TRENDS IN LIGHTING

Introducing the DLC Technical Requirements for LED Lighting: SSL V6.0 and LUNA V2.0

Introducing the DLC Technical Requirements for LED Lighting: SSL V6.0 and LUNA V2.0

Nov 17, 2025

For the last eight months, the DLC has been working hard to update our technical requirements for both the Solid State Lighting (SSL V6.0) and Light Use for Night Applications (LUNA V2.0) programs. This massive effort resulted in a nearly 200-page ...

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BUSINESS & EVENTS

Cooper Lighting Solutions Completes Acquisition of Nemalux, Expanding Its Industrial Lighting Portfolio

Cooper Lighting Solutions Completes Acquisition of Nemalux, Expanding Its Industrial Lighting Portfolio

Nov 11, 2025

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Nemalux, a market-leading manufacturer of industrial lighting solutions, focused on hazardous location fixtures. Nemalux joins the Cooper ...

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PEOPLE & AWARDS

DALI Alliance Opens Call for Entries for the DALI Lighting Awards 2026

DALI Alliance Opens Call for Entries for the DALI Lighting Awards 2026

Nov 28, 2025

The DALI Alliance (DiiA), the global industry organization for DALI lighting control, is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the DALI Lighting Awards 2026. Lighting designers, manufacturers, architects, planners, engineers, and ...

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LED/SSL & GENERAL LIGHTING

Engineered for Every Indoor Application

Engineered for Every Indoor Application

Nov 15, 2025

Cree LED offers a complete lineup of high-performance LEDs optimized for indoor lighting, offering solutions from mid-power to high-density COB packages. The J Series® 2835 and 3030 LEDs deliver efficient, value-driven performance with 3V and 6V ...

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SMART & CONNECTED LIGHTING

Zhaga Expands Smart Lighting Standard with New Edition of Book 18

Zhaga Expands Smart Lighting Standard with New Edition of Book 18

Nov 11, 2025

The Zhaga Consortium has released Edition 4 of Book 18, the most widely adoptedspecification in the Zhaga portfolio and a cornerstone of its certification program. This new edition extends the Zhaga-D4i ecosystem to support heritage and decorative ...

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HUMAN CENTRIC LIGHTING

Miniature Sensors and Light Solutions from ams OSRAM

Miniature Sensors and Light Solutions from ams OSRAM

Nov 11, 2025

A highly precise temperature sensor, barely larger than a poppy seed, makes the use of wearables for continuous on skin measurements easier than ever. Equally miniaturized, but designed for use inside the body, are the NanEye camera modules for ...

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HORTICULTURE LIGHTING

Efficient, Wide-Beam LEDs for Horticulture and Industry: ams OSRAM OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing Added to Rutronik’s Portfolio

Efficient, Wide-Beam LEDs for Horticulture and Industry: ams OSRAM OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing Added to Rutronik’s Portfolio

Oct 27, 2025

Rutronik is expanding its range of high-power LEDs for demanding lighting applications with the new OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing series from ams OSRAM. The series includes various color variants – from Hyper Red to Horti White – and impresses with its ...

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AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING

FORVIA HELLA Launches a Star-Diamond Rear Lamp for the new Zeekr 9X

FORVIA HELLA Launches a Star-Diamond Rear Lamp for the new Zeekr 9X

Nov 28, 2025

nternational automotive supplier FORVIA HELLA launches a Star-Diamond Rear Lamp for the new flagship SUV 9X of Zeekr, a premium vehicle brand under the Chinese OEM Geely. The rear lamp is developed and produced locally in China and entered series ...

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UV/IR

The Collimation Challenge: Focused Intensity with Ultra Narrow Beam UV LEDs

The Collimation Challenge: Focused Intensity with Ultra Narrow Beam UV LEDs

Nov 18, 2025

Violumas is excited to announce the addition of UVA and UVB wavelengths to its VioBeam-1X1 series portfolio. Featuring 10° fused silica optics combined with a high-power UV LED, the product series now includes 405nm, 395nm, 385nm, 375nm, 365nm, ...

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RESEARCH & TRENDS

In the Future, Substances can be Identified by Miniature Devices Based on Metalenses

In the Future, Substances can be Identified by Miniature Devices Based on Metalenses

Nov 28, 2025

A VTT led research project is developing compact spectral imaging and gas measurement technologies for industries and medical diagnostics. Innovations based on the science of light, i.e. photonics, use, for instance, infrared light to identify ...

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