LED lighting brings uniform illumination to the Zhujiang New City Central Business District (CBD) in the city of Guangzhou in time for the Asian Games in China. On centre stage are OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs, installed in the street & parking lamps of the Haixinsha People square in Lin Jiang Road where the Asian Games will be unveiled. These LED lamps will provide an evenly illuminated environment for pedestrians and for drivers in the parking lot.

Cambrios Technologies Corporation and Plextronics, Inc. have joined a force to develop an OLED material for improving the manufacturing process and quality of lighting products.   An assistance agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) Solid State Lighting (SSL) program provides part of the fund with the collaboration.  

Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded Luminus Devices’s 50th patent for ‘Big-Chip’ LEDs. Luminus has aggressively filed intellectual property (IP) for protection of big chip LED devices, packages and systems.

Unmatched optical performance sets a new standard for roadway sign lighting applications.

A manufacturer of UV-curable adhesives, Cyberbond, has developed Linop U 400 LED UV curing system. This System was considered as the world’s most advanced LED UV adhesive-curing system. It not only offer users of UV-curables significant cost savings that result from greatly increased bulb life but also offers a fully ergonomic user experience, as well as vastly enhanced flexibility over existing UV curing systems.

Traditional Slack Season Coupled with Weaker Demand for LED Backlit TV During China's National Day Holiday, Taiwanese LED Manufacturers' Revenue of October Dropped by 10% Based on the analysis and statistics of LEDinside, a research division under TrendForce, in October 2010, listed LED manufacturers in Taiwan have total revenue of 8.69 billion NTD, an 10.77% decline compared with September revenue of 9.736 billion NTD and 21.3% rise in YoY.

Traditional Slack Season Plus Chinese National Day Holidays Yet to Stimulate LED Backlit TV Demand, and Taiwanese LED Manufacturers‘ Revenue of October Dropped by 10% 



Recently, Lighting manufacturer Philips and LED lamp maker Lemnis Lighting signed a license agreement. On the basis of the agreement, Lemnis would join Philips licensing program for LED-based luminaries and retrofit bulbs. And Philips would obtain access to the LED-lamp architecture and control patents of Lemnis.

Recently, a leader of High-power LED packaging house Edison Opto thought LED lighting would grow up quickly in 2011 and the company revenues would reach NT$10 billion (US$331.54 million) in 2012 with the expanding capacity.

The South Asia Lighting Transformation Forum was planed to hold in January 17-19 of 2011 in Malé, Maldives. The Forum will describe blueprint for lighting in South Asia with a commitment to efficiency and clean energy.

LED Light Bulbs and Lighting Fixtures In exhibition, we can see LED light bulbs and light bars displays everywhere. no mat-ter how professional LED package manufacturers, traditional light bulb vendor or LED lighting new entrants are almost display this kind of product to provide a variety of plugs, brightness specification and watts, CRI and color temperature to meet cus-tomer needs.

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LED Encapsulated Components LED package manufacturers comprise of Cree, Nichia, Citizen, Seoul Semiconductor, Everlight, etc. have developed improving products with increasing LED luminous efficacy and colour ren-dering index. Among LED package manufacturers, Citizen lately has launched indoor lighting with 26W and 41W LED, 3000-5000K color temperature, 2800-4390 lm of luminous flux.   26W Product/ Citizen 1

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has promoted two collections of automotive LED driver ICs ASL1010NTK and ASL1010PHN, designed for vehicle LED headlights and tail lights. According to NXP, automotive LEDs have used complex, relatively expensive driver ICs made for generic Solid State Lighting applications that lack many of the critical functions needed for automotive applications.

The 12th “HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition)” was held on 27-30 October 2010.The lighting exhibition has divided into several areas, which includes LED lighting, eco-friendly lighting, indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, business lighting and lighting accessories and components.

In a bid to better serve South Korean OLED display and lighting manufacturers , New Jersey based company Universal Display Corporation is setting up a South Korean subsidiary as well as expanding into 'green' markets. 

A materials development innovator Intematix, specializes in patented phosphors for high-quality and high-performance LED applications, has introduced green aluminate and red nitride materials that enable high-quality white illumination when applied to blue LEDs to their product line. It’s considered as the broadest portfolio of LED phosphors in the market worldwide.

Lumiotec announced that they will begin mass production of OLED Lighting panels in January 2011. The production capacity will be around 60,000 panels a year, and the company will offer panels in five different shapes (two squares and three rectangular) and in two different colors: lamp (3000K) and natural white (5000K). Selling 60,000 panels a year means that most of these will go into commercial lamps, and not just 'sample designs'.

America Tampa, Florida based LED lighting maker LEDnovation has recently launched a line of MR16 lamps for use in standard low voltage lighting applications and previously brought to market A19 or "Edison" type LED replacement lamps optimized for use in downlights and other semi-enclosed directional fixtures.   The new lamp has been both electronically and optically optimized to eliminate the scalloping, rings and other optical variations that are often seen in traditional reflector lamps.

Flexible Financing Plans Help Organizations Achieve More Immediate Energy and Cost Savings, Plus Take Advantage of Rebate Programs to Achieve Faster ROI

The high precision machine tools manufacturer Peter Wolters of America, a subsidiary of Peter Wolters GmbH, has made a breakthrough on LED substrate polishing time.

America’s leading provider of energy saving lighting, Energy Smart Industry (ESI) has announced that it has bagged a new project with Starwood Capital. As part of this project, it will install LED lighting at Starwood’s Artech Aventura property. Artech Aventura is a luxury water-front condo located in Aventura, Miami.Starwood Capital Group is a privately held global investment firm founded in 1991.

Commercially Available Single-Die XLamp® XM-L LEDs Deliver 1000 Lumens at 100 Lumens per Watt Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of the industry’s brightest, highest-performance lighting-class LEDs. With breakthrough light output and efficacy, Cree XLamp® XM-L LEDs are designed for very-high-lumen applications, such as high-bay or roadway lighting.

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.[TSE:2393] today announced the launch of its new Corporate Design (CD).The brand update is part of a long-term business strategy. The global optoelectronics specialist with more than 27 years of experience especially in the fields of LED and infrared technologies enters the new decade with a redesigned lettering and new company motto that reflects the rapid development of the lighting markets as well as the own worldwide growth in the past years.

The Hong Series-HNB503 is offering Smaller Packaging and Multiple Colors for Advanced Outdoor Signage Applications

Taiwan LED Lamps maker Lamptech Enterprise Co.,Ltd will show its LED lamps at 2011 Taiwan International Lighting Show. Lamptech Enterprise Co., Ltd (Taiwan) Lumitech Enterprise Co., Ltd (China) *Lamp Exporter & Manufacturer *Products: Desk Lamps, Floor Lamps, Ceiling Lamps and Wall Lamps *Concentrated on Europe Market *Joined in HK Fair 2009 Presented in LED Lamp Lamptech Enterprise Co., Ltd (Taiwan) – Office Established in 2000 Location: His Chih City, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan

Offering High Power and High Luminosity for Advanced Lighting Applications "Yi [Yi] is the English translation for the Chinese word meaning Dazzling or Sparkling. This multi-chip package has the brightness to illuminate the space around it, a beacon in the dark."

LCD chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy reported October 2010 revenues of NT$400.72 million (US$13.31 million), down 0.04% sequentially but up 58.86% on year. In November, the company pointed out that demand for TV backlighting was picking up on which revenues depended, but the growth was not as significant as in 2009, and December revenues were expected to drop as clients went through inventory stock checks.

TFT LCD driver IC maker Himax Technologies 3Q10 revenues were US$138 million, down 26.3% sequentially but still meeting its adjusted forecast. And gross margin increased 2.5pp to 22.9%. Quarterly net income came to US$400,000. Non-driver IC products accounted for 8.4% in 3Q revenues.

Team House Limited will introduce a series of LED indoor lighting products at 2011 Taiwan International Lighting Show. Team House has been focused on the development of LED Indoor Lightings for a long time. There are several types of bases with different view angles and watts, for example, E27, MR16, GU10, T8 Light Tube, Track Light, AR111 and 7 Inches 7 Segments Displays.