Zhenkun Wang, the general manager of NVC Lighting, recently expressed on "low-carbon lighting • Energy saving global LED lighting design, application and Innovation Forum" organized by the Chinese lighting network and Shenzhen Operations Center of NVC that sales of NVC's LED products are expected to exceed 1 billion Yuan this year. According to the National 12th Five-Year Plan, the total output value of LED will be up to 500 billion Yuan in 2015. ZhenKun Wang said that the sales of NVC's LED products was 250 million las...

Last night (July 16), Refond revealed announcement that it cooperates with TCL Group and wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan-based FOREPI to set up a LED joint venture in Guangdong Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Development Zone with 200 million Yuan. The new company named "Huarui Optoelectronics Technology (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.", located in Zhongkai High-tech Development Zone, Huizhou of Mainland China, and it has capital of 200 million Yuan, of which, TCL Group is the leading company, holding shares of 51%, about investment of 102 million Yu...

Dimmable, multi-topology DC/DC constant-current controller features low-side current sense Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced a high-power, multi-topology DC/DC LED driver with adjustable switching frequency and current sense threshold that provides design flexibility and low electro-magnetic interference (EMI) for automotive headlamps, fog lights and general-purpose area lighting. The TPS92690 is an N-channel MOSFET controller with low-side current sense designed to support step-up (boost) or step-up/step-down (SEPIC, Cuk, flyback) LED driver t...

Siteco, subsidiary of OSRAM, provides 270 units of Modario IP20 LED modules for modernization of an urban railway carriage house of Linz AG. Linz Linien intended to renovate the lighting system of a 4,500 square meter-large hall for 20 suburban trains. The highly efficient trunking systems are easy to mount and save up to 30% on energy costs in comparison to the previous lighting solution. The illumination of the urban railway carriage house of Linz AG was completely renovated using this efficient LED solution from Siteco. The renovation of the long-serving merc...

Robust, accurate and powerful PIP functionality puts Calibre UK ahead of the curve for scaling and switching of LED displays. Calibre UK has further strengthened its LEDView530 scaler/switcher with the addition of new firmware for user selectable and variable picture-in-picture (PIP) flexibility. “The new PIP function of the LEDView530 scaler/switcher adds the functionality of expensive windowing solutions available from other manufacturers in the market today, but at an affordable price,” explains Tim Brooksbank, Chairman at Calibre UK. ...

Ground-breaking innovation in UV LED and UV arc curing was well-received by visitors to wide format print industry event, FESPA where Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) showcased further new developments. The show, held June 25-29 in London’s ExCel Exhibition Centre, was an important component in a concerted 2013 new product roll-out from the UK-based company. While the official show report is still to be released, ITL filed ‘highly encouraging’ visitor response to its new lines corresponding with quality sales leads generated. “...

General lighting is an industry with the same great market capacity as smart phone, and it is in the process of rapid growth. In view of general lighting market structure, energy-saving lamps accounting for almost the same proportion with incandescent lamps, about 40%, but the application of incandescent is downward, as the further implementation of global ban on the sale of incandescent lamps, the proportion of energy-saving lamps and LED lighting devices will increase. LED lighting takes up 2% -3% of the all lighting products installed. However, according to the global data in ...

Since installing the ROAM™ outdoor lighting monitoring and control system from Acuity Brands Inc., the Plymouth School District in Plymouth, Mass. has significantly reduced maintenance time and energy costs. The ROAM system allows maintenance staff to easily customize outdoor lighting needs for eight individual elementary, middle and high school campuses. The ROAM system helps the District proactively identify potential outages and lighting issues before or immediately after they occur. By knowing that the lights are operating properly at the glance of the s...

The production and imports of incandescent lighting will be banned in South Korea from next year, the government said Tuesday. Starting from Jan. 1, 2014, imports of incandescent light bulbs, which have been labeled low-efficient, will be banned permanently, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The move is part of a decision made in 2008 to phase out incandescent light bulbs, which consume as much as six times more energy than high-efficiency LED light bulbs. Using an incandescent light bulb may cost up to 15,863 won (US$14.14) per year in electr...

A computer can conduct smooth network broadband connection under the condition that it is irradiated LED light, in the absence of network cable and built-in wireless port. The mystery of completing web browsing, video playback, and many other network functions lies in LED lights on the roof. According to experts, China Unicom network signal is transmitted to the computer through LED light. The maximum transfer rate measured in this way can reach 2 MW per second. In fact, technological breakthroughs have emerged in endlessly since the advent of LED concept. LED ligh...

On July 15, The Connected Lighting Alliance, founded by GE Lighting, Lutron, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, and TOSHIBA in August 2012 as the primary advocate of wireless connectivity in lighting applications, announced that it endorsed ZigBee Light Link as the preferred common open standard for residential connected lighting applications, simplifying choices for both lighting companies and consumers. With ZigBee Light Link, consumers can realize wireless control over all their LED fixtures like light bulbs, timers, remotes and switches through systems dev...

Aston Capital, a limited partnership private equity firm, yesterday announced the formation of LightCap I Fund to finance LED lighting purchases and installations for Revolution Lighting Technologies customers. LightCap I Fund will now offer Revolution Lighting customers with flexible, customized and turnkey financing solutions that will allow them to invest in LED lighting projects and benefit from the significant savings in energy and related costs without any initial investment. The financing will generally cover all LED product purchases and associated costs, ...

Philips announced on July 15 that it has issued a series of new-generation LED bulbs in Taiwan, its 7 watt LED bulb is priced at 399 Yuan, compared with 6 watt LED bulbs Philips introduced last year at the price of 499 Yuan, the entry-price in this year dropped by 20%. In order to compete with the current mainstream 8 watt LED bulbs in convenience stores, the price of Philips' latest 8 watts LED bulbs decreased by as much as 33.39%, compared with Taiwan's two major brands, it has zero spreads from the price of Delta, 7-11 dual-brands, and it shows price di...

According to South Korean industry news, Kingsun will hold Korea business launching ceremony on the 18th in Seoul. Kingsun founded in 1994, with China's largest lighting R & D center and production base of 300,000 square meters, mainly produces LED lights, tunnel lights and security lights. Kingsun has more than 800,000 businesses in the global LED lighting field, and recently it accelerated the pace to enter the global market. It is reported that Kingsun has signed a $ 10 million LED lighting installation contract with E-Land Group. In addition, in order...

It has been reported that the Volt-based Cadillac ELR will be launched this winter as the first electric vehicle with all-LED exterior lighting. Its provocative shape and luxurious interior makes an immediate impact. The distinction of first electric vehicle is a necessary one as the redesigned 2014 Mercedes S-Class to be launched this fall is said to be the first with all-LED lighting among all cars. In any case, the Cadillac is in exceptional company, and GM first showed the car so equipped at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this year....

Advertising.my is a reputable agency that has been advocating the use of new technologies in this industry. As part of its new offerings, Advertising.my will be bringing High-Resolution and Flexible LED displays for the industry in light of its recent partnership deals. Advertising.my recently signed a partnership deal with Epistar of Taiwan, one of the leading global manufacturers of LED components which will launch P3 indoor LED displays in the country. With that, Advertising.my will now be able to provide affordable and cost-effective options for advertisers to better...

The Michigan Baseball Foundation (MBF) acquired a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network in the amount of $33,679 for converting lights and occupancy sensors to LED lighting on the exterior and front entries of Dow Diamond. MBF teamed up with The Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Corning Corp. in last October with the goal of enhancing sustainability practices across all aspects of the organization. The Loons announced a goal to reduce total energy use, water use and waste by 50% by 2020. The grant from Saginaw Bay WIN will assist the Great La...

Senior executives of Philips Lighting Division recently expressed in a new LED lighting conference that Philips will strengthen strategy for Korean LED lighting market. South Korean government held a positive attitude towards the replacement of LED lighting, LED lighting accounted for only 7% in 2008, it is estimated that the proportion will be up to 50% in 2015 and it will reach 75% in 2020. Philips said that it will strengthen partnership with South Korea LED lighting related manufacturers. Nearly two months ago, it began looking for a suitable program; the...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the final draft of "Energy Star" Lamps V1.0 specification, the specification is intended to replace the existing the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs, V4.3) and Integral LED Lamp (V1.4) specifications. It will also replace the certification requirements in "residential lamps" specification for GU24-based fluorescent. The final draft shall take effect September 1, 2014. In the letter to all stakeholders, EPA responded a series of amendments for the purpose of improving transparency ...

"Daily Economic News" made statistics for the top 25 U.S. Stocks, which shows obvious industry distribution characteristics: six of the 25 stocks belong to the pharmaceutical industry, five of the 25 U.S. Stocks belong to renewable energy industry, three are media stocks, the rest belong to bank, application software, real estate investment, Internet travel, paper supplies and other industries. RVLT: pioneer of LED Commercialization Who is the best U.S. Stock? The answer is Revolution Lighting (RVLT) in Charlotte; the stock has totally soared by ...

LEDtronics®, Inc., the pioneers of solid-state, LED lighting design and manufacturing in the United States, announced that their new, LED lamps at the Santa Monica Pier and Carousel Building are helping the 97-year-old landmark conserve energy by more than 30%, increase safety, remove light pollution, and reduce maintenance time. "The old, fluorescent lights on the Pier burned out, left gaps in the lighting and were in a difficult area to maintain," states Matt Henigan, City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Ef...

WIMA GmbH & Co.KG appoints Supreme Components International (SCI) as their official franchised non-exclusive distributor for their complete range of products in the markets of India and Vietnam. SCI, headed by Mr. Vick Aggarwala, a veteran of 38 years, has been in the high technology electronic components and LED lighting business for the past 13 years. Its technical people are always ready to provide free engineering and technical support for design-in activities to its customers. The company has also won many awards, with the most recent ones being the E...

According to relevant reports, Philips, Audi (Ingolstadt), Automotive Lighting (Reutlingen), Merck (Darmstadt) and the University of Cologne, who are the members of the OLED 3D research consortium, jointly presented the first car with a three-dimensional OLED rear lighting concept for the first time. This demonstrates the extent to which this new lighting technology will change the appearance of vehicles in the future. The three and a half-year project received 5.7 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The consortium aim...

The collaboration between a graphic designer and an interior designer in Hungary has led to the design of a lamp that projects star constellations on the ceiling while still providing functional light, which called the Starry Light Lamp. The Starry Light Lamps by Anagraphic are the brainchild of Anna Farkas and Miklὀs Batisz and are all manufactured by hand in different workshops in Budapest, Hungary. The lamp has holes punched into its dome shaped shade, which correspond to the constellations visible in the night sky of the northern hemisphere, complete with outlines th...

LG has announced full-backlit LED 55-inch and 65-inch models to expand its ultra high-definition 4K line of TVs. In addition, there has also been released an 84-inch UHD model, which is the first to be made available to buyers in the United States.   The 55-inch and 65-inch ultra high-definition TVs feature 4.1-channel 50-watt sound system that includes LG’s sliding speaker, which is mounted on a motorized sound bar that automatically surfaces beneath the panel. Additionally, LG used its Nano Full LED backlighting along with an IPS display to form t...

It is believed that many people may have such an unpleasant experience that when you need a flashlight, the flashlight can be found but cannot find the battery to light it, if flashlight also can emit light without the help of battery, such unpleasant experience will not occur any longer. Recently, AnnMakosinski, a 15-year-old girl from Canada, invented an eco-friendly flashlight; it can emit light without the use of battery. The flashlight works in accordance with the thermoelectric effect; it is powered by the heat of user's hand and the environmental temperature heat. How...

On July 11, SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, issued its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2013, ended May 31, 2013. Revenue for Q3 of 2013 was $3.5 million, a decrease of 62% over the $9.2 million in the third quarter of 2012. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for Q3 of fiscal 2013 was $11.0 million, or a net loss of $0.40 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $10.0 million, or a net loss of $0.36 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal...

Philips Automotive North America, a division of Royal Philips, brings its new Philips LED Rough Service Bulb to automotive service applications. The Philips LED Rough Service Bulb delivers an output of 800 lumens at a temperature of 3000K, still remaining cool. The new Philips bulb only needs 10.5 watts of power, which is a fraction of the consumption required by conventional Halogen and fluorescent lamps. Due to its advanced LED technology, the LED Rough Service Bulb is very efficient and durable. And it is designed with an “instant on” fea...

In recent years, LED epitaxy and chip technology, the phosphor preparation and application, and the high thermal conductive stent technology have achieved rapid development, however, there has the following technology and new trends in the field of SMD package: high current drive, high power, medium / large size, high thermal conductivity brackets and higher requirements on lighting quality. For the new trends of LED SMD packaging market, as a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning introduced OE6662 organic silicon encapsulation ...

In accordance with the latest reports, Darren Marsh, who served as Business Development Manager and Key Account Manager at Philips Lighting, is designated as the lighting sales manager of Cree Europe, as well as for the UK and Nordic regions. As the new sales manager of Cree Europe, Marsh will closely collaborate with Cree's strategic lighting allies in the UK and Scandinavia to help strengthening and extending the business in these regions. "The UK is a key market for our strategic growth plans in Europe," said Alessandro Targetti, commercial d...