NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. This move brings NXP closer to its growing number of Asian customers, and establishes a base for further growth in the region.

Investigators at University of California, Santa Barbara, led by material scientists Kristin Denault and Michael Cantore, have devised an alternative means of creating high-power white light by using a different excitation source -- a laser diode in combination with inorganic phosphors, instead of the traditional LEDs.

Making reading in the dark easier is the aim of a new range of attractive LED Glasses being launched by Vision Enhancers at the Young at Heart Show in October. The stylish, comfortable reading glasses provide hands-free daylight quality LED light exactly where it is needed and are ideal for reading, Close Work and Hobbies.

The “Cloud” is the only ultra-thin LED Downlight. Gaining the name from its cloud-like appearance, the Cloud offers energy savings through LED technology and provides increased LED light penetration via a professionally designed ultra-thin aluminum heat-sink. The Cloud is a complete series with products ranging from 3 inches to 8 inches. Whether dimmable or non-dimmable, wide or low input voltage, or protected with IP20 or IP44, the Cloud series is a competent solution able to meet the varying demands of customers word-wide. With an energy savings of 50%...

On 14th September, Coretronic Culture and Arts Foundation (CCAF) held an opening musical ceremony for local residents living around Wind God Temple; one day before it, there was an official lighting-up ceremony. BeLight had many interesting and fascinating talks about the background stories of this project.

Collaboration will support the Bay Area Next Generation Street Light Initiative, a region-wide project designed to facilitate the upgrade of 200,000+ municipal streetlights to advanced solid-state lighting technology in the San Francisco Bay Area.

GE Lighting recently published in a blog entry Gary Allen, Principal Engineer and Physicist at GE Lighting’s views on future LED lighting trends. Though the upfront costs are currently high, the future of LED light bulbs is bright. Gary Allen of GE Lighting notes the trend of falling costs per lumen—and what that means for the accessibility of the LED bulb.

Fortified Bicycle Alliance founded by 10 MIT students recently launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter for their latest anti-theft LED bike lights Aviator Front Light and Afterburner Rear Light. The new lights are available in four different lumen models of 30, 60,150 and 300 lumens.

A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture blog entry introduces Purdue University's research resulgs on LED grow lights. Banks of LED illuminate plants in greenhouses. Purdue University researchers discovered that LEDs can provide a more beneficial light spectrum to greenhouse plants than conventional lighting while using 75 percent less electricity. 

Every year, we are reminded of the hidden beauty that lies beneath the surface of nature's foliage with the coming of fall and changing color of leaves. SoLux® natural daylight lamps reveal the true colors and beauty in painting by Van Gogh, Poplars in Autumn, and others by Monet, Rembrandt, and Picasso.

At ISAL 2013 from 24t to 25 September in Darmstadt, OSRAM presents its latest innovations in automotive lighting. ISAL, the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting, is one of the most important and recognized symposia on automotive lighting in the world.

Security surveillance over large distances is now possible thanks to the infrared Dragon Dome LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors. The focused beam of this high-power IRED achieves a range of more than 100 meters. It has a compact design and does not need an external lens. With its wavelength of 850 nanometers (nm), this LED is ideal as a light source for security surveillance tasks such as CCTV (Closed Circuit Television).

LEDforum 2013 Taipei will be hosted by LEDinside on October 16th-17th, 2013. Aside from inviting International and local Taiwanese big named manufacturers to the conference, China LED wafer manufacturer San’an and LED packaging manufacturer MLS Lighting will also be in attendance. With the recent rise in Chinese LED companies becoming supply chains, after securing its top position in the Chinese market, San’an has aggressively sought out partnership with Taiwanese and downstream manufacturers branching out its domain. MLC likewise has obtained a fair portion of market shares through aggressive price competition. During the conference, San’an will discuss the technology development of the LED wafer and MLS Lighting will focus on commercial lighting. This will be the first time for both manufacturers to participate in LEDforum.

Larson Electronics has announced the release of a cart mounted explosion proof LED tank light that combines high mobility with the power and reliability of LED lighting technology. The EPLC2-16C-150LED Explosion Proof Portable Tank Light carries Class 1 Division 1 and Class 2 Division 1-2 certification is designed for high output and easy mobility.

Earlier this year, the glamorous Westin Lima Hotel in Peru decided to renew its lighting system by adopting new LED lighting from GE Lighting. The upgrade to GE’s energy smart® LED GU10 Replacement Lamps generated an 88 percent savings in energy consumption compared to the former halogen lamps used at the Westin.

Earlier this year, the glamorous Westin Lima Hotel in Peru decided to renew its lighting system by adopting new LED lighting from GE Lighting. The upgrade to GE’s energy smart® LED GU10 Replacement Lamps generated an 88 percent savings in energy consumption compared to the former halogen lamps used at the Westin. In its first phase of the project, Westin replaced 4,290 50-watt halogen lamps with the new 6-watt GU10 LED lamps, which are ideal for accent, display and general lighting in a variety of commercial environments.

Bridgelux today introduced a new line of Chip-on-Board LED array products called the Bridgelux® V Series™. These cost-effective light engines extend the technology and performance of the highly successful Bridgelux Vero™ line, feature high flux density in small source size packages and are well suited for sub 1000 lumen commercial and residential lighting markets where tight beam control and high quality light matter.

San'an Optoelectronics announced on September 25th that the company's wholly owned subsidiary Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Co. drew up an equity fund of RMB$200 million to establish a factory in Xiamen.

Intematix Corp., a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, announced that patents covering its green and yellow GAL® phosphor products and certain LuAG phosphors have been issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patent numbers 8,529,791 and 8,475,683 regarding green and yellow emitting, garnet-based phosphors used in lighting and display applications were issued on September 10, 2013 and July 2, 2013, respectively. Intematix GAL phosphors enable exceptional performance for LED lighting compared to other options in these color ranges.

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free trade Zone to be launched at the end of this month will be lifting a 13 year ban on game console sales in the zone that is expected to benefit IR LED manufacturers. Internet restrictions will also be lifted within the zone. The zone approved in August by the Chinese government was established to attract foreign investments.

Samsung announced it will be launching a bendable OLED smartphone in Oct., 2013, according to reports by Verge, Gizmodo, BBC and others. The flexible OLED screens will be introduced into the smartphone model GALAXY Note 3, and only a limited number will be sold. As the first OLED smartphone to enter the market, it is expected to catalyze OLEDs commercial applications.

Roger Chu, Research Director of LEDinside, a LED research subsidiary of TrendForce, interviewed two Close2Markets LED lighting executives Ulrich Kastner-Jung and Peter Spiel recently. Kastner-Jung and Spiel have pioneered LED Lighting, successfully initiated and managed LED lighting business for more than 10 years. They are well renowned experts for western lighting markets and see a huge opportunity for Asian Solid-State Lighting (SSL) players to expand. 

Ian Williams, Linear Applications Engineer at Texas Instruments tackles printed circuit board (PCB) solder flux issues that affect circuit functionality in a recent blog entry. When troubleshooting non-functional or poorly performing circuits, engineers often run simulations or other analyses that consider the circuit at the schematic level. If these methods fail to resolve the issue, even the best engineer might be left feeling stumped, frustrated, or confused. I’ve felt this pain myself. To prevent you from reaching a similar dead end, I present to you one simple, but crucial, tip: keep it clean!

3M introduced one of the first LED A19 lamps approved for enclosed fixtures in commercial applications. 3M manufactures the LED A19 lamps in the U.S. with U.S. and globally sourced components.

Cree Inc. introduces the new XLamp® XQ-E LED family enabling lighting manufacturers to significantly reduce the size and total cost of their LED luminaires without sacrificing light output, efficacy or reliability. The new game-changing LED packs the lighting-class performance of the XP-E2 into a package that is 78 % smaller. The XQ-E LED family opens up new design possibilities for a wide spectrum of lighting applications such as portable, indoor directional, architectural and vehicle lighting.

New Intertek-certified in-house LED light lab guarantees that LEDs from Smart Vision Lights comply with new international photobiological damage standards, protecting customers from possible fines and loss of European CE, North American UL, and Asian safety marks for sales across global markets.

Researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a transparent, elastic organic light-emitting device, or OLED, that could one day make all these possible. The OLED can be repeatedly stretched, folded and twisted at room temperature while still remaining lit and retaining its original shape.

LED Strip Lights Co. has responded to GE Lighting’s new LED light bulb, which combines their existing brand with that of LEDs.

Global Security Experts is excited to announce its latest revolutionary security product: the new STARTLE high-intensity LED security light. The new security innovation wards off even the most determined criminals and protects homes or business with the brightest and most intimidating outdoor motion sensor security light manufactured.

From the first surface-mountable LED (TOPLED) in 1990 to the awarding of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize) by the German Federal President in 2007 and the efficiency record for red high-power LEDs in 2011: 40 years of business with opto semiconductors at Osram's Regensburg plant has brought countless seminal achievements in the fields of lighting, visualization and sensor technology.