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Event News | News-Spot | Feb 27, 2016
European Photonics Venture Forum
The 2nd edition of the European Photonics Venture Forum (EPVF) will take place on 2 & 3 June 2016 in Eindhoven. It will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and policy makers in an intense and high-energy programme of pitching, ideas sharing, networking and direction setting. The first edition was initiated by FP7 funded project LightJumps, under coordination of James Cogan. This year the event will be an initiative of FP7 project Actphast and will be organized with the support of high-ranking members of regional, national and European photonics organisations. EPVF is organised in association with the International Photonics Event in Veldhoven on 1&2 June 2016. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 28, 2016
EPIC Activity Report 2015
EPIC has seen another record year of very powerful growth in its membership which now counts more than 240 members across 28 countries. Yesterday, EPIC published their annual activity report for 2015. Read more »
Business News | Jan 15, 2016
Osram Names Lamps Business Branch LEDVANCE
Osram, one of the world's leading lighting manufacturers, continues to make progress with the carve-out of its general lighting lamps business. After the supervisory board of Osram Licht AG approved the carve-out of the unit in June 2015, the name of the new company has now also been decided. “We have opted for a combination of the terms ‘LED’ and ‘advance’ and will call the newly established company LEDVANCE,” said Olaf Berlien, Chief Executive Officer of Osram Licht AG. “The name reflects the trend toward LED in the lighting market as well as the opportunities arising from this development – opportunities LEDVANCE will actively exploit.” Read more »
Event News | LpS | Jan 13, 2016
Call for Papers - LED professional Symposium +Expo 2016 | Deadline to Submit Your Abstract is February 19th
The LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS) is the leading annual international conference that addresses solid-state lighting technologies and its applications. In 2016 it will take place from September 20th to 22nd in Bregenz, Austria. Experts from the fields of industry and academia are invited to submit an abstract to present their latest developments and expectations for future lighting trends and innovations to a highly qualified audience. The deadline for submissions is February 19th, 2016. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 13, 2016
Intertek Expands Product Certification and Quality Assurance Services
Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions to a range of industries worldwide, announces the expansion of its ETL Mark certification to include LED decorative lighting strings. This expansion gives manufacturers and retailers a product certification alternative that quickens a product’s time to market and creates efficiencies, with the widest scope of quality assurance services available from a single provider. Read more »
Event News | Jan 11, 2016
LED Expo Surpasses Exhibitor and Visitor Records for its 13th Edition
With a strong emphasis on energy efficient lighting technology, LED Expo played host to 18,557 visitors, breaking multiple records over the previous edition in exhibitor numbers, visitor numbers and overall exhibition space. Inaugurated by Delhi Power Minister, Shri Satyendra Jain, the 13th edition showcased a spectacular array of product innovations and new launches by 260 companies from eight countries coupled with an influential line-up of 12 summit speakers. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 02, 2015
EPIC Appoints Jose Pozo as Director of Technology and Innovation
BRUSSELS, Belgium – 3 December 2015. EPIC, the European Photonic Industry Consortium, announced Jose Pozo, PhD, previous Senior Photonic Technology Consultant at PNO Consultants, has been appointed Director of Technology and Innovation starting 1 January 2016. Read more »
News-Spot | Event News | Nov 26, 2015
Diwali Shines Light on Growing Global Interest on Indian LED Market
Over 250 companies from 7 countries confirm participation for LED Expo in New Delhi. Awareness and adoption of LED lights is on the rise as a variety of decorative LED lighting options were seen in city markets during Diwali. With the number of LED bulbs distributed under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) crossing the 2-crore mark and generating annual savings of over Rs 1,000 crore, the festive season has pointed out bright prospects for the lighting sector. Read more »
News-Spot | Event News | Nov 25, 2015
4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology
The fourth edition of the PHOTOPTICS conference (4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology) organized by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) will take place from the 27th to the 29th February 2016 in Rome, Italy. Optical systems are ubiquitous in modern society, from medical sciences to space exploration, telecommunications, information processing and numerous industrial and military applications of all kinds. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 25, 2015
Regulatory Compliance Updates for the Lighting Industry
TÜV SÜD Product Service and Luger Research e.U. signed an agreement to provide the lighting sector with the latest Regulatory Compliance Updates through the LED professional media channels on a bimonthly basis. Luger Research e.U. owns the exclusive publishing rights for the European lighting market. Read more »
Business News | Nov 19, 2015
ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 Billion in Cash
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Nov. 18, 2015 – ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (Nasdaq: FCS) (“Fairchild”) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild for $20.00 per share in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition creates a leader in the power semiconductor market with combined revenue of approximately $5 billion, diversified across multiple markets with a strategic focus on automotive, industrial and smartphone end markets.[1] Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 10, 2015
OLEDWorks Finalizes Acquisition of Key Parts of Philips’ OLED Light Source Components Business
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Nov. 2, 2015: OLEDWorks LLC, the leading U.S. OLED light engine and panel manufacturing company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of key OLED assets and relevant intellectual property from Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), the global leader in lighting. Manufacturing will continue in the existing facility in Aachen, Germany with the establishment of OLEDWorks GmbH. OLEDWorks announced this acquisition in April, 2015. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 04, 2015
EPIC and ISA Cooperation - Carlos Lee Joins ISA's Council of Management
“I am looking forward to Mr. Lee to make contribution to the ISA Council of Management as well as bring value to the ISA.” says Ms. Ling Wu, President of ISA and (International SSL Alliance) and Secretary General of CSA (China Solid State Lighting Alliance). Carlos Lee brings valuable experience from his personal semiconductor industry background, and feedback from the activities he organizes at EPIC for instance on lighting for automotive, lighting for horticulture, and many other application areas. Read more »
News-Spot | Event News | Oct 19, 2015
LuxLive 2015: See the Very Latest in Lighting Innovation
The latest technology, the best projects and finest experts will be at LuxLive, Europe’s biggest annual lighting event, on 18-19 November at London’s ExCeL. Not only will this year’s exhibition be the biggest ever, with more than 300 exhibitors, it’ll also feature more than 80 hours of free-to-attend talks, debates and panel discussions. Read more »
Leading Article | Event Post Show Report | Event News | Oct 15, 2015
LpS 2015 Post Show Report: Trends, Technologies and Solutions
Since the biggest cutting edge developments in LED technology have already taken place, one would think that a technology-focused event would be obsolete. However, that is not the case! The LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS 2015) showed that developments in the lighting industry aren’t slowing down. New user requirements demand a shift from a component-based view to a system perspective. At sixty lectures and seven workshops, international experts presented their findings and analyzed future trends and technologies. A total of about 1,400 attendees from all over the world came to the event, which took place from September 22nd to 24th in Bregenz, Austria. Read more »
Business News | Sep 29, 2015
Lux-TSI Completes Full Accreditation: LM-79 Testing for Global Market Access
With the growing demand for independent accredited photometric data, Lux TSI has completed its UKAS accreditation extension and is now providing full accredited photometric reports and files for LED lighting products to LM-79-08, CIE S025 and EN 13032-4. Our data is accepted by Lighting Facts, Energy Star and Design Lights Consortium (DLC). As a result, Lux-TSI is supporting Global Market Access for lighting manufacturers from its high-tech laboratory site in the UK. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 17, 2015
Munich Re Insures LED Products that Have DEKRA LED Performance Approval
Munich Re’s Green Tech Solutions has developed specialized insurance solutions for the LED market, in which LED manufacturers as well as project developers can cover the financial risks resulting from guarantee conditions or technical problems. Munich Re and DEKRA expect that the willingness to invest in LED projects will increase as a result of this. Their collaboration goes further than just the insurance, with both companies exchanging knowledge about the quality of LED lighting and collaborating in developing new services for the LED market. Read more »
News-Spot | Event News | Sep 03, 2015
LpS 2015 Opens the Door to Future Lighting Innovations
Top authorities from the global lighting industry will present international lighting trends and technologies in 60 lectures and seven workshops at the 5th LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS 2015). Amongst the many well-known companies exhibiting at the LpS are also the top seven LED manufacturers in the world. The LpS 2015 has also been chosen by ten companies to launch their new products. The three-day lighting event will take place from September 22nd to 24th in Bregenz, Austria. The top-rate program can’t afford to be missed by anyone involved in the lighting industry or research. Read more »
News-Spot | Event News | Aug 27, 2015
Call for Papers: ITherm 2016
ITherm 2016, the fifteenth intersociety conference on thermal and thermomechanical phenomena in electronic systems, is the leading international conference for scientific and engineering exploration of thermal, thermo-mechanical and emerging technology issues associated with electronic devices, packages, and systems. Read more »
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