no big event can be imagined without LED production, especially without something new, creative and record breaking. Just like the 2011 Asian winter games in Kazachstan which on 30th of January took place in Astana, the capital of Kazachstan. New arena in Astana was illuminated by the ceiling LED screen which was designed, manufactured, installed and launched by Lithuanian company RGGLED. This project is unique in Europe as well as in Asia by its measures - ceiling LED screen was 8500 sq. m big. “I evaluate Astana arena project as an extreme suc...

According to PowerSecure International, its new family of LED-based street lights is in a good demand with utilities and municipalities.   Over the last several months, over 30 electric utilities and municipalities have purchased PowerSecure’s new area light “SecureLiteTM”. Furthermore, it recently has introduced two new LED-based street lights to the marketplace, including replacements for traditional 250 and 400 watt HID street lighting, “PowerLitesTM” to meet the demand of customers....

According to Hi Score Corporation, it has completed the test of the company's LED street lights that had been installed in the city of Tamarac, Florida.   The company has started the test since April of 2009. Initially the company had installed 25 Green LED Energy Saving Streetlights along West Commercial in Tamarac, Florida. At present, its LED Street Lights received high marks in the pilot program, and city officials are considering moving forward with their plan to put out a bid to purchase Energy Saving Street Lights. The city expects to pu...

AIXTRON SE announced a new order for MOCVD reactors from existing customer, the Institute of Semiconductors Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS). The order comprises one AIX 200/4 in the 3x2-inch wafer configuration and one AIX 2600G3 IC in the 8x3-inch wafer configuration.   The Beijing, PR China based institute placed the order during the third quarter of 2010 and following delivery in the second quarter of 2011, the systems will be used for production of electronic devices and red LEDs. The local AIXTRON support team will commission ...

Panasonic Corporation is reported to develop a four-channel LED driver LSI (model number: AN37010) based on 190V voltage process. The new product is capable of driving multiple LEDs connected in series for edge-type LED backlight LCD TVs. Samples will be available in March 2011 at a cost of 200 yen each. With the development of this new chip, the　company will further develop a series of LED driver LSIs that support applications for displays with high picture quality across a wide range of sizes.  ...

Kaneka announced that it will start accepting orders for OLED lighting panels on March 22nd, 2011 in Japan (and later in April in Europe). Kaneka will offer OLED square panels in give colors (warm white, red, orange, blue and green). The panels will be dimmable (in the range from 1,000cd/m2 to 5,000cd/m2).   Kaneka's OLED panels will cost around ¥2 million (approx $24,000) per square meter - and the company believes that the price will drop to ¥200,000 ($2,400) next year and to ¥50,000 ($600) or less by 2020. Production capacity in 2011 will be 10,...

It’s said that Piccadilly Circus will replace the iconic red and white Sanyo sign, which has been in place since 1978. The Japanese electronics company has been told to replace the sign with a more modern LED display, which allows for moving images. However, according to a spokesman for Sanyo,” the owner of the ad space wanted to change the neon sign to LED for the coming London Olympics, but we didn't feel the need to change it for economic reasons.”...

Featuring Intelligent Thermal Sensing Technology and Reduced Carbon Footprint   American Illumination, Inc®, a LED engine design and manufacturing company, is introducing the patent pending Light Plugz® light engines designed for the Cree XP family of LEDs.  Produced especially for light fixture designers, the Light Plugz® series incorporates intelligent thermal sensing technology, advanced custom optics, improved heat tolerance and a selection of interchangeable heat sinks.     In order to prevent shortened lifetime due to e...

Lighting Science Group has helped Yankee Candle stores all across New England to replace their halogen bulbs for energy saving. Compared with the halogen bulbs, the ENERGY STAR approved DEFINITY PAR 20, PAR 30, PAR 38 and MR 16 LED bulbs installed in stores are approximately 80% more efficient and are fully dimmable. In addition, theseLED bulbs are mercury-free, completely recyclable, "instant on," and offer outstanding light quality.   Yankee Candle received rebates from National Grid and Western Mass Electric Compan...

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, recently received 59 orders for their Model K1  90 kg sapphire crystal grower from customers in Taiwan, Korea and China.  In total, these growers will produce 5.2 million TIE (two-in-equivalents) per year.  The Model K1 sapphire crystal grower advances beyond the traditional kyropoulos process and out-performs other sapphire crystal growth methods currently being marketed, such as HEM or Bridgman. "I recently returned from our customer&rsqu...

Acuity Brands has released four white papers including LED Binning, Photometric Measurement, Lumen Depreciation and Color Quality, to help educate the marketplace about LED lighting and technology and associated issues in lighting design. According to Dave Ranieri, Vice President and General Manager, Lithonia Lighting® Commercial Indoor Products,  their goal is to provide the industry with tools to make the best possible decisions when selecting intelligent LED lighting and control systems....

The Russian city of Kazan requires two-thirds less energy thanks to LEDEL’s efficient street lighting with OSRAM Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs Reducing Russia’s primary energy consumption by 40 per cent by 2020 is one of the country’s core concerns. To help reach this goal the Republic of Tatarstan is tackling street lighting and has initiated a pilot project in its capital Kazan – a ward with around 25,000 households already benefits from the superior light quality of LED street lighting made by the LEDEL company. They have already...

Consumers get proven technology that will save energy and money with commercially available Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt   The world’s first LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb is now also the first to earn ENERGY STAR qualification.  Philips Lighting announced today that the Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt (also sold professionally under the Philips EnduraLED brand) has met or exceeded the light quality and energy efficiency requirements for a 60-watt LED equivalent set forth by ENERGY STAR, proving that it is a high...

In August of 2010, Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd (Neo-Neon) won the bid, amidst a field of world-class competitors, for a prominent tunnel illumination project in São Paulo, Brazil.  Winning the bid on this significant tunnel project,  Neo-Neon gained a significant order for 1800 pieces of LED Tunnel Light fixtures and at the same time this project serves to improve the brand image of Neo-Neon as energy-savings, excellent quality of both product and service. Good tunnel lighting allows the user to enter, pass through and exit the ...

Sharp has introduced the highest LED device which has a luminous efficiency of 91lm/W with an input power of about 25W for lighting purposes.   The general color rendering index (Ra) of the new LED device is 83. It emits an incandescent color light. The mounting area of the LED device is as small as 24 x 20mm, and its thickness is only 1.8mm. The light emitting part has a round shape. It will start mass-producing on March 4, 2011, with a production rate of 100,000 units per month.  ...

Carmanah Technologies has supplied its latest EG340 solar LED outdoor lighting systems to heritage park located in Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. Based on the lighting performance, aesthetic design, and cost savings achieved in installation, the EG300-series solar lighting system was chosen by the City for the Parque Caneguin.  ...

Verbatim (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi) announced their new color-tunabe and dimmable OLED lighting panels called VELVE (these are made together by Mitsubishi and Pioneer). Verbatim says that the panels are already available - which makes the VELVE the world's first color-tunable OLED lighting panels. Verbatim apparantly offers just one size -  14x14cm, which is similar to Lumiotec's OLED panels.   Verbatim also announced that they will display the new panels at Fuori Salone, an exhibition held in Milan, Italy on April 12-17. Verbatim'...

•    Reference Design Enables Lower Cost LCD Panels to Produce Higher Quality Images •    Solution on Display at IIC China, Shenzhen February 24-26, 2011 at the Microsemi Booth 2C11 Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at powering a smart, secure, connected world, today announced collaboration with Sony® Corporation Semiconductor Business Group (“Sony”) for the first open market 3D-capable timing controller plus local dimming LED backlighti...

Mitsubishi Electric Australia has showcased a curved prototype of 100in Diamond Vision OLED screens at ISE 2011, targeting to digital signage and indoor advertising. The 384x384mm screens can be interconnected to create even larger panel sizes — a 100in version was displayed at CEATEC 2010 — and panel brightness is twice that of even the brightest LED screens available. The panels' resolution is at 128x128 pixels per screen. As a modular system, the Diamond Vision OLED screens are flexible and can be fitted to curved or rounded surfaces. &...