Philips Color Kinetics introduces Blast Powercore gen4 floodlights, engineered to make you the high-commander of your lighting environment.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that its LED lamps were chosen for their ability to beautifully illuminate fabrics on display at the Maibom Innovation Center, the textile design showcase and collaboration studio of the highly regarded Maibom GmbH Textilvertrieb company.

With the Christmas outdoor season in full swing, and requirement to bring city centres alive with increasingly dynamic illuminations, London-based TSL Lighting has purchased a quantity of SGM’s award-winning IP65-rated G-Spots.

Paint, acrylic, LEDs, steel, sensors, control, cell phone interface.

There has been a lot of activity going on in the UV LED market in the last two weeks, Japanese media Nikkei reports have pointed out UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan. Dow Chemical and DuPont’s equal merge last week, implies advantages in LED material and UV LED development, but could also raise the bar considerably for other material manufacturers to break through their comprehensive patent networks. Apple is once again under the spotlight, following a Bloomberg report that revealed the company has set up a secret lab in Taiwan to work on iPad or iPhone display technology.

Chinese LED maker MLS as a potential acquisition of Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epistar has become the latest gossip in Taiwan’s LED industry. Following the market rumors, the LED chip maker’s shares have soared, giving the LED stock market a major boost. Market rumors claim Chinese manufacturers potential investments in Taiwanese companies have allowed local LED enterprises to reevaluate their market value. However, LEDinside interviews with local market research companies noted the chances of MLS acquiring Epistar was fairly low, and the Chinese company’s current focus was mostly directed towards bidding Osram’s lighting business.

Japanese UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan, reported Japanese media Nikkei.

This recall involves the WholeHome Noel 70 L.E.D. light string in warm white, for indoor and outdoor use.  The product can be identified by the model number 25074, UPC number 45025074001, CSA file number 223812 and manufacture date code 07/2015. Consumers are able to locate the model number, CSA file number and manufacture date code on the white tag affixed to the wire.

Town council members from Berlin located in Connecticut, U.S. has approved a US $ 1.48 million contract to swap 2,538 streetlights with LEDs , reported Hartford Courant.

On Dec 17, the City of St. Catharines, which sits in Southern Ontario, Canada, is switching its high- pressure sodium streetlights to energy efficient LED ones, reported CKTB.

Telensa, which provides end-to-end smart city solutions using its low power Ultra Narrow Band (UNB) wireless technology, has announced that work has begun on a major new deployment which will cover 55,000 LED streetlights over approximately 1,000 sq. miles across Gloucestershire, UK. The deployment, part of Gloucestershire County Council’s plan to replace existing sodium lights, is being led by Skanska, with LED luminaires from Urbis Schréder.  The new streetlights are wirelessly connected and controlled using Telensa’s PLANet Central Management System. 

Technical Direction Company are bringing Sydney-siders their large-format video projection technology to two Must See events this year.

St. James Cathedral in Seattle has used Lumenpulse’s innovative, patented Lumentalk technology to upgrade its exterior lighting system to flexible, high-performance LED luminaires with digital control. Lumentalk, a power line communication technology, uses existing electrical infrastructure as a bi-directional carrier for lighting control data, allowing the creation of networkable lighting systems, without the cost and disruption of having to re-wire for data.

Flip Chip Opto releases a first-in-class 2400 watt high-power LED Flip Chip COB. The 2400 watt Flip Chip COB is part of their flagship Apollo series based on the company’s patented 3-Pad Pillar Metal Core Printed Circuit Board technology. This technology allows a breakthrough in high powered flip chip LEDs, reducing the junction temperatures to 0.003˚C/W on Apollo 2400.

Bulbrite innovation combines vintage lighting with the benefits of LEDs resulting in the expansion of its LED Filament Series. Announced at the International Lighting Market, the traditional flame-style chandelier bulbs, tubular shapes and colored bulbs shined as the newest additions.

As the lighting industry continues to make the transformation from commodity lamp supplier to strategic lighting partner, the old financial structures and purchasing patterns are no longer fit for purpose.

YAH JUANG ENTERPRISE LTD launched newest product the RF dimmable track lights and the intelligent lighting fixtures with ZigBee control system at the 2015 Hong Kong international lighting fair (autumn edition).  The needs of intelligent lighting is substantially increase in this modern generation. And These new intelligent lights attract lots interests of customers at Hong Kong lighting Fair. After that YACG will exhibit these intelligent lighting fixtures at 2016 Frankfurt Light + Building Fair.

For the very first time at ISE, Calibre will move their tradeshow booth to hall 11 of the Amsterdam RAI.

This is an innovative and stylish series of COC (chips on cord) LED bulb which is designed with classic light bulb size and shape. With its special filament structure, it delivers 360° lighting distribution that is more similar to a normal incandescent than the other LEDs. It offers high luminous efficiency which reaches the highest energy efficiency class of A++ in European standard. It is an ideal replacement of decorative incandescent bulbs which can be widely used in homes, restaurants, shops and hotels.

Coping with global warming, for saving electricity, lighting sensors are now in widespread used at the areas with brief passing traffic. However, for some existing large spaces such as hallways of large apartments, hotels, office buildings, government offices, and automated assembly lines in factories, large parking lots, warehouses etc, it needs re-wired when installing sensors on existing circuits for achieving lights switching on/off automatically. It consumes much time and manpower. Therefore, Joint Security introduced “Wireless Lighting Sensor System”. This system consists of one “Controller” and many “Sensors”. It utilizes wireless transmission at 433MHz frequency to connect the controller and the sensors which greatly reduces the amount of wiring works. Besides, Joint Security designed battery-powered sensor which can be installed easier.

A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches -- with applications spanning nearly all electronics products and electricity distribution infrastructures.

“We recently upgraded the software for Philips Hue to ensure the best seamless connected lighting experience for our customers. This change was made in good faith. However, we under estimated the impact this would have on a small number of customers who use lights from other brands which could not be controlled by the Philips Hue software. In view of the sentiment expressed by our customers, we have decided to reverse the software upgrade so that lights from other brands continue to work as they did before with the Philips Hue system.

EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS, a leading playerin the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces the introduction of two new single channel 6-pin SDIP 1Mbit/s and 10Mbit/s transistor output optocouplers. With merely half the dimensions of comparable 8-Pin 6N13X devices, they are both suited for preferential use in space constraint industrial applications.

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple’s secret facility in Taiwan is working on display technology, most likely OLED panels.

The UK is paying more attention to the impact from China’s easing economy upon the global economy. China’s economic slowdown has spurred Chinese enterprises to increased overseas engagement after a long learning period, Chinese enterprises will have significant impact on the global market within five years, a BBC report cited Donglei Wang, President of NVC Lighting and ETI saying.

LG Display will initiate its OLED lighting business operations, which was acquired from LG Chem, and focus on promotion as its next growth engine, reported Business Korea.

Gooee, the original ‘Full-Stack’, smart lighting ecosystem provider that connects OEMs to the Internet of Things, has developed, out of Silicon Valley, a multi-protocol enterprise IoT gateway that connects lighting and sensing devices to its cloud platform.

Recall Summary Name of product: JHBL LED Fixtures Hazard: The metal hub used to mount the light fixtures to the ceiling can break and allow the fixture to fall unexpectedly, posing a risk of injury from impact.

They are big. They are bright. They made their way down Broadway yesterday for their first appearance of the year. It’s the 2016 numeral delivery at Duffy Square, a skip and a hop away from Times Square in New York City.

The Minack open-air theatre in Cornwall, built on a craggy cliff overlooking the sea at Porthcurno, is the last place you would expect to see SGM’s award-winning G-Spot strutting its stuff. Situated just four miles from Land’s End, and constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea, this unique theatre has been staging performances in front of up to 800 people for 85 years.