AIXTRON AG announced an order from ETH Zurich for a Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD system to be installed at the Nanotechnology Center in Ruschlikon, Switzerland. The Nanotechnology Center is a unique, public private partnership between IBM Research and ETH Zurich. The new system, used for single wall carbon nanotube deposition, is 6-inch in configuration and will be commissioned by the local AIXTRON support team in the first quarter of 2011.

Valeo is fitting full-LED headlights on the ZB10 RENAULT and SEAT IBE concept cars exclusively presented at the Paris Motor Show. With their low energy consumption, equivalent to 85% of traditional headlamps, LEDs are perfect for electric vehicles because they increase their range, and they reduce fuel consumption by around 0.2 litres per 100 km for internal combustion engine vehicles.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced that third quarter 2010 financial results will be distributed after the market closes on Monday, October 25, 2010. A conference call reviewing these results has been scheduled for 5:00pm ET that day at 1-877-591-4956 (toll free) or 1-719-325-4772 using passcode 8848728.

During the past few years, there was an expectation in the industry for LED to replace all traditional lighting; therefore the projection of the market size was huge. For example, there are 800,000 units of mercury vapor street lamps in Taiwan that needed to be replaced. Taking into account the high pressure sodium lamps, more than 1.5million lamps have yet to be replaced, in Taiwan alone.

 

Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd. and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a Siemens Group Company jointly provided 50 units of street lights (LEDioc STREET 40VA) to Chuo-ward, Tokyo. It is one of their programs to ensure further security and environment in society. The street lamps employ OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs as the light source, of which is characterized by its 60,000 hours long life, achieving significant savings in energy cost and environment-friendliness.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announce that U.S. participants in the Cree LED City® program will join forces with the DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (Consortium). The Consortium will provide ongoing national organizational structure and guidance to LED City members and new members in the process of evaluating solid-state street lighting technologies meant for public streets and other public areas.

Mitsubishi has installed the first Diamond Vision OLED screen, over at Merck's new Material Research Center in Darmstadt, Germany. The display measures 3.84m by 2.3m with a 1280x768 resolution. It has 60 modules (each is 128x128), and weights a total of 480Kg(!). Merck will use the display as an information system for presentations and events.

Matrix Lighting Limited is proud to appoint LED By U Ltd and Forward Optronics Co. Ltd as the exclusive distributor in United Kingdom and Taiwan. LED BY U LTD is a leading LED solutions provider, working within the commercial, industrial and retail markets in UK and Europe. Supplying LED lighting solutions including consultancy services, design, project management, installation, sales support, as well as funding models supported by the Carbon Trust.

Valeo and its partner in Japan, Ichikoh, have developed a new generation of LED front lighting systems, unveiled as a world premiere on the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle. The Alliance's engineers have designed a cost-effective LED-based headlamp, combining enhanced illumination close to daylight and distinctive style. While the Nissan Leaf LED headlamp is cost and energy efficient, it delivers a high level of performance, with brighter light color on the road and a longer life span.

Brand Neue Corp. announced the opening of the InteLEDgent Lighting Solutions Inc. Canadian LED Lighting Distribution Center in Edmonton, Alberta.

Located in Yuang Kung St., in addition to the famous ice cream shop ‘ice MONSTER’, a new competitor ‘Smoothie House’ joined the market. ‘Smoothie House’ chose ARC SSL technology’s LED lighting solution to enhance its signage. ARC SSL created an eye-catching lighting scenario as 32 pieces of acrylic lighting box are installed for the signage, providing a perfect lighting control system to display in the night.

At the beginning of 3Q 2010,LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics thought its low temperature light bars revenues had lowed 10% sequentially because of drop orders. But revenues for 4Q 2010 were planed to pick up as clients prepared for the demand during the summer of 2011.

The South Korean steel industry giant POSCO announced to participate in the LED Industry. The new venture's headquarters will be in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. The new company is comprise of POSCO ICT (63.3 percent), the IT and engineering arm of POSCO steel, POSCO Steel (16.7-percent) and Seoul Semiconductor (20 percent).And  POSCO ICT CEO Hur Nam-suk will have leadership responsibility for the venture.

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries (THEIL) planed to increase more it’s LED thin-film ceramic substrates production lines and kept LED thin-film ceramic substrates growing. Now, The Company has produced 400,000 LED ceramic substrates every month, in which included Taiwan 300,000 units and Philippines 100,000 units. Soon, Tong Hsing will add a new capacity of 50,000 units will come online.

Benefiting from the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program, which provides software for emerging clean tech companies in North America and Europe, PearlLED is using Autodesk's Digital Prototyping software to help design a new LED lightbulbs.

Luminus Devices has installed CBT-90 white PhlatLight LEDs inside Martin Professional's new MAC 350 Entour™ lighting fixtures to brighten the stage on Crowded House's World Tour. The MAC 350 Entour is the entertainment lighting industry's first LED alternative to traditional high intensity discharge-based profile fixtures.

Bridgelux(R) has chose Electro Scientific Industries(ESI) 's fully automated wafer scriber, the AccuScribe(R) 2150P to support the manufacturing of its LEDs in the United States.

The members of Cree LED City(R) Program will cooperate with the DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (Consortium).

Philips Lumileds has increased the light output specifications as well as lowered forward voltage for LUXEON Rebel LED Portfolio to satisfy the customer needs. It's said that the company's red and red-orange LUXEON Rebel LEDs now generate 40% more light and are 50% more efficient. Its blue LEDs have the best hot/cold factor which delivers superior in-application results and delivers leading lumens per Watt. Royal Blue typically delivers 875 mW at 700 mA .

Acuity Brands has come out four white papers, which are comprise of four fundamental LED topics, such as  LED Binning, Photometric Measurement, Lumen Depreciation and Color Quality, to help educate the marketplace about LED lighting and technology and associated issues in lighting design.   "LED and Binning” relates to binning LEDs, color temperature, chromaticity and ANSI binning standards.  

Nexxus Lighting has to put off the laboratory of its first series of Array(TM) LED replacement lamps, because the product is under the review of the ENERGY STAR program.   Once the test is completed, Nexxus will submit its R30 product in both its flood and narrow flood configurations at 3000 deg Kelvin color temperature.

Energy Smart Industry (ESI) announces the launch of LED outdoor lights under its energy efficiency program. The company has been providing with different lighting solutions in the past that cater to industries with different requirement and has helped many of them in reducing their electricity bills.

DX-309: 3CH LED Dimmer Pack Features: Connectable to PC through USB interface. Master and slave design. One master controller can connect up to 256 slave controllers. Specifications: Power     AC 90-240V Protocol    DMX-512 Capacity    DC 24V, 350mA per channel Signal connector    6P4C RJ11/ 4PIN green terminal

The first screen of its kind, the Diamond Vision OLED, measuring 8.8sqm (3.84 m (w) by 2.3 m (h)) with a depth of just 9.9cm, has been installed at the material Research Center recently opened by the chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. The new technology is a pioneering step forward, using organic light emitting diodes (OLED) as a light source, which due to its structure and composition is fully scalable and can be arranged into flexible forms and shapes.

Lately, Edison Opto had planed to be listed in Taiwan on September 10 but was delayed due to some reason. But Edison had noted that Lustrous lawsuit had little impact on the company's finances and operations. In the August 31st of 2010, Lustrous Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Edison, and Edison had hired an professional patent attorney for the lawsuit.

Recently, Tatung planed to low LED-backlit LCD TV price, 32-inch LCD TV from around NT$30,000 down to NT$24,900 (US$793),and 42-inch LCD TV from about NT$ 43,900 slipping to NT$34,900.while Taiwan suppliers planed to display new LED TV models in the next two months.

Taiwan-based display panel maker Wintek Corp., has started production of AMOLED displays used in smartphones to tap the higher-end market. With the fast-growing market for smartphones, many global display panel makers, like AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux of Taiwan, turned to production of AMOLED displays.