The global standardization of LED lighting products has been garnering attention. A group of conventional lighting industry players from Europe, U.S. and Japan have formed an industrial alliance — Zhaga Consortium — to facilitate the design and promote the global standardization of LED lighting products.

It’s reported that Global Lighting Technologies Inc, a Taiwan’s company, showcased an edge type LED backlight unit at FPD International 2008. The Edge-type LED Backlight with light sources located at the bottom sides of the panels that can reduces the size and thickness of large LCD TVs