Cree LED Lighting Delivers Savings and Rapid Payback at New South Lake Tahoe Location 

UV LED curing systems technology company Air Motion Systems | AMS is set to showcase the latest generation power series from its Peak LED-UV platform for instant UV curing in high speed offset, flexo and inkjet printing applications

SEMICON Taiwan Semiconductor exhibition and LED Taiwan held a press conference yesterday before the exhibition officially launched on September 4th. SEMICON expressed that global semiconductor growth is stable and capital for 2013 is expected to be similar to that of 2012, with hopes that capital in 2014 will return to NT $44 Billion. 

LED Taiwan’s 2013 Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) exhibition will be launched on Sept. 4, 2013 to present the latest technology from domestic and international LED manufacturers and suppliers. Main themes of forums hosted at the show will include “LED technology forum,” “2013 Automation Technology for Solid-State Lighting Workshop,” and “TechXPOT”. Over the last year, the LED industry has been more cautious in expansions, and has been elevating its oversupply situation. 

Philips (China) Investment Co.,Ltd yesterday announced the establishment of Philips Energy Service Company (ESCO) in Wuhan.

China’s LED exports are impacted by a new wave of foreign technical barriers. According to market statistics, since 2012 the U.S., EU, Japan and other country and regions are implementing new LED standards. On Feb. 1, 2013, the EU stipulated all imported luminaires must enhance Electric and Magnetic Force (EMF) tests. Recently, the EU has also issued a new LED energy efficiency regulation that required all products exported to EU must meet the new standard starting from Sept. 1. The LED product lighting efficiency will be gradually raised though three phases starting from Sept. 1, 2013, Sept. 1, 2014, and Sept. 1, 2016.

Most people become very home sick during holiday season, and for ethnic Chinese Moon Festival is a time that aggravates such longings, since it is usually a time for family reunions. As the traditional Chinese moon festival approaches, many products are combining modern technology with festival traditions, including LED moon cake lights below. These perfectly shaped “moon cakes” that resemble an exact replica of its edible cousin emit a gentle jade-like glow. 

Tridonic Dresden, the former LEDON OLED lighting, and Franhofer COMEDD are presenting a desk luminaire with flexible OLED at the Plastic Electronics 2013. The product is the result from a joint OLED project R2flex that was focused on the production of highly efficient organic devices on flexible substrates, manufactured in a roll-to-roll process technology. The project that successfully concluded recently, was funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research Germany (BMBF) with a total sum of about 11 million Euros over a period of 2.5 years.

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the 27-inch EA273WMi display as the newest member of its MultiSync® EA Series for enterprise users.

Larson Electronics announced the release of a two foot long hazardous location LED work light that provides better performance and reliability than standard incandescent and fluorescent work lights. The Explosion Proof Aluminum Body LED Work Light Provides High Output and Cool Operation. This explosion proof trouble light gives operators the ability to step down 120/277 to 12VDC or 24VDC via the inline C1D2 transformer to provide low voltage where required.

Lighting industry veteran takes on role as Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific region

The lighting specialists at Lights 4 Living have responded to the design of a chandelier which creates a forest in the room.

Nanoelectronics research centrer Imec of Belgium and Veeco Instruments Inc. are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) -based power devices and LEDs.

Growing demands in the LED market were fueled by decreased product prices, government bans on incandescent light bulbs, and shift away from traditional lighting to more energy efficient LEDs. Financial service company Credit Suisse believes that from the current state of the industry, LED manufacturers have already begun moving in two different directions, with manufactures including Phillips Lumileds, OSRAM, CREE, Samsun LED, and Innotek mainly moving towards products and manufacturers such as Epistar, Lextar, and Seoul Semiconductors towards OEM

Traditional halogen track, spotlights, down lights and other common lighting can be easily and inexpensively upgraded to super-efficient LED Lighting. LED Canada’s new 5-watt COB LED GU10 and 5-watt COB LED MR16 are now available under CA$ 15 (US$ 14.21).

Advertising.my will be expanding its LED-based advertising services to Langkawi and Port Dickson, 2 of the top tourist destinations in Malaysia.

The dazzling display of 1,680 Philips Lumiblade GL26 tiles was installed in one of the largest OLED installation in Southeast Asia by installer SLT Asia in Providence, the Kuala Lumpur VIP club which opened in July, 2013.

EJ Thermal Technologies Inc., a supplier of high performance reliability test systems, has introduced a line of three new LM-80 qualified LED reliability test systems.

LED Canada works together with native leaders to provide low cost, high efficiency LED lights to native communities across Canada, with a "not-just-for-profit" model that delivers profits back to the communities LED Canada works with to stimulate innovation and local development.

The UK’s busiest train station, Clapham Junction, is set to achieve significant energy savings with the introduction of an intelligent lighting control system.

German semiconductor manufacturer, Azzurro LED Technologies, announced during a talk at ICNS-10 that the company’s technology has reached the capability of achieving “1 bin” GaN-on-Si LED wafers. While showing production values of less than 3 nm wavelength uniformity, the 1.0 nm result came straight from development. The record 1.0 nm result demonstrates the capability to achieving “1 bin” GaN-on-Si LED wafers.

The LED specialists at Visible Lighting have reviewed the government’s recent Waste Electrical Equipment (WEEE) consultation, which called for an overhaul of current regulations.

In another step to innovate the future of automotive lighting, Osram takes the opportunity ahead of the Frankfurt International Motor Show to unveil its product roadmap for OLEDs used in automotive applications. “We have essentially achieved road suitability for our OLEDs this year and will be offering initial special equipment based on OLEDs next year," said Ulrich Eisele, head of OLED sector at Osram. "We expect to see OLEDs used in series production of new vehicles by 2016 earliest.” The show is being held from September 12 to September 22, 2013.

Baguio City is the summer capital of The Philippines and an established tourist destination and education hub. Faced with an increase in migration and a high influx of tourists in recent years, city officials embarked on a committed move to revitalize the city through a Clean & Green Environment program. Utilizing energy-efficient roadway lighting is one of the core initiatives, leading to the introduction of energy-efficient LEDs at its streets in an extensive collaboration with GE Lighting.

China’s Jinli city has received RMB $ 2 billion in investment to establish a factory in the city’s economic zone for production of epitaxial wafers. It is expected to have a gross production of 300 million by 2014 becoming the biggest LED industrial base in northern Chin

International semiconductor industry show SEMICON Taiwan will open on September 4th 2013. With LED lighting application development more mature than ever before, intelligent lighting, high energy efficient lighting and household lighting have become the main avenue for the LED application market. LED lighting rapid growth will drive demand for related LED manufacturing equipment and materials.

As EU begins implementations of its new LED standards on Sept. 1, 2013, LED manufacturers based in Shenzhen, China are facing higher entry level and risks. Shenzhen’s LED industry launched a risk management platform on Aug. 30, 2013 that will issue advanced risk alerts, regulate contracts, aid in negotiations, and offer risk consulting to Shenzhen LED manufacturers.

Supervisory Board of Zumtobel AG accepted the resignations of CEO Harald Sommerer and CFO Mathias Dähn effective 30 September 2013. This step had been preceded in recent months by intensive discussions on the future strategic direction of the Zumtobel Group.

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