Austria Micro System(AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, yesterday launched an LED flash driver AS3630 that provides a photo flash light output at least four times brighter than flash systems commonly found in smart phones today. Comparing to today's LED flash drivers in cell phones generally providing a maximum 2A output, the new AS3630 can drive up to 8A current, enabling cell phone cameras to take pin-sharp images of objects even in dark or in fast move. The AS3630 supports substantially faster shutter speeds. At the...

On the recent Guangzhou Lighting Fair, Philips showcased its latest LED research achievements for road field, it first introduced 3000K warm white LED street lighting solutions to the Chinese market, Philips aims to fill the gap in the current LED lighting market with innovative technology. The new 3000K warm white LED lighting products not only provide sufficient surface brightness on street to ensure road safety, but also it offers driver and passengers comfortable viewing experience with the appropriate color temperature, while completing the social responsibility...

Valoya, a LED grow lights manufacturer, yesterday announced its new research findings that growing tomatoes under artificial lighting can bring additional benefits to the crop. This research was conducted at Plant Research in the Netherlands. The additional benefits were attributed to solid-state lighting (SSL) technology, which found that pollinator bumble bees are very active under this type of lighting. The bees are necessary for the growth of tomatoes. This new study focused on LED light’s effects on bee activity. When the LED lighting was turned on, bees...

It is reported that demand for sapphire ingot becomes larger, even its demand exceeds supply, therefore its price soared in June, the average price rose from $ 3 per millimeter (mm) to $ 3.8 per mm, an growth of 20% just in a few weeks. The main applications of sapphire ingot are in the LED backlight and lighting over the past years, however, the TV market is bad, which causes that the overall demand for related LED supply chain is not strong; due to the good transmission of sapphire material, and scratch-resistant, wear-resistant, American smart phone manufacturers integrated...

Access Fixtures updated its lineup of Toshiba LED high bays with lower prices and significant rebates from many utility companies. LED high bay lights are long-lasting and produce superior quality of light while using significantly less energy than metal halide or high pressure sodium lighting, so they are ideal for industrial and commercial applications. Qualified by the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) as a high-quality, high-performing LED product, rebates for the LED high bays are available from $100 per fixture in Massachusetts to $315 per fixture in Long Island. ...

Coinciding with its stock market debut, Osram will light up the financial district of Frankfurt with the new TaunusTurm high-rise tower consisting of more than 12,000 indoor luminaires. Osram is offering a variety of LED luminaries on behalf of the construction company Ed. Züblin AG featuring an absolute homogeneous light and very flat construction designs. They are also more energy-efficient compared to models with classic fluorescent light sources. The luminaries are now being installed successively. The office tower in the height of 170 meters is currently being bu...

It is reported that Samsung Group recently disbanded its new businesses team, and all team members are reinstated on July 1. Officers of Samsung said that the new businesses team has played a pivotal role in promoting the development of five new strategic businesses. Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and other Samsung's divisions incorporated into the new businesses have formally entered the career stage, so it decided to dissolve the advance team on July 1. But it was rumored that the former head of the future strategy Office led Shunze Jin who is the head of the ...

The General Motors (GM) Lordstown Assembly Complex became the first GM facility to accomplish one of the world's largest LED lighting replacements, throughout its entire 815,000 square foot. The Stamping Plant has been able to reduce its energy consumption by over 80% by replacing the existing 1,328 1000W and 283 400W Metal Halide fixtures with 1,246 ALLED High Bay lights ranging from 90W to 360W. The ALLED High Bay Series is a highly efficient, most advanced lighting fixture designed to operate for over 150,000 hours without maintenance. In addi...

Airmall, an airport concessions developer from North America, has installed one of the first 360-degree LED video boards at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI Marshall) Airport. The video boards from Daktronics offers better viewing angle to the patrons for shopping and dining information in the Airport. The nine-foot diameter video board is located at the convergence of three passenger corridors in D Concourse and is one of the only display board at an airport that offers wide viewing angles for patrons as they pass, along with the ability to ...

Plessey is working closely with Plymouth City Council, to help achieve the Council's carbon reduction strategy for all their managed buildings and infrastructure. Plessey recently released the first commercially available 350mW GaN-on-silicon LEDs. The lighting products are manufactured on Plessey’s 6-inch MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line. The GaN-on-silicon LEDs use a much thinner GaN layer at only 2.5μm, and they are cheaper than LEDs grown on sapphire or SiC. This latest solid-state LED lighting solution to be employed in Pl...

Green Watt Power (GWP), a division of Calex Mfg. Co., Inc. located Concord, California, announces the availability of the GLV75 constant voltage LED power supply. The GLV-24-75 is a 24 Volt output 3.15A fully encapsulated IP67 rated power supply, ideal for LED lighting applications requiring that voltage and current rating. The GLV-24-75 is protected by over voltage protection, short circuit protection with auto recovery, over temperature protection and backed by Green Watt Power's five year warranty for years of reliable performance. The MTBF for...

On July 3, Sharp released LC-60LE751 Series of 60-inch AQUOS LED TVs and remote control app. LE751 Series LED TVs offer 3D, smart connectivity and ultra-slim silver designs that feature a 15mm bezel. The series also involves 50-inch and 39-inch models with a 10mm bezel. Sharp stated that the LE751 Series LED TVs provide improved picture quality and smooth motion, thanks to its own Active Motion 200Hz technology, designed to reduce blur and add more natural movement. The AQUOS NET+ portal enables web browsing and integration with mobile...

Revolution Lighting, a leader in advanced LED lighting technology, yesterday announced its latest international retrofit installation project with Gasolineras Don Justo, a group of 11 gas stations and a subdivision of the largest gas station chain in Mexico. Seesmart, a Revolution Lighting brand, has installed 16 90W LED canopy lights in one of 11 stations in Leon, Mexico. The 16 LED canopy lights have improved light output levels by 70% within the past month. Seesmart’s LED canopy lights provide a 50,000 hour life, and save more than 50% in energy consumpt...

Dialog, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced that it has acquired iWatt, a leading provider of digital power management integrated circuits (ICs), for a cash payment of approximately $310 million, with additional contingent consideration of up to $35 million. This Acquisition enhanced Dialog's leadership in power management for Tablets and Smart phones and promoted Dialog to enter LED Solid State Lighting market, which means that the market competition will be more intense, and the Taiwan manufacturers l...

According to the reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the LED lamp from Philips that won the L Prize in the 60 W replacement category has shown no reduction in light output after 25,000 hours of continuous lumen maintenance testing. The prize was awarded in August 2011. DOE has tested 200 Philips lamps for 7,000 hours in a specially constructed high-temperature (45° C) facility, so it predicted the Philips lamps would keep lumen maintenance of 97.1% at 25,000 hours. Even though this far exceeded the competition’s 70% requirement, DOE&rsquo...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (China) Co., Ltd with a total investment of 250 million euros is a major high-tech foreign-funded project in Wuxi New District over the recent years, the project has entered the installation phase of electrical and mechanical equipments, and it is expected to be put into operation in October this year. July 2, Lixin Huang, Standing Committee of Jiangsu and municipal party secretary, met with the CEO of German Osram Opto Semiconductor and other visitors, they negotiated and reached a consensus on speeding up construction projects and dee...

Recently San Francisco designer Vincent Pilot Ng created the new bright LED pet collar. This LED pet collar named Halo Mini. It runs on Kickstarter that looks like something you'd expect to see on a digital pooch roaming the alleys in "Tron: Legacy." The Halo Mini that illuminate a thermoplastic polyurethane fiber optic strip. Battery life runs about 75 non-consecutive hours on flash mode, and 30 consecutive hours in solid illumination mode. It takes two hours to recharge through a regular USB cord. And it is water resistant and reflective whe...

On Tuesday, Samsung released its first Ultra HD (4K) LED TV 8S59 with a price-tag of 27, 00,000 in Indian market. Atul Jain, Senior Vice President of Samsung India, who said during the launch event that the Timeless Gallery Design of the Samsung UHD TV meets the need of premium customers for Innovative design coupled with Best in Class performance. The UHD TV provides a resolution that is four-times higher than that of full HD TVs, and UHD screens offer enhanced clarity with rich colors. The new Samsung television features 'Timeless ...

Barco LiveDots, a Barco company, introduced its V14m, a 14 mm pixel pitch transparent LED display, with 4,300 nits brightness and a contrast of 6,000:1. Designed for the rental and staging market, the V14m is a lightweight LED display that is easy and safe to set up due to its special magnetic V-lock. The V14m is available now for commercial distribution. One of the most striking features of the V14m is its magnetic V-lock, which significantly reduces setup times and enables a single technician to safely install an 800x800 tile on his own. The V14m shares its mech...

As Larson Electronics introduced new LEDL-160W LED boat light, its Magnalight signaled the end of the 1000 watt halogen light common on larger vessels. Drawing only 14 amps instead of 84 amps on a 12 volt circuit, the LEDL-160W LED light offers a longer life, cooler operating temperature, lower wire gauge requirements and longer battery life than its 1000 watt halogen predecessors. This 'instant-on' light has a sophisticated optics design that enables the light to punch into the darkness while minimizing casting. "The LEDL-160W LED boat light of...

Taiwan-based AOC International plans to storm India TV market with its low-cost LED TVs. AOC hopes to cash in on Indians' growing fondness for low-cost LEDs. On the cards are 24 warehouses and 20 branch offices across India and a R100-crore marketing blitz over the next six months. AOC offers the latest LED technology-based TVs at a low price of Rs 7,000 while leading brands such as LG and Samsung sell the product with comparable specifications at more than twice the price. However, LG also announced recently that India will be a manufacturing ba...

According to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc, the market for LED driver ICs in LED lighting increase from $214 million in 2012 to $323 million this year. This will allow the LED market for lighting to exceed that of cell phones, which will have revenue of $316 million. Unit shipments of LED driver ICs this year will continue to favor mobile handsets with 1.5 billion units, versus 1.1 billion for LED lighting. However, in 2014 lighting is expected to exceed mobile as the volume shipment leader with 1.9 billion, compared to 1.7 billion for ...

Philips partnered with the Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) to propose a new solar-powered LED lighting concept, which will benefit at least 26 communities spread across Ghana. At the Accra stop of Philips’ pan-African Cape Town to Cairo Roadshow, CEO of Philips Africa, JJ van Dongen, yesterday announced that the company will be installing 26 ‘Community Light Centres (CLC)’ at locations across Ghana. The concept of the CLC, according to Philips, is to create areas of light for rural communities which live without electricity...

Frost & Sullivan's Electronics & Security Practice has announced that it will hold the 3rd Annual Executive Congress on the Indian LED Lighting Market, titled 'Towards a Brighter, Greener India' on July 9th, 2013 in New Delhi. The event aims to address the various challenges faced by LED Lighting suppliers and end users. Increasing awareness of energy efficient technologies as well as the growing efficacy of LED Lighting products is triggering massive growth in the Indian LED Lighting market. Frost & Sullivan's recent re...

The main aims of the common project are to improve the efficiency and service life of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). In addition, production costs have to be minimised to ensure that OLEDs can be successful in the general lighting mass market. In the past years, the participating companies have achieved innovative advantages that are intended to be expanded as a part of the funded project. The OLYMP project aims to make OLED attractive for the mass-market general lighting sector.   With OLYMP (Organic Light emitting sYstems based on energy ...

Research firm IHS expects that there will be more than 100 billion GaN LED units to be shipped in 2013 and the revenue from GaN LED products will exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars. IHS expects that the total revenue of GaN LED products applied in lighting will reach 3.4 billion U.S. dollars this year, and will come to 6.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. IHS noted that GaN LED products are mainly applied in TV backlight, lighting and other fields, revenue from this part accounts for 85% of the income of the entire LED industry. Global LED market inc...

Today, Energy-Efficient lighting manufacturer Precision-Paragon (P2) released two new LED lighting products that are suitable for use in a variety of wet locations. The VTL vaportight fixture and VTK vaportight retrofit kit deliver industry leading lighting efficiencies of between 97 and 104 lumens per watt using the latest in LED lighting technology. The fixtures are ideal for a variety of industrial applications including freezers, coolers, food processing areas, car wash areas and other locations where there is frequent contact with water. “We expect food ...

According to reports, Apple recently applied a trademark “iWatch” in Japan after having applied the same trademark in Russian regions. According to one patent official familiar with the situation, Apple submitted the iWatch trademark application on June 3, but Japan Patent Office website chose to release the patent on June 27. Just days before Apple kicked off its 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, CEO Tim Cook spoke to Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at AllThingsD’s D11 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., where he discussed A...

Sharp intends to introduce its new 32-inch-class LCD monitor into the Japanese market, the PN-K322B. It is an originally developed professional-use touchscreen monitor with high sensitivity and high precision, and PN-K322B delivers 4K resolution (3,840 × 2,160 pixels), up to four times the resolution of full HD. The PN-K322B is the latest ultra-high-definition display of Sharp. Its high-precision touchscreen allows accurate onscreen handwriting of fine text and lines, with writing performed via a dedicated touch pen with a pen-tip width of just 2 mm. The dis...

LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company, has developed a new polyester material based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Pocan TP 555-001, which is perfectly suitable for manufacturing housings, sockets and other components for light-emitting diodes (LED). What makes the product unique is its excellent light reflection, which hardly declines at all over time, and its high heat stability. Dr. Matthias Bienmüller, head of Pocan Product Development at LANXESS, explains that this high-tech material represents a new, growing material family that is the ...