2015-12-28

Flashback of Times Square Ball from Philips Lighting

Are you ready to say goodbye to 2015?
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2015-12-28

Wedes Provides Fans with LED Lights for Indoor Application

15043A【Light Fan】Jade Mt. BLDC Brushless DC / White
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2015-12-25

Hot Picks of the Week Dec. 21-25

During the Christmas season this year, the Japanese government announced plans of raising LED lighting market penetration as part of its global warming prevention strategies. Siemens announced shortly before the holidays that it had not known about Osram’s plan to invest in white LED chip manufacturing, and was unsupportive of the decision. In the automotive lighting sector, Audi expanded its advanced lighting options. LEDinside has also projected the car lighting market will reach US $2.29 billion by 2020. For further details about industry developments this week please see below.
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2015-12-25

Orders from European Clients to Double Unity Opto Profits in 2016

Taiwanese LED manufacturer Unity Opto Technology received orders from the European market and will be shipping in total products valuing US $3 million to US $4 million in a single quarter, the company is targeting US $30 million shipment volume.
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2015-12-25

Planar Delists From NASDAQ Following Conclusion of Merger Deal with Leyard

Planar Systems, a global leader in display and digital signage technology, announced today that it has closed its sale to Leyard American Corporation, a subsidiary of Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., which designs, produces, and distributes a range of LED display products and its ancillary systems.
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2015-12-25

UC Berkley Engineers Unveil First Processor that Uses Light for High Speed Communication

Engineers have successfully married electrons and photons within a single-chip microprocessor, a landmark development that opens the door to ultrafast, low-power data crunching.
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2015-12-25

Unity Opto Cooperates with Taiwanese Retailers on Low-priced Bulbs

LED package manufacturer Unity Opto has formed a close partnership with B&Q in Taiwan, and is an OEM of the home improvement retailer brand’s LED bulbs. B&Q’s “Super Value LED Bulb” costs only NT $99 (US $3), which is less expensive than Philips’ US $5 light bulb launched in summer and nearing the lowest pricing benchmark of US $2.5 per bulb in U.S. The low- priced LED bulbs will ignite fierce competition in Taiwan’s domestic market, reported Economic Daily News (EDN).
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2015-12-25

Siemens' Unaware of Osram’s LED R&D Plan

In response to partly misleading media reports ‒ most recently in the Mittelbayrische Zeitung under the headline "Siemens knew" ‒ regarding the involvement of Siemens in the planned strategic realignment of Osram AG, Siemens comments as follows:
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2015-12-25

Canadian Tire Corporation Recalls Decorative Holiday LED Lights Over Fire Hazards

This recall involves various Holiday Collection Christmas Lights. The Canadian Tire SKU number can be found on the box or receipt and by the CSA file numbers 224823 which can usually be found on the manufacturer's product identification label, which is a tag affixed to the wire of the light string. These CSA file numbers are not embossed on the plug of the light string; the numbers found on the plug relate only to that specific plug component and are not part of this recall.
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2015-12-25

ThinkLite Upgrades Boston-based One Post Office Square with LEDs

2015 was a very successful year for ThinkLite, concluding with a dramatic energy efficient LED retrofit at One Post Office Square, Boston. This project included the building’s parking garage, breezeway between the office building and adjoining Boston Langham Hotel, as well as the massive and impressive lobby, adorned with holiday cheer within its high glass walls and shimmering marble floors.
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2015-12-25

Tridonic Sheds Light on Dazzling Jewellery

Customers of Cadenzza, the multi-brand jewellery store, enjoy personal service and an inspiring environment where they can always find something special. An essential part of this experience is the exclusive store design, as exemplified by the Düsseldorf branch of Cadenzza. Displays brilliantly backlit by LED modules from Tridonic are an important element of this look.
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2015-12-24

Despite Indian Consumers Warming up to LED Lights, Some States are Delaying Streetlight Installation

Indian consumers are embracing the LED replacement wave, and have swapped more than 10 million traditional and CFL bulbs with LEDs within the last month, but some states have been delaying LED streetlight upgrades ahead of the upcoming elections, reported Indian media.
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2015-12-24

Shell Canada Gives Green Technology Startups Financial Boost

Seven Canadian climate entrepreneurs will be going into 2016 with a significant financial lift from a new grant program being offered by Shell Canada in collaboration with Canadian Geographic. 
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2015-12-24

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa Lowers Energy Costs with LED Lighting Upgrade

Nestled at the base of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains, the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa is a world-class resort destination. They called upon Lunera to bring quality LED lighting to the resort for energy and maintenance cost savings.
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2015-12-24

Brightek Launches New 365nm UVA LED

In the wavelength domain of UVA, 365nm is another main wavelength beside 385nm~405nm, and it is mainly applied to:
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2015-12-24

EVERLIGHT Introduces Energy Efficient Color Sensor for Displays

EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS, a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces the introduction of the company’s first RGB integrated color sensor. Based on CMOS technology and therefore able to operate at a minimum supply voltage of 1.7 volts, the CLS-16D17-34-DF6 adjusts the brightness of display equipment with less power consumption than comparable color sensor devices which almost all operate at a minimum of 2.7 volts.
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2015-12-23

Top 10 Acquisitions Terminated in the LED Industry in 2015

Having survived oversupply in the LED industry, and endured a harsh winter, listed LED manufacturers have been leading the way in mergers and acquisitions in 2015. Listed companies mergers grew significantly this year to become a major trend on the market. Listed companies acquisitions and trade value have grown exponentially, reflecting features of listed companies merging with smaller companies. More than 37 merger deals were negotiated as of October 2015, and have continued to grow.
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2015-12-23

Handy LED Wearable for First-Time Parents

A Canadian startup designed a LED wearable that could be a helpful aid for first-time parents, when it comes to tending their child.
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2015-12-23

Audi Expands Advanced Lighting Options in UK Car Models

On the UK’s shortest day Audi adds to the Christmas illuminations with advanced lighting that is now available for more models than ever before: Intelligent Audi Matrix LED headlights now available on many of the latest models: TT, A4, A6, A7 Sportback and Q7. S line versions of the A4, A6, A7, Q7 and TT fitted with all-LED headlights and LED rear lights as standard. Xenon plus headlights with LED DRLs as standard for the rest of the S line range. Laser lighting can also be specified on the all-new R8 and R8 V10 plus. Dynamic sweeping turn signals also standard front and rear in combination with Matrix LED headlights. Future lighting development work focusing on Matrix laser lights, laser rear fog light and OLED ‘Swarm’ technology
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2015-12-23

Orion Energy Systems Seals Deal with Multi-Billion Dollar Major Global Retailer

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced a multi-billion dollar global retailer with over 575 warehouse club operations has selected Orion LED retrofit lighting as the spec for its retail stores and corporate offices.
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2015-12-23

Veeco Wins Several Advanced Packaging System Orders from a Leading Asian Foundry

Veeco Instruments announced today that it has received multiple orders from a leading foundry in Asia for its Precision Surface Processing (PSP) WaferStorm™ system.  The WaferStorm platform provides wafer processing solutions for advanced packaging applications.
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2015-12-23

San Jose-based Park Lit up with LED Retrofit Lamps

Qualite’s energy efficient Q-LED System was chosen to be the first LED retrofit project for any California Rec & Park field lighting project. Solari Park officials worked with Qualite Sports Lighting to find an energy efficient and budget-friendly solution to provide much needed lighting for their project. By using their existing poles, Qualite was able to replace the old metal halide fixtures with 22 – 1000w LED fixtures, increasing light levels and reducing energy and maintenance costs.
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2015-12-23

MaxLite Unveils New LED Lightbars with ENERGY STAR Certification

MaxLite announces the next generation of Plug-and-Play LED Lightbars, with greater efficacy and enhanced dimming performance, for custom commercial and residential lighting applications.
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2015-12-23

Deco Lighting Selects Illuminations, Inc. as Eastern Sales Representative

Experiencing significant growth throughout 2015 for its energy-saving LED lighting solutions, Deco Lighting has added Illuminations, Inc. to its strong network of sales representatives. Based out of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, George Lyngarkos and Joe Bordlemay are the principals of Illuminations, Inc., a very active and reputable lighting agency that employs more than 50 people. Illuminations will be responsible for providing Deco’s energy-saving LED lighting solutions to the eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware areas.
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2015-12-23

Taiwan Tang Hua Provides Varied LED Fixtures for Outdoor Illumination

We are a quality supplier with complete assembly line of packing, mold development, to marketing, and the products will be manufactured in Taiwan, the quality of much, certainly, and through multi-national product certification CNS (Taiwan quality certification)
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2015-12-23

LEDinside Estimates Automotive LED Market Value to Reach US $2.29B by 2020

LED manufacturers are branching into the niche application markets as the competition in their industry expands. Currently, entering the automotive LED market is regarded as a blue ocean strategy because the market has relatively few contestants and allows for higher pricing. According to the latest Gold Member Report – 2016 LED Market Demand and Supply Analysis by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the worldwide market value of exterior automotive LEDs for 2015 is expected to reach US$1.21 billion. This figure is projected reach US$2.29 billion in 2020, translating to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% during the 2015~2020 period. Additionally, the market value of standard-power LEDs is gradually declining in contrast to the rapidly rising market value of high-power LEDs. In the future, automotive LED application will take off in the high-power LED market.
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2015-12-23

LED Lights from Di Cheng Rubber Allow Indoor and Outdoor Applications

We have medical grade tubing for your general usage. We also have successfully developed several special tubing for special medical application. It is ourpleasure to share them with you as below and we welcome your request for new projects cooperation.
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2015-12-22

“THINKLIGHT: A new dimension” theme to be explored at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2016

The 21st edition of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, the most influential and comprehensive lighting and LED event in Asia, is set to take place from 9 – 12 June 2016. Once again, the event will be held at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China.
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2015-12-22

Japan Includes Raising LED Lighting Penetration in Global Warming Prevention Strategies

Japanese government held a special meeting at its Global Warming Prevention Headquarters to address global warming solutions and implement suggestions issued by COP21, the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris. The government aims to accelerate action plans and strategies.
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2015-12-22

USPTO Appeal Adjusts ‘Adapted For” Language in Preamble of Jam Strait Automotive Lighting Patent Case against Osram Sylvania

The United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released a paper on its final written decision “Adapted For” Language in Preamble IPR2014-00703, according to a report by The National Law Review.
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