American Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) has honored the "3 Star Supplier Excellence Award" to ON Semiconductor during the annual Raytheon Supplier Excellence Awards. It’s the fifth consecutive year that ON Semiconductor has received this honor.

Recently,Nichia Corporation has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Wilmar Corporation for infringing two Nichia patents directed to white LEDs (U.S. Patents Nos. 5,998,925 and 7,531,960) and two Nichia patents directed to LED chips (U.S. Patents Nos. 5,652,434 and 6,093,965) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Epistar has become the only Taiwan company, which gets the cross license from Toyoda Gosei .The two companies has made an agreement that both Epistar and Toyoda Gosei(including subsidiaries) can use each other's patents for specific technologies in Group III-V compound semiconductor LEDs, which include InGaN LEDs and AlGaInP LEDs.

Energy Smart Industry (ESI), known for smart and energy efficient lighting solutions, launches special outdoor LED lighting. With the new lighting, people can look forward to get powerful lights for outdoors and can also get to save on their electricity bill. The outdoor lighting retrofitting program offered by the company comes along with a special 5 years all –inclusive protection plan. 

Energy Smart Industry (ESI), one of the leading providers of LED retrofitting, announces LED Retrofit Program for Industrial Lighting. With this new lighting solution the industries can look forward to a noticeable reduction in electricity bills and can enjoy the advantages offered by LED lightings.

It's reported that the Chinese government has invested over10 billion yuan (1.47 billion U.S. dollars) in research and development of green technologies for the 2006-2010 period. Zhang Laiwu, vice minister of science and technology at a press conference in Beijing pointed out that, China had developed key technologies that could cut greenhouse emissions . More than 1.6 million LED lights were being used in 21 cities in a pilot program to promote the use of LED lights, which will save more than 164 million KWH of electricity annually. 

Unveils Partnership with Easylite and First Customer Implementation to Usher in a New Era in Cost-Effective, Easy-to-Implement Wireless Lighting Control

Gary Ashburner and Richard Gill join the UK team to strengthen Dialight’s position as a forerunner in the field of industrial LED lighting Dialight , an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced two senior appointments who bring between them a combined experience of more than 40 years in LED technology. Together they will oversee the sales in Europe, Asia and the Middle East for the company's growing solid state hazardous area lighting business.

Light Middle East 2010 will be held from October 31 to November 2 at Dubai International Covention and Exhibition Centre. According to Ahmed Pauwels, chief executive officer of Epoc Messe Frankfurt, the conference will train the focus on the need for coming up with energy efficient lighting solutions. Speakers will discuss the effects of new technology and trends in the industry worldwide and put the spotlight on the benefits of alternative lighting sources such as LED technology.

Cooperate with Easylite, Daintree developed a new control platform for SSL and other energy-efficient lighting options. And lighting control systems can save money. The new ControlScope software platform without requiring new wiring to connect with fixtures, switches, sensors, and other devices, can control installations that scale from a small office to an entire enterprise and reside on the Wireless Area Controller (WAC).

Currently, Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has been developing wafer-level LED packaging technology, and planed to produce on a large scale in 2011. Now, SPIL had offered 25W high brightness (HB) LEDs for general lighting for the three American customers. It is possible more customers choose SPIL’ LEDs.

Genesis Photonics hoped its Q3 revenues of 2010 increase 40% straightly, and get about NT$1 billion (US$31 million) from LED billboards in China.

Bridgelux has expanded its LED Arrays to meet the price and performance demands of the $10 billion LED retrofit bulb market opportunity.   The Bridgelux LS Array Series includes options designed for low voltage lighting. They enable both diffuse and directional light sources, and are suit for landscape lighting, residential lighting, track lighting, MR16 lamps and other 12 volt retrofit light bulbs, delivering between 240 and 360 lumens in warm and cool white.  

HEICO Lighting™ and Future Electronics are pleased to announce that both companies have signed a worldwide distribution agreement for HEICO Lighting™ LED lighting solutions.

Fairchild Semiconductor will attend Arrow Electronics' 22nd annual coast-to-coast technology exhibition, which will be held in Chicago, Ill., Chanhassen, Minn., Santa Clara, Calif., Toronto, Canada, Los Angeles, Calif., and Boston, Mass ,to highlight innovative LED lighting and medical solutions.

AIXTRON AG has announced today a new order for two further CRIUS® 31x2-inch configuration deposition systems from Long De Xin. A company based in the PR China, Long De Xin placed the order during the second quarter of 2010 with both systems scheduled for shipment in the third quarter of 2010. They will be used for the manufacture of GaN ultra-high brightness (UHB) blue LEDs. The local AIXTRON support team will commission the new reactors at the new Long De Xin facility at their mainland China production plant.

Following the contuse lacing of Sapphire substrates, some LED manufactures thought its price would be over US$30 in 4Q10, so they start making purchase on Sapphire substrates with cash. In Q1 of 2010, 2-inch sapphire substrates offering price was not enough US$15, but up straightly to US$25-30 in Q 3, and recently has been to US$30-35. To prevent idle production lines, some LED chipmakers had to begun price negotiation for Q4, while Some LED chipmakers had halted production lines and moved back delivery of MOCVD machines.

Organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a consumer product promotion delegation which comprises 74 local consumer product producers, will take an visit to Seoul of South Korea and Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo of Japan between Sept. 30 and Oct. 9. According to a TAITRA official, during this trip, they will promote patented consumer products, including LED related goods, toys and household products as buyers in the two markets appreciate innovation and high quality designs.

US Sensor Electronic Technology Inc （SETI）has teamed up with semiconductor materials supplier Kyma Technologies to create low-defect AlGaN substrates for use in next-generation deep UV LEDs and optoelectronics. SETI used deep UV LEDs in high-power applications such as water disinfection, with the company having recently created a prototype all-LED based portable water disinfection system.

Ingenex, an internet marketing agency based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has released a case study announcing the results from its virtual trade show experience for client OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. The digital marketing team traveled to Las Vegas with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for Lightfair 2010, the signature annual lighting industry event, to provide on-site social media marketing support.  

Led by the Minister without Portfolio J.F. Chang of the Executive Yuan, Taiwan’s Cabinet, a delegation of over 60 executives from 20 Taiwanese high-tech manufacturers recently set out for the United States to hunt for talents in Silicon Valley and Boston. It mainly recruited specialists in six sectors including photovoltaic, optoelectronics, materials, and biotech. Delegation members planned to offer a total of 1,200 jobs covering R&D specialists, market researchers, market managers, and accountants.

It's reported that the President and CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Dr. Rüdiger Müller will hand over the 22-year reins of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors to Aldo Kamper on October 1, 2010.

American Albemarle Corporation has invested in Asia Pacific region of Yeosu, South Korea. It mainly invested on two sides,one investment is in in metallocene catalysts by leveraging its breakthrough ActivCat(TM) technology for polyolefin production,the other is to leverage its 50+ years of production experience in metal organics to supply High Purity Metal Organics (HPMOs) such as TMG to the High Brightness LED (HBLED) market.

Philips has come up with a new concept of the building of livable cities with green lighting solutions to enhance sustainable development of Asian economies

It's reported that VIRIBRIGHT will showcase its LED lighting products, at the HD Boutique Trade Show on September 14-15, 2011 in Miami, Florida.

The first set of LED street lamps has been commissioned by the Zejtun local council in Malta. Mayor Joe Attard proposed this new development in street lighting technology to the council.

American lighting company ProPhotonix intends to raise about £6m on Aim. If it succeeds, ProPhotonix will become only the second US company to join Aim. Previously listed on the Pink Sheets market, ProPhotonix is hoping to attract investor interest this side of the Atlantic because its LED operations are based in Cork, Ireland, and its laser operations are in Stansted, Essex.

TESS (topco energy saving system corp.), recently made another breakthrough in upgrading luminous efficiency for LED lighting - the company announces its new product, a 12.5 watt LED bulb delivers 1400 lumen. TESS set the highest luminous efficiency of 100lm/W this April by releasing 10 watt 1000 lumen LED bulb; yet, within 5 months, TESS set a higher standard of 112lm/W for LED lighting industry.

 A few days ago, LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics planed to establish LED Mark Bray silicon wafer factory in the name of Arima Optoelectronics Jiangsu in Wujiang ,and Arima Opto owed a wholly shareholding with US$30 million investment. In order to expand blue light LED productivity, the company also had set another new factory in Changzhi city. Now the factory has been built, which are expected to import 15 MOCVD before the end of 2010, reaching 30 MOCVD in 2011.

Accoring to Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic , instead of LED sets, edge-lit LED TVs will become the standard for LCD sets. Panasonic's technical marketing manager Markus Wagenseil,pointed out that compared to slimmer and cheaper sets using edge-mounted LEDs, direct LED technology will prove to be too expensive to be sustainable. In additon, direct LED sets require many more LEDs to be mounted than the alternative option, which will prove a disadvantage due to a market shortage of electronic components.