The top three winners of Philips Lighting’s Art in the Dark 2012 competition have been announced.  Art in the Dark is Auckland’s premiere free, community light art event which will be held in Ponsonby’s Western Park on the evenings of Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November.    The competition, sponsored by Philips Lighting with support from AUT, gives all tertiary students in New Zealand the opportunity to design a light installation using Philips Lighting’s LED products, including energy-efficient LED light bulbs and lumi...

Lunera Lighting, Inc., has added new appointments to its executive team, including Shannon Paul Biggs to Senior Vice President of Operations, George Sigler to Chief Financial Officer and Michael Bremser to the position of Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. “Leadership in the LED lighting industry requires rich experience in lighting, semiconductors and green building technologies,” said Michael Keddington, CEO of Lunera Lighting. “We are thrilled to be adding these high caliber executives to our leadership team....

•    Newly announced GE Lighting commitments to Cleveland community exceed one quarter of a million dollars •    GE’s investment includes $200,000 in ecomagination LED lights to illuminate the West Side Market and Public Square •    GE Lighting and Case Western Reserve University will co-sponsor a four-year full scholarship valued up to $200,000 to a 2013 graduate of the MC2STEM High School GE Lighting announced the company will provide more than $200,000 in energy- and maintenance-cost sa...

-- Company Partners With Jabil for Mass Production of its Mainstream LED Lighting; Increases Investment In Its U.S. Manufacturing Facility For Large-Scale, Custom Projects and Infrastructure and Roadway Product Lines -- Realignment Reflects Focus on Core Strengths of Innovation, Product Development and Market Development; Underscores Commitment to Improving Financial Performance Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, today announced that it is real...

Taiwan Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) is reported to sign a deal to form an alliance with BOE Co., Ltd. by allowing BOE to hold part of its stocks. The company chooses FOREPI as its partner based on the Taiwanese company’s quality and past cooperation with LCD makers Chimei Innolux Corp. and Samsung. It comes on the heel of San’an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., mainland China LED chipmaker, which is reported to invest in Genesis Photonics Inc. According to Industry executives, BOE has branched out into LED lighting from TV m...

•Industry leaders partner to deliver energy-efficient Philips lighting solutions to Jones Lang LaSalle clients •Partnership provides platform to drive sustainable transformation in energy use in global commercial real estate markets Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), the global leader in lighting and Jones Lang LaSalle, (NYSE:JLL), the global financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate, have entered into a partnership agreement to deliver energy-efficient lighting and energy management solutions to all...

SunSi Energies Inc., has signed an agreement with On-Site Analysis Inc. ("OSA") to conduct a trial of SunSi's Lightsky LED lighting products. OSA, a Florida-based company, will implement a test analysis over a three month period to measure energy savings and quantify the benefits of using the Lightsky LED lighting products at its 15,000 square foot manufacturing facility located in Marlborough, Massachusetts. SunSi's LED lighting products are manufactured by Shanghai Lightsky ("Lightsky"), a leading manufacturer of LED p...

By Scott Watson Light sources such as incandescent lamps, halogens, fluorescents, LEDs and some others have basic characteristics.  They also have their positive and negative aspects.  Actually, there are different kinds of light sources in use all over the world.  None of them has actually proven to be very suitable for all applications.  In this write-up, you’re going to learn more about the positive and negative aspects of the lighting sources. This will help you to get more understanding about LED lighting system.  Let’s have a loo...

  LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, conducted a survey showing that the retail price of worldwide LED bulb is decreasing slightly in July, 2012. For the first time, the bottom price of the commodity is below 10 USD in Britain, which would replace 40-watt incandescent lamp. Besides, the average price of the commodity which takes place of 60-watt incandescent lamp is also falling stably in all the world. More than that, at the moment LED bulb incline to be cost-effective and most famous manufacture are trying to keeping their high quality standards of prod...

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, major lighting markets in the world have been affected by the European debt crisis in varying degrees. Certain Chinese LED firms whose businesses rely heavily on overseas markets have seen a decline in orders, which is particularly pronounced in the European lighting market. As a result, many LED companies start to shift their focus to the Chinese LED bidding market. In fact, China has recently restarted the bidding for LED subsidies in July, which provided hope for many LED firms.

Breakthrough Innovations Optimize Performance, Lower Cost and Drive LED Lighting Adoption Less than one year after showcasing the 152 lumens-per-watt concept LED bulb, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) delivers a new performance benchmark with the 170 lumens-per-watt (LPW) prototype LED light bulb. The innovations behind the high-performance 170 LPW LED bulb are enabling significantly higher efficacy and lower cost for Cree’s luminaire portfolio and demonstrate Cree’s continued commitment to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting by addressing...

According to price surveys by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, affected by dwindling Q1 inventory and Q2 rush orders, LED package price for the backlight application quotes has eased in Q2, with a decline of approximately 3%. On the LED lighting market, 5630 packages were pulled from use in backlight applications, to be used in lighting instead. The sudden volume increase resulted in price slashing for this quarter’s low to mid power LED packages, with an average decrease of around 10%. Q1’12 LED Price Review Due to relatively high Q...

Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2012, Asia’s most influential and comprehensive lighting and LED event, and Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology, which supports the growing trend of eco-friendly buildings, will have a record number of exhibitors when taking place 9 –12 June, 2012 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China. Openning TrendForce LEDinside also join the opening ceremony.   Organised by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd, the combined shows will have 2,900 exhibitor...

LED Lighting Taiwan 2012 organized by Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), is to be held on June 19-21. This time, Cree, Osram, Philips, Panasonic, Seoul Semiconductor, Epistar, Everlight, Lite-On Technology Corp., Delta Electronics Inc., Formosa Epitaxy Inc., Kingbright Elec. Co., Ltd., Genesis Photonics Inc., Lextar, Nichia, MonoCrystal and GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd will join the event. They will display their latest products ranging from epitaxy wafer and sapphire to packages and lighting fixtures a...

Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) unveiled some of the most advanced LED products to have been introduced to the lighting industry at LIGHTFAIR International. With a reputation as innovation leaders, the Company's world-class team of scientists and engineers redefined the boundaries of possibility in lighting technology with this year's suite of products and additions, all of which deliver on the efficiency and performance promises of LED. ' New Definity® Motion Activated PAR 30 Wins Top LIGHTFAIR Innovation Award;...

Just hours ago, LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, opened at the Las Vegas Convention Center—now in its 23rd edition.  Thousands of attendees flooded the exhibit hall ready to discover the most innovative products on the largest trade show floor in LFI history. LFI 2012 welcomed attendees from across the U.S. and around the world to more than 500 exhibitors showcasing the lighting industry’s newest products and technologies.  Preceding and setti...

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, European LED lighting market’s compound annual growth rate will hit 38% in the next five years, becoming another mature LED market besides Japan. In particular, the architectural lighting and commercial lighting markets are less price-sensitive, so they have higher acceptance of LED lighting, and therefore, LED’s penetration rate sees faster growth in both markets. According to LEDinside’s “2011-2015 European LED Lighting Market Report (2012 Version),” the global...

Recently, Taiwan LED companies have taken an active part in latest international lighting fairs, such as the one in Hannover, Las Vegas, Guangzhou and Taipei. As a result, Taiwan’s industry executives are inspired to make bright forecast on the outlook for the LED lighting market. They estimated Taiwan’s LED-lighting suppliers would enjoy hefty sales at least this quarter and next thanks to brisk demands with the upcoming implementation of new electricity rates. According to Taiwan’s LED-lighting suppliers, they shipped two to three-fold more ...

Installation Snapshot • Retrofit installation • (147) 80W LED Low Bays • Replaced 175W metal halide • Delivered light: ~ 20 Footcandles • Payback: 3 years • Received over $10,000 in energy efficiency rebates Plagued by seemingly never-ending light maintenance in its two-deck parking garage, Denver’s Fox31 television news station has put an end to the incessant bulb and fixture changes and saved thousands of dollars in the process by converting to new high-efficiency DuroSite® LED Low Bay luminaires from ...

Taiwan based company which makes backlight modules for personal computers, has intended to enter into LED lighting sector this year, with commercial products to be primary products in the initial stage, according to its Chairman B.R. Wang. The company will start to build up competitive strength and footholds for its LED lighting operation over next three to five years. Wang said the company will make most of its advantage in light guide plate R&D to drum up built-to-order contracts among international lighting brands. And the company’s lighting operation can prov...

The energy shortage raises energy-saving awareness around the world, and with the effort of the major companies, LED lighting once again takes over the spotlight in 2012. According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, Europe has become one of the most fast-growing LED markets in the world besides Japan. Benefiting from the ban imposed by certain countries against selling incandescent light bulb of high wattage in 2012, the value of European LED lighting market will soar to US$3.01 billion in 2012, a 44% YoY growth; the value is expected to reach U...

One of the largest importers of fresh fruit in the United Kingdom, MMD Shipping’s inbound facility at the City of Portsmouth handles roughly 60 percent of all bananas brought into the UK. With a dozen ships that traverse the Atlantic hauling fruit “across The Pond” from the Caribbean, MMD operates a 12-warehouse facility that receives and distributes all varieties of fresh fruit to the British market. Already coping with a nearly 20 percent increase in energy rates over the past year, the company was facing an additional 10-15 percent year-over-y...

Preview: Lighting Design Salon at Green Lighting Shanghai 2012 Across the world, LED lighting is widely acknowledged as revolutionary. This new, efficient solid lighting source is long-lasting, environment friendly and consumes little energy.  It comes in a broad range of colors, the light is emitted from tiny bulbs and it has numerous other benefits. When LED is used indoors, you don’t see the light projected by traditional lamps.  Rather, a glow is emitted from the ceiling.  The myriad of possible lighting displays can resemble a star-studded sk...

Taiwan government has announced the island’s electricity rates for the manufacturing industry will be hiked by 35% starting from May 15, the rates for commercial sites will be raised by 30% and rates for households will increased by 11%. To counter the upcoming implementation of new electricity rates, Taiwan’s enterprises are increasing installations of LED lamps. As a result, the island’s LED industry will benefit a lot. The lighting manufacturers including Delta Electronics, Everlight, Edison Opto Corp., Lextar Electronics Corp. have landed cons...

From April 6th to 9th , Shenzhen YYC LED Lighting Co. Ltd attended Hongkong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) with its latest fin-type LED lighting products. As a leading fin-type LED brand, YYC’s LED series naturally became highly sought-after products for buyers across the world during the exhibition.     Figure 1  YYC-LED’s salespersons and clients are taking photos together According to the person in charge of the exhibition, YYC displayed a variety of LED product series including ceiling lights,...

The the joint venture relationship between Mitsubishi Electric and Osram will be constructively dissolved in the process of the merger. However, in consideration of the solid 23-year relationship, Mitsubishi Electric and Osram have agreed to maintain ties in the areas of sales and production, and continue to be strategic global partners in the lighting business.

According to Taiwan-based Delta Electronics CEO Yancey Hai, the company has under its talks with several Japanese customers for contract orders for LED bulbs as well as solar power generation and storage systems, as they’re plagued by an estimated 20-30% shortage of power supply following the mandatory suspension of commercial nuclear plants in Japan. Hai pointed out that inquiries for the said products from Japanese customers are expected to keep increasing in the short term. And the company is optimistic about business outlooks in the second quarter of this year. ...

Expanding Everlight's Lighting Series component portfolio, EVERLIGHT Electronics [TSE:2393], one of the world's leading companies in LED Lighting introduces a brand new high power, high brightness LED package, the "Shwo D" Series - our new powerful, bright and economic (superb $/lm) LED series in a compact ceramic package. The Shwo D series is a surface-mount high-power device featuring high brightness combined with a compact size (3.5x3.5x0.58mm) that is suitable for all kinds of lighting applications such as general illumination, flash, spot, signal, industr...

Extends Leadership with Unveiling of Highest Efficacy Power LED LED lighting maker Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), delivers another industry first with a barrier-breaking 254 lumen-per-watt white R&D power LED. This significant milestone exceeds Cree’s previous R&D industry record of 231 lumens per watt and demonstrates Cree’s continued commitment to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting. Elements of Cree’s innovative SC³ Technology Platform, available today in Cree XLamp® LEDs, enable this record-breaking R&a...

HPL(High Power Lighting) has recently launched a series of newly developed COB LED packages, the C40  (3~5W) , C70  (7~9W) and C90  (12~14W), which provide high output, efficacy and quality light that meet Energy Star Specification.   The C40, C70 and C90 were designed with HPL patented metal cooper substrate cost effective package technology, which offers not only higher light efficiency, higher thermal conductivity and excellent light quality, but also competitive price/performance. The outstanding characteristics of the COB ty...