Thresher Industries announced today that it has received its first order of 2010 from an S&P 500 conglomerate for its recently launched, next generation LED energy-efficient lighting component. The custom designed, 7" inch aluminum die cast offers superior heat dissipation and at a faster rate than the use of conventional die cast technology and processes.

EPA AND DOE RECOGNIZE OSRAM SYLVANIA WITH 2010 ENERGY STAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE AWARD Lighting leader earns award for protecting the environment through energy efficiency

JP Sercel Associates Inc., (JPSA) announced that construction has begun on the first phase of the 20,000 sq ft expansion of its facility. The expansion provides JPSA the ability to meet customers’ increasing demand for JPSA LED and Solar laser processing systems, and excimer laser micromachining systems.

At light+building 2010, world’s biggest lighting trade fair in Frankfurt from 11-16 April, Zumtobel will present trend-setting initiatives and custom lighting concepts for all areas of application.

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has granted a license for its patents on LED fluorescent tube replacements to Clean Light Green Light, based in Mt. Clemens, Mich. and Evergreen LED, based in Westmoreland, N.H. The licensing agreement provides for royalty payments in exchange for rights to manufacture and sell products covered by Altair’s patent portfolio.

On the 11th~16th of April, 2010 at Frankfurt am Main there will be a leading trade fair of the greatest lighting, electrical engineering and building automation in the world. ARC Solid-State Lighting, the high specialized provider of LED control system programming, is going to participate in this exhibition and demonstrate a variety of LED control system applications; we are looking forward to your visit for experiencing our innovative technology in LED applications.

ElectroniCast Consultants, a leading market research consultancy, today announced the release of a new market forecast of the global market consumption of DMX512 controllers.

Seesmart, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has partnered with Los Angeles Lighting, a commercial lighting luminaire leader, based in Los Angeles, CA. This partnership will allow both Seesmart and L.A. Lighting the opportunity to provide the only ETL listed and approved complete LED luminaires.

DOMINANT Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd. is a dynamic Malaysian company belonging to the world leading SMT LED manufacturers. It has an excellence driven organization and offers a comprehensive product range for all kind of lighting applications needed in the automotive, consumer, communications and industrial market segments.

PolyBrite International, Inc. developer of Borealis LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps and lighting systems announced today that The City of Naperville has concluded their 6 month LED streetlight testing period with up to 60% savings in energy usage. Seven 120 watt Borealis LED streetlights with a like number of 350 watt HPS (High Pressure Sodium) streetlights were monitored from June 2009 through January 2010.

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, today announced it has been awarded $600,000 by the Maryland Energy Administration to help industry expedite the broad adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting, and better position Maryland to become a national solid-state lighting materials and equipment manufacturing leader.

EvoLucia, Inc., the LED lighting division of Sarasota-based Sunovia Energy Technologies, announced today that they have hired Kevin Arthur as Vice President of International Sales and Marketing. Arthur previously served as head of international sales and marketing for lighting industry giant Cooper Industries, where he was responsible for growing sales from $5 million to $37 million.

Ultratech, Inc. , a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has received an order from Taiwan's largest LED chip manufacturer for an LED lithography system, which is specifically designed and optimized for high-brightness LED (HBLED) manufacturing.  In addition, this customer has provided a conditional commitment to purchase several additional Sapphire 100 systems to meet its ramp requirements over the next few quarters.  The Sapphire 100 tool is scheduled to be av

In recent times, China has witnessed rapid growth in its novel light and energy sources lighting industry. Attendees to a press conference held on January 21 for Green Lighting China Expo and Forum 2010 heard that with new improvements and innovations continuing to emerge from the industry, novel light and energy sources lighting are expected to replace traditional light sources in the lighting industry, creating both great opportunities and great challenges for lighting manufacturers.

Luminus Devices, Inc., designer, developer and manufacturer of high light output PhlatLight® LEDs, today announced the closing of its round of funding totaling $19 million, led by current investors Argonaut Private Equity, Braemar Energy Ventures, Paladin Capital Group and Stata Venture Partners. This investment creates a fully funded operating plan to increase profitability, maintain minimal debt, support growth and the expansion of Luminus’ products and applications.

Lighting Science Group Corporation have entered into an agreement to coordinate marketing and supply efforts to American cities, counties and towns. Under the agreement, Senergy will utilize the Lighting Science PROLIFIC(TM) series roadway luminaires to replace inefficient high pressure sodium cobra head street lights, driving economic, environmental and municipal service benefits through Senergy's street lighting program. Lighting Science Group and Senergy will coordinate marketing efforts nationwide.

AIXTRON AG today announced that its next generation MOCVD Platform AIX G5 HT has demonstrated high quality GaN deposition at very high growth rates and high pressure above 600mbar and superior GaN/InGaN uniformities. The epitaxial runs were performed at Epistar Corporation, located in the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan consecutively without reactor baking or swapping of any parts. The MOCVD reactor is now being transferred into mass production.

EvoLucia, Inc., the LED lighting division of Sarasota-based Sunovia Energy Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV), announced today that they secured a General Services Administration (GSA) contract award. Sunovia expects that the GSA award will help accelerate government sales, as government customers can now buy the company’s proprietary LED lighting products directly, without having to obtain a competitive bid.

High Tech Lights LLC. has been awarded ENERGY STAR® partnership for its Environmentally Friendly Lighting (EFL) line LED light bulbs. The product line, including the T8, T5 and AR111 downlights, has demonstrated LED lifetime and fixture efficacy that qualifies for the stringent commercial rating, as well as the residential rating.

In what may be the largest lighting retrofit and upgrade in Navy history, Lighting Science Group Corporation and the United States Navy are relighting the streetscapes, parking lots and the residence quarters at two separate sites at the Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) California -- Port Hueneme and Point Mugu -- with energy efficient LED lighting solutions.

The new stamped circuit board (SCB) technology available from Heraeus opens up a whole new concept of thermal management geared towards the realization of reliable and economic solutions in the area of thermal dissipation. The demands placed on electronic systems are continually growing, whilst the systems themselves are become ever smaller and increasingly complex. Heraeus‘ reaction to this ongoing trend towards miniaturization has been to develop a sophisticated smart solution. The SCB technology is specially designed for small circuits.

YEG Opto, the opto electronics division of Young Electronics Group, is pleased to announce their new partnership with Samsung to distribute their range of Medium and High Power LEDs in the UK and Ireland.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that its Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) business had a strong close to 2009, resulting in the fourth year of consecutive revenue growth. In addition, Veeco also announced that it is seeing favorable recognition worldwide for its automated growth module cluster tool systems, including the most recently introduced GEN10™.

AIXTRON AG announced a multiple system order for several CRIUS® (31x2 inch configuration) and AIX 2800G4HT MOCVD production systems (42x2inch configuration) from Lattice Power, an existing customer in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. This is one of the largest single orders from China AIXTRON had received. Lattice Power placed its order in the fourth quarter of 2009 for the growth of high-power InGaN on silicon LEDs.

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Philips Lumileds announced today that each of its three design, development and manufacturing sites have received ISO/TS16949 certification highlighting the company's commitment to quality management. All three sites, San Jose, Penang, and Singapore, were certified within weeks of each other with zero non-conformities, representing an approach and commitment to quality that is consistent throughout the company.

Light-Based Technologies Incorporated announces the final closing of their $2M A Round of financing. The deal will give Light-Based Technologies the financial support required to complete development and launch of their LB4 family of ICs for the control of Solid State Lighting (SSL) products.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announced that Arizona State University (ASU) has joined the Cree LED University® program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses. ASU has equipped six parking structures with more than 2,000 LED fixtures and has replaced 6-inch incandescent downlights in the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law rotunda with energy-efficient LED downlights.

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, announced today the expansion of its partnership with Avago Technologies US, Inc. to offer Avago's products to customers in Europe.

AIXTRON AG announced the receipt of a purchase order for a 6” Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) system for graphene and carbon nanotube (CNT) growth from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA. This combined thermal CVD and plasma enhanced CVD tool is planned to be delivered in first quarter 2010 to Professor Kaustav Banerjee, who directs the Nanoelectronics Research Lab at UCSB.