OSRAM Opto Semiconductors today held an opening ceremony for its 35,000 square meter new LED wafer fabrication plant in Penang, Malaysia. It is the company’s first ever LED chip plant in Asia and currently the most modern facility in the world. The plant will produce chips for light emitting diodes, the light source of the future. Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia, Y.A.B.

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Seoul Optodevice Co., Ltd. (SOC) of Korea has selected Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs). In addition to orders placed in 2009, SOC placed a multi-tool order during the second quarter of 2010, with all tools currently scheduled for shipment during 2010.

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has received orders for multiple TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems from Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI), headquartered in Taiwan, during the first quarter of 2010. GPI will use the systems to increase capacity for the production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs) being driven by applications such as backlighting, lighting, displays, and automotive applications.

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., the largest manufacturer of full color LEDs in China, has placed a large multi-tool order for Veeco's K465i(TM) and E475(TM) TurboDisc(R) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems. The equipment is for Sanan's new LED fab in Wuhu, Anhui Province for the manufacturing of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Veeco booked the order earlier this month.

AU Optronics of Taiwan says that the number of LEDs used in TV Backlight Unit will be lowered by about 30% by the end of 2010. One reason that the company cites is that at the beginning of 2011 1-bar edge-type LED BLUs will start to be applied to TV applications. 



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.

German Publications AIT and XIA Honor the RD Micro LED Spot for Energy Efficiency and High Light Intensity.

After being present at a meeting with President Barack Obama at NASA's Kennedy Space Center,Lighting Science GroupCorporation CEO Zach Gibler issued the following statement: "It was an honor and pleasure to meet President Obama today during his visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and I appreciate Senator Bill Nelson and Representative Suzanne Kosmas' hard work in putting together this event."

Light+Building 2010, the world's leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology, is the launch event for 'Zenaro- the Lighting Alliance', a new global company alliance between founding members Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. with headquarters in Taipei/Taiwan, Lighting Competence Center GmbH (LCC), the R&D centre of Everlight Electronics Europe in Karlsruhe/Germany and LED lighting expert Aphos Lighting based out of Texas/USA.

Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc., which designs, develops and markets highly efficient renewable energy and energy conservation products in the solar and LED lighting industries, plans to triple the size of its facility and add 68 employees over three years after relocating to Sarasota County this year.

This year’s Expo 2010 Shanghai will be an LED-intensive event, boasting over 80% of high efficiency, energy saving landscape decorations and lighting featuring LED.  At the recent Annual Sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delegates proposed the installation of 150 million energy saving lamps to replace large power incandescent lamps.  This scheme will be subsidised by the government.  The “Ten Cities Ten Thousand LED Lights” project launched in 21 cities marks a transition towards LED lighti

U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu with Pervaiz Lodhie, LEDtronics CEO and President. Immediately after being sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 32nd District in July 2009, Congresswoman Judy Chu wasted no time in getting to work on behalf of her constituents. Her first task on Capitol Hill was voting on a number of important environmental bills.

Changelight ROY UHB LED ramp boost with two more AIXTRON MOCVD tools AIXTRON AG announced today an order for two additional MOCVD tools from Changelight Co., Ltd., a company based in Xiamen’s Torch Industry Park of Fujian Province, China. The order which is for two AIX 2600G3 IC multiwafer production systems, was placed in the fourth quarter of 2009 and both systems will be shipped in the second quarter of 2010.

Green Lighting LED offers a variety of dimmable LED bulbs including MR16 track lights, PAR lamps, and globe bulbs. Each dimmable LED light retrofits in any home or business for spot, accent, or flood lighting. The dimming design uses the most updated technology of Frequency and Peak Current Modulation, which provides even and stable dimming function ranged from 0% to 100% of full luminous flux.

Ingo Maurer, internationally renowned designer and producer of exceptional lamps and lighting systems, will exhibit two OLED lamps which are the result of joint efforts with Novaled on the Light + Building trade show in Frankfurt. Novaled AG, a pioneer in OLED Lighting- and Display-Technology, has developed some transparent, highly efficient OLED modules for this purpose.

XLamp® XM LEDs Are Most Efficient Lighting-Class LEDs in the Industry Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces a breakthrough new lighting-class LED platform, the XLamp® XM LED. This new single chip LED delivers record-breaking efficacy of 160 lumens per watt at 350 mA. The LED also delivers 750 lumens at 2 A, which is equivalent to the light output of a 60 W incandescent light bulb at less than 7 watts.

Launch of innovative LED solutions to personalize homes and make cities more livable. Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) is underlining its global leadership in lighting by substantially broadening its portfolio of LED-based lighting solutions which enhance the lives of people at home and in cities.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) , a market leader in LED lighting, announces that Zumtobel, a leading lighting manufacturer, has launched three new groundbreaking LED fixtures based on Cree TrueWhite(TM) Technology. Debuting at the Light + Building tradeshow in Frankfurt this week, these fixtures are the latest result of an ongoing, multi-year collaboration between Cree and Zumtobel.

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In response to the increasing energy price and the global warming problem, LED related application imbued with energy-saving concept is thriving nowadays. To accommodate the growing LED lighting market, many industrial countries established LED related policies to support this prospective industry. After launching CLG-100 series, MEAN WELL introduced another 96W cost effective metal case LED power supplies with active PFC function and IP66 level ~ CEN-100 series.

OSRAM’s recently developed LED light engines manage the balancing act between maximum efficiency and light quality – with a light output of 122lm/W they achieve a new maximum with excellent colour reproduction (CRI >90, 2,700K). The Munich lighting manufacturer’s latest LED innovation is a winner with its warm white light (2,700K), colour-rendering index (CRI) of more than 90 and luminous flux of over 1,800lm while using only 15W of power. With its compact size it is especially suited to integration in downlights or spots.

Digital Lumens, the developer of the industry's first Intelligent Lighting System™, today announced that Michael Feinstein has joined the company as Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Feinstein brings more than 25 years' experience in product management, marketing, sales and, for the past 10 years, as an investor and entrepreneur involved in markets that included clean energy and software.

New higher lumen packages and additional color temperature choices for commercial and residential general lighting applications

GE Unveils unique LED bulb designed to distribute light like an incandescent bulb, last 17 years

Company Acquires Innovative LED Lighting Company to Accelerate Development and Expansion of Product Line

Red, Green and Blue Oval LEDs Optimized for the Outdoor Video Screen Market Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces commercial availability of the new C4SMK family of red, green and blue 4mm oval LEDs. These additions to the Screen Master® Cree LED series deliver the widest viewing angles available in the market today along with tightly-matched radiation patterns for video screen applications.

Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd, a precision electronics manufacturer, achieves mass production of white LEDs for lighting with about one-ninth the conventional chromaticity range. Through use of “3-Step MacAdam ellipses” as a chromaticity control standard the necessary reduction in the variation in chromaticity is accomplished.

Cree Module Makes LED Lighting Design Faster and Easier

To meet the increasing demand for LED backlighting in the industrial LCD market, Optrex America, Inc., has developed one of the broadest lines in the industry of TFT LCDs with white LED backlights.