2017-03-31

Zambia to Make Complete Switch Over to LED Lighting

Struggling with power shortages, Zambia is planning to convert the nation to 100% energy-efficient LED bulbs. As Thomson Reuters Foundation reports, power outages have hurt pillar industries such as mining and agriculture and the country has been forced to impose rationing on a daily basis.
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2016-02-24

Zambian Government Incandescent Bulb Phase Out Spurs Local Manufacturer to Raise LED Bulb Production

The Zambia Electrometer has raised its LED bulb production to 2 million per year following the Zambian government’s decision to ban incandescent bulb imports, according to a report from the Times of Zambia.
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2016-01-13

Zesco Distributes 480,000 Energy Efficient Lamps in Zambia

A Zambia-based power utility company Zesco has distributed more than 480,000 energy efficient lamps nationwide out of its 1 million bulb target, according to reports by Zambia Reports and others.
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Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), and Blizzard Lighting LLC (‘Blizzard’) today announced that they have reached a mutually beneficial settlement resolving a patent infringement dispute involving Cree LED’s p... READ MORE

ALLOS Semiconductors of Germany and Ennostar Corporation of Taiwan today announced a strategic partnership to bring 200 mm GaN-on-Si (gallium nitride on silicon) LED epiwafers for microLED applications into volume production. This collaboration r... READ MORE