Samsung will acquire 3% of Sharp for 10.4 billion yen (HK$856.8 million) to secure liquid crystal displays for smartphones and televisions. It is emphasising OLED technology that offers sharper, brighter images while consuming less power. They expect to use OLED technology to widen the gap with rival Sony. The firm, with 37.4 trillion won (HK$265.5 billion) of cash, is investing in OLEDs to boost sales of the ultra-thin sets that typically cost three times more than LCD models. Samsung and LG Electronics are depending on the new technology to counter slowing g...

Osram has agreed to sell its production site which mostly produces CFLs at the factory in Shaoxing, China, as part of its plan to save €1 billion (£864.5 billion) by 2015. The factory employs 2,000 workers. And the Hong Kong-based company Super Trend Lighting Group has bought the plant and will continue running it. Both companies are keeping the details of the transaction confidential. Osram says it is already more than halfway towards its target of making 8,000 job cuts in its traditional lighting business by 2014. Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of Osram said:...

Access Fixtures has expanded its product line with more LG LED wall packs joining the lineup of ecoWedge LED wallpacks.   instead of a glass panel with the lamp behind it, the glass is replaced with a heat sink and externally mounted LG LED light engines. The result is LED wall packs that feature superior color rendering, very low maintenance, and extreme energy-savings in traditionally designed wall packs. Additionally, with the LED light engines mounted on the outside these wall packs offer 10% more efficacy than LED wall packs that push the light through ...

Grand Prix New York has chosen Xeleum Lighting to convert the existing fluorescent and high-bay lighting to LEDs in its 118,000 square foot Mount Kisco, New York entertainment center. Vice President of Grand Prix New York, Nat Mundy stated, “We initially chose Xeleum to design a unique lighting solution for a new arcade that we were adding to our entertainment center. The lighting they implemented, which includes animated LED lights with custom programmability of color sequences, was so successful it led to a dialogue of how we might use their other LED...

- A Waterproof 6” Down Light for Wet Spaces Such As Bathrooms, Spas or Yachts - GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., today announces waterproof LED down light, GL-DL06-IP. This compact 6” down light for wet spaces only consumes 12W. There are three different configurations of this down light available: non-dimmable, AC-TRIAC dimmable and 3-in-1 dimmable (1-10V/PWM/Resistor). All of these three configurations have three color temperature options. In line with rest of the models in the ...

Latest LED lighting fixture solution helps free architects from the constraints of traditional ceiling design Today there is a renaissance occurring in the commercial ceiling space where continuous or 'monolithic' designs are injecting new energy into traditionally uninspired areas. Engineered to fit tomorrow's integrated ceiling systems, GE's new Lumination™ BL Series LED Luminaires help free architects and lighting professionals from the constraints of traditional t-grid ceiling designs. Lumination BL Series LED Luminaires were designed ...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, adds a new model today to their line of T8 LED Tube Lights – FZL-T8-07. The new model uses SMD LED, 6 to 22 watt, high-performance LED light source series products in one feet (30cm), two feet (60cm), and 4 feet (120cm) long. FZL-T8-07 is a direct replacement for traditional T8 tubes with an AC voltage range of 100-240V. It can be easily installed in any space without lighting fixture, is designed for commercial and residential lighting, in application of several advertising lighting, ceiling p...

A group of people watch the grand lighting of the Bay Lights art installation on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on March 5, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Designed by artist Leo Villareal, the Bay Lights is the world's largest LED light sculpture, spanning 1.8 miles long and 500 feet high with 25,000 individual LED lights supplied by Philips Color Kinetics. The installation will be on display daily from dusk to 2 a.m. for the next two years. Villareal, who recently exhibited two high-profile public art installations in NYC -- Madison Sq. P...

According to LEDinside’s “Silver Member Report,” in 1Q13 LED price for monitor backlight application fell by approximately 4%-8%, whereas LED price for TV application dropped by 3%-9%. Affected by the price cut by Korean manufacturers, average price of high power LED for lighting applications fell by 6%-9% this quarter. With the price drop continuing, the total number of LED backlights applied to middle and large sized panels is expected to peak. LED backlight application has grown from 2012’s 70% to 92% in monitors, and from 70% to 90% in TVs.

Philips Automotive, is now offering its full line of automotive aftermarket lighting products including premium headlight bulb upgrades and LED accessories, through the Automotive Distribution Network (ADN). With the new Philips program, ADN members will be able to offer their customers Philips’ complete portfolio of aftermarket automotive lighting products, including accessories featuring the latest in LED technology. The new program includes Philips full line of premium upgrade bulbs, which offer customers a choice of up to 100% more light or the stylish l...

Dongbu LED, the lighting affiliate of Dongbu Group, has signed a licensing deal with Osram over patents in LEDs. The agreement allows Dongbu to use key Osram-owned white conversion-related patents by paying royalties. Dongbu is the fifth Korean firm to sign such a licensing deal with Osram after Seoul Semiconductor, Lumens, Samsung Electronics and LG Innotek. ''Our top clients, including Sharp, Hitachi, Panasonic of Japan and General Electric (GE) of the United States, strongly asked us to sign a licensing deal with Osram as the German co...

The latest market report published by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce showed that LED outdoor lighting replacements will be popular worldwide from 2013 to 2015, with Asian countries including China, Japan, and Taiwan acting most aggressively. Promoted by the policy, the LED outdoor lighting market value will be up to 2,478 million USD in 2013, an annual growth over 46%. In other emerging countries such as Thailand, Russia, Latin America and Africa, considerable streetlight replacements will also be installed in 2014. The installation of LED streetlight replacements will gradually slow down in 2015, and the number of worldwide LED streetlight replacements and newly installed LED streetlights will be maintained at approximately 10 million/year. 

With various motivating government policies like “Internet of Things” and “Smart City”, China’s smart home industry reached the breakthrough points and the demand increase significantly. Wearable devices, cloud computing, big data etc. become the hot topics in the technology industry and the market gets nuts about them. The concept of Smart Home covers numerous technologies such as intelligent terminals, Internet of things etc., which is being regarded as the most prospective market in its area. Undoubtedly, the acquisition of NEST(a Smart Home...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs at a retail price point that gives consumers a reason to switch to LED lighting. The long-lasting Cree LED bulbs showcase Cree's commitment to LED lighting innovation. The new bulbs shine as brightly as comparable incandescents while saving 84 percent of the energy compared to traditional bulbs. The Cree LED bulbs are backed by a 10-year limited warranty and available exclusively at The Home Depot®. "The Cree LED light bulb was designed to offer consumers a no-compr...

Philips Electronics North America has kicked off a long-anticipated price war in home lighting, with a 10.5-watt LED bulb for just under $15 at Home Depot.  And by the end of the year, Philips expects to market a similar bulb for a little less than $10. At 10.5 watts, the LED lamps produce as much light as a traditional 60-watt incandescent bulb and a fraction of the heat. Philips rates the lifetime of the 10.5-watt LED lamps more than 18 years under normal household use.  That's less than the the 23-year-rating of the more expensive LED bulbs that ...

AIXTRON SE has been awarded the 2013 Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Award for its latest development, the AIX G5+ reactor for gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si). The Award recognizes key areas of innovation surrounding the chip manufacturing process from research to completed device, focusing on the people, processes and products that drive the industry forward. Editor Richard Stevenson from Compound Semiconductor (CS) magazine presented the award yesterday, March 4, 2013 to AIXTRON’s Vice President Europe Dr. Frank Schulte. &...

Inventronics has announced the release of a broad array of 150W constant current drivers for LED lighting applications.  The ETC-150SxxxDT（ST） series includes 16 different models with output currents ranging from 580 to 4200mA.  Regardless of the output current, each model offers a full load efficiency of 89-91%.  These products all operate over a 312-528Vac input range and provide excellent power factor correction (0.95 at 347V).  They provide a cost-saving and compact solution for ultra-high input voltage applications, which are now using a low inp...

Marl International has added a top quality range of LED panel indicators following its appointment as UK distributor for Bivar, a leading Californian manufacturer. Bivar products complement the LED panel indicators that Marl designs and manufactures itself at its facility in Ulverston, England with cost-effective nylon mounted products and a light pipe range.   According to Adrian Rawlinson, Managing Director of Marl International, “We carefully evaluated Bivar before setting up a relationship and they offer an outstanding range of quality LED indicat...

Web-based LightRules™ Software Now Supporting Granular Peer-to-Peer Control   Digital Lumens announced that LightRules™ lighting control software has been expanded to include new capabilities, including coordinated control.   Wirelessly integrated with the suite of Digital Lumens intelligent high bay LED fixtures, LightRules 2.5 is the Digital Lumens web-based lighting management platform that gives commercial facility managers unprecedented levels of control over lighting resources. The software enables staff to manage lighting system setti...

Rooms To Go has completed an effort initiated in 2010 to convert 115 of its retail stores to LED lighting. The switch to energy efficient 16-18 watt LED track lamps from the 60 watt halogen track lamps previously in use by the retailer has resulted in an average overall store energy savings of 35-45 percent with a project investment payback in less than 12 months. In addition, Rooms To Go has also been able to further reduce energy consumption by selecting a wider optical beam-spread for the LED lamps, using a 25 degree angle instead of the 12 degree angle employed for...

LED CHINA 2013, organised by UBM Trust, opens from 1-4 March at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex Area B in Guangzhou, China.1,012 exhibitors from 10 countries, an increase of 12percent compared to last year, have taken up 80,000sqm of exhibition space, another growth of 14percent. LED CHINA 2013,the world's largest dedicated event to the entire LED industry supply chain and one of the selected fairs which won endorsement from the China Ministry of Commerce in 2012, is the one-stop platform to see finished LED products and componen...

Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 3535L family of mid-power LEDs, offering what is claimed to be the highest luminous efficacy available for the category on the market: 165lm/W at cool-white and 150lm/W at warm-white correlated color temperatures. The LUXEON 3535L line supports ENERGY STAR certification requirements for color quality and a lumen maintenance lifetime of 35,000 hours at test conditions as high as 105°C and 150mA. “Our LUXEON 3535L mid-power LED offers luminaire and lamp manufacturer...

The chief executive officer of Philips North America, Greg Sebasky, has pointed out in an interview that the global market for LED will grow about 40 % in 2013.   According to him, the company sees a “growth tipping point” with the debut this year of its 60-watt equivalent LED light bulb that will retail for about $10. That will help the energy- efficient technology make up about 50 percent of Philips’ lighting sales by 2015, up from 25 percent last year. “People are starting to see lighting as a durable good,” Sebasky said, taking lig...

AIR Urban life is crowded and hard to breath. AIR, inspired from the floating cloud with a wing-like appearance, is designed to release the burden on you and the earth. LED as the luminant, AIR saves 80% energy compared with incandescent. AIR is available in 3 sizes--Dia. 17cm, 22cm, 35cm. SQUARE Square is always essential to the design of simplism. The New SQUARE is an evolution of the old halogen SQUARE. New SQUARE is smaller and smarter. It uses LED for less power consumption and save 80% of energy. Coated finish instead of plated ...

LEDinside has prepared 29 LED awards, covering upstream to downstream LED fields. Our carefully selected jugdes will evaluate the applicants, and LEDinside lab will also be responsible for testing the products. Winning companies will be published and featured on all three versions (English, simplified and traditional Chinese). 

The largest LED manufacturer in the world is celebrating their 16th anniversary on 5TH MAR. MLS was established in 1997 and become the largest LED manufacturer in the world in 2013 with capacity of 15 billion peaces LEDs per month. Located in 300,000 square meters workshop with 10,000 employees in Xiao Lan, Zhong Shan, China where is called “city of lighting”. Besides, MLS was making the first UL approved T8 tube in China in 2007, until today, MLS is heading to be the global home base of LED light source manufacture. As LED lighting...

In the past few years, LED has become a new darling in lighting market due to its outstanding color saturation and long lifetime. However, the problems of luminous efficacy, heat dissipation and high cost still need to be improved. In recent years, there emerges a new package method in the industry─COB package and it can meet the application demands for LED lighting market. Different from the traditional SMD package, COB package is to encapsulate single or multiple chips directly on aluminum substrate and it can strengthen the performance of LED heat dissipation. Due ...

According to LEDinside, a research division of Trendforce, investigation on the latest LED light bulb retail price showed that global LED light bulb retail price remained volatile in January 2013. The retail price of 40W equiv. LED lamps increased by 4% to USD19.4. Fewer new products were introduced in each region, and fluctuation in the price of original products increased. The average price of 60W equiv. LED lamp fell by 4.3% to USD29.6. Prices declined most significantly in the Japanese market.

As the world's economy stages a rebound, the global LED industry is expected to ride the wave of an uptrend in demand, in particular for lighting applications. According to some industry experts , since the beginning of 2013 sales in LED lighting has expanded at a quicker-than-expected pace. As the peak season for the LED industry will arrive in the second quarter of this year, momentum is expected to continue, leaving behind a slow year of 2012, which was partly impacted by the financial turmoil in the eurozone. LEDinside: global LED industry is expected to rise ...

A new survey shows that Americans are changing their lighting habits. But awareness of new technologies is still mixed. The penetration of incandescent light bulbs in American homes has dropped significantly in 2012, according to a new survey from Sylvania. The survey shows that 29 percent of U.S. households are free of incandescent bulbs. However, there are still many Americans who are unaware of the phase-out of energy inefficient light bulbs, even as concerns about energy efficiency increase. These findings from Sylvania highlight the slow but steady shift when it comes...