Recently, Japan's Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is said to develop the world’s first 6-inch diameter gallium nitride (GaN) substrates for white LEDs. Presently, the white LED market has been growing using 2- to 4-inch sapphire substrates. As an alternative to sapphire, Sumitomo Electric began production of 2-inch diameter GaN substrates designed for use in white LEDs.

Semtech Corp., has utilized its patent-pending, smart Automatic Dropout Prevention (ADP) technology to develop the industry’s first smart current sink LED backlighting platform , SC667 and SC668,with on-chip digital lighting effects for high-end handheld displays. This new platform is designed to replace boost converters and charge pumps in high-end handhelds, while providing high-quality display backlighting.

San Francisco-based LED lighting company, Elemental LED will kick off its first Cyber Monday sale which will discount all products by 35% for one day only, on Monday, November 29th, 2010, expecting to reduce costs of their products in order to make LED lighting accessible to a larger public.

The right lighting in stores has a very significant effect on how shoppers perceive merchandise and its attractiveness. Also exhibits in museums and galleries and at trade fairs only really show themselves to advantage when they are staged with the right lighting. With Startrack from OMS, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors equips a luminaire for the retail sector using high-performance Golden DRAGON Plus LED. These LEDs have impressive specifications and are small.

American Lighting has announced the launch of the good selling new, bright under-cabinet LED lights called the PRIORI PLUS LED. The energy-efficient LED offers a complete continuous dimming control for a light output of 100% to 0%.

IXYS Corporation has introduced an innovative inductor-less, high efficiency 1.2 A WLED driver, LDS8991, which is ideal for HB LED photoflash and torch for digital cameras, video cameras and smart phone. It can drive a HB LED at 1.2 A in FLASH mode or at 200 mA in TORCH mode, and provide full output power from a single-cell Lithium-Ion battery or supply voltage in the range from 2.7 to 5.5 V.

ON Semiconductor has announced the release of the CAT3649, a 6-channel, high efficiency Quad-Mode(R) LED driver coupled with Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), to ensure market leading efficiency in LED backlighting using only external capacitors.

Luger Research e.U. announced that a new, international LED symposium and exhibition focusing on LED lighting science and technology will be held annually in Austria. “Since LED technology is developing so quickly it is essential for companies today to identify the key trends, recognize winning technologies and establish their own technology networks”, said Siegfried Luger, founder and CEO of Luger Research e.U.

Cree has provided its LED Module LMR4 with Cree TrueWhiteTM Technology and versions featuring Cree EasyWhite TM solutions with Digi-Key Corporation to extend Digi-Key’s inventory. The Cree LED Module LMR4 uniquely integrates driver electronics, optics, and primary thermal management, making the compact module drop-in ready.

There are traffic lights used the concept LED Sand Glass, which can help you know exactly how much time is left.   LED lights trickle down in a virtual sand glass that countdowns how much more Red and Green there will be. When it approaches 3 seconds left, the LEDs switch to yellow and give you an exact count on what's left.

SEMI has set up a HB-LED standards committee, which initiated standards task forces on four critical areas of LED manufacturing: wafers, carriers, assembly and automation.   According to SEMI, ''Unlike silicon wafers used in semiconductor manufacturing, there currently are no industry standards addressing wafer geometries, surface characteristics, wafer ID, wafer orientation, and other features, resulting in costly proliferation of wafer types and styles. ''

Tokyo-based OKI Data Corporation has received the "15th Annual, Fall 2010 BERTL's BEST Awards" for four of its new digital LED printers.   Among these four printers ,the C530 and C330 color LED printers received the Best High Performance Color Printer Award and the Best High Performance Monochrome Printer  have given to the mono LED printers, B431 and B411.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), international NGO the Climate Group and HSBC reported that they would start India’s largest LED Street-lighting pilot program in Kolkata, which installed over 270 lights on several of the city’s arterial roads.

Reportedly, Samsung Electronics showcased a prototype of a 19-inch TV equipped with an OLED panel made by using an inkjet printing method at FPD International 2010, a trade show on LCD and OLED flat-panel displays (FPDs).

Nuventix, Inc., LED industry thermal management specialist and electronics cooling innovator, announced it is seeing significant adoption of its SynJet technology across Europe, most notably in store installations of the region's largest retailer. SynJet LED coolers maximize lumen output and extend the life of LEDs in the stores of Carrefour's new hypermarket concept, Planet Carrefour. With SynJet, Planet Carrefour stores are bathed in bright light while using less energy.

Verticle ,an LED chip company from Dublin, California, has created the world's first hexagonal LED chip named as HoneycombTM LED Chip, which is a vertically structured LED chip developed especially for high power LED applications.

Osram Sylvania has released a  piece of news that home improvement store Lowes will unseat the 60-watt incandescent bulbs with 12 watts Sylvania's general-purpose LED bulb. According to Osram Sylvania, the Ultra A-Line bulb will be available online in November and in all Lowe's stores by the second quarter of 2011. The price will $39.98, while Home Depot is selling a 60-watt replacement LED from Philips at the price of $39.97.  

To dress up Christmas trees, Santa's Best Craft, LTD., a GE Lighting licensee, is expanding its line of GE brand holiday lighting with Color Effects(TM) outdoor color-changing LEDs and adding new Easy Shape Technology(TM) to its pre-lit indoor Christmas trees. These LEDs are Energy Star(R) qualified, using 20 percent of the energy traditional lights consume and lasting up to 10 times longer.  

LED Horticultural Lighting Enabled by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Lumex has developed its QuantumBrite Flexible LED Backlight technology.

LG Electronics starts to sell 10 LED LCD TVs, including three premium FULL LED LCD TVs with 42, 47 and 55 inch screens and seven edge-lit LED LCD models with screen sizes ranging from 22 to 42 inches in Japan from November 19. Over 60 retail stores in major cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya will adopt LG TV models. The LX9500, a "Best of Innovation" award winner at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is placed at the top of the company's line-up.

New SafeSite® Series LED Linear Offers Complete Lighting System with Superior Power Factor, Exceptionally Low Interference and Much Longer Life than Traditional Fluorescent Fixtures; U.S.-Manufactured to Meet Buy American Act in Roxboro, NC

Larson Electronics has added the LEDLB-4ETM LED machine light with optional magnetic mount to its range of industrial LED lighting.   Mounted within any enclosed machine, this LED light can provide operators additional lighting for setup, processing or inspection as standard overhead lighting runs out.  

Track Lighting Retrofit Positively Impacts 50 Timberland Stores

A new trend of energy saving, E-CMOS provides the new HV LED driver IC - high efficiency, high energy saving, and heat-sinked without transformers. According to the rise of global environmental protection and the reduction of carbon emission, the traditional incandecesnt light is replaced by new LED lighting in the market. However, the insufficient luminous and heat problem are still major issues.

PerkinElmer has released its new Environmentally Friendly LED Fiber Optic Illuminator Module, which is designed for ease of integration by medical OEMs in endoscopy, surgical microscopy and headlamp applications. In comparison to conventional high-intensity-discharge lamps, this new Illuminator Module is based on LED technology with a usable life that is up to 50 times longer. Furthermore, it produces no ultraviolet or infrared emissions.

San Francisco based LED lighting company, Elemental LED has introduced new LED grow lights which can solve the two common problems including heat and costing in indoor gardening lighting application. The new LED grow lights can stay cool and use a fraction of the energy of conventional indoor grow lights. Recent advancements in LED technology have led to the development of LED grow lights using red and blue LED lights.

Luminus Devices’s CBM-380-RGBW PhlatLight LEDs were used inside Vari*Lite’s VLX Wash Luminaires to light up the stage for Arcade Fire’s recent live HD webcast concert from Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City.   Lighting designer Susanne Sasic used 40 VLX Wash Luminaries to assist the Canadian indie rock band to light the band at MSG.  

COMPANY’S ARRAY™ R16 AND GU10 LAMPS ARE ADDED TO THE ENERGY STAR QUALIFIED LED LIGHT BULBS LIST

Energy Smart Industry, which is well known for providing with cost efficient lighting solutions in USA, introduced stylish LED lights for outdoors. The new lights launched by the company are energy efficient and can help the clients to save on their energy bills. The new lights have been introduced for commercial and residential units and are available in different styles and designs.