BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting Inc., expands its industry-leading LED luminaire portfolio with a new line of interior architectural downlights, linear and cove lighting luminaires for commercial and high-end residential use. BetaLED showcased the Essentia product line at LIGHTFAIR® International, an industry tradeshow held at the Las Vegas Convention Center May 12 through 14 in BetaLED booth 1031.

PowerSecure International, Inc. has unveiled a new LED based area light for utilities, and has already received its first order. The new light is used to illuminate streets, sidewalks, and other infrastructure served and owned by utilities and municipalities.

The President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou has announced that following the installation of LED traffic lights throughout Taiwan by the end of this year, the government will start to substitute LED street lights for existing 1.3 million traditional models from next year, as a prelude of the adoption of LED light at all government offices.

At Lightfair 2010 in Las Vegas, Booth 746, Cree are relaunching their Raye fixture, which is now based on Cree MX-6 LEDs. Cree’s the XLamp® MX-6 LED with higher maximum forward drive current. At 1 A of current, XLamp MX-6 LEDs provide up to 300 lumens in cool white (6500 K) and 245 lumens in warm white (3000 K). The MX-6’s PLCC package is optimized for indoor lighting where enhanced light uniformity and LED-to-LED color consistency is important.

Osram Sylvania has introduced a general-purpose LED light designed to replace screw-in incandescent, halogen, or compact fluorescent bulbs. The company said that it is working on a 75-watt replacement which is an LED.

GE's new Energy Smart(R) 9-watt LED bulb operates differently, distributing light like a traditional 40-watt incandescent bulb while delivering excellent light output over its 25,000-hour rated life. they are on retail store shelves later this year.

Lemnis Lighting has introduced an LED bulb called the Pharox 500, which puts out 500 lumens of light and can be used as a more efficient bulb for traditional home lighting tasks.

Royal Philips Electronics has launched an LED bulb that will be mass-produced as a replacement for the common 60-watt light bulb.

Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) of Japan, will launch the innovative E-Core(TM) LED product line to extend the North American lighting market. The E-Core(TM) line along with E-Core(TM) prototype technologies for the global market, which include the lighting industry's brightest LED products, are being unveiled at LIGHTFAIR(R) International, May 12-14 in Las Vegas at booth number 1075.

Cree, Inc., launchs a new high-output six-inch LED downlight featuring Cree TrueWhite™ Technology. The LR6-DR1000 delivers 70 percent more light than the original LR6™ and features an aesthetically-pleasing, 20-degree shield angle for lighting designs that require greater brightness control.

GlacialTech Inc. has released the GL-SD15, a DC-powered, 19W Light Emitting Diode (LED) spotlight/floodlight. This LED portable light is perfect for outdoor activity lighting like tailgate parties and camping with its ability to feed off of small, 11-15V/22-30V DC power sources and its -20° to 40°C operating temperature range. Users can easily hook it right up to car batteries. Completely dust and water proof, the GL-SD15 is the perfect outdoor, LED portable light. Specifications

Molex Incorporated has announced the availability of its LED Printed Circuit Assemblies, which will be displayed at LIGHTFAIR International, booth 1741, May 12-14 in Las Vegas. Combining Molex's LED and Printed Circuit Assembly design and manufacturing expertise, these dependable and efficient custom-lighting solutions work seamlessly for LED subassemblies across several industries.

Texas Instruments Inc. announces its new TMS320C2000 Piccolo microcontroller (MCU) DC/DC LED Developer’s Kit to allow designers to differentiate designs with advanced features such as dimming, color tone adjustment, power line communication and fault detection.

Lighting Science Group is offering a new line of LED products, which are built in the USA, including A19, PAR38, PAR30, PAR20, MR16, and G25 bulb. The company claims that they have approximately 50 percent more lumens than competing products, at a dramatically lower retail price. 

Novaled, a leading company in OLEDs for display and lighting applications, demonstrated it’s know how and expertise on efficient and long lifetime OLEDs on metal at the Light and Building Frankfurt.

With an integrated lens, the new IR LED SFH 4236 exceeds the radiant intensity of the standard IR Dragon SFH 4232 by more than a factor of three. This new, powerful device has a very small form factor and adds depth to the well-known infrared Dragon family. The integrated lens concentrates the emitted infrared light within a viewing angle of +/-20° and achieves a typical radiant intensity of 650 mW/sr at a DC current of 1 A. The new infrared Dragon is well suited for applications with limited board space that require narrow radiation characteristics.

ERG LIGHTING INTRODUCES eDriver FAMILY OF LED DRIVERS FOR SOLID STATE LIGHTING WITH SLIM FORM FACTOR, UNIVERSAL INPUT AND 90% EFFICIENCY ERG Lighting, a new Division of Endicott Research Group, Inc., has introduced the eDriver family of LED power supplies for maximum efficiency in a range of solid state lighting (SSL) applications.

First of Its Kind High-Bay Luminaire Delivers 67 Lumens per Watt, Reduces Energy Consumption, Maintenance Costs for Wide Range of Industrial, Petrochemical and Other Rugged Applications.

A critical letter about the use of chemical pesticides on its lawns in 2008 led to a series of steps and decisions at Farnsworth Art Museum that culminated with a resolution to become a leader in environmentally sustainable practices. Converting the entire museum from halogen to LED light bulbs was a major part of that decision.

The new "Kojak" LED Beacon is only 6cm in height...a great advantage when you are travelling under a multi million pound aircraft. The new generation of nav-comm's high power, surface-mount LEDs are brighter, last longer and use less power than traditional halogen and strobe lighting used in airport beacons. The new nav-comm beacon is also available as a intrinsically safe version for Fuel trucks.

Manchester UK based DBN Lighting supplied an innovative lighting artwork, equipment and control for the week long opening event of the redeveloped People's History Museum in the heart of the city. The £12.5m project includes the refurbishment of the existing Pump House and the construction of a four storey extension alongside it, with old and new buildings joined together by a spectacular glass walkway.

The new 'DoubleDome' series from Sharp incorporates three white light SMD LEDs with a colour rendering index (CRI) of 85. A silicone globe top applied directly on the phosphorous, with lens-like moulding, facilitates highly efficient light extraction. Sharp is supplementing its LED lighting portfolio with three new white 'high colour rendering', high-performance LEDs. The 'DoubleDome' LEDs from Sharp already provide suitable light for energy-efficient lighting without secondary optics.

As LED lighting trend nowadays high low bay fixtures are widely commonly used in large open area or outdoor lighting such as factory, warehouse, parking lot, and gas station.

Internationally-renowned provider of visual display innovation, BenQ, proudly announced the release of its GL Series LED Monitors today: The GL930 (18.5”W); GL931 (19”W); GL2030 (20”W); GL2230 (21.5”W) and GL2231 (22”W) LED monitors. With the currently unrivalled 12,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio; 5ms Response Time; and BenQ’s proprietary Senseye® Human Vision Technology, these power-saving LED monitors are made with design in mind – to suit homes, offices, and classrooms.

Designed for use in hazardous location applications, Dialight’s SafeSite™ Series LED Bulkhead fitting now has certification for Zones 1 and 21. This LED fitting is designed to replace existing high pressure sodium (HPS), metal halide, incandescent and fluorescent fittings.

As LED lighting trend nowadays high low bay fixtures are widely commonly used in large open area or outdoor lighting such as factory, warehouse, parking lot, and gas station.

With energy-efficient lighting solutions like LED and OLED OSRAM makes its contribution to a more sustainable Expo 2010 with lower CO2 emissions.

LED lighting design and manufacturing company, Once Innovations, Inc. (ONCE) has introduced initial AC LED lighting products with ONCE proprietary conditioning circuitry that dramatically improves both total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) relative to existing AC LED lights.

Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com announced the addition of several high powered, compact, low amp draw LED lights for the interior and exterior of boats. Newest additions to the LED light line-up include long, low profile LED lights for illuminating areas around the boat, interior LED lights for task lighting and walkway lighting and LED underwater lights.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that Seattle City Light, Seattle's publicly owned power utility, has been selected to lead a national effort to guide municipalities in evaluating light emitting diode (LED) street lights. The Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium will collect, analyze, and share information and lessons learned about LED street-lighting demonstrations to facilitate the adoption of this energy efficiency technology.