2012-10-29

Acuity Brands Featured in Award-Winning Architectural Projects

Five design projects that received Architectural Lighting magazine’s Ninth Annual Light & Architecture Design Awards incorporated lighting solutions from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI). These awards recognize lighting design excellence in residential, interior, exterior, whole building and exhibit lighting applications. Projects featuring Acuity Brands® lighting solutions received recognition for outstanding and commendable achievement in the whole building and exterior lighting categories. An independent panel of judges awarded prizes to the winning...
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2012-10-28

LEDforum Taipei 2012 | 2 weeks Countdown; Only 22 Seats Left

LEDforum 2012 Taipei is a two-day event organized by LEDinside and will be held on November 1st and 2nd at National Taiwan University Hospital International Conference Center. The agenda for the first day features the latest LED market trends in upstream component, manufacturing equipment and LED chips, while the agenda for the second day covers other important areas such as package and lighting applications. Focused on the future direction of LED industry, LEDforum is an advanced conference to grasp new market trend and future opportunities.
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2012-10-28

TSMC SSL Announced Strategic Relationship with Cnlight

Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 28, 2012 - TSMC Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. (TSMC SSL) announced today that it has entered into a strategic relationship to supply LED emitter packages and LED lighting solutions to Cnlight Co.  Under this agreement, TSMC SSL will be able to leverage its advanced LED technology with Cnlight’s brand, channels, as well as luminaire R&D and production to expand the presence of both companies in China and the global LED lighting market.    TSMC SSL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd (TSMC), one of world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Inheriting TSMC’s expertise in semiconductor manufacturing and rigorous quality control processes, TSMC SSL has announced several types of LED emitters that feature extraordinarily high performance brightness, efficacy, and light quality. 
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2012-10-26

EVERLIGHT Lighting Components Complete LM80 Testing

EVERLIGHT introduced several low, mid, and high power LED lighting components that adopted the LM80 test, in order to provide a broad range of high quality LED lighting components and strengthen EVERLIGHT’s concept of “The Right LED for The Right Application.” Standardization has become a key factor in LED adoption in the global lighting market - not only in safety standards and performance standards but also more importantly, in reliability and lifetime testing. LM80 is the lighting standard by which all major LED manufacturers...
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2012-10-26

Lextar Electronics Participates in Hong Kong International Lighting Fair

Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company”) (TAIEX: 3698) announces it will participate in the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair where it will display a number of product lines such as high CRI downlight series, bulb and spot light series, tube series, panel light series and light module series. Within all the products displayed, there will also be a variety of Lextar-made LED packaging products that have received LM-80 certification, displaying the strength of Lextar’s LED vertical integration from Epi, chip, package, ...
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2012-10-26

SDK to Split off and Transfer GaN LED Business to TS Opto

Tokyo-based chemical manufacturer Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has announced to split off and transfer its GaN LED epitaxial wafer and chip production business to its subsidiary TS Opto Co Ltd (which was founded at the end of September at SDK’s plant in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture),at its latest board meeting. SDK’s GaN LED business had net sales of JPY5322m in 2011. While existing sales activities will not be transferred to TS Opto, SDK itself will stop selling GaN LEDs as of the 1 December date for the business’ transfer ...
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2012-10-26

Philips to Lead New Innovations with Its LED Retrofit Lamps

Philips introduces the Philips DimTone BR30 LED with color temperature dimming and the commercial availability of the Philips LED A21 22 watt LED, the company's 100 watt incandescent equivalent and the LED T8 with external driver, which is one of the first TLEDs to meets the DesignLight Consortium (DLC) requirements for linear replacement lamps. These latest additions to the Philips line-up replicate the light quality of the incandescent and fluorescent technologies they replace, while offering the energy-efficiency and reduced maintenance benefits of ...
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2012-10-25

Marvell and Cree Bring Industry-leading Dimmer Compatibility and ENERGY STAR Compliancy to Consumer-class LED Bulbs

New Turnkey A19 Bulb Joint Reference Design Being Showcased at Hong Kong LIGHTFAIR Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) announced the availability of a new turnkey reference design developed with Cree, Inc. for 60-watt equivalent dimmable A19 LED bulbs, continuing the two companies’ ongoing collaboration to drive the LED lighting revolution. The new ENERGY STAR® compliant design – integrating Marvell’s latest deep dimming driver IC, the 88EM8183, and Cree’s leading edge XLamp® XB-D LED – further enables the...
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2012-10-25

Lunera Lighting Announces Expansion of Manufacturing and Design Capability: Facility to Accelerate LED Transformation in Commercial Lighting Market

New Southern California Facility to Propel Company’s Vision for High Velocity Supply Chain    and Custom Retail Offering Lunera Lighting, Inc., the lighting solutions leader in the transformation to advanced LED technology, today announced its expansion to a new manufacturing and design facility in Anaheim, California. The facility, in addition to Lunera’s headquarters in Redwood City, will play a central role in the company’s ambition to continuously innovate on its technology and designs, ushering in a LED transformation in t...
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2012-10-25

AIXTRON: Slower Than Expected Recovery of Demand leads to EUR 51.5m Inventory Write-Downs

The Company will not Return to Profitability within the Current Year. AIXTRON SE (ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6), a leading provider of deposition equipment to the global semiconductor industry, wrote down EUR 51.5m of inventory due to a significantly slower than expected recovery of demand for MOCVD equipment. The devaluation followed a comprehensive review of Inventory held, which concluded that despite the positive long-term outlook for the LED industry, the existing stock held was inappropriately high in comparison to the current subdued level of demand ...
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2012-10-25

Soraa to Sell Its LED MR16 Lamps through Ushio

Soraa sets off marketing its ’s full spectrum GaN on GaNTM LED MR16 lamps through Ushio group companies and its subsidiaries in Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Europe, starting from November 1st. Ushio, the largest distributor of MR16 lamps in Japan, will sell Soraa’s LED MR16 lamps under the brand name Superline LED, a co-branded Ushio and Soraa product. A superior alternative to halogen MR16 lamps, Soraa’s LED MR16 lamps feature full spectrum light*; a CRI of 95* and R9 of 95*, (higher ...
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2012-10-25

Calibre UK celebrates 25-years in business at ISE 2013

New processors for projection and LED sources to make public debut in Amsterdam Calibre UK will get 2013 off to a breathtaking start as it celebrates 25 years in business at Integrated Systems Europe. The Yorkshire, UK-based manufacturer of video image-processors continues to go from strength to strength, with a wider product range than ever, available in more territories and through more distribution channels than ever. “The past 25 years have been tremendous,” enthuses Tim Brooksbank, chairman, Calibre UK. “Our focus on research and development...
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2012-10-25

First US UV LED curing symposium hailed a success – further events to be held in 2013

Q&A session underway at first US UV LED curing symposium, Chicago IL. The first ever co-hosted ITL and IST conference on UV LED curing held in the US scored high levels of satisfaction from delegates and participants – further events on the subject in both Europe and the US West Coast in 2013. A sample survey of attendees at the UV LED Curing Symposium in Chicago last month (September 2012) by organizers Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) and IST America scored value, content and networking benefit ‘very good’ while...
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2012-10-25

Taiwan Unity Opto Targets to Non-Apple Tablet PC Backlight Market

Taiwan LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has targeted to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market in 2013. Unity Opto attributes its advantage outperforming other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this year to increased shipments to TV makers and penetrating the supply chain of non-Apple tablet makers, including Asustek Computer Inc. and Google Inc. In TV backlight market, the company has squeezed into the supply chains of world’s top 10 brands. The company’s chairman, Alpha Wu, estimates global demand for LE...
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2012-10-25

AZ e-lite Launches Intelligent Lighting Control System at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2012

AZ e-lite Pte Ltd ("AZ e-lite"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aztech Group Ltd specialising in the design and development of quality LED lighting, is presenting its latest LED lighting solutions to visitors of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn) 2012, a major event in the lighting trade industry.   AZ e-lite will launch its latest product – AZEL Intelligent Lighting Control System – at the exhibition. Lighting represents about 17.5% of global electricity consumption. However, only a small percentage of lighting in c...
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2012-10-24

LED 50th Anniversary: Celebrating Today’s LED Applications

Fifty years ago this month, GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED). In the five decades since, businesses and municipalities the world over have embraced LED systems for both their cost and maintenance savings, including:    The City of Las Vegas Las Vegas is best known for the bright lights of 'The Strip,' but thanks to new LED fixtures, the city's surrounding streets are starting to take on a shine of their own. Far from a gamble, an investment in GE LED streetl...
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2012-10-24

GE Lighting Appoints New Asia CEO

GE Lighting announced today that Oscar Wong will be promoted asAsia Lighting President & CEO effective November 1, 2012, continuing to position the company leadingthe lighting revolution by investing in energy efficient products, transforming commercial capability and driving focus. Oscar Wong, a 27- year veteranwithsolid experience in sales, commercial operations and general management functions, returned to GE to assume his current role as General Manager, GE Lighting China in July. Prior to that, he spent 12 years in Emerson Electric and Process Manageme...
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2012-10-24

Cree Delivers Four New CXA LED Arrays

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces new CXA LED Arrays, boasting high lumen output and high efficacy in a family of single, easy-to-use components. Optimized to simplify designs and lower system cost, Cree’s newest CXA LEDs can deliver system-level performance ranging from 500 to 5000 lumens and up to 146 LED lumens per watt, enabling applications ranging from LED replacement lamps to commercial downlights.   CXA LED Arrays are available in EasyWhite® color temperatures, providing the LED industry’s best color consistency for des...
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2012-10-24

Seesmart Completes $140,000 LED Lighting Project for New Building in Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State

Seesmart Technologies, Inc. has finished a $140,000 project with Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State to help the organization’s new West Farms Center achieve LEED design certification. Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State is a multi-service organization providing support and services for more than 100,000 individuals with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities and their families. Its Metropolitan Division, which serves all five boroughs of New York City, recently opened the new West Farms Center in the Bronx at 1880 Bryant A...
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2012-10-24

Veeco Q3 2012 Financial Results Reduce by Lack of MBE & MOCVD Orders

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Veeco reports its results on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis, and also provides results excluding certain items.   Third Quarter 2012 Results John R. Peeler, Veeco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Veeco’s third quarter revenue was $127 million, and adjusted EBITA and non-GAAP earnings per share were $17 million and $0.34, in line with our guidanc...
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2012-10-24

2200K chipset marks a golden opportunity for LED market

The world's largest LED chipset supplier has announced the launch of a 2200K colour chipset to meet the market demand for a warmer, golden light that can match the output of an incandescent lamp.   The 2200K XTE high power LED chip is the result of a co-development between CREE, the market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, and high power LED light manufacturer, Aeon Lighting Technology (ALT).   The 2200K chipset has tackled one of the greatest challenges of LED design by achieving the preferred warm coloration, consistent with that ...
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2012-10-24

GE Lighting Presented With Graybar’s Supplier Excellence Award

Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, presented GE Lighting with the Graybar Supplier Excellence Award on Oct. 11. The award was presented at Graybar’s national training conference in San Antonio, Texas. The Graybar Supplier Excellence Award is presented semi-annually to recognize a product supplier that has collaborated with Graybar in an exceptional manner to successfully grow profitable business together. “We’re delighted to...
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2012-10-23

HC SemiTek Purchases Additional Veeco MOCVD Systems for LED Production

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced that HC SemiTek Corporation (300323: CH), one of China’s leading LED manufacturers, has purchased additional TurboDisc® MaxBright® GaN MOCVD Systems for high volume production of LEDs for display and general lighting applications. The order, placed in the third quarter of 2012, was for Veeco’s new High Performance (MHP) version of the system. Dr. Rong Liu, President of HC SemiTek, stated, “Veeco’s MOCVD products offer stable process and have already helped...
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2012-10-23

Philips to Debut A21 LED for 100W Replacement Bulb

Philips will debut its 100W-equivalent LED lamp, the A21 LED, in December. The A21 LED looks like the bulbs in AmbientLED/EnduraLED family but those naming conventions have been ended so the description will be the bulb’s name. The lamp consumes 22W, puts out 1780 lumens, operates at warm white (2700K), and is rated for 25,000 hours of life. It’s dimmable and has a CRI rating of 80. One important detail to know about the bulb is that it’s an “A21″, which refers to the shape and size. A standard, household bulb is an A19 w...
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2012-10-23

Vietnam : Plants grow rapidly, safely with LED lamps

Vietnamese scientists are trying to create LED lamp products which have the light spectrum suitable with every kind of plant, which can help save electricity, churn out clean and off-season products. According to Dr Phan Hong Khoi, Managing Director of the high-efficiency public lighting project in Vietnam, LED is a special type of semiconductor diode which can generate a narrow spectrum, discrete light when excited. LED lamps can create different colors, depending on the semiconductor materials used and operating conditions. With LED lamps, scientists use two bea...
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2012-10-23

GreenWave Reality Utilizes iPhone to Control LED Bulbs

GreenWave Reality’s Connected Lighting Solution has made a dream that wirelessly influence light bulbs’ color, brightness with iPhone come true. People reside in Europe can begin to enjoy such luxuries, as GreenWave Reality’s Connected Lighting Solution combine energy star certified LED bulbs with home’s wireless network, allowing you to control your abode’s lights with the touch of a smartphone (or tablet). Unlike like LIFX version, customers won’t be able to change the color, but probably can influence their brightness, and t...
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2012-10-23

Marl cuts wasted light with LED lighting scheme design service

Marl International aims to help customers waste less light with a new Lighting Scheme Design service that provides specific recommendations on the best energy efficient LED lighting to use inside and outside buildings, car parks or industrial sites. The service is being launched at the LuxLive exhibition in Earls Court, London, from 6-7 November 2012 (Stand E02).   Marl can accept a CAD drawing of the internal or external area to be lit, or a simple dimensional drawing, and will use 3D modelling software to choose the most suitable energy efficient LED lightin...
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2012-10-23

Light Planet's LED retrofit achieves significant savings for Brighton hospital

•       £21,000 cost savings •       Energy consumption reduced by 68% •       Maintenance programme reduced by over a third Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust expect to achieve savings in the region of £21,000 after retrofitting LED lighting in several areas of the building, and payback in some areas is projected to take less than 2 years. The retrofit programme, delivered by advanced LED specialists Light Planet, has also reduced energ...
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2012-10-22

Philips' Q3 LED Sales Grew by 51%

Philips reports third-quarter comparable sales growth of 5% to EUR 6.1 billion; EBITA of EUR 450 million • Comparable sales up 5%, with all three sectors contributing to growth • Sales in growth geographies up 10% on a comparable basis, now representing 36% of total revenue • Reported EBITA of EUR 450 million, or 7.3% of sales • Net income of EUR 170 million • Free cash flow of EUR 395 million   Q3 financials: Strong growth at Healthcare and growth businesses in Consumer Lifestyle. Profit margin improvements for the G...
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2012-10-22

Edison Opto LED Testing Laboratory Awarded UL Safety Certification

The photometric testing laboratory of Edison Opto, Taiwan’s leading LED manufacturer, has become the first in Taiwan to receive certifications in both safety and lasting performance. Edison Opto is also a standout in the area of LED LM-80 (lumen maintenance). In early 2012, Edison Opto became the first LM 80 corporate testing laboratory to be certified by UL, and in September of the same year, was certified by UL as a product safety testing laboratory. The ability to truly integrate safety with durability in the LED product design phase, as well as the abil...
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The number of modern applications using 3D sensor technologies is steadily increasing, including ambient sensing for industrial robots, various face recognition applications, object detection, and machine vision. Vertical Cavity Surface Emitti... READ MORE

Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, is pleased to announce that a UV-C LED disinfection device manufactured by Mutoh Industries Ltd., equipped with Nichia's high-power 28... READ MORE