With LED lighting market on the rise, international lighting giant Philips Lumileds is officially entering the mid-power LED market in 2013. In response to mid-power LED market demands, the company has added Luxeon 3535 packaging component series to their lighting packages. At the same time, the company is also actively entering low-power market and promoting Luxeon 4014 LED package components. It is estimated Lumileds will continue to release new low-power LED products in the second half of 2013. The trend of big international lighting manufacturers entering the low-mid power LED indicates intensified competition in the LED lighting market.

The creditor banks for Chi Mei Lighting Technology Corporation are demanding the company’s shareholder groups like Innolux Corportation and Chi Mei Corporation to repay the company’s debt. However, Innolux Corportation’s response was that the responsibility for resolving the debt was solely that of the creditor banks and that all Chi Mei employees are welcome to work at Innolux. Chi Mei Corp only expressed regret over the situation.

Cree introduces the new 4000-lumen LMH2 that delivers the industry’s highest-performance LED module. The barrier-breaking module produces the same or better quality light as 70-watt ceramic metal halide (CMH) lamps while consuming half the power and lasting three times longer — a first in the LED industry. “The new 4000-lumen LMH2 LED Module is an ideal LED light source to replace 70-W ceramic metal halide in many lighting applications,” said Quinten van de Vrie, director, LEDs Progress. 

It is reported that Peterson Manufacturing applied Osram Ostar Headlamp Pro LED in its new 7-inch headlight. Osram Opto Semiconductor stated that the Ostar Headlamp Pro LED offers a compact light source measuring 20mm by 20mm with multichip on board technology and silicon casting featuring ceramic chip-level conversion (C^2) and the company's UX:3 technology. According to the company, the LED offers pure surface emission and low thermal resistance (Rth) for thermal stability, as well as improved corrosion resistance. Notably, the Osram Ostar Headlamp Pr...

In the boom of LED lighting, IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, will also expand the sales range of LED lighting product to support the promotion of efficient lighting products. Steve Howard, the Chief Sustainability Officer of IKEA Group, said that LED is a lighting revolution. With the rapid rise of household electricity bills, the global energy consumption continues to grow; the positive impact brought by a LED bulb is unprecedented. Compared with the traditional incandescent lamp, the LED lamp brings a lot of new possibilities for home de...

Peerless—a leading designer and manufacturer of architectural luminaires and one of the innovative lighting companies under the Acuity Brands, Inc. umbrella—announces the release of Round 4, a comprehensive suite of LED luminaires in both suspended and wall-mounted models. Round 4 luminaires have been designed with several carefully considered design elements including continuous glowing lenses that extend across the length of the housings, unique "L" pattern connectors that provide seamless corner illumination when two or more luminaires are joined togethe...

Seoul Semiconductor, a global LED manufacturer, has announced Acrich LEDs are powering streetlights installed successfully on Weiyang road in China. This is the second installation of Acrich AC LED module streetlights the first of which were installed in Yangzhou city in April 2013.   This new streetlight can adjust its brightness according to the brightness of the surrounding environment using built-in dimming controls. The Acrich2 AC LED modules have a dimming interface on the AC power integrated circuit which the streetlight takes advantage of. The mo...

According to reports, Horikawa, the birthplace of Kyoto Yuzen silk dyeing, presents "Kyo no Tanabata" with bamboo and LED lights to celebrate Tanabata. People will see a representation of the Milky Way, a night sky full of stars. A touch of Kyoto is added with an illuminated bamboo arch under a thin veil of darkness. The bamboo used in the arch was cut down from abandoned bamboo forests.   The Japanese “Tanabata” came from Chinese legend since long ago has it that Hikoboshi (Altair star) and Orihime (Vega star) separated by the vast Mi...

Recently, the first flexible AMOLED display in mainland China came out, it is a 3.5-inch monochrome display developed by Visionox, this display comes with thin film encapsulation technology and bendable by the maximum radius of 10 mm. According to reports, many international enterprises are developing OLED flexible display technology, including Samsung, LG and SONY, but have yet not achieved industrialization. The release of this flexible AMOLED display marks that Visionox has broken through many technical difficulties such as bonding and stripping of flexible...

<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-TW X-NONE <![endif]--> Chimei Optoelectronics has gone out of business leaving behind 5.6 billion yuan in debt. The company’s creditor bank has been pursuing the company to obtain their financial claim but has yet to hear anything from the company.

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today two new high-performance LED outdoor lighting solutions—Hubbell Outdoor Lighting’s LED Miniliter® MHS LED Floodlight and LED Geometric Wall Sconce family. Making a good thing even better, the company has taken two of its popular selling products and dramatically increased the efficiency and performance of them by upgrading the light sources to LED. Hubbell Miniliter MHS LED Floodlight Based on the proven design of its popular HID floodlight, Hubbell Outd...

Cree announced an industry-changing technology breakthrough for the LED street lighting market. The XSPR LED Residential Street Light delivers better lighting while consuming over 65 percent less energy at an initial cost as low as $99 for common applications. The new Cree XSPR street light is the ideal replacement for municipalities and cities using outdated high-pressure sodium fixtures up to 100 watts and can deliver payback in less than one year. “With the low initial price of the XSPR street light and the dramatic energy savings, wholesale replacement ...

Offering modern style in area and street lighting, GE’s new Evolve™ LED Decasphere area light provides an energy-efficient and high quality means for optimizing the illumination of roadways and walkways. Its advanced LED lighting technology delivers excellent horizontal and vertical uniformity, reduced glare and enhanced lighting control. The GE Evolve LED Decasphere area light’s unique reflective optic design effectively aims the light where you need it.   GE Evolve™ LED Decasphere area light “The new Decasphere a...

On Aug. 2, the Rapid Alert System for Non-food Consumer Products issued a warning on LED lighting chain once again. It is understood that this warned product is LED lighting chain from China-based "B10Cod'Events", the notifying country of this case is France. This LED lighting chain is for interior use, and its type/number of model is LED 5EIN193, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Portal Category is 78000000 - Electrical Supplies. The product poses a risk of electric shock because the insulation between...

It is reported that Nevada Power of Reno and Las Vegas is offering substantial rebates ($12 per lamp, based on 0.30/Watt) on Soraa's gallium-nitride on gallium-nitride (GaN on GaN), full visible spectrum LED MR16 lamps, in order to speed up the adoption of energy efficient LED lighting. According to a release, with the rebates, Reno and Las Vegas businesses now have another incentive to install Soraa's MR16 LED lamps, well known as the best LED MR16 retrofit lamp available, delivering the highest light output, color rendering, whiteness, and beam...

FoxFury Lighting Solutions is pleased to announce that its SideSlide Series (powerful CREE LED flashlights featuring an innovative helmet adaptor) has been upgraded to 200 lumens. These handheld lights can be mounted on the side of firefighter helmets, wide brim hard hats and select rescue helmets. The SideSlide is a side mounted helmet light designed specifically for use by firefighters, rescue personnel and industrial safety professionals. It can also function as a handheld flashlight as well. The SideSlide is truly unique in that it can convert from a flashligh...

Access Fixtures, an online retailer of commercial and sports specialty lighting products, introduces new LED wall packs that achieve the same light output as 150–250 W metal halide wall packs. The new LED wall packs are available in both modern and classic designs and consume about 75% less energy to deliver the same amount of light as metal halide versions. What's more, these new LED Wall Packs are suited for safely and efficiently lighting outdoor commercial or industrial areas. Steven Rothschild, CEO of Access Fixtures, said that customers are used to p...

On Aug. 5, 2013, CM Global, a leader in innovative product design since 2001, announced the issuance of two patents authorized by the US Patent Office that include the construction of energy efficient LED signage that is replacing neon in the sign industry. The utility patent for invention number 8449140 is for Lighting Arrangement Using LEDs, and the other one in the patent number of 8449142 is for Reinforced Housing Structure for a Lighted Sign or Lighting Fixture. "The latest patents allow CM Global to produce signs that rival or exceed neon in bright...

To accelerate the adoption of high quality, energy efficient LED lighting Con Edison of New York is offering substantial rebates (approximately $22, based on 13.2¢/kWh) on Soraa’s GaN on GaN™, full visible spectrum LED MR16 lamps. With the rebates, New York City businesses now have another incentive to install Soraa’s MR16 LED lamps, well known as the best LED MR16 retrofit lamp available, delivering the highest light output, color rendering, whiteness, and beam of any comparable product. Soraa will help you transform your ordinary li...

LEDs are small “point” light sources that send light in a straight direction. With its rows of 0.33W LEDs that form a pleasing decorative pattern, the super thin GRID SERIES™ by BlackJack Lighting capitalizes on that technology. Available as a flush mount, a sconce and a 2 or 3-panel bath vanity, the GRID SERIES™ is offered in a choice of cool or warm light temperatures and features a specialty designed acrylic diffuser that prevents glare. The GRID SERIES™ Flush Mount delivers 47 watts and measures 16”W x16...

Cree, Inc., yesterday announced that it signed a non-exclusive worldwide patent license agreement with Transphorm, Inc. that provides access to Cree’s extensive family of patents related to GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) and GaN Schottky diode devices for use in the field of power conversion devices. The licensed family of patents addresses various aspects of making GaN power devices, including nitride materials, HEMT and Schottky diode designs and processing technology. While GaN HEMTs are already used extensively in RF markets by Cree and...

According to relevant reports, the US PTO recently published a new patent from Apple (filed in 2012) that describes how to use sensors to compensate for ambient lighting and lifetime brightness degradation in OLED displays. The patent describes that photo-diodes can be placed inside the OLED array or above and below it. Apple didn't use an OLED display in any of their products yet, but the company has been trying to improve the OLED technology, for example, the OLED color changes due to the long service time. This new patent includes many advanced technol...

Introducing the new RACD07, RECOM Lighting adds a new low-cost, constant-current LED driver to their portfolio. Thanks to its universal input range of 90-295VAC, the RACD07 is ideally suitable for applications worldwide. The modules supply a power of 7 watts and are available with constant-current options of 250mA, 350mA, 500mA or 700mA. To facilitate the installation for applications with limited space, the connections are located on one side of this compact device, which also includes a grounding clip for screw mounting. The RACD07 is compliant with I...

SEI Industries Ltd. and its sister company, Land-Sea Power Ltd., are delighted to announce a new partnership with Carmanah Technologies Corporation—maker of an advanced product line of airfield lighting.   Effective immediately, SEI and Land-Sea Power Ltd. will represent Carmanah solar aviation and obstruction lighting solutions throughout western Canada including BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This new partnership will provide cost-efficient, durable airfield lighting that can be easily installed in a...

In accordance with relevant reports, Ratepayers are finally set to get some relief from soaring power bills with the rollout of LED street lighting. Ausgrid, the state-owned electricity distributor, owns and maintains 250,000 streetlights on behalf of 41 councils - has been trialing power-saving LED technology in Australian conditions over the past 18 months. Now councils across Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter will become the first in Australia to be part of a grid-wide rollout of the energy-saving technology. Analysis shows Sydney councils have been paying up to...

Rigid Industries, the leader in vehicular mounted LED Lighting Industry, introduces the new Wake Flame SL to the marine grade line of lights. More importantly, this new marine LED light has given birth to the Rigid Industries Wake Flame series of underwater lights. The original M-Series Underwater Light released in March of 2013 is now the Wake Flame SXL and has all the same features. The Wake Flame SXL and Wake Flame SL underwater lights the marine series of lights from Rigid make a big statement out on the water by illuminating vivid colors in th...

To commemorate the completion of the new OLED production line, LG held a ceremony to celebrate the upcoming mass production of its 50-inch or larger OLED panel. For LG, the installation of production equipments for OLED screen indicates that it is closer to the mass production of OLED screen. On the equipment installation celebration held in Korea factory, LG said that it expected to put 50-inch or larger HDTV products into mass production from the second half of 2014. It is a bit later than the originally planned the first half of 2014. It is expected to n...

"MaxLite's products have proven themselves to me time and time again. This installation was after another fire station project I worked on, so I recommended MaxLite's products because of how well they turned out. Fallston's board of directors was extremely pleased with the results. They didn't expect there to be a significant change, but the trial and installation produced even better lighting than before in the parking lot. The new lights saved a lot of money for the company," said Shane Hresko, CEO of Bmore Green. The Fallston Volunteer Fir...

FoxFury Lighting Solutions is proud to sponsor the University of Michigan Solar Car Team (UMsolar) in their effort to win the 2013 World Solar Challenge. FoxFury has provided UMsolar with portable LED area lighting for night use during the 1,800 mile (3000 km) road race across the Australian Outback. “We are excited to have FoxFury on board as our exclusive lighting partner again this year! We have been using FoxFury lights for several races now and they have been extremely valuable—providing plenty of light to ensure that we complete all of our op...

It is reported that RVLT, the best stock in the U.S. market increased 515 percent this year. The company has specialized in the sales of LED light, LED light board and LED strip light. Although, the company's revenue reached $6.31 million in 1Q, it still incurred a loss of $5.32 million. U.S. investors remain positive about RVLT indicating the U.S. market's optimistic reaction towards the LED lighting industry.