2015-03-06

Apple Watch to Help Sapphire Substrate Industry “Spring Forward”?

Apple has recently sent out e-mail invitations to reporters and others to attend it’s “Spring Forward” media event, which is scheduled to take place on March 9, 2015 Pacific Time, according to a caijing.com report.
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2015-03-06

LG Strikes Back OLED Skeptics, Promises to Deliver HDR 4K OLED TV by 3Q15

Undaunted by OLED technology critics, LG display aims to bring HDR 4K OLED TV to the market this year, according to a recent Forbes report.
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2015-03-06

DOE Announce Two Phase II SBIR-STTR OLED Technology Selected Proposals

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has selected for award two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II proposals targeting important advancements in OLED technology for solid-state lighting applications:
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2015-03-06

Universal Display Corporation Names Rosemarie B. Greco to Its Board of Directors

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials,announced today that Rosemarie B. Greco has been named to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Greco brings to Universal Display a wealth of experience in building and managing successful organizations, including demonstrated success in executive leadership, director-level governance, building high value partnerships, and advancing projects from vision to execution.
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2015-03-06

Low Power LED Lighting Trends (III)

In Part II of our series on Solutions for Today’s Low Power LED Lighting Trends we listed the many regulatory and industry standards that designers need to account for in order to understand the design constraints of any given project for reducing power losses, power factor correction and low THD in the LED driver. In addition to the regulations and standards discussed, there are a number of other factors that need to be considered that can impact design. These include:
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2015-03-06

VTT Research Develops Large-Surface OLED Panels

Based on OLED technology and implemented by means of a printing machine, this method developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd provides an opportunity to create patterned and flexible light-emitting surfaces on advertising displays, info signs and lighting fixtures, for instance. The method also enables transparent smart surfaces to be attached to window panels or packaging.
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2015-03-06

Daan Roosegaarde Recreates Mother Nature's Aurora Borealis with LEDs

Daan Roosegaarde presents the Netherlands as a great work of art in “the Northern Light of the Netherlands”. ‘Waterlicht’ creates Dutch water awareness On February 25, Westervoort will host the world premiere of Waterlight. The latest artwork by Daan Roosegaarde is described by first visitors as the “the Northern Light of the Netherlands” was exhibited from February 26 to March 1, 2015 in the flood channel of the river IJssel near Westervoort. Waterlight reveals the invisible artworks of the Netherlands, and will appear throughout the Netherlands in the coming years.
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2015-03-06

Revolution Lighting Upgrades Car Showroom with LEDs

Revolution Lighting Technologies (“Revolution Lighting”), was recently commissioned by West Coast Customs (WCC), a market leader in custom automotive styling solutions, to upgrade the lighting system at its new design center and showroom located in Burbank, California.
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2015-03-06

GE Launches Sleep-friendly LED Lights

GE Lighting’s new Align™ technology harnesses the power of lighting to help regulate melatonin, the “sleep hormone”, production, promoting the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle
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2015-03-05

Chinese Court Freezes Assets of Former NVC Lighting Executive

The Huizhou Intermediate People’s Court recently froze NVC Lighting former Chairman Changjiang Wu’s 130 million company shares worth RMB 1.1 billion (US $180 million), according to a Sinai report.
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2015-03-05

BYD Lighting LED Revenue Soars in 2014

BYD Group’s lighting business saw considerable growth last year, despite the group’s reported revenue decline, according to a cnledw report.
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2015-03-05

Samsung Electronics Expands LED Display Portfolio with YESCO Electronics Acquisition

Samsung announced its acquisition of Logan, Utah-based YESCO Electronics, LLC, a leading LED sign and display manufacturer with more than 2,000 installations across the U.S. and abroad. The acquisition reinforces Samsung’s entry into the LED display market, extending the reach of the company’s pioneering technologies and expertise beyond large-format displays (LFDs) using LCD panels, where the company has been the worldwide market leader for six consecutive years.
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2015-03-05

Taiwan’s Episil Manufactures High Power Management Devices with AIXTRON System

AIXTRON, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced that Taiwanese group Episil Semiconductor Wafer, Inc. has successfully put into operation an AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) reactor for silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy.
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2015-03-05

Samsung Files OLED TV Trademarks in South Korea

Samsung Electronic has applied for exclusive rights to name its OLED TVs, in an attempt to take a pre-emptive strike against LG Chem, according to a Yonhap News Agency report.
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2015-03-05

Terralux Raises US $11M for LED Retrofit Products

Terralux, Inc announces that EnerTech Capital, a leading energy technology venture capital firm, led an $11 million growth investment in the company. Joining EnerTech in this round are investors Generation Investment Management, Crawley Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures, GC&H Investments, and Founder & CTO, Dr. Anthony Catalano.
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2015-03-05

Eaton Introduces New LED Floodlight

Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Lumark Night Falcon™ light-emitting diode (LED) Floodlight Luminaire.
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2015-03-05

Fraunhofer Institute Present Novel OLED Technologies at LOPEC 2015

Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technologies FEP introduces the world's first color changing transparent OLED.
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2015-03-05

Osram Subsidiary to Launch Floodlight 20 micro LED

The Floodlight FL 20 micro LED from the OSRAM subsidiary Siteco will be available from March 2015, and is a constituent part of the new Floodlight 20 LED luminaire family. The compact micro-floodlight with a rated luminous flux of approximately 3,000 Lumens is suitable for area lighting and facade illumination tasks.
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2015-03-05

Tridonic Launches New Flagship LED Driver

The PREMIUM TALEXXdriver series has been designed to keep pace with rapid developments in LED technology and offers an extremely high degree of flexibility. It features the new digital “ready2mains” interface which uses the existing mains cable for data transfer. Different casing versions and output classes with application-optimised operating ranges make the LED Drivers ideal for a wide range of professional LED solutions. 
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2015-03-05

Noribachi Lights Up Texas Classic Chevrolet Facility with LED Solution

Noribachi, a leading U.S.-based custom LED manufacturer for high output commercial and industrial lighting solutions, lights up the Texas Metroplex with a new LED lighting and fixture solution for Classic Chevrolet’s 65,000 square foot facility in Grapevine, Texas (www.classicchevrolet.com).
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2015-03-05

Luminis to Present Award Winning LED Products at LEDucation Booth G11

Luminis (www.luminis.com), an established innovator and manufacturer of specification grade lighting solutions, will show the award winning Aramis AR150 and Syrios family of luminaires at LEDucation, March 5-6, 2015.
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2015-03-05

Fairchild to Display LED Driver Solutions at APEC 2015

Fairchild, a leading global supplier of high-performance power semiconductor solutions, will show why it’s “Power Driven” at APEC 2015, the industry’s leading power electronics conference. Through seven conference papers and demonstrations of industrial motion control, LED lighting, automotive and consumer design applications, Fairchild will highlight its best-in-class solutions and design practices for ensuring exceptional energy efficiency and reliability.
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2015-03-05

TI to Unveil GaN Power Device for LED Applications at APEC

Texas Instruments (TI), the worldwide leader in power management integrated circuits, will demonstrate how its analog technologies and embedded processing are driving innovation in energy management for next-generation power designs at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), March 16-18, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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2015-03-04

Sharp Restructure to Entail Mihara Plant Shutdown

Struggling Japanese electronic manufacturer Sharp will be shutting down its Mihara Electronic Component Plant, according to a latest Chinese-language Nikkei report.
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2015-03-04

Toshiba to Launch LED Bulb Using GaN Power Device This Month

Toshiba Lighting and Technology Corp. plans to launch a LED bulb equipped with a GaN power device for its power supply circuit, according to a Nikkei Business report.
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2015-03-04

Osram to Scale Up Smart Lighting Investments in 2015

Olaf Berlien, Chief Executive Officer of Osram Licht AG, has taken the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) as an opportunity to announce the promotion of new technologies and innovations. “We will drive new technologies and innovations by using selective incentives and investments,” Berlien told shareholders on Thursday. “I have dedicated a further EUR 10 million from the Managing Board’s budget to fund projects like Lightify,” he said. Osram's Lightify system was recently launched on the market and enables wireless control of all the features light has to offer.
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2015-03-04

TCP Stock Ratings Affected by Recent Litigation

Leading U.S. LED luminaire manufacturer TCP International’s (TCP) stock ratings have taken a blow following a complaint filed against the company and CEO by its general counsel Laura Hauser.
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2015-03-04

Konica Minolta on Track to Meeting Mass OLED Production Targets in Fall

Konica Minolta will be meeting its aim of mass producing and shipping OLED panels in fall, according to a latest report by OLED-info.
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2015-03-04

GE Lighting Unveils New Middle East Organizational Structure

GE Lighting has announced its new organizational structure for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey (MEAT) region with a focus on enhanced customer service delivery and promoting sustainable lighting solutions.
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2015-03-04

TCP Investigates Recent Employee Claims

TCP International Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: TCPI) ("TCP" or "the Company") today issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit recently filed by its General Counsel: 
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VueReal, the pioneer of MicroSolid Printing™, today announced a significant expansion of its Reference Design Kit (RDK) portfolio with new industry-specific bundles. Purpose-built for automotive and consumer electronics, the vertical RDK... READ MORE

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual and edtech solutions, announces the shipping of LDS138-151, a 138-inch all-in-one, mobile Direct View LED Display Solution Kit. The ViewSonic LDS138-151 is a fully pre-assembled kit that bui... READ MORE