LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA and the Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) are collaborating to accelerate the market for advanced streetlighting technologies through the Bay Area Next Generation Streetlight Initiative, a region-wide project to upgrade 200,000+ municipal streetlights to LED technology. BACC is a public-private partnership initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, launched by regional civic and business leaders in 2009 to accelerate the Bay Area clean energy economy through high...

  Thirty-seven commercial LED outdoor lights were recognized for their excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) fifth annual "Next Generation Luminaires" (NGL) solid-state lighting design competition, as announced at PennWell's Strategies in Light conference (Feb. 12-14, 2013). Sponsored by the DOE, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, NGL was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires i...

In 2012, the total output value of China's LED industry was CNY 205.9 billion with the year-on-year growth of 34%. Of which, the output value of upstream epitaxial wafer and chip industry, midstream packaging industry and downstream application industry was CNY 7.2 billion, 39.7 billion and 159 billion respectively; the year-on-year growth was 20%, 24% and 37% respectively. At present, China's LED industry has formed four major regions (Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, Fujian & Jiangxi region and the northern region), seven large-scale bases (D...

  Further cementing the company's position as an industry leader in LED technology, Philips has earned four Next Generation Luminaire™ (NGL) awards in the Outdoor Competition at the prestigious, fourth-annual NGL Solid State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition. Solutions from Philips Color Kinetics, Lumec, Wide-Lite and Crescent/Stonco were recognized for the sleekness of their LED design, as well as their color quality and light uniformity enabled by Philips LUXEON LED technology. Held during the Strategies in Light Con...

Larson Electronics has announced today the release of an intrinsically safe rated LED headlight that provides high output and hands free operation coupled with intrinsically safe rated operation. The EXP-LED-HL-DFX Explosion Proof Dual Function Headlight runs for up to 13.5 hours on a set of alkaline batteries and also features weather resistant construction and the ability to choose between high and low operating modes. The EXP-LED-HL-DFX explosion proof dual function headlight from Larson Electronics provides operators in hazardous locations with a hi...

Just imagine it: A new high score on Angry Birds projected on a 5o inch screen for all the world to see! Or, perhaps more practically, using your tablet to give an important presentation when the company’s projector goes on the fritz. All this and more is possible thanks to Brookstone’s Compact 80-Lumen Pocket Projector. At approximately 4 in. x 4 in., the Pocket Projector is small enough to tuck into your briefcase or carry on. When connected via HDMI to most smartphones, tablets, computers, cameras, etc., however, its bright LED lamp is capable of proje...

At the beginning of the new year Tridonic landed a big breakthrough with OLED modules for professional lighting. Available in series, the new lighting module from the OLEDmodule LUREON REP product range for the first time achieves a luminous flux of more than 100 lumens, at dimensions of 99 x 99 mm². In addition, LUREON REP achieves a system efficiency of over 50 lm/W in neutral white, which is much higher than that achieved by comparable products on the market.

Established series now available with latest, energy efficient, LED lamp technology Kim Lighting, the première manufacturer of architectural outdoor lighting, announces that its series of versatile landscape products is now available with LED light sources. The LED versions of the series offer durable, multi-voltage, high performance solutions that minimize energy consumption. LED lamp versions in 12V, 120V or multi-voltage 120-277V, and in 3000K, 4000K or 5000K color temperatures are now available for Kim Lighting Landscape products. Using 3, 6 o...

Intematix Corporation, an innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, provided an update on its patent infringement litigation in South Korea with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

Cooper Lighting announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fifteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors, sweeping all four lighting categories including Brand Familiarity, Brands Specified/Used in Past Two Years, Brands Specified/Brand Used Most, and Quality. The company will be featured in Builder’s April issue.

Pluritas, LLC, an intellectual property transaction advisory firm, is conducting the sale of a strategic LED patent portfolio from Illumitex, Inc., an LED innovator and maker of optically advanced lighting products. The Illumitex portfolio includes five patent families and 17 applications, each related to novel approaches for improving LED extraction efficiency and for chip shaping. The IP rights capture years of innovation and R&D relevant to the multi-billion-dollar market for LED chips.

UK LED lighting manufacturer Low Energy Designs Ltd announced the latest addition to their range. Made in their North Dorset factory the new modular NovaLITE has been designed to be powerful and energy efficient, achieving 93% savings on traditional technology. The fitting is suitable for warehouse, low bay, high bay and aisle applications, as well as many other environments.

AAMSCO Lighting announced the Mirror-Lux ADA Angled Mirror is now available with energy efficient LED lamps.  The ADA Angled Mirror is part of Aamsco’s Mirror-Lux Designer Collection comprised of modern mirrors that are backlit through an inner frosted glass insert. The ADA Angled Mirror is accented with energy efficient lighting fixtures that produce brilliantly clear light in various Kelvin temperatures with either LED or T5 fluorescent lamps.

A new LED Track Wall Wash fixture for retail and commercial applications is now available from Nora Lighting. Known as T-Wash, the luminaire features an architecturally-styled housing that includes the LED module, driver and a frosted lens for even light distribution.

Luxonic Lighting has supplied the complete controls and lighting solution for the Sir Robert Woodard Academy in West Sussex, which is a new architectural landmark in Lancing. The £28 million new build, which replaced the old college, is a state-of-the-art learning facility that has allowed the expansion of the academy from 1,100 to 1,400 students.  Luxonic has supplied products for both the interior and exterior of the buildings, from communal areas to the academy’s specialist performing arts facilities.

Company launches simpler, smaller and less costly IC solution for dimmable LED retrofits. Next week at Strategies in Light, the premier conference and exhibition for solid-state lighting (SSL), emerging fabless company, Ikon Semiconductor, will debut its digital controller Integrated Circuit (IC) technology for the dimmable LED retrofit market. The new technology is designed to meet cost and performance standards for today’s LED lighting products, while also enabling greater design simplicity for bulb manufacturers and OEMs. Central to the IC’s value is an innovative digital architecture that eliminates costly components – a benefit that reduces the form factor and improves reliability.

    One in five Chinese LED lighting companies may fail this year as falling prices and oversupply batter an industry that Beijing bankrolled to try to build an energy-efficient future.   About 4,000 companies in China are producing LEDs, or light emitting diodes, tempted by tax breaks, subsidies and offers of cheap land for factories. Now they are locked in intense competition that has halved prices over the past three years.   Just as over-investment and sagging exports dragged down Beijing's solar panel and wind turbine champions, China&#...

LEDucation 7 announces VERSATILE line up of speakers for the 7th annual premier event on LED Technology to be held in NYC oN March 20th. The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) is proud to announce its versatile speaker line up and also notify attendees that event registration for “LEDucation 7” is officially open.  As the premier lighting event dedicated to advancing the education of the lighting community, LEDucation 7 will take place in New York City on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. 

  AN £8.5M investment programme will see state of the art LED street lights springing up across Bromley over the next two years. Around half of the borough’s 27,000 street lamps will be replaced by lighting contractor May Gurney (Cartledge). The works will also include installing 8,000 new street lamp columns, replacing the oldest 50-year-old lamp columns in the borough. The LED lamps will be 50 per cent more efficient than existing bulbs which will mean savings in the £1.3m spent on electricity for the 27,000 street lights last financial year. ...

Cree, Inc.(NASDAQ:CREE) LED lighting has got an endorsement from none other than Richard Petty, “The King” of Nascar.

  Emerging Irish fabless semiconductor technology company Ikon Semiconductor this week revealed a new integrated circuit (IC) design that could prove vital to the growing global LED lighting industry. Ikon’s new IC was unveiled at the Strategies in Light conference in Silicon Valley this week. The new IKS2053 IC is designed to meet cost and performance standards for today’s LED lighting OEMs and bulb manufacturers. An innovative digital architecture created by Ikon eliminates the use of costly components by 25pc, reduces the form factor ...

Penske Truck Leasing is retrofitting 5,000 of its 2012 and 2013 model semi tractors in its commercial truck rental fleet with new LED headlights from Truck-Lite.

The infrared Oslon black SFH 4725S is a secret agent in more ways than one. Not only does its light have a wavelength of 940 nanometers, making it virtually invisible to the human eye, but its black package reflects almost no ambient light whatsoever. Together with its high optical output of almost one watt, this infrared LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors is the ideal light source for covert surveillance. Concealed security systems – such as those installed in banks, on machinery and at border controls – need to be designed so they are unobtrusive. This is a m...

UNISTARS announced a new LED package solution for super high CRI (Color Rendering Index) applications in the end of 2012.  This great achievement means that LED can provide both high quality and good efficiency solution to general lighting.   UNISTARS’ extremely high CRI  LEDs not only enhances color rendering quality to over 98, but also shows good saturated red color (R9) over 90. Furthermore, the extremely high CRI (>98) products can achieve high luminous efficiency up to 100 lm/W and are ready for different CCT applications. The Venus 3535 series with CRI>98 has been successfully mass-produced with the most advanced technologies of phosphor coating and silicon lens formation.

- Compact LED flood lighting for trains, ferries and cruise ships - GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has announced the new compact and lightweight GL-FD30-V2 Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED chips. This DC flood light automatically detects and adapts to a 12V DC or 24V DC input. GL-FD30-V2 is an ideal solution for transport flood lighting, such as for trains, ferries and cruise ships. GL-FD30-V2's DC input means that energy is not lost in converting electricity from DC output into A...

2012 is an unusual year for LED industry. During the year, some companies benefited from subsidy program from government, some try to improve technology by themselves to reduce cost, some choose acquisition or set up lighting alliance to strengthen market share, and others have to break down due to financial problem. Therefore, the road lead to LED lighting is full of opportunities as well as challenges. Let’s review the happiness and sorrow which we have undergone. LED Industry News Timeline in 2013 Events: January: 1.    Panasonic Reorgani...

In the patent lawsuit in Korea at the Seoul Central District Court which Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (“MCC”) filed against a US company, Intematix Corporation (“Intematix”) and a Korean distributor, GVP, claiming that they infringe a red phosphor patent in Korea (No. 816693) which is owned by MCC and National Institute of Material Science, the court ruled on February 5, 2013 that Intematix and GVP are enjoined from importing and selling their accused phosphor products, accepting our claims. The Korean patent No. 816693 (*) ...

According to TechNavio, one of the key factors contributing to market growth in semiconductors is the high thermal conductivity of gallium nitride over other non-silicon substrates . The gallium nitride semiconductor devices market has been witnessing the increasing preference for GaN with different substrates, GaN devices market to soar at a CAGR of 18 %. However, the complexity in matching the cost and performance could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. TechNavio's report, the "Global Gallium Nitride Semiconductor Devices Market 2012-2016&qu...

Fairchild Semiconductor, will demonstrate LED driver applications, including the highly integrated PFC and PWM controllers, during Strategies in Light 2013, February 12-14, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif., In booth #200, Fairchild experts will showcase a range of LED lighting solutions, including: The FL7730 single-stage primary side regulation (PSR) controller with power factor correction (PFC), TRIAC and analog dimming compatibility, as well as the FL7732 for non-dimming applications. The FL7730/32 are active...

Atlas Box, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of protective packaging for electronics and heavy equipment, has embarked on a plan to reduce energy consumption by 55 % in two facilities by installing LED lighting systems. The two-year retrofit project for installing lighting controls and other energy efficiency measures got underway thanks to a no upfront cost financing program set up by the local utility, National Grid. For Atlas’s interior warehouse lighting, Groom Energy installed a Digital Lumens system enabling occupancy-based lighting and the ability to track ...