The LED industry is entering a rapid growth phase in the lighting sector in 2014. Global LED bulb shipment volumes doubled from 520 million in 2013 to 1.1 billion in 2014. Tube lighting also increased with 2013 shipment volumes rising from 230 million to 400 million in 2014, according to data revealed by Epistar during the East Asia Pacific Standards and Spec Development Conference. LED chip design still maintains a 6-12 month transition period while LED package technology undergoes changes every 1-2 years.

Changfang Lighting announced on Thursday, stockholder Lin Changchun, who has a 5 percent stake in the company, has sold out 2.85 million stocks during Jan. 7-8, 2013 in the ShenZhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The stocks sold account for around 1.05 percent of the company’s share capital.

Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Everlight released their December consolidated revenue which reached NT $2.26 billion (US $75.2 million), a slight growth from November revenue of NT $2.259 billion) and yearly growth of 36.75 percent. Revenue for all of 4Q13 was NT $6.76 billion, a quarterly dip of 3.28 percent but yearly growth of 33.46 percent. Although typically a slack season, 4Q13 showed unusually good performance. Revenue for the entire year was NT $24.7 billion, yearly growth of 29.58 percent.

LED lighting application is gradually maturing. In order to continue lowering costs for LED lighting products, there is a growing trend of manufacturers adopting High Voltage (HV) LEDs to simplify the power supply design. A large chunk of commercial and street lighting already uses HV LED components, according to Epistar. The company views is very optimistic of future  HV LEDs development in the lighting market. In the company’s product portfolio, mid voltage and high voltage LED chips makes up 10 percent of the company’s lighting products.

At the 2014 International CES, NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) is demonstrating a wireless smart lighting network designed for ease of installation in the home. The demo includes an energy harvesting switch (battery-less, no wires) developed by EnOcean, a world leader in energy harvesting wireless solutions. The switch uses the NXP JN5161 wireless microcontroller and implements the ZigBee® Green Power feature.

Phoseon Technology continues its expansion in the Asia Pacific region by participating at the upcoming Industrial Digital Showcase Asia (IMI) in Hong Kong. Phoseon plans to feature the latest UV LED curing systems on the market to help support new and existing customers in Asia. 

Panasonic Corporation announced that it will exhibit its latest 4K products and technologies, as well as innovative 4K solutions for business with these 4K technologies at their core, at the 2014 International CES, the world's largest consumer electronics show, held from January 7 to 10, 2014 in Las Vegas, USA.

Xicato announced that it has relocated its San Jose headquarters to accommodate a new manufacturing line for the company’s next generation of products. The new 24 thousand-square-foot space is more than double the size of Xicato’s previous San Jose facility. The privately held company has invested millions of dollars in equipment and resources to meet the increasing global demand for its LED modules.

When evaluating the working stresses of a semiconductor device, such as an LED, the output current from the power supply or the current delivered to the circuit board, LED string and LED package are of little consequence without associating these values to the device ratings. With respect to power, the electrical metric that is most closely associated with LED performance and lifetime is current density. Performance metrics such as efficacy, lumen maintenance and color point stability depend largely upon the designed current level (or current density) of the LED, which may be related to the physical size of the LED die or electrical arrangement of multiple die within an LED package.

BenQ America Corp. announced the addition of three new elegant designs to its QisDesign brand of premium LED lighting fixtures. The BE Light, now available in stylish black, and the entirely new Compasso and Hatha bring contemporary designs inspired by the world around them to deliver sensory-rich lighting experiences with interactive features that brighten any environment.

Orion Energy Systems is ringing in the New Year with the launch of the complete suite of LED Door Retrofit (LDR) products. The LDR is an energy efficient LED retrofit that is completely assembled within the door frame.

High power LED package manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Lighting Corp. (TSLC) has just completed its new factory opening ceremony on Dec. 30, 2013. TSLC has inherited wafer level packaging LED silicon substrate and Aluminum Nitrade (AIN) package technology from high-power LED package manufacturer VisEra Technologies Company. The technology gives LED package components strong characteristics of narrow beam and heat dissipation. 

The rejuvenation of the LED market is unsurprisingly a hot topic in the investment market recently. Foreign investor’s interest in LED companies is gradually growing. In a recent report, Credit Suisse gave their outlook for Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epistar. The financial firm believes that is in a good position to ride on the general lighting demand growth and outgrow the market in the TV backlighting space due to their advantages in technologies and scale. However, the company will still be affected by seasonal factors with the upcoming Lunar New Year. The company’s 1Q14 revenues are expected to have a 10 percent QoQ decline.

LiteOn released their December revenue yesterday, announcing that it had reached NT$ 20.18 billion (US $670 million), a monthly and yearly increase of 3 percent and 16 percent respectively making it the highest single month for 2013. Increase of end market demands spurred continual growth for core technologies, said LiteOn. Consolidated revenue for 4Q13 was NT$ 59.23 billion, showing unusually good performance for a slack season with quarterly and yearly growth of 4 percent and 12 percent respectively, the highest single quarter revenue in two and a half years. Revenue for all of 2013 reached NT$ 212.8 billion.

North American lighting leader OSRAM SYLVANIA today announced the SYLVANIA A-line low cost line-up of LED replacements for 40 and 60-watt incandescent bulbs now meet the strict energy efficiency and performance criteria established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ENERGY STAR program. With ENERGY STAR qualifications, SYLVANIA A-line low cost LED bulbs are now eligible for utility rebates. Approximately 94 percent of the more than 500 rebate programs available across the U.S. require products with ENERGY STAR, making SYLVANIA A-line low cost LED bulbs more affordable to consumers and resulting in price points under US$ 9.99.

NEMA’s shipment indexes for T5, T8 and T12 lamps retreated during 2013Q3, decreasing by 7.3, 9.4 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Year-over-year (y/y) performance showed mixed results for the different lamp types. The T5 lamp index increased by 5.7 percent compared to 2012Q2. T8 lamp shipments improved as well increasing by 10.7 percent. Shipments of T12 lamps continued to decline, registering a decline of 6.3 percent (y/y).

AIXTRON SE, a supplier of deposition systems to the semiconductor industry, and Manz AG, a Reutlingen-based specialist engineering company, have agreed on a strategic cooperation. Both partners will be working on further developing solutions for use in efficient organic light-emitting diode (OLEDs) production, aiming to jointly exploit the opportunities offered by the future market for OLED technologies.

QD Vision and ShineOn Holding announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a new partnership to provide integrated LED and Color IQ™ optical components that optimize total system performance in TV and monitor designs. This collaboration further facilitates the integration of QD Vision’s Color IQ optical components into customers’ existing LCD supply chains and makes the transition to full-gamut color even easier for the LCD manufacturer. The collaboration significantly reduces engineering design and color-tuning timelines, enabling rapid development of full-gamut displays.

CRS Electronics Inc., a developer and manufacturer of LED lighting products, announced the opening of 2 new offices in China.

Razer, the world leader in devices and software for its globally connected community of gamers, announces the launch of the world’s smartest wristband, the Razer Nabu.

New InstantFit LED T8 from Philips Slashes Conversion Cost and time to replace Fluorescent Tubes with LED technology. LED tubes save over 40 percent in lighting related energy costs- combined with their long lifetime, facility managers can recover their investment in just one to three years.Installers will replace fluorescent tubes within seconds. Philips' InstantFit LED T8 is compatible with most fluorescent fixtures using electronic instant start ballasts, without re-wiring. 

CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions, is proud to introduce CRAIC TimePro™ kinetic spectroscopy software. This software package is designed to be used with CRAIC Technology’s microspectrophotometers and their controlling Lambdafire™ software. CRAIC TimePro™ allows the user to monitor changes in the spectra over time. The most unique feature is that this software will allow users to measure the time dependant changes in full UV-visible-NIR range reflectance, absorbance and even emission spectra of microscopic samples.

Aiming at improving the drawbacks of the existing commercially available high power LED AR111 products, which normally contain large heat-sinks with heavy weight. TP Lighting has developed a revolutionary product AR111 13W Reality® utilizing precise secondary optical lens plus light reflector technology to achieve its extreme lumen output from the LED light source. Thanks to TP Lighting’s patented thermal dissipation technology, the AR111 13W Reality® maintain the same size as traditional halogen AR111 lamps and can deliver thermal control for optim...

In 2013, the LED package market value was US$ 12.5 billion and is expected to reach US$ 13.39 billion (Year-on-Year +7%) in 2014, according to a LEDinside gold member report. Tablets and smartphones are still highlights of the LED market...

Avertronics was established by Austin Lai in 1986. In order to satisfy customer demands, we have built excellent capability of resources integration and real-time manufacturing. Moreover we have also established the manufacturing factories of Taiwan, Kunshan and Shenzhen and the regional sales offices in Taiwan and China to provide better support services to our customers Avertronics has passed ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001 and TS 16949 certification, and moreover been awarded “Lighting elite award” in 2010 by Taiwan lighting fixture export associ...

THT-EX unique AC IN (COB) LED Explosion-proof Light decreases the malfunction rate and short lifetime problem happens in traditional LED lighting and enhance the efficiency. The unique THT-EX technology means smaller compact products weighing typically 20% ~ 58% less than the traditional Explosion-proof products. When compare to HPS Light or Metal Halide Lamp the weight is 40% ~ 70% less!. The lighter and smaller form factor means THT-EX products lead to a decreased risk at installation and less vibration as well as maintenance cost saving and ener...

COLORBEAM Co., Ltd. - ORBIT series is launched in 2013 and has been sold very well, the sales result is going positive and growing continually. Orbit 1 and Orbit TP controller is based on the latest LED technology and unique design concept.Aluminum die-casting heat sink together with thermally conductive coating, which made Orbit 1 achieve excellent heat dissipation. Use high power LEDs combined with RGBW 4 in o1 chips, the color rendering is more splendid and performs more variety of colors. The average CRI of white lighting fixture in the market is o...

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Shinyu 150W of Long-distance Spotlight with a unique optical design, by using only 16 units of 150W each for total 2400W projection lamp at a distance of over 120M which can light up with no dark spot for 200M of the sports filed. It also does not waste any of the luminous efficiency, in the same space the same units of the lamp were used are less than the traditional energy saving lamps. More, comparing the traditional lamp, Shinyu 150W LED achieving the cost saving for more than 6 times. Shinyu LED distance Spotlight were installed in Guang-Fu Secondary high schoo...

Leaving 2013 behind, the LED industry is optimistic about the  2014 market. The editorial staff of  LEDinside in China has compiled a list of six research articles analyzing the future trends anticipated for 2014 including lighting, backlighting, and flash LED.