LED lighting was once considered as a sunrise industry with unlimited prospect; however, the blind expansion of production capacity has caused this industry into the winter. According to the report released by Guangdong Guangya Lighting Research Institute, the market demand for LED backlighting and lighting has been strong and vendors of chip, packaging and application have received a large number of orders since this year. Some entrepreneurs and industry analysts believe that LED outbreak will usher in explosive growth in Q4 of this year. In accordance with "Energ...

According to the survey jointly conducted by LEDinside and AVANTI, the proportion that Chinese consumers can cognitive LED bulbs clear is only 25%, enhancing consumer awareness is still the key for the popularization of LED lighting. In recent years, LED lighting has been widely applied in the commercial and public lighting sectors for its energy saving, but in home lighting, its penetration rate is low, LEDinside estimated that LED lighting accounted for only 1% of the total flux required in home lighting in 2012. This study reveals that consumer awareness ...

LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS) today reported that it is the recipient of the 2013 Manny Award in the "biggest breakthrough" category. This prestigious annual award is given to outstanding manufacturing companies for their innovation and best practices. LSI's recently introduced solid-state product, the Sterling™ LED area light fixture, was the basis for this award. The Manny Award is given by Cincy Magazine, a leading business publication of Greater Cincinnati.  Robert J. Ready, CEO, said, "We are pleased to receive the Manny Award. As a leading lighting and graphics company dedicated to providing advanced solid-state LED products, new product development and introduction......

OSRAM SYLVANIA and Comcast recently announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to offer energy efficient light bulbs that can be controlled remotely through the Xfinity Home platform. By collaborating with OSRAM SYLVANIA, Comcast is further enhancing its Xfinity Home service by providing Sylvania’s new energy-saving LED smart light bulbs that can be installed on any standard light bulb socket, and that can save 83% energy costs and last 17.5 times longer than the lifespan of standard incandescent light bulbs. In addition, by coope...

EVERLIGHT has released the white 1W high-power LED XI3535. The company says that the cost-effective package provides high lumen output and efficacy and is apply to the designs of high-power LED such as directional lamps, decorative lamps, panel lights and other residential lighting applications. The XI3535’s package material is thermally efficient, allowing the LED to be driven at higher current for more lumens while maintaining good service life. The XI3535 is offered in ANSI correlated color temperature (CCT) ratings from 2700K to 6500K and has ...

MAQUET Medical Systems USA yesterday launched its LED concealed lighting system for the Labor, Delivery and Recovery (LDR) room. The retractable LED light sets a new standard in illumination quality, comfort and operational efficiency during the birthing process. The retractable LED concealed lighting system is designed to provide high-quality lighting and reduce clutter in the LDR room. The System offers a lamp holder that can be easily accessed from the ceiling and easily controlled. Furthermore, the unique lighting technology provides shadow-free, quali...

Recently, the LED project jointly invested by Everlight and Ching Fu Group with $ 160 million located in Yunxiao, Fujian.   The first phase of this project attracts the investment of $ 25 million, and it covers 100 acres of land, which mainly specializes in the R & D, production and sales of optoelectronic devices, new mechanical and electrical components, electronic equipment and others. Everlight is a global leader in the LED industry and a LED lighting applications business in Taiwan with the largest output. Ching Fu Group is one of the leading enterp...

Although all energy-saving LED lighting products are considered “green,” I’ve yet to see a real green bulb that is filled with algae until now.   To meet Hungarian designer Bodonyi Gyula’s concept of green LED lights, the AlgaeBulb was created. AlgaeBulb is a mini oxygen-generator housed inside of a teardrop-shaped LED bulb. As described, it is filled with microorganisms that power the bulb itself. The AlgaeBulb is an exploration into the use of the organisms on a micro-scale in single LED lightbulb that harnesses the green-power ...

During June 4 and 6, the SPARC International Lighting Event 2013 was held in Sydney international passenger traffic hub at Circular Quay. The biennial Australian International Lighting Fair is a professional lighting exhibition jointly sponsored by the Lighting Association of Australia (LCA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand (IES), this exhibition is the second. China Lighting Association invited 12 Chinese lighting companies to participate in the exhibition in accordance with the requirement of the organizers. Chin...

Fremont Micro Devices launched two new application samples for the FT838RNA. The FT838RNA facilitates the design of AC/DC LED driver applications. The LED current can be accurately regulated by sensing the primary side information with a few external components without the need for an opto-coupler and TL431. The integrated low voltage lockout and built-in cable compensation functions can lower the cost and increase the efficiency, in order to offer consumers the more affordable LED lighting products. “The two new FT838RNA application examples enab...

It is learned from the earnings report recently released by Epistar Corporation that its consolidated revenues in May reached 2.223 billion NTD, a growth of 15.85% over last month, also an annual growth of 19,42%. In view of the company's operation, Jye Lee who is the Chairman of Epistar Corporation said that the market demand for LED blue chip has started from March, while the demand for LED AlGaInP Chip in the initial stage has been weak, but in May, the market demand for LED AlGaInP chip increased significantly, which has become the main reason for ...

SemiLEDs Corp, has released two new UV-LED product series, the 10-watt high-power N9 series, and the 0.17 to 0.50-watt mid-power P50N series. According to proprietary vertical LED structure, both product series are designed for industrial applications including printing, coating, curing, signage and medical or cosmetic uses. The N9 series, placed in a 9mm x 9mm ceramic package, is offered in wavelengths from 385nm to 420nm in 5nm bins. Drive currents up to 1000mA provides typical output of 5000mW of optical power at the nominal 350mA drive rate at 30V. The lamberti...

LEDinside, a subsidiary of TrendForce, is ready to hold a grand and perfect LEDforum 2013 Guangzhou  on June 11 th , to provide valuable advice that can help LED industry players to face challenges in the future.   This time, LEDforum 2013 will provide a perfect platform to interact with global LED market leaders from Cree, Philips Lumileds, Veeco, YunFeng , KLA-Tencor, Epistar, Richtek, Honglitronic, Refond. These leaders will share their insights on the development of the LED market. LEDinside analyst team will put forward Global L...

The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has demonstrated the first monolithic integration of LED and high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on the same gallium nitride (GaN) chip. It is estimated that this pioneering work could facilitate the generation of new LED technology that is low-cost, more efficient, and which enables new functions beyond illumination. In existing LED lighting systems, the external components including inductors, capacitors, silicon interconnects and wires, must be installed on or integ...

Lighting Science Group Corporation released its outdoor LED coastal Lights designed with amber-colored light, to improve survivability of sea turtle hatchlings and other wildlife that are sensitive to light or threatened by artificial coastal light. Studies show that turtle eye receptors are easily distracted by wavelengths in the ultraviolet, blue, or green spectrum found in typical white lighting. This bright, disruptive beach illumination can attract wildlife and disturb its natural behavior, so it should be replaced by amber-colored LED illumination. "Sea turtles ...

It was reported that the person who in charge of Panasonic's digital products business expressed in an interview with Japanese media that Panasonic will launch OLED TV before the end of 2015. Currently, Panasonic is developing the next-generation OLED panel to be used in TV / large-size display with Sony, the target is to establish the massive production technology of the next generation of OLED panel. In addition to Panasonic, Sony is also developing OLED panel with Taiwan AUO. Sankei Shimbun reported on February 16 that Sony and Panasonic ha...

Recently, the high-power E-star 3535 and the low-power PLCC 3014 of APT Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited (APTE) have experienced an actual test conducted by a third-party certification institution for up to 6,000 hours; both of the two products are comply with the U.S. "Energy Star" LM-80 standard. It is reported that the luminous flux maintenance rate of PLCC 3014 under test conditions at 55 ℃ for 6000 hours is 100.7%, while its luminous flux maintenance rate under the test conditions at 105 ℃ for 6000 hours is 98.6%. However, the luminous flux m...

Peter Arellano, the city's director of public works，said that Beaverton plans to improve street lighting this fiscal year, with four stretches of street expected to install new lights by June 30. The public works department will also ask the City Council to make LED lights the standard for street lights city-wide. Arellano told the city's budget committee May 30. Arellano said that the city mounted LED lights on Southwest 155th Terrace north of Southwest Scholls Ferry Road and on part of Southwest Nora Road. Southwest 139th Way and Southwest 141st Aven...

The 18th Street Railroad Viaduct in Birmingham will lunch LightRails. At 8 p.m. June 27, an Artistic Lighting Installation will be launched with the support of REV Birmingham and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. This lighting project is a great way to change underpasses into powerful connectors for pedestrian traffic," REV Birmingham CEO David Fleming said. The 18th Street Railroad lights are the first of many lighting projects to be displayed across the Birmingham's City Center. The next lighting ceremony will be the Railroad...

Skyworth Digital announced that the sales volume of its TV in May increased by 68% to 1.022 million units, the China TV business unit achieved an annual growth of 73% to 82.5 million units, the sales of LED LCD TV doubled to 82.5 million units. Overseas TV business unit also achieved an annual sales growth of 50% to 19.7 million units, the sales of flat-panel TV grew by 41% yearly to 150,600 units. Skyworth also said that TV sales in May increased by 73% year-Over-year, the sales of China TV business division increased by 72%, while overseas grew by 81%....

An internal wiring problem can pose fire and laceration hazards Philips Lighting Company of Bath, N.Y., is recalling about 8,100 metal halide lamps. The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter, posing fire and laceration hazards. The company has received one report of a failure that damaged a lamp. There have been no reports of injury or property damage. The recalled items are egg-shaped, clear glass, 150-watt industrial metal halide lamps about five inches long with a medium base. Recalled lamps were manufactured between November 201...

With the increasing emphasis on environmental issues, the demand for LED lighting gradually rise, compared with the demand caused by the replacement of home lighting consumers independently conducted, the demand caused by the government-led street light replacement is more clear, but the cross-strait LED manufacturers target the street lamps cases in mainland of China, who has ignored the fact that the opportunities to replace the traditional street lights with LED lamps has began to take shape in Europe and America. Currently, the penetration rate of LED lights in U.S....

Cree has received a matching $2.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its research and development of light-emitting diode, or LED, lighting products. The agency said the $10.1 million in competitive, matching grants to five companies are for two-year projects that "will focus on achieving significant cost reductions while maintaining quality by improving manufacturing equipment, processes, or monitoring techniques." Greg Merritt, vice president for marketing with Durham, N.C.-based Cree, said Wednesday the company has been working with the DOE...

The enigmatic smile of the "Mona Lisa" is now being illuminated by light-emitting diodes specially developed by Toshiba Corp., the electronics giant said June 5. The new LED illumination suppresses UV radiation, which will prevent degradation of Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece at the Louvre Museum in Paris, according to Toshiba. It said the system highlights the expression and skin tone of the "Mona Lisa," enabling viewers to enjoy more accurate color shades of the painting. The new lighting system, which is housed in a display...

At SID 2013, an academic conference on display technologies (lecture number: P.140L), Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK) and Nippon Shokubai Co Ltd announced that they thoroughly improved the oxygen and moisture resistances of their OLED device. In addition, they utilized the new technology to demonstrate a display by playing a press preview of Open House 2013 May 28, 2013. As the development of flexible OLED displays and OLED lighting devices being advanced, their durabilities remain a big problem for commercialization. To solve this problem, the barrier capab...

Elec-Tech will release its lighting high drive current flip chips in the name of "Aurora Borealis" on Guangzhou International Lighting Fair to be held on June 9th. 1ALED lighting-class high drive current flip chip can achieve 310 lumens under the drive of 1A, and it can achieve up to 230 lumens per watt driven by 700ma current. According to the publicly available information, Philips chip with the same specifications can achieve 300 lumens and 220 lumens correspondingly, and the corresponding data for the United States Cree are 297 lumens and 223 lumens, the lumi...

The 18th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition will be held from June 9 to 12 at the China Import and Export Fair Exhibition Centre. The exhibition is expected to attract more than 110,000 visitors to come to visit, including GE (USA), Osram (Germany), Philips (Netherlands), LumiLEDs (United States), Cree and others from 27 countries and regions, a total of more than 2,600 exhibitors will fully participate in the meeting. In the secondary market, LED plate has begun to achieve a sharp adjustment since May 24, according to the research report recentl...

The LED Light (China), a China-based LED light manufacturer and wholesaler, has recently released a new DALI dimming LED panel light collection to expand its production line. A senior engineer of the company said that DALI is an International Standard (IEC 62386) for the control of electronic ballasts, transformers, LED lights, emergency lights and exit signs in a manageable digital lighting control system. The new DALI dimming LED panel light is designed to replace traditional lighting applications. The new product comes with much originality, whic...

The LED China Jiuzhou City (hereinafter referred to as "Jiuzhou City") locating in Xiaolan Town will officially open for business on June 8. According to reports, Jiuzhou City covers an area of over 400,000 square meters, it is the largest LED professional market in China, Jiuzhou City can accommodate more than 2,000 enterprises, currently, and there are nearly 300 enterprises in Jiuzhou City. According to the introduction from the deputy general manager of the Jiuzhou City, the preparatory work for Jiuzhou City has begun in 2009, the overall in...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) did a study of how much electricity was saved last year thanks to the use of LED in nine kinds of applications (various kinds of indoor lights, streetlights, etc). The numbers are impressive: "In 2012, about 49 million LED lamps and luminaires were installed in the nine applications. LEDs in these markets saved approximately 71 trillion British thermal units (tBtu), equivalent to an annual energy cost savings of about $675 million"!   But what's even more impressive is the potential for improvement. There is stil...