On the occasion of the SIPLACE press conference for the upcoming Productronica trade show in Munich, W. K. Lee, CEO of ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT), pointed out that the ASM Group is now the supplier with the widest-ranging technology and product portfolio for the electronics industry. ASMPT is the only equipment manufacturer in the world that integrates solutions for all process stages from front-end (wafer design and production) to back-end assembly (chip packaging, bonding, etc.) to SMT placement solutions provided by the SIPLACE team. W. K...

Good news from the management of ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems) at the SIPLACE press conference in Shenzhen. SIPLACE COO in China, Herbert Hofmann, presented a whole series off innovative SIPLACE solutions for the following process steps: new product introduction (NPI), setup changeover and production run. Based on the globally leading SIPLACE placement platform, integrated hardware, software and service innovation will help especially electronics manufacturers in China and Asia to...

Next-Generation LED Module Family Features Award-Winning TrueWhite Technology, Industry-Leading Color Rendering Index (CRI) and System Efficacy Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the commercial availability of the new LMH2 LED module family, designed to speed time-to-market for high-quality LED luminaires. The barrier-breaking LMH2 is the only LED module delivering 80-lumens-per-watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater than 90. The modules feature Cree TrueWhite Technology, a revolutionary way to generate white light with LED...

City decreases environmental impact by reducing energy consumption by 74 percent; replaces over 400 metal halide fixtures with LED technology. The parking garage at the City Hall in Austin, Texas, houses 750 parking spaces and must leave its lights on 24 hours a day, making for high energy usage and big electrical bills. After evaluating several manufacturers' LED products, city officials chose LED luminaires from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. By repla...

Introduction of LED lighting technology offers South African businesses an estimated annual collective energy savings of ZAR 41 million (approx. EUR 4 million) and reduces 60,000 tons of CO2 Johannesburg, South Africa - Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and Eskom (The South African state-owned utility company) today announced the largest energy saving LED lighting deal in Africa to date. Under the agreement, 200,000 Philips MasterLED lamps are being distributed through Karebo Systems at discounted prices throughout South Afr...

China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China 160,000 sqm of exhibition space already sold for 2012 show Launch of new Business Matchmaking Programme More industry associations show keen interest in AGORA New name for LED summit Hong Kong association joins strong international line up of supporters The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, one of the world’s most influential and comprehensive lighting industry events has already sold more than 160,000 sqm of exhibition space for its show taking place 9 – 12 June 2012 ...

Philips has partnered with Ayala Museum by providing subsidized lighting using LED  units. At the signing of a memorandum of agreement, Rico Gonzales, country manager of Philips Electronics and Lighting noted that LED is fast becoming the standard of lighting for commercial and residential use due to its longevity and low-energy consumption. Philips’ 35-watt Luxspace LED units have replaced 120-watt incandescent lamps, which results in energy savings of up to 70 percent. In addition, Philips also installed its Dynalite lighting controls to allow the...

Starbucks located in the middle of the New York City’s Times Square Theatre District has undergone an LED lighting makeover. Starbucks joined forces with Focus Lighting, a New-York based architectural lighting design firm, and Florida-based LED Source on the store’s renovation.   The soft, warm hues featured in the store are made possible thanks to new LED lamps from Toshiba. The LED lamps are not only more energy efficient than traditional bulbs, they also have a longer life. Additionally, the bulbs don’t contain mercury or lead and so...

Switching from dry process to wet produces lower capital and manufacturing costs, scalability, and better throughput MicroTech has developed a wet process station for the etching of PSS (Patterned Sapphire Substrate) wafers used to increase light extraction and efficiency in high brightness LEDs. The wet station can improve manufacturing throughput, a major stumbling block to making LEDs price competitive with fluorescent lighting. As LED manufacturers look to decrease costs, the use of PSS becomes more important. The average light output power is reported to be...

For the third time in series LayTec was awarded with Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award for Germany and the Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 EMEA Award. With a sales growth of 1062% in the period 2006-2010 LayTec achieved place 8 in Germany and place 144 among the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa! CEO, president and founder of LayTec, Dr. Thomas Zettler, explains the successful concept: „To receive this award three years in succession shows that we have successfully positioned LayTec in the marke...

The city of Gatlinburg  has completed lighting replacement under a Tennessee Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant which will result in immediate savings in electricity usage. The grant concentrated on lighting improvements in City Hall and most departments as well as the Convention Center. The $57,558.95 grant, a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also funded the conversion of traffic signals throughout town to LED bulbs. Members of the city’s Building Maintenance Department and staff at the Convention Cente...

Malaysian LED manufacturer Dominant violates OSRAM intellectual property rights The higher regional court Karlsruhe confirmed that Malaysian LED manufacturer Dominant is illegally using or has used OSRAM AG technology with seven patents. As the court of first instance, the regional court Mannheim already reached the same verdict regarding three of these patents on July 25, 2007. OSRAM had sued the manu-facturer on several patents and industrial properties. “The ruling of the court of appeal in Karlsruhe is an important confirmation of our intellectu...

Toshiba is to roll out the "Regza 32BE3," a 32V-size LCD TV integrated with its "Eco Chip," in mid-December 2011. The Eco Chip receives/detects signals from the remote after the TV is turned off with the remote. Its consumption current is as low as about 95μA. The Regza 32BE3 incorporates the Eco Chip and a large-capacity capacitor. The Eco Chip is driven by electricity stored in the capacitor, and AC power is cut by a relay. As a result, the standby power consumption of the TV is equivalent to the power consumption of an unplugg...

Recently, Genesis Photonics Chairman K.J. Chong has declared his ambitious goal on creating his company as “ MediaTek Inc.” of Taiwan’s LED industry. The company has fought for its goal of becoming No.1 supplier of innards of LED lamps in a single package as MediaTek being the No.1 supplier of mobile phone chipsets. According to Chong , his company will help Taiwan’s LED-lighting manufacturers introduce high price/performance ratio products with its light engines to compete with global lighting heavyweights such as Philips, Osram an...

Malaysian company MyLED Group, which consists of MyLED Master and MyLED Opto Technology, has injected $54.90 million to expand its manufacturing capability in solid state lighting and LED industry. The company claims to be the first local firm who will have both solid state lighting and LED manufacturing technology. The SLL technology will be under MyLED Master, while the LED technology will be under MyLED Opto Technology. According to MyLED group chairman Datuk Fauzi,"From now until 2014, we're putting in money to expand our S...

New Glasgow is to replace the current high-pressure sodium lights in street with LED lights in the coming weeks. In the spring the NDP government introduced legislation making LED lighting mandatory for roads and highways. Municipalities have five years to complete the conversion. Town CAO Lisa MacDonald said the town is proceeding with the conversion at this time, as there is financing available for the project. Last year New Glasgow converted 59 of its street lights in a trial and found they produced a higher level of lighting. Once converted, the change is...

Pressed on by its security department that was anxious to have better lighting in the hospital’s parking lot for the security cameras to operate more efficiently, the Facilities Maintenance Department of Kingman Regional Medical Center approached Howard Industrial Sales in nearby Chandler to initiate energy savings comparisons and a lighting upgrade proposal in order to increase the light output in its vast parking lot. Nestled in the foothills of the Hualapai Mountain range, the award-winning Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is a community-owned 235-bed...

LED company PowerSecure (POWR) has designed  new SuperTube LED lighting fixtures to replace overhead fluorescent tubes in commercial applications. The  new SuperTube LED lighting fixtures have passed UL certification and have already been installed for a customer.  They are specifically designed for indoor T8 and T12 retrofit applications and offer 75% greater efficiency over traditional lighting. In the meanwhile, they can reduce maintenance costs due to a long lifespan of 10 years.  ...

Changzhi , the city in southeastern Shanxi province, China is to develop its LED industry to boost the city’s economy. According to the city s mayor Zhang Bao, the coal industry "has once contributed much to Changzhi, but over-dependence on the industry led to difficulties," so they "made a strategic choice to seek some new sources of development." The LED industry is one of the solutions. The LED industry is believed to be a new engine to boost the Changzhi's economy with the nation's only one full LED industrial chain establishe...

India800 Foundation, an organisation which works for people living below poverty line ,has supported solar LED lamps for over 50 backward villages that do not have electricity. The villages would be among 120 villages that would be covered under the project in the country. This was announced by Lord Amir Bhatia, House of Lords, England and vice-chairman of the India800 foundation. Hanul Technologies is installing over 5,000 LED Lights developed by the company at BMC Software which will bring savings of around 575 mega watts hours per year for the BMC. BMC ...

Westland's Annapolis Park subdivision is to replace LED street lightings under the $20,000 remaining in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds approved by the council . DTE owns the light poles and would replace 31 street light fixtures under a sole source bid. The new lights would be retrofitted onto the existing light poles and save an estimated $2,100 annually. In 2009, the city received $731,100 in grant funding that was used for energy retrofits at the Mike Modano Ice Arena — the single largest project — the Bailey Recreation Ce...

LedLink Optics, the Taiwan-based manufacturer for high-power LEDs, has developed a global distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics to expand global market. The manufacturer's LED lenses offer beam-pattern options ranging from 8° up to 140°. It has products for applications ranging from residential to architectural and street lighting.  LedLink Optics designs and manufactures optics for solid-state lighting companies such as Cree, Edison, Philips Lumileds, Nichia, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Samsung LED and Seoul Semiconductor. ...

According to a member from the House Committee on Ecology, the House of Representatives would be able to save at least P3 million if all the offices of the 285 lawmakers will switch to using LED products. Western Samar Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento pointed out that LED lights is not only cost-effective but also contributes in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions. As a result, the Visayan lawmaker expected politicians and other public officials should "walk the talk" in as far as contributing the smallest amount of initiative to mitigate globa...

Honolulu based nonprofit Blue Planet Foundation is to build an 8-foot diorama that will use LED lights powered by the sun. It will be powered by a solar panel canopy designed and built by the Kaneohe-based solar design and installation company Sunetric. A battery pack will store energy produced by the panels during the day so the lights turn on at night. The Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Solar Decathlon Team Hawaii are building the display. The public will have a chance to see the display on the lawn next to Honolulu Hal...

There is a 5,000-bulb illuminations display created by a acclaimed lighting artist in the grounds which will be switched on at 4pm on Saturday at the Holburne Museum. Bruce Munro's Field of Light can be viewed daily at the museum for free between 4pm and 7pm until January 8, with a magical display of colour and light flowing through the grounds and into its Garden Cafe. His inspiration came nearly 20 years ago while travelling in Australia, when he became transfixed by the way in which barren desert would burst into bloom after rainfall. Holburne director Alexande...

Manitowoc Public Utilities has announced the first-ever LED Holiday Lighting Contest to encourage the use of energy-efficient holiday decorations. The contest is open to all customers of MPU, and requires all lighting must consist of LED lights only. The entries will be divided into four categories: large displays (more than 5,000 individual lights); medium displays (1,000 to 5,000 lights); small displays (less than 1,000 lights); and most innovative (illuminated displays using less than 50 individual lights). In each category, entries will be judged on the basis of crea...

The city of Livonia will receive a grant of $82,125 for LED lighting. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has announced to fund $399,261 in the advanced lighting technology demonstration grants. And the of Livonia becomes one of six Michigan cities, townships and counties to receive part of this grand worthing $82,125 for LED lighting. The grant will fund LED street lighting along Shadyside Street next to Livonia City Hall, extending from Five Mile to the parking area behind the Livonia Police Station, and street lights in the parking lot at the Civic ...

Future Lighting Solutions is pleased to announce the successful completion of a major lighting project in Korea with Humanlitech. The challenge was to design reliable, energy efficient lighting for the Busan Cinema Center, a landmark entertainment complex in Korea. The Busan Cinema Center is the exclusive venue for screenings and events for the Busan International Film Festival and also serves as a symbolic structure representing the film culture and business in Asia. A central part of the complex’s stunning beauty is its huge roof with 42,000 LED lights, s...

Taiwan LED chipmaker Epistar has recently developed agreements with Zhejiang Yonkon Group Co., Ltd. and NVC Lighting Technology Corp. in mainland China. Under the agreement, the company’s deal with Zhejiang Yonkon will primarily stress cooperation on the development of lighting LEDs, in addition to Yonkon’s pledge to buy Epistar chips. Details of its cooperation with NVC are being discussed. It estimated the two contracts would help boost the chipmaker’s market share in the mainland to 30% in 2012 from 20% in 2011. Epistar Chairman B...

Researchers from the University of Washington and Finland's Aalto University have developed and tested a contact lens that wirelessly displays a one-pixel LED image on a contact lens. According to the research, the lens was tested on anaesthetized rabbits "with no observed adverse effects." The embedded display in the lens receives data wirelessly through a radio antenna and displays it using a sapphire chip with an embedded micro-LED. The entire system is powered by a silicon power harvester that draws energy from a battery up to 2 cm away. Unlike virtual...