2013-06-28

Walgreens Replaces Traditional Lamps with LED lighting from Acuity Brands

Walgreens used LED lighting from Acuity Brands to enhance customer experiences and reduce energy consumption in its 15,900 square foot Buffalo Grove, Illinois store. The Buffalo Grove location was previously equipped with traditional fluorescent lamps on the sales floor and metal halide lamps in exterior soffits. On the interior, Walgreens installed RT Series LED luminaires from Lithonia Lighting® throughout the sales floor. Additionally, Z Series LED Strip lights were installed in the vestibule, and for architectural down lighting, Ecos™ Square ...
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2013-06-28

Cree Launches New Cost-effective Color LED Lighting Device

Cree launched a new cost-effective LED, namely XLampXP-E2 color LED. Compared with other high-power color LEDs, this new product can improve the maximum light output up to 88% to help lighting manufacturers to achieve more cost-effective solutions in architectural lighting, automotive lighting, display lighting and other applications. Cree XLampXP-E2-color LED is developed on the basis of the new-generation LED platform with Cree innovative SC technology, compared with the previous generation of XP-E color LED, it can achieve higher Value of lm / W a...
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2013-06-28

Looking Ahead to the Next Generation of HB-LED Manufacturing Technology at SEMICON West 2013

Recent advances in microelectronics technology and production processes have led to the rapid acceleration in LED manufacturing. The latest manufacturing, materials and production developments will be showcased at SEMICON West 2013, which is going to be held on July 9th to 11th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Generally over 620 companies will exhibit the latest innovations and solutions for advanced manufacturing. On this annual tradeshow, more than 200 exhibitors and nearly 20 hours of technical presentations will be focused on LED lighting mar...
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2013-06-28

Osram Opto Semiconductors Wins the Title of Green Supplier for 2012-2013

Osram Opto Semiconductors won the title of Green Supplier of the Year at Yazaki's annual awards ceremony, held on June 5, 2013, to honor World Environment Day, the Yazaki Green Supplier of the Year program was established in 2007 as the benchmark for all Yazaki companies and affiliates throughout North and Central America. Yazaki North America, a top automotive supplier, also considered Osram Opto Semiconductors as the Best in Class Green supplier for 2012-2013 honoring them with both awards of excellence. Osram was chosen from Yazaki's top 103 suppliers...
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2013-06-28

Veeco to Organize MEMS Technical Seminar on July 4

Veeco is going to host an "Innovative Manufacturing Solutions for MEMS and Magnetic Sensors" Technical Seminar on July 4, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.    The seminar, focused on ion beam etching and physical vapor deposition of complex materials that enable smaller form factor and more reliable MEMS devices, will feature industry experts from Veeco, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Yole Développement. Topics will focus on manufacturing innovations required for unique materials, such as patterning of advanced piezoelectric devices and ...
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2013-06-28

DC/DC Converter from Diodes Incorporated Enables LED Lighting Applications Compact in Size

Diodes Incorporated is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Yesterday, it announced a miniature DC/DC converter AL8811 supporting boost, buck and voltage-inverting circuit topologies for LED lighting and universal energy management applications. The AL8811 is available in the MSOP-8L package of 3.0mm x 4.9mm x 1.1mm, needing only smallest external components and significantly reducing circuit footprint and BOM cost. The AL8811 is adva...
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2013-06-28

Cree Based-CXA LEDs Set up New Standards for Light Quality and Efficacy

Cree expanded its industry-leading CXA family with new 95-CRI options and two new LEDs, offering lighting manufacturers high-performance, design versatility and low cost in one robust platform. Delivering up to twice the efficacy of equivalent-CRI LED light sources, the new CXA CRI options deliver halogen-like color and push the boundaries of lighting-class performance by combining high-quality light with unmatched light output and efficacy. Cree's extended family of CXA LED Arrays include the XLamp CXA1304 and CXA1816, providing manufacturers the b...
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2013-06-28

Cree Introduces Industry’s First Integrated LED Module for Residential Downlights

Cree, Inc. announces commercial availability of the 750-lumen LMR2 LED Module—delivering lighting manufacturers an integrated platform to help speed time to market and lower initial cost for LED lighting in residential markets. The breakthrough LMR2 LED module combines light source, driver, optics and primary thermal management in a single, compact system, simplifying retrofit and new installation. The new LMR2 LED module shares the same form factor of the commercial LMR2 yet is optimized for the performance, dimming and cost requirements of the resident...
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2013-06-28

Portable LED Light Charged with Solar is Available in Japanese Market

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2013-06-27

Brightgreen Announces Its Improved DR700 v2 MR16

Brightgreen announces its new and improved DR700 v2 MR16 LED bulbs replacing halogen bulbs, to expand its retrofit range. With dramatically enhanced optics, a stylish sleek front and an exceptional dimming range, the new DR700 v2 MR16 LED bulb features a more compact body to fit into smaller spaces, allowing easy retrofits. The 10.5-watt DR700 v2 MR16 LED bulb provides the same brightness as a 50-watt halogen bulb while using only 20% of the energy. The payback can be received in just 14 months with 10 hours of use a day, which can be even faster for NSW and...
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2013-06-27

Taiwan-based LED Firms Enter the Automotive Lighting Market

LED lighting market is booming but price competition has been causing profits reduce. According to this situation, Taiwan-based LED firms propose to improve technology and enter the automotive lighting market. Lite-On Automotive Corporation, the subsidiary of the Lite-On Group, has been focused on the automotive lighting market. The Lite-On Group got revenues from automotive applications in 2012 were about NT$8-9 billion (US$265-298 million) and it expects to reach NT$10 billion in 2013. Lite-On pointed that the automotive lighting market is a niche market wi...
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2013-06-27

Revolution Lighting Expects LED Market to Achieve Growth of 30% to 50% in Next 5-7 Years

Revolution Lighting was founded in 1991, mainly producing lighting equipments, listed on Nasdaq in 1994, it began to shift the focus of product development to emerging LED lighting system technology in 2000. At present, it has become one of the leading enterprises offering high-performance LED lighting solutions worldwide. This year, Revolution Lighting's share price has totally increased by 466 percent, it becomes the best performing stocks among the Nasdaq Index constituent stock, and the market value of Revolution Lighting is US $ 270 million. The significant...
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2013-06-27

Google Glasses Equips with 11 LED Bulbs to Protect Personal Privacy

Google glasses have caused a series of disputes concerning personal privacy since they came out. The reason is the Google glasses equipped with cameras enable users easily record what they saw, while without neither video warning lights nor shutter sound. Many people worry that they will be getting photographed. In order to meet the new requirements of protecting personal privacy, Japanese Institute of Informatics developed a new technology. As long as you wear the glasses releasing a special light, you can prevent your face from being recognized by the camera. After the relea...
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2013-06-27

LRC’s ASSIST Releases a Publication to Help People in Selecting LEDs

The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), a program of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was established by LRC in 2002. As the collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and government organizations, ASSIST’s mission is to conduct collaborative research to enable the broad adoption of LEDs. ASSIST is sponsored by many LED manufacturers including Acuity Brands Lighting; Amerlux; Cooper Industries; Cree; Dow Corning; GE Lighting Solutions etc. ASS...
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2013-06-27

Cree Expands Its CXA Family with New 95 CRI Options and Two New LEDs

Cree expands its industry-leading CXA family with new 95 CRI (Color Rendering Index) options and two new LEDs, to provide LED lighting manufacturers with high performance, design versatility and low cost in one robust platform. The new CXA CRI options deliver halogen-like color and improve the light performance by combining high quality light with high light output and efficacy. The two new LEDs in Cree’s CXA family respectively are the XLamp CXA1304 and CXA1816, which offer manufacturers the broadest opportunity to expand their LED lighting...
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2013-06-27

Intel and Taiwan University Jointly Develop LED Stoplight to Reduce Traffic Accidents

On June 25, Intel demonstrated a research project in San Francisco, which can help reducing traffic accidents. Intel and Taiwan University are jointly developing this project to provide better communication between the vehicles, such as using LED stoplight. The researchers use a laptop to adjust the tail lights, so it can receive and display vehicle status data. Intel demonstrates it with two motorcycles, which is everywhere on the streets of Taiwan. Whenever the motorcycle in the front is decelerating, accelerating, cornering or parking, etc., the rear LED lights on ...
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2013-06-26

ALT Stunningly Demonstrates LED Lighting Product into Boiling Water and Dry Ice in 2013 OPTO, Taipei!

Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT), the leading Taiwanese high power LED lighting supplier, has again successfully presented at 2013 International Lighting Fair (OPTO) in Taiwan with the theme of “The Ultimate Challenge of LED” from June 18th to 20th. Once again, Aeon Lighting was stunning the LED industry with its 100°C boiling tested LED lamps and immersing LED lamps into -40°C dry ice while maintaining normal operation with no luminous decay or flickering! A crowd of visitors were visiting ALT booth ALT CEO...
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2013-06-26

Philips Lumileds Cooperates with an India LEDs Distributor

Philips Lumileds has signed a contract with KORE (Key Operation & Electrocomponents Pvt Ltd), a major distributor of LED components in India, to distribute Philips Lumileds LEDs in the country. KORE will distribute Philips Lumileds’ Luxeon range which includes Luxeon Rebel white LED chips. Philips expects to make good use of KORE’s large customer base in India and accelerate time-to-market of its products in this country where the market potential of LEDs is huge. A recent report by research consultancy Memoori predicted tha...
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2013-06-26

Evolucia and Solarmax Reaches an Agreement for Columbia Market

Due to the 2012 U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, Evolucia Inc. and Solarmax International have teamed up to bring Evolucia-branded high performance LED interior and exterior lighting solutions to Columbia. Several lighting projects are currently ongoing, including the installation of Evolucia's newest area light, the PAL 1000, in one of the main ports in Columbia. The PAL 1000 was the only LED product to cater for the Port's strict lighting requirements. "Our number one goal is making the Evolucia famous in the global marketplace, and this l...
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2013-06-26

55 LED Lighting Enterprises in Huli District to Enjoy Preferential Policy

According to Xiamen Dongdu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 55 LED lighting enterprises in Huli district will enjoy the preferential policy on their exports. The Dongdu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau will provide these LED lighting enterprises with several priorities including green channel, paperless inspection, E-approving etc., in order to reduce the labor costs and improve the customs clearance speed. These 55 enterprises are the first batch in Fujian's first "export light power and lighting quality and safety demonstration area". In 2012, the ex...
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2013-06-26

University of Minnesota Illuminates Stairwells with LED Luminaires from Acuity Brands

The University of Minnesota (U of M) installed Lithonia Lighting® W Series LED Luminaires from Acuity Brands, Inc. after determining new LED lighting with embedded controls could lead to significant energy savings. The University initiated tests to investigate stairwell usage across campus, which revealed low foot traffic even during peak daytime operating hours. Many indoor and outdoor stairwells, back hallways and corridors were used only for brief time periods during the day, but remained illuminated 24-hours a day with standard fluorescent and HID fixtures. ...
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2013-06-26

Sumitomo Chemical Develops Printed OLED Panel Technology

Sumitomo Chemical announced in its press release that it has developed an new technology to produce polymer OLED panel in inkjet method (printing), OLED panel (using glass substrates in the size of 370x470mm) in the resolution of 423ppi can be produced with this new technology, and its resolution is close to that of the OLED panel developed with evaporation technique (depositing red, green and blue organic material on the glass substrate). Sumitomo Chemical noted that OLED materials can only coat the places where necessary by "Printed OLED Panel Technology&...
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2013-06-26

Honeywell Expands Energy Portfolio for Commercial Enterprises in North America with Launch of LED Lighting Solutions Business

Honeywell announced that a newly formed business—LED Lighting Solutions—will offer a new line of high-efficiency industrial LED lighting fixtures in North America, expanding Honeywell’s portfolio of energy efficiency products and solutions, and offering customers a significant new source of energy and operational savings. Lighting comprises 26% of energy consumption in commercial buildings and 11% in industrial facilities, and commercial-industrial buildings combined consume approximately 72% of all electricity, making lighting an important source of potenti...
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2013-06-26

Historic German Hotel Adlon Kempinski Checks In Deep Energy Savings with GE LED Lamps

Hotel Adlon Kempinski, one of the most recognized and acclaimed hotels in Germany, has reduced its energy consumption by 80 percent following the replacement of halogen lighting with LED lamps in 382 hotel guest rooms. Seven thousand GE LED replacement lamps have been installed throughout the hotel in Berlin, reducing energy consumption by 140,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year compared to the halogen lamps previously used. Hotel Adlon Kempinski has reduced its energy consumption by 80 percent following the replacement of halogen lighting with LED lamps in 382 hotel ...
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2013-06-26

Aucksun Estimates the Additional LED Project to Make Net Profit of 168 Million

Recently, Aucksun released non-public issue plan that it intends to issue not more than 100 million shares at not less than 5.12 Yuan / share, it will raise funds not more than 512 million Yuan to construct LED epitaxial wafers and chips Industrialization Project (the first phase) and supplement working capital. If this additional issuance is completed, Aucksun will gradually establish its double main businesses development model of the LED business coupled with metal logistics distribution. Aucksun estimates that the additional LED project can make net profit of 168 millio...
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2013-06-26

Philips Advances the Lighting Reformation in the Middle East

On the informative conference hosted at the Change Initiative by Royal Philips, Mr. Adbo Rouhana proposed insights and initiatives that to reform lighting and its applications in the Middle East. During the session, Mr. Rouhana pointed that lighting consumes 19% of all electricity across the world and 22% across the Middle East. This, of course, has an environmental impact when comparing incandescent bulbs to LED lamps. "Lighting plays an important role in our lives and the impact is all around us," said Rouhana. "Being at the forefront of lighting ...
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2013-06-26

Everlight Purchases German Lighting Factory at Less than 10 Million Euros to Enter European Market

Everlight has been actively developing LED lighting, in addition to operating its own brand "EVERLIGHT", it's board of directors announced on June 25 that it will Purchase 100% stake of an European lighting company at not more than 10 million Euros (about NTD 390 million) to enter the European market. Everlight planned to purchase a German lighting factory, which is the first mergers and acquisitions Everlight conducted in European region, it aims to strengthen European lighting pathways and business development. Everlight created its own brand ...
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2013-06-26

HELLA Releases Its HypaLUME LED Flood Light

HELLA has released its first LED floodlight designed specifically for the mining industry. Based on the expertise and skilled LED technology, the new HELLA HypaLUME LED flood light is designed to withstand long time using in rigorous applications and extreme temperature range from 40 °C below zero to 50 °C without decreasing in light output. This revolutionary LED flood lamp incorporates 56 high powered LEDs to provide the brightness over 20,000 lumens. The LEDs have a color temperature of 5700K, offering a near daylight environment and ensur...
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2013-06-26

Sapphire Ingot Production Program with Investments of 1 Billion Settles Down Inner Mongolia

Recently, the sapphire ingot production project with an annual output of 25 million millimeters constructed by Inner Mongolia Jinghuan Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. has settled down Hohhot. The project construction land covers 106 acres, and the total investment of this program is 1.03 billion Yuan, a sapphire production base in the scale of 400 units of sapphire furnaces will be established, and the annual output of this sapphire production base is about 25.63 million millimeters of Sapphire Ingot (converted into 2-inch ingot), and it will be the first sapphire Ingot scale...
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2013-06-26

Governments Start to Set Standards for LED Lighting Industry

Recently a common set of standards for LED lighting firms in Greater China was announced, which will help Taiwan-based firms enter the China market. This common set of standards will be expanded to emerging markets such as Russia, India, Southeast Asia, and South Africa in the near future. In recent years, Taiwan-based LED firms have actively obtained business in China. Now with this common set of standards, these firms have the opportunity to occupy a larger market share. The major LED lighting markets across the world have been introducing standards and veri...
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Violumas, provider of high-power UV LED solutions and inventor of 3-PAD LED technology, is proud to launch the release of new 275nm and 265nm LEDs in mid-power, high-power, and high-density packages. The radiant flux of the new 275nm and 265nm... READ MORE

DURHAM, NC – November 12, 2024 –– Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), today announced the launch of its new CV28D LEDs with FusionBeam™ Technology, a groundbreaking advancement for the LED signage market... READ MORE