Philips’ StyliD LED spot has been awarded the prestigious gold iF product design award. As part of the next generation of LED retail lighting, the StyliD produces sparkling warm light which creates an appealing atmosphere inside a store and helps merchandise to stand out as　well　as　lowers the cost in both maintenance and energy use in comparison with traditional lighting.   According to the iF jury report: “With the StyliD LED luminaire range Philips realized the first truly variable LED solution that meets the requirements of having both opti...

It’s said that Austin Scientific business of Oxford Instruments has secured an order with a major HBLED manufacturer in the US in mid-February. The order, worth $770k to the Texas based business, is for a number of cryopump systems that the customer will use to support its continuing expansion.  ...

Recently, GT Solar has received its fourth order valued at $41.6 Million dollars for its advanced sapphire crystallization furnaces from new Asia-based customer. The furnaces ordered by the new manufacturer will initially produce 85 kilogram boules. During its recent Q3 FY11 quarterly earnings call, GT Solar announced an enhancement to the advanced sapphire furnace that will increase the output capacity to 100 kilograms per cycle....

It’s reported that based on two-year cooperation begun from 2008, Cree has continued to sign a two-year extension of the strategic agreement with Zumtobel Lighting GmbH  to bring LED lighting innovation into Europe markets.

Lextar Electronics ("Lextar" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 3698) today announced its preliminary consolidated February 2011 revenue of NT$ 540 million, up by 12.2% from the previous month and a YoY growth of 50.4%.   Sales Report :(Unit: NT$ million) (1)     Consolidated numbers include Lextar Electronics Corp. and Lextar Electronics (Suzhou) Corp.  ...

AIXTRON SE worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, has a number of stock option programs in place that grant the members of the Executive Board and employees the right to purchase AIXTRON shares under certain conditions. Under the terms of the stock option plan 2007, stock options can currently be exercised. New shares resulting from exercised options are not entitled for dividend for fiscal year 2010 and will therefore be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the separate ISIN DE000A1H30A0 until and includin...

It is the update version of the traditional 2-wire LED rope light, and it can be sold in containers. Features: Product Size Drawings： 1. 220V, high voltage, but the PVC cover is 100% safe 2. It can be used for 100M/roll without cutting 3. It uses 3528 and 5050 LED rather than traditional diameter 5mm LED lamps, greatly promoting the brightness 4. It is square in shape, less than 1cm in length and width, thus easy to install by mounting brackets and screws 5. The price is less than 5USD per meter, no extra power supply or transformer necessary 6. 1M per c...

1700mW (365nm) and 6000mW (400nm) respectively in single 9x9mm package expands line of UV Emitters for High Speed curing of Inks and Adhesives, Analytical Instruments, Sterilization, Forensic Science and Currency Verification LedEngin, Inc., a leader in high flux density LED products announces immediate availability of its 365nm and 400nm UVA wavelengths in LZC-series 12-die platform. The latest emitters in the UVA family provide record flux densities up to1700mW and 3.2W/cm2 at 365nm and 6000mW and 10W/cm2 at 400nm. These record high flux densities e...

Mitsubishi Electric has replaced the previous electrical scoreboard built in 1992 with a 824-inch, Diamond Vision display system at Pocarisweat Stadium in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. This 18.72 meter × 9.36 meter screen , one of the largest of its kind in Shikoku, incorporates high-luminance LEDs aligned vertically and horizontally in a 15-millimeter dot pitch, and the latest digital screen controllers.   It is the first large-scale LED screen installed at the stadium, the home of J. League Division 2 soccer club TOKUSHIMA VORT...

It’s reported that Octa Light, which is a privately-held company owned by major investors Monbat PLC (50.5% shareholding) and Octagon International (49.5%), held an official opening ceremony for the first high-power LED assembly line in Bulgaria in mid February. The new facility includes a 4000 sq.m build area, laboratories, clean rooms and lighting-fixture manufacturing areas. It also launched its first packaged LED named Bullstar. The first Bullstar LEDs offer full color-binning according to the ANSI standard, including cool white (6500K, 5700 K), n...

UL was announced to acquire Lighting Sciences, Inc. (LSI), in support of the growing Solid State Lighting market. LSI will become part of UL’s Verification Services business, which provides performance testing, inspection and auditing for product manufacturers and retailers worldwide. UL is proactively developing its capabilities in photometric testing to be prepared for and drive the transformational shift to SSL (LED) technologies. LSI will help bolster UL’s already strong position as the leader in this growing market by increasing UL&rsqu...

City of Ann Arbor recently teamed up with DTE Energy to install 58 new LED fixtures in the neighborhood bounded by Hill Street, Packard Street, South Forest Avenue and Wells Street.   According to city officials, the new fixtures are expected to cut energy usage by nearly 50 percent and reduce the city’s annual carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 pounds. Besides, the lower street light bill from DTE will save the city about $5,600 annually, repaying the city’s investment in four years....

Innovative XLamp® XM-L LEDs Can Enable Record Efficacy for LED Lighting Fixtures Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of XLamp® XM-L LEDs in neutral- and warm-white color temperatures (2600-K to 5000-K CCT). Cree once again leads the industry by extending the XM-L LED family’s unprecedented light output and efficacy to a wide range of mainstream indoor and outdoor lighting applications. The XM-L LEDs deliver unmatched performance across a wide range of drive...

Reportedly, Taiwan LED manufacturer Unity Opto Technology, is expected to become a major supplier of LEDs for backlight modules to a Chinese TFT-LCD panel maker, Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology. Unity Opto will build a new plant in Beijing in April, with the new LED facility expected to have a monthly capacity of some 200 million LEDs by the end of 2011. In addition, it has also begun shipping LEDs to another major Chinese TFT-LCD panel maker TCL.  ...

Event LED Light Fair/ LED Light Tech Show Venue Hong Kong KITEC Dates 26-29 Oct. 2011 General information LED Green Lighting Revolution Semiconductor lighting is one of the most promising hi-tech sectors in the 21st century, boasting long product life, energy conservation, and environmental protection, and will usher the lighting industry into a new e...

Fairchild Semiconductor will showcase more than 20 innovative solutions for energy-efficient electronics applications at the electronica China 2011 show, in the Shanghai New International Expo Center, between 15 – 17 March. The company will conduct both static and active demonstrations on LED lighting, automotive, power supplies and motion control. Besides, Robin Zhang, chief technical marketing manager, Technical Application and Support Centre at Fairchild Semiconductor will present, 'Fairchild's mWSaver™ Technology Offers Best-in-Class...

Currently, the State of Arkansas is requesting bids for the supply of LED lamps used in poultry houses as part of the Advanced Lighting Technology for Poultry Growers program. The project requires approximately 34,500 LED lamps, divided equally into PAR-38 (max. 10W, min. 600 lm), PAR-30 (max. 10W, min. 400 lm) and R-30 (max. 10W, min. 400 lm) types.  And bids will be opened on Tuesday March 15 at 1.30 pm Central Time.  ...

Closed-loop control of the dispense weight eliminates constant adjustments   Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, introduces jet dispensing for manufacturing side-view LEDs. The system jets 0.1 to 0.2 mm dots through windows as small as 0.4 mm into the LED cavities. Side-view LEDs illuminate the displays in devices such as tablet computers, smart phones, and e-readers. Nordson ASYMTEK's Spectrum™ S-920N jetting system automatically maintains a consistent shot weight with software-managed dispense paramete...

Interior and Exterior LED Upgrades Receive A+ Marks for Energy and Maintenance Savings The Noribachi Group, the leading provider of smart energy applications, announced that Olin College of Engineering and New Mexico Highlands University have joined the community of education institutions deploying Qnuru’s LED lighting technology. Using Qnuru’s Vector line of LED bulbs, Olin College retrofitted street and parking lot lights throughout its 75-acre campus, while Highlands University retrofitted high bay luminaires in its 74,000 sq. ft. John ...

Reportedly, Rochester public utilities  has made a plan to expand its LED street light program to including another 400 plus city lights. This is one of three neighborhoods in Rochester where RPU has tested the new LED street lights. These LED's have been up for three to four months. And almost all the residents we talked to appreciate the change. RPU says not only do they look much different than typical street lights, the light itself is different. According to RPU's Tony Benson , "a little whiter light. Lot of people say it's a cl...

The sailors and Marines of The US Navy have engaged in TechSolutions program, in which they are encouraged to submit their ideas for technology innovations. According to the Inhabitat site report, the US Navy’s submarine fleet is getting an overhaul of its internal lighting system — from fluorescent lighting to more energy efficient LED lighting. Therefore, the TechSolutions program is proven to be an illuminating exercise. The idea came from a sailor’s recommendation: “One crew member complained that the lights produced a noisy hum. As a r...

LedEngin, Inc., has released its 365nm and 400nm UV Power LED Products in LZC-series 12-die platform. The latest emitters provide record flux densities up to 1700mW and 3.2W/cm2 at 365nm and 6000mW and 10W/cm2 at 400nm. The emitters are available with standard half sphere glass dome or with flattop optic for designs that require package heights not to exceed 1.3mm. These record high flux densities expand the use of UV LEDs in wide-ranging applications for high speed ink printing and adhesive curing, non-destructive testing analysis, sterilization, forensics ...

AAT14XX Family Has Filtered PWM and Integrated Current Sink to Increase Efficiency, Power and Flexibility  Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech™) (Nasdaq: AATI), an analog semiconductor company focused on powering innovative solutions in consumer, industrial, and communications markets, introduced the AAT14XX family of 31 mA step-up single-channel light-emitting diode (LED) drivers capable of driving up to 10 LEDs in a single string. The drivers’ small size and quiet operation make them ideal LED backlight soluti...

With the advent of LED lighting units suitable for outdoor lighting, ewo, the Bolzano-based, international manufacturer of high quality lighting systems asked Plasma Studio to develop a new type of street light for this radically new technology. Starting from the conceptual diagram of the street lamp as a combination of vertical shaft and horizontal light-emitting beam and looking at birds and flowers for reference, Plasma developed Tagliente as a fluid transition between the vertical and horizontal directions. Challenging the omnipresent and generic status of street lamps, th...

Acuity Brands, has added the Lithonia Lighting® ACLED and the TLED, a general purpose LED recessed troffer  to its indoor LED ambient lighting portfolio . According to the company, the ACLED is an indoor ambient lighting fixture featuring a classic yet contemporary architectural style, advanced LEDs and flexible controls. It is available in a 2’x2’ configuration and features 3300 delivered lumens at 41 input watts. The TLED is a high-performance LED fixture for general-purpose illumination, featuring nLight enabled controls, to...

Adding Colours to Bangkok’s Landmark The Siam Discovery Center is one of Bangkok’s first shopping malls. Recently, the Center has new looks, thanks to Signex LED architectural lighting. At the core of the lighting fixtures are OSRAM Opto Semiconductor’s Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs which help illuminate the multi-dimensional bubble-like structures at the front of the building, attracting shoppers and tourists from afar. “When we were asked to create a lively illumination design for the Siam Discovery Center, we immediately picked...

Successful market penetration of latest generation systems Early demand for LED lighting production equipment continues R&D capacity increases AIXTRON SE (ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6), a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, delivered in 2010, for the third year in succession, the best operational performance in its history with EUR 783.8m of revenues and a 35% EBIT margin. Guidance for 2011 has been set at EUR 800-900m of revenues with an EBIT margin of circa 35%. Key Financials (in EUR million)&nb...

After last eighteen months evaluated by the Indian Railways, MIC Electronics Ltd, a Hyderabad based LED manufacturer, has successfully been the only company in the country which has been accorded by the Research, Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) of the Ministry of Railways for the Energy Efficient LED based Luminaires to be fitted in the Air Conditioned Coaches of the Indian Railways. All Air Conditioned Coaches & Sleeper Coaches manufactured by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapuralat...

Philips EnduraLED / AmbientLED 12.5 watt is announced to receive ENERGY STAR certification.   The Philips AmbientLED lasts 25 times longer and uses 80 percent less energy than the 60-watt incandescent bulb it is designed to replace. It features 806 lumens, 2700K, a CRI of 80 and a six year warranty.  Ed Crawford, General Manager of Lamps for Philips Lighting North America, said that “This LED bulb represents an important milestone for the lighting industry and for LED adoption, as it will give utilities the confidence to supp...

Albeo Technologies has acquired three patents covering thermal and integrated chip technology from USPTO.   Jeff Bisberg, Albeo's CEO, said that "We are pleased that the USPTO has recognized our intellectual property by granting these patents.  The Albeo team is innovating with the objective of replacing high performance fluorescent and HID with LED technology. The implementation of the patented ideas deliver higher value LED lighting solutions that reduce maintenance and energy costs."    Currently, the company is develop...