Excelitas Technologies, a global provider of innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced today that it has opened a new LED Center of Excellence at its facility in Shenzhen, PR of China. The new site will serve as a base for Excelitas Technologies to develop and manufacture advanced LED-based lighting solutions and to showcase its innovations and technologies to customers in China. Excelitas executives, CEO David Nislick and senior vice president and general manager Joel Falcone, as well as local dignita...

It’s reported that Samsung has kicked off becoming a new leader in the U.S. lighting market as the industry shifts into the digital age. In April 2009, Samsung LED was established globally, channelling the company’s expertise in the electronics and electro-mechanics fields into the production of cutting-edge LED lighting. And to support the company’s expansion into the U.S. market, an American centre of operations has been established in Atlanta, Ga. Samsung’s initial line-up ranges from omni-directional incandescent replacements to fluoresce...

Company to showcase LightBEEMTM, a complete, easy-to-deploy lighting control and energy management system that delivers facility-wide control, lowers energy costs and dramatically improves system's ROI BEEMTech , a global provider of advanced Lighting control and energy efficiency management solutions, will be showcasing LightBEEMTM at LIGHTFAIR® International 2011, the world’s premiere annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. Based on patented technology, LightBEEM's retrofit-ready design allows it t...

On the eve of North America's largest lighting show, Lightfair International, GE presented its prestigious 2010 GE Edison Award to Alexander Rotsch and Andreas Schulz of Licht Kunst Licht AG, a lighting design firm in Bonn, Germany. The pair was honored during a presentation in Philadelphia on May 16, 2011, for lighting the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany, a global materials and technology group. They were presented with a personalized Steuben crystal award for their win. This was the firm's second consecutive Edison Award win. Schulz and...

NexPhase Lighting , Onteco Corporation’s subsidiary has attended the pre-bid conference for the North Lauderdale LED Lighting Project for the procurement of over two hundred 2x2 LED lighting fixtures. Only those who attended the pre-bid conference will be allowed to submit a bid and closed bids will be reviewed on May 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Jon Cooper, President of NexPhase, believed that the NexSense 2x2 Troffer fits this bid opportunity very well and they were anxious to submit our proposal to the city. The City of North Lauderdale expects to fina...

Reportedly, Carbon Futures , Hong Kong-based British company, plans to introduce LED lighting to Sri Lanka for the replacement of even compact fluorescent lights. According to Anthony Arman, Managing Director of Carbon Futures, the two-member team of British experts headed by him has already informed the Sri Lankan government agencies they are ready to assist in addressing the country’s carbon emission reduction policies, by advising them on the most equitable pathway to realizing significant additional revenue streams, whilst achieving full compliance with exis...

Jenoptik´s business unit Optoelectronic Systems, which experts in manufacturing optoelectronic systems and polymer optical components, has joined force with LEIDS GmbH & Co. KG to present innovative LED illumination solutions at the  tradeshow transport logistic 2011 for the first time. The two companies have agreed to sign a development and cooperation agreement in the field of LED industrial lighting which runs for 5 years. Under the cooperation, they mainly targets at the common development and production of components, modules and highly efficient...

Reportedly, the CAO Group has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah based on the fact that GE Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Lighting Science Group, Nexxus Lighting, Sharp Electronics, Toshiba International Corporation, Feit Electric Company, and Lights of America infringed CAO Group's patents of LED light source solutions. The CAO Group believes that these companies infringe CAO Group's patents at the core of LED light source solutions as following: 1. US Patent No. 6,465,961 -- Semiconducto...

Taiwan`s major LED maker posted lukewarm revenue records last mounth, sliping 2.74% from a month earlier, to NT$1.69 billion (US$59.2 million at US$1: NT$28.6); Everlight scoring 0.3% less revenue with NT$1.42 billion (US$49.6 million); and Edison Opto reporting a 3.2% contraction to NT$249 million (US$8.7 million). Executives from Epistar estimated the company`s gross margin for April to stand above 25% while the company itself estimated its monthly gross margin to surge 30%. Industry executives estimated packager Everlight`s revenue for the second quarter ...

Recently, Nichia had filed a provisional injunction action in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Koyo Business Services, Inc. (Koyo Business Service Kabushiki Kaisha) from infringing Nichia's patent. Considering white LEDs used in certain LED lighting products (product name: “PICASONA”; Type 20 straight tube lighting product and 3 inch downlighting product) which Koyo claims to be manufactured by a Korean LED lighting product manufacturer LumiRich pursuant to an OEM arrangement with Koyo and imported to Japan and sold by Koyo, infrin...

Lately, the PolyChroma team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been selected as the winner by the 2011 Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech (BSC) Launchpad for cash, glory and the ear of the U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The theme of this year’s competition was “Creating Jobs for a Green Economy.” Marnix Hollander, Kurtis McKenne, Chunguang Charlotte Wang and Jon Garrity who came from MIT composed of the team and focused on a venture for developing optics for the next generation of LED lighting. Their tec...

It’s reported that Google has intended to cooperate with Lighting Science Group to launch the first Android-connected LED bulb. With the first Android-connected LED bulb, customers can use cell phone, tablet or laptop to wirelessly control these LED lights at home. The bulb is an omnidirectional, A19, 60-watt equivalent and it will be available by the end of the year. Plus, Google has also created its own wireless protocol to connect devices in the home — from dishwashers, to thermostats to lights — over Android.  ...

Overview   Organized by LEDinside, LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications will be grandly open in Shenzhen on May 27, 2011.   LEDforum 2011 will focus on the market trend of LED lighting application, and the agenda speakers include top leaders from Aixtron, Epilight, Macroblock, Osram, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Veeco and other industry giants. These industry heavy weights will share with us their unique industry perspectives and accurate market forecasts, including market dynamics, business strateg...

Recently, Seoul Semiconductor has initiated two actions asserting claims of patent infringement against Philips which was filed in Germany in March and in Korea in May, individually. The Korean company respects the intellectual property rights of others and believes that its products do not infringe Philips' patents. As a result, Seoul Semiconductor intends to vigorously defend the U.S. patent infringement action brought by Philips that is limited to a handful of Seoul Semiconductor products. Seoul Semiconductor holds thousands of patents worldwide directed ...

Cree is announced to make a breakthrough on the record of 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED. With a single-die component at a correlated color temperature of 4500 K and standard room temperature 350 mA testing, 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED is acheieved. It is a significant advance beyond Cree’s previous industry record which 200 lumens per watt was considered the theoretical maximum efficiency for a lighting-class LED in 2010 and further demonstrates how Cree’s relentless innovation continues to push the boundaries of what is possible wi...

Recently, Veeco has officially set up its new China Training Center (CTC) in Shanghai to cater for the rapid growth of the LED industry and the needs of its customers.   The 1700 square meters CTC site housing approximately 40 Veeco employees, is equipped with three classrooms as well as Veeco’s market leading TurboDisc® K465i™ MOCVD system. TurboDisc MOCVD system introduction, epitaxial process characterization, and more advanced hands-on training classes in hardware maintenance and trouble-shooting are comprised of this training. J...

Recently, Samsung has signed an agreement with Evident Technologies on Samsung worldwide access to Evident's patent portfolio for all products related to quantum dot LEDs from manufacture of the quantum dot nanomaterials to final LED production. It’s said that quantum dots are nanometre-sized semiconductor crystals that have great commercial promise in electronic applications from solar energy conversion to thermoelectrics to LEDs. Evident is reported to be the first company in the world to commercialise quantum dot LEDs with products launched in 2007. &n...

Recyclebank®, which rewards people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from local and national businesses has launched the Green Schools Energy Challenge with Lunera Lighting, aiming to benefit schools nationwide with energy retrofits to help make classroom lighting state-of-the-art green. To enter, teachers and school administrators should submit a video entry showcasing classrooms that already have an ongoing commitment to sustainability by Friday, May 20. Those with the most inventive and active "green rooms" can win the green makeover...

Digital Lumens has intended to sell its high-efficiency LED lighting systems in Europe, as the next step in Digital Lumens' strategy to make its solution available around the world. The company’s products have been certified by CE listing to meet requirements for safety, health, environment and consumer protection in Europe. It also identified French firm LED-Solution LibertyLum as a reseller partner for the products. According to the company, it can cut energy cost by as much as 90 percent with its technology. Additionally, the systems combine LED...

The Metalorganic Technologies business of Dow Electronic Materials of Philadelphia, PA, USA (a business unit of Dow Advanced Materials) has received Epistar’s first Supplier Award. Dow was recognized for “ensuring the supply of precursor materials, improving product quality, providing excellent material and process support for manufacturing, offering superior customer communications and achieving high customer satisfaction”. Epistar’s chairman Dr BJ Lee upon presenting the award on 30 March at its facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan, commented...

Reportedly, Excelitas Technologies, a light engine manufacturer serving medical device OEMs worldwide, announced that its LED-based manufacturing facility in Wheeling, Ill. has achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification. ISO 13485:2003 certification is an internationally recognized quality standard designed to ensure that medical device manufacturers and critical component suppliers to medical device manufacturers have the required quality management systems in place to safely design, manufacture and distribute medical devices as well as the critical components incorporated in...

1.9 meter integrating sphere for measuring total radiant power and luminous flux The ISP 2000 from Instrument Systems is the latest pioneering development launched by the leading manufacturer of light measurement systems worldwide. This integrating sphere has been specifically designed with a diameter of 1.9 meters to facilitate precise measurement of total radiant power and luminous flux at lamps, luminaires and large LED modules. The ISP 2000 is the largest member of the well-established family of premium integrating spheres produced by Instrument Systems. It incorpo...

GT Solar has received a new order from Taiwan-based LED wafer manufacturer, Tera Xtal Technology Corporation. GT Solar will supply Tera Xtal sapphire cores for increasing their production of epitaxial-ready LED wafers. It’s said that GT’s new sapphire production facility increases the availability of high quality sapphire material for its LED and specialty market sapphire customers. In the beginning, material allocation will satisfy both LED and specialty market customers, but long term, as its equipment customers ramp into high volume produc...

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) had completed an agreement with PowerSecure International’s EnergyLite division to distribute the company’s LED area lighting solution SecureLite™. According to NRTC, SecureLite is a Dark Sky compliant technology. Its highly efficient design includes its breakthrough proprietary dusk-to-dawn control technology, which maximizes the light’s efficiency and reliability, while reducing maintenance costs. Compared to a traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) area lights, SecureL...

Titan LED of Moorpark, Calif., an LED lighting company, is considering a couple of sites in Warren to establish a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility that would employ 25. According to David McGeary, national director of East Coast operations for the company, negotiations for such a facility are on the “5-yard line,” but he is “hopeful of crossing the goal line of locating a facility here.” McGeary said Titan LED has been looking for an East Coast location for about nine months, “but Warren just stuck out.&rd...

Lighting Science Group is announced to be selected by the White House as a "Champion of Change," an award associated with President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative. The company’s Founder and Chief Technology Officer Fred Maxik was very pleased to receive this award, and issued statement. He stated that"It is both an honor and pleasure to be featured alongside a group of American individuals, businesses and organizations working diligently in their respective science and technology fields to embody the 'Innovate, Educate...

Nirupam Sahay was reported to be appointed by Philips India as the Business Head of Philips Lighting India, and he will be responsible for the complete Philips Lighting business in India. Prior to this, Nirupam Sahay was Senior Director - Marketing at Philips Lighting India.  With a career spanning over 17 years, he has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing and P&L Management at Philips, GE Capital, Whirlpool and Asian Paints.  ...

Recently, LG Electronics and Samsung start to adopt LED lights in refrigerator. LG has launched a new DIOS refrigerator which combines with green, white and blue LED lights that it claims to be eight times more energy-efficient than the fridges that use regular lights. The company also touts the LED lights as causing little temperature differences in the refrigerator to reduce fresh vegetable oxidation. In addition, LG Household and Health Care, a sister company of LG Electronics, also combined a lamp and air freshener with LED lights. People simply pr...

The issue of nuclear energy has been risen up after Japan disaster. Robert Yeh, C.E.O. of Everlight  has show his opinion at the seminar of “1st Economic&Trade between Shanghai and Taiwan”. He indicated instead of building more power plants or looked for the new technology of power created, we should consider “saving power” .For example, if we used LED lights instead of the conventional lights, we can save 5.8 constructions of Sansia Dams in China. It can reduce the waste of the natural resources as well as the emission of CO2. Every country ...

Considering LED-application products containing LEDs marketed by WILMAR CORPORATION (a U.S. marketing and distribution company) used White LEDs that infringe at least one of Nichia’s U.S. patents, Nichia demanded that WILMAR discontinue marketing the infringing products. Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in September 2010, and in March, 2011, WILMAR acknowledged patent infringement and agreed to stop marketing infringing products and to change to new products using non-infringing White LEDs. The lawsuit is dismissed ...