LEDVANCE is unveiling new SYLVANIA lighting solutions for the commercial and residential market at Booth 1701 at LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference taking place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center May 7 — 11, 2017. In North America, LEDVANCE offers professional users and retail customers SYLVANIA advanced LED bulbs, standardized luminaires and smart lighting solutions, as well as traditional light sources.

Philips Lighting recently launched a new wireless connected lighting system aimed at today’s global office lighting systems market worth more than $5 billion1. The Philips InterAct Office system enables building managers to reduce energy use by up to 70 percent, optimize operations and create a more comfortable environment without major office renovation. Available first in the US, it targets the 15 billion square feet market for existing offices in North America2. The system, with lamps and luminaires equipped with sensors, is installed and operated by Philips Lighting as a managed service, dispensing with the need for customers to make upfront capital investments. 

In the second quarter of fiscal 2017, Osram saw a significant lift in its growth rate. On a comparable basis, i.e. adjusted for portfolio and currency effects, revenue generated in the period January to March rose by around 10 percent year on year to reach €1.05 billion. 

Dutch lighting giant Philips Lighting announced that its Saudi Arabia JSC has signed a strategic distribution agreement with major retailor Ahmed Abdulwahed Trading Company to sell its LED and home products, according to Arab News.

Due to strong financial results and based on the expectation of ongoing positive prospects for the second half of financial year 2017, the management board of OSRAM Licht AG (OSRAM) decided today to raise the forecast for financial year 2017 as follows: 

Dow Corning, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, will unveil next week at LIGHTFAIR International 2017 (Booth #2557) a significant expansion to its award-winning Moldable Optical Silicones family. The company will also showcase the latest advances and applications of its industry-leading silicone solutions for LED lighting, including an innovative LED lamp developed by Selux Corp. and lens designs pioneered by Dow Corning customer and co-exhibitor LumenFlow Corp.

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. announced consolidated first-quarter revenues of KRW 257.5 billion. The rise in consolidated revenue came from strong sales in general lighting and strength across all segments within the IT division. The rise in automotive lighting sales also proved highly profitable for the company.

Cortet by CEL announced the availability of its new Cortet Lighting Control Solution (www.cortet.com) and its “Powered By Cortet” partnership program that enables lamp and luminaire OEMs to provide a full range of local and IoT connected control systems, integrated solutions and lighting accessories to their clients and customers.

Recently, legendary driver Terry Grant repeated his Jaguar SUV F-PACE loop-the-loop stunt on a 19 meter ramp. This time, the setting was located on the famous sea front the Bund in Shanghai. Grant’s first time performing this hazardous act was in Frankfurt, Germany, where he actually broke the Guinness World Record back in 2015. Both times, production company Imagination highlighted the event with SGM G-Spot moving heads, ensuring that the impressive spectacle was highlighted in a worthy and festive manner.

Cree announces C-Lite LED Lighting by Cree (C-Lite), a portfolio of LED lighting products that offers electrical distributors and contractors a broad range of stock and flow items with the energy efficiency and performance they expect.  The new portfolio complements market-leading Cree and Essentia by Cree branded lighting products, making available high performance Cree-backed products across market segments.

2017 Horticulture / Livestock / Fishing / Human Centric Lighting Market Analysis

According to the latest report from LEDinside, a division of the market research firm TrendForce, 2017 UV LED v.s UV LED Module Market Report, UV LED products consistently develop in various applications, plus the Minamata Convention on Mercury and energy saving policy, LEDinside forecasted that UV LED market scale will raise from USD 288 million in 2017 to USD 526 million in 2020, CAGR of 2015-2020 is highly at 34%.

2017 TV Market Trend、2017 Automotive Panel Market Trend

Hughey & Phillips (H&P), a global manufacturer in the obstruction lighting industry, is introducing the new HORIZON™ HALO™ IR Modification system.  The HALO system comprises of a medium intensity mounting bracket, junction box and IR Light Source.  Incandescent and Xenon-Strobe technologies produced a light source that allowed the fixture be to seen with the naked eye and NVG.  With the emergence of LED based lighting systems over the past 15 years, the visible spectrum of lighting for Night Vision Goggles (NVG) has been diminished.

Foreverlamp, creator of the award-winning Foreverlamp™ LED Retrofit Lamp Series, has expanded their cost-effective LED high bay offering with the traditional round look of an HID high bay and classic driver housing that delivers the modern efficiencies of today’s LED technology. The new HB Classic Series™ will be introduced at Lightfair International as an expansion to Foreverlamp’s popular HB™ Series High-Bay LED product line. 

A new digitally programmable, color tunable, calibrated light source from Gamma Scientific is a turnkey, drop-in addition to commercially available systems for wafer level testing of CCD and CMOS sensors.  Specifically, the RS-7-4 SpectralLED™ Tunable LED Light Source bolts directly on to existing image sensor testers from manufacturers such as Teradyne and National Instruments, and can also be readily adapted to test head manipulators and handler instrumentation custom built by end users.  

Keystone Technologies, a major manufacturer of quality-driven lighting solutions for over 70 years, announced the expansion of its award-winning line of SmartSafe LED Emergency Back-up Lighting products to include a wide range of new constant power one-piece models.  

Micro LED has become an obvious technology trend that even Samsung has started to eagerly tap into. According to international OLED publication OLED-info, Samsung is rumored to acquire Taiwan-based Micro LED manufacturer PlayNitride for up to US$150 million. Samsung would use the next generation display technology for VR applications and TVs in the future, the report said.

Phoseon Technology, the leader in UV LED curing solutions, announced an agreement with E. Vila Projects & Supplies S.L., which has more than 15 years of engineering experience developing custom systems, to distribute Phoseon products and LED solutions in Spain and Portugal.

MaxLite will demonstrate IntelliMax™, an intelligent wireless lighting control system, at LIGHTFAIR® International 2017, May 9-11, in Philadelphia.

LG Innotek is participating in Light Fair International 2017 in Philadelphia, U.S. from May 9 through 11. The company will target the global market while introducing various new products including UV (Ultraviolet rays) LED packages, high-power LED packages, LED for automotive, etc. 

Osram Lighting Solutions together with its project partners Beckhoff Automation and Microsoft demonstrates what smart lighting solutions are already able to achieve for Industry 4.0. The installation can be seen on the Microsoft stand (Hall 7, Stand C40) at the Hanover Fair, the world's leading event for technology for industry taking place from 24 - 28 April. A fascinating example taken from successful practice is being presented, implemented together with the client Beckhoff in its "factory of the future" at Verl, Germany. The project solution consists of innovative lighting and light management connected with building automation over the cloud. 

Acuity Brands, Inc. introduced its SiteView Energy solution, which combines power metering devices and a digital dashboard, to create a detailed, real-time look at actual energy consumption within a building. The SiteView Energy solution takes advantage of software that is hosted within nLight ECLYPSE smart building-ready controllers, also from Acuity Brands, to help building owners track and analyze weekly, monthly and yearly energy data to identify trends and savings.

DECO Lighting introduces the Vector, a unique modular family of modern interior LED luminaires designed specifically for high-end architectural, retail, and hospitality spaces. The Vector series is the first in a brand new line of high-end architectural interior luminaires designed and built in California by DECO Lighting.

The increased use of LEDs for horticultural lighting has made that product segment especially competitive. A recently issued U.S. Patent covers an invention that dramatically reduces the cost of manufacturing horticultural LEDs! The company that acquires this patent and implements this technology will leapfrog the technology of all of its competitors and grab a significant share of the horticultural LED market. 

ORACLE Spotlight delivers a clean comfortable look that compliments any interior design concepts. Without any compromise on brightness they reluctantly offer huge energy savings minimizing maintenance cost drastically providing value for money.  Oracle Downlight are designed for 30 degree tilt and 355 degree of swivel angles which are very good for interior decoration and retrofit of display ideal to install at residential, commercial establishments and offices.

Resolving the challenge to project even illumination from square downlights when using a round LED light source, Amerlux has developed a patent-pending upper reflector that can be combined with the Solite optic for square downlight families. This cutting edge optical technology eliminates glare, dark corners and non-uniformity within square trims while delivering clean, visually comfortable and highly efficient lighting with Evoke 2.9", Evoke 4.75" and Hornet 3.5" downlight families.

Foscam Inc., a global provider of IP Camera solutions and surveillance products, introduces a new all-in-one, easy to install wireless security system, Foscam's FN3104W-B4. The compact system operates through a wireless network so no wiring is needed. Installation is simple with plug-and-play setup.

Acer announced a new series of 4K display products at its next@acer global press conference in New York, including the new Acer H7850 and V7850 4K projectors for home cinema enthusiasts as well as the new Acer ProDesigner™ PE320QK 4K LED monitor for creative professionals.

U.S. LED lighting manufacturer Cree announced a layoff of around 70 jobs across its local operations and at its headquarters in Durham, only days after it announced disappointing earnings report.