Spectronics Corporation has revealed the world's most powerful, portable fluorescent leak detection flashlight, the new Spectroline® OPX-3000 OPTIMAX™ 3000.

Lighthouse Technologies of Irvine, CA, USA announced that its video screen products feature Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA. According to the firm, 65% or more of its product components are sourced from US-based companies.

Dialight announced that the city of Spokane, Washington has completed the installation of 132 of the company’s ITE-compliant LED pedestrian countdown timers to improve crosswalk safety and comply with the latest requirements in the U.S. Dept. of Transportation Federal Highways Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

BluGlass Ltd of Sydney, Australia has completed the design, installation as well as commissioning of its fifth-generation remote RPCVD system. It has developed a low-temperature process using RPCVD to grow materials including GaN and InGaN on glass substrates for the production of LEDs since spinning off from the III-nitride department of Macquarie University in 2005.

Cree partnerships with Habitat for Humanity of Durham to light up the construction on the world's first Habitat for Humanity house with its newest LED downlight, the CR6™ downlight and other LED products. It's said that, compared with traditional lighting, the LED lighting in this house is projected to save approximately $250 worth of electricity costs per year .

Grundig has announced its first range of LED LCD TVs. There are two models in the Grundig LED LCD range, which is called Vanto. There's the 19-inch model for RRP $439 (GLED1907HD) and a 22-inch model for RRP $529 (GLED2207HD). Shared features include a 6-star energy rating, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 35-millimetre thickness, HDMI and USB inputs and a 3.5-millimetre headphone jack.

To prepare for Filipinos during monsoon season,Akari introduces new multi-functional lights. The collection features the LED rechargeable emergency lights, rechargeable LED lamp with fan and radio, 12-inch rechargeable AC/DC fan, and 14-inch rechargeable fan with LED light. The AEL-969, high-powered LED rechargeable emergency light has a built-in AM/FM radio and mobile charger perfect for emergencies.

To serve as a single platform to address the issues of the growing industry and to make people aware of the future lighting technology, Indian LED manufacturers have joined force with M V Ramana Rao, chairman and managing director of MIC Electronics Ltd as its president to set up LED products Manufacturers Association (LEDMA).   It said that the industry has boasted a collective turnover of about Rs. 5,000 crores in India, so LEDMA hope to draw the attention of the Government and public to strengthen and develop the LED industry.

Daktronics will supply about 33,000 linear meters of ProPixel(R) LED stick video elements to Phoenix Island Development of China. This order was booked during the Daktronics' fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010.And the installation of the multi-million dollar Daktronics LED display system is arranged to be completed by the end of 2010.

Due to the rapid development of the edge-lighting light-guide plates, which are the key parts used in edge-lighting LED backlight modules for TFT-LCD panels, Taiwan's major suppliers Forhouse Corp. and  Entire Technology Co., Ltd. schedules to expand production capacity.

Recently, panel manufacturers have been concerned about the excess inventory, triggering uncertainty toward demand for LED TV backlight. LEDinside’s survey showed that Korean panel vendors have started to save LED inventory since the end of 2009. Therefore, when facing the slack season, they hit the brake for LED procurement in advance. Taiwan-based panel manufacturers have formally adopted large quantities of LED backlight products; AUO is the fastest of all at this stage, creating short supply for its LED plant Lextar.  

London minnow Enfis has announced that it was contracted to supply LED arrays and drivers for the NBA Stadium under construction in Guangzhou, China , for this November's Asian Games, which it said would help it showcase its product in the whole of Asia. The contract is the group's largest individual order for architectural lighting. Enfis will provide a total 900 LED light engines for the stadium for an undisclosed amount.

OPTEK Technology’s LED lab provides design engineers of LED light engines with the facility to perform the precision testing required for uniform color temperature and intensity. Specifically built for the testing and analysis of LED light engines, OPTEK’s lab capabilities feature 100 percent color temperature and/or intensity screening for precision binning specifications.

Pennsylvania cities Ambler and Sunbury have joined the Cree LED City® initiative. Both cities upgrade streets lights with LED fixtures from Spring City Electrical Manufacturing Company, featuring Cree’s XLamp® MC-E and XP-E LEDs.

Lighting Manufacturers Now Have Access to an Expanded Portfolio of Color Temperatures and Color Rendering Options

Phihong, a global leader in power solutions, has developed an LED driver capable of supplying 90W of power for use in indoor lighting. Designated the PSM090-240P, the power supply's open-frame design allows for ease of integration into interior lighting designs. The device is available in a constant current of 3.75A with an output DC voltage range of 22.8~25.2 and is designed for any input line from input voltage range of 100V to 277V AC.

Successful launch of jointly developed Super Star LED lamps featuring patented industry-leading LED technologies demonstrates deep commitment to Hong Kong’s LED lighting industry

Update on National Demonstration Program for Adaptive Street Lighting Streetlight Intelligence Inc. ("SLQ") is pleased to announce that the "National Demonstration Program" for its Lumen IQ™ street light optimization technology has proven successful with cities and utilities across Canada.

Rambus is seeking for potential licensees for its edge-lit LED technology, which was acquired from Global Lighting Technology, a Taiwanese company set up by an American mid-Westerner called Jeff Parker last December.

IQE subsidiary NanoGaN has acquired two separate patents, patent 2008-549935 granted by the Japan Patent Office and patent No.2446471 granted by the UK patent office for its nanocolumn technology. The title of patent 2008-549935 is: "growth method using nanostructure compliant layers and HVPE for producing high quality compound semiconductor materials."This patent protects the Group's proprietary nanocolumn technology for producing high quality, free-standing gallium nitride substrates.

Up To 60 Percent Smaller Than Alternate Solutions

Philips Lumileds announced that it shipped its billionth LUXEON power LED in the 2nd quarter of 2010. The company’s capacity and infrastructure investments over the last several years have enabled it to meet customer needs for high volumes of products, with the company delivering over 750 million LUXEON power LEDs in the past two years to automotive, illumination and consumer electronics customers.

AIXTRON AG today signed a contract with Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., on the supply of a double digit number of multiple CRIUS® II and AIX G5 MOCVD systems. The AIXTRON new generation MOCVD systems will be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 and installed at Sanan’s new manufacturing facilities in Wuhu, Anhui, China. Earlier this year Sanan had announced their plans to invest into China’s largest LED manufacturing and research centre capable of operating up to 200 MOCVD systems.

Royal Philips Electronics participates in the 1000-Village Solar LED program, an initiative launched by The Climate Group and the One Foundation to provide rural communities in China with energy-efficient solar-powered LED lighting.

At the recent SemiconWest show in San Francisco in July,CHAD Industries exhibited its wafer-handling capabilities for Sapphire wafers used in the LED market.

Barco unveiled that Multimedia Farms has already made a deal with it to choose its C11 LED indoor/outdoor display for portable LED display solutions.

After shipping 50,000-60,000 units in May, the number of Topco Energy Saving System's shipments for July is expected to be 100,000. According to the firm, its current monthly revenues have already surpassed its 2009 full-year revenues of NT$30 million (US$936,227). It has already entered Japan's LED lighting market in the first quarter of 2010, and has intended to expand its sales channels for further development in Japan. In addition, a major Japan-based distributor recently became a shareholder.

Penang's Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has taken a visit to Philips Lumileds.   With over 10 years of operation in Penang, Philips has been a long-term investor in the state's development into becoming the Silicon Valley of Malaysia. The LEDs produced at Philips Lumileds factory in Bayan Lepas are distributed for global consumption.

Delta Electronics gears up making LED products in Dongguan plant, Guangdong province, China, aiming at shipping to Japan and for Guangdong province street lighting.

Semtech Corp. launched its first 10-channel white LED driver SC442 in Ultra-Small, Low-Profile 4x4x0.6mm Package, with an integrated 3A boost power switch to satisfy space constrained LED backlights serving LCD monitors and LCD-TVs as well as ultra-bright displays. The device can drive up to 120 LEDs at up to 30mA per channel and it operates across a wide input voltage range of 4.5V to 21V for use with lithium ion battery packs or regulated 5V, 12V or 18V power supplies.