Contradicting earlier reports in late October about LG giving up on the costly OLED TV technology opting for the less costly quantum dot technology, a latest CNET report noted the company was refocusing on OLED technology and even dedicating a new division to developing OLED screens.

A research article published 5 December describes a new light-based technology for measuring oxygen content in muscles while underwater, valuable information for competitive swimmers as well as patients using water-based therapies to recover from muscle injuries. Authored by researchers from the University of Essex and Artinis Medical Systems, the open-access paper appears in the current issue of the Journal of Biomedical Optics, published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

ForceField Energy (ForceField), FNRG, a seller and distributor of energy products and solutions, today announced that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Bridgewater, New Jersey based Noveda Technologies Inc., a leader in cloud-based, real-time energy and water management systems for Noveda's Intelligent Lighting Management Technology incorporating integrated measurement and verification for use in all LED applications.

The Kerala state government plans to upgrade its traditional streetlights to LED streetlights in 68 municipalities, said Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali in the Assembly earlier on Monday according to a news report from The New Indian Express.

With immediate effect, the polycarbonate-based ALCOM LDM (Light Diffusion Matt) from ALBIS PLASTIC will be used in the R. CARBONATE ALCOM LED production line at Röber Kunststoffe. This specialist for extruded and transparent plastics, located in Kroppach in the German Westerwald, is now expanding its product line of glazing materials for the lighting sector.

Crowdfunding technology has brought to market many cool and innovative products. But beyond the Pebble Smartwatch or Oculus Rift there are many more products, which will deliver new features that make your life better than it was before, such as the new “Twiink.”

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced two shields for the Arduino design community. The shields target two important applications: RGB lighting and motor control.

New signs and display panels improve navigation through Lyon St. Exupéry airport. LED modules and LNU dimmers from Tridonic ensure optimum readability of the signage in all areas of the buildings at all times of day and night. The brightness of the light sources is adjusted according to the amount of ambient light, reducing energy consumption by around 40 percent compared with a standard LED solution. 

Last Saturday evening, rumors began to surface on Chinese social media platform Weixin that Jiangmen Guojing Opto (國晶光電), a subsidiary of Juliang Electric Technology Group (Juliang), was being pressured by more than 100 suppliers to pay up. Shortly after the incident, suppliers lost contact with Juliang’s CEO, while suppliers formed a barricade around the factory entrance.

Taiwanese LED manufacturer Lextar’s recently announced revenue last month was slightly down, due to the slack season in 4Q14.

A couple was caught for selling inferior luminaries labeled with international brands via Taobao in Jiangsu Province, China.

Although, China’s luminaire industry reached a certain scale, most luminaire manufacturers are still SMEs. Under intense market competition, the industry is becoming increasingly polarized. For SMEs to succeed under immense pressure, manufacturers have to transit business models and raise product quality, production and profitability.

U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux recently spoke to LEDinside about latest developments in LED color standards, and how this influenced the company’s COB array product portfolio that incorporates Gamut Area Index (GAI), and was launched in late October 2014.

Hamilton city plans to replace 10,000 outdated streetlights with energy saving LED bulbs using provincial incentives before Dec. 31, 2015, according to a report from The Spectator.

Absen released a statement on December 4 reporting the company undergone sustainable growth in sales this year and had recorded RMB 1 Billion (US $165.53 million) turnover out of its cumulative sales orders as of Dec. 4, 2014.

Harvatek declared to entrust Devlin Law Firm LLC to file a patent litigation against the U.S. LED company—Cree, Cree Hong Kong Limited and Cree Shanghai Opto Development Limited in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to prohibit Cree and its affiliates from infringing Harvatek’s U.S. LED patents.

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) announced today the successful transfer of FlexUP™ technology to FlexUP Technologies Corp. By providing flexible substrate material, this new startup aims at satisfying the growing demand and emerging opportunities in the flexible display market for smart handheld devices, wrist worn devices and flexible medical sensors.

Royal Philips the global leader in lighting has teamed up with a celebrated French artist, Severine Fontaine, to create a lightshow the size of a football pitch as the centrepiece of the world famous Lyon Festival of Lights in Lyon, France. From 5 to 8 December 2014, the installation will transform the banks of the River Rhône with an 80 metre long art installation powered by Philips Colour Kinetics LED connected lighting technology.

Diodes Incorporated, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today introduced the AL5809. This constant-current LED driver is offered in a robust two-terminal PowerDI®-123 package, and provides an improved accuracy, cost-effective solution for LEDs driving. With its 1.2W maximum power dissipation, excellent 20ppm/°C temperature stability and high power-supply rejection ratio, the AL5809 delivers LED currents with a ±5% tolerance over a wide temperature range, greatly simplifying the solutions for its target applications of LED signage, LED strip lighting and low-current retrofit lamps. 

Philips recently showcased an interactive singing light Aura at GLOW, a week-long festival of light art that took place in Eindhoven, according to a company blog entry on Exposure.

Veeco Instruments announced that it has acquired privately held Solid State Equipment Holdings LLC (“SSEC”), based in Horsham, Pennsylvania. SSEC is a leading innovator in single wafer wet etch, clean and surface preparation equipment targeting high growth segments in advanced packaging, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and compound semiconductor.

SuperCloset, the world's #1 manufacturer of indoor grow cabinets and grow boxes, continues to innovate. SuperCloset is breaking new ground once again with the development of the SuperTrinity, the world's largest indoor stealth grow box.

A young city is celebrating a milestone birthday and we as a young company from the Lower Rhine are part of it: 2015 Karlsruhe will be 300 years young and LED Linear supports the city's birthday as the official supplier for LED lighting.  

Another Chinese LED manufacturer has gone missing and we're not surprised. In fact, LED industry has underwent massive restructuring during past months. Moreover, overall market demands in 4Q is fairly low, with Epistar, Lextar, SemiLEDs and other major manufacturers reported sliding revenues. Asian manufacturers have taken their own paths to confront the tide of change. Meanwhile in U.S.,Cree reported impacted by price war strategies.

Honglitronic’s LED package gross margin has stabilized with few fluctuations, according to the company’s latest financial report.

Everlight Electronics【TSE:2393】, a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, is introducing the latest of new series LED component products including DOB (Driver on Board) Filament and Color Choice COB Series at LED EXPO Delhi 2014.

Chinese LED manufacturer Ledman Opto’s shares dipped slightly 6% on Friday, but soared close to noon, according to a Sina.com report.

Shenzhen Changfang Lighting announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Huizhou CF Lighting replaced its legal representative Zi-Zhang Deng with Zi-Hua Deng, which was approved by the Huizhou City State Administration of Business and Commerce on December 4.

Earlier this year, the Philips Color Kinetics Research and Development team launched its Lighting Designer in Residence program. The goal of the residency is to provide a framework for collaborating with a young professional on longer-term, strategic questions relevant to the future of architectural lighting. In the context of a rapidly changing lighting industry, a continuous dialogue between design practitioners and engineering experts is increasingly important.

Absen Optoelectronics, a global manufacturer of LED displays, will be showcasing an exciting new range of super high resolution LED displays for rental and fixed installation at ISE 2015 – Hall 11, Stand F52. Absen will be giving an exclusive demo of its smallest pitch outdoor LED display for the high end rental market – the X5.  Another major stand highlight will be the new A1.9 4K LED display, the lowest pixel pitch product currently available from Absen, alongside the existing A2 Ultra HD indoor LED display with 4K capabilities; both ideal for control centres, shopping malls, conference rooms and other high-end indoor applications. Other products on show will include the C7 Mesh LED display for customisable indoor and outdoor stage rental, the F8 Flexible LED display for indoor creative staging rental, and the A97 Stadium LED perimeter display for sports advertising.