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Business News | Dec 03, 2012
ISA 2012 General Assembly Held in Guangzhou on Nov. 5th, 2012
ISA 2012 General Assembly Held in Guangzhou on Nov. 5th, 2012 On November 5th, 2012, more than 75 leading Solid State Lighting industry players, academic experts and NGO representatives from around the world gathered in Guangzhou, China, to participant in the ISA 2012 General Assembly. With the mission to rally the global SSL industry with global initiatives, efforts and resources to accelerate and foster the development of the global SSL industry and applications, ISA has achieved remarkable growth in various working groups and developed 68 members since the establishment in 2010. Read more »
Business News | Nov 30, 2012
Mouser Electronics Now Stocks Bivar's New Family of Compact Light Engines
Mouser Electronics Now Stocks Bivar's New Family of Compact Light Engines Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it is stocking the industry’s first starboard light engines from Bivar, a leading specialty provider of LED indication products. Bivar L2 Starboard Light Engines with Cree XLamp LEDs are the first light engines available in the industry to offer Cree's XLamp LEDs on a starboard. All products in this new family are optimized for high output, high color rendering index (CRI) and uniformity, making them ideal for directional lighting applications in both indoor and outdoor environments. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 19, 2012
Freeway Lighting Solutions - A New Company Offering a Total LED Lighting Solution for Customers in Europe
Freeway Lighting Solutions - A New Company Offering a Total LED Lighting Solution for Customers in Europe Freeway Lighting Solutions, a new division of the Rebound Group, is a franchised distributor offering a comprehensive range of LEDs, including COB solutions, thermal products, optics, connectors and a range of LED driver products, all from world class manufacturers. By selecting key partners and carrying in-depth stock, European customers will benefit from a total product focus and support, from the initial concept to the finished design and more. Read more »
Business News | Nov 02, 2012
Yole's New OLED for Lighting Report Forecasts that OLED Lighting will reach a $1.7B market opportunity by 2020
Yole's New OLED for Lighting Report Forecasts that OLED Lighting will reach a $1.7B market opportunity by 2020 So far, OLED revenue has been driven mainly by display applications (smartphones…) but the industry is now targeting the lighting market based on the technology specificities in terms of design and efficiency. Yole Développement is pleased to announce today its new report “OLED for Lighting” which presents all OLED Lighting applications and associated market metrics for the period 2012-2020, and a deep analysis of OLED technology and OLED lighting industry… Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 02, 2012
Everlight Lighting Components Complete LM80 Testing
Everlight Lighting Components Complete LM80 Testing Standardization has become a key factor in LED adoption in the global lighting market - not only in safety standards and performance standards but also more importantly, in reliability and lifetime testing. LM80 is the lighting standard by which all major LED manufacturers are complying with for lumen maintenance testing. It is a standardized test method of at least 6,000 hours and at certain controlled conditions that is required of all lighting LEDs so that each LED tested, regardless of manufacturer, can be judged against other tested LEDs on an equal scale and compared. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 29, 2012
ALANOD Holding GmbH acquires interest in WhiteOptics LLC
Alanod announced that on 20 August 2012 ALANOD Holding GmbH acquired shares in WhiteOptics LLC. in rigorous pursuit of its strategy to consolidate and advance its leading role in the market for high‐quality technical surface design. Read more »
Business News | Oct 23, 2012
Marl Cuts Wasted Light with LED Lighting Scheme Design Service
Marl Cuts Wasted Light with LED Lighting Scheme Design Service Marl International aims to help customers waste less light with a new Lighting Scheme Design service that provides specific recommendations on the best energy efficient LED lighting to use inside and outside buildings, car parks or industrial sites. The service is being launched at the LuxLive exhibition in Earls Court, London, from 6-7 November 2012 (Stand E02). Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 10, 2012
LED Inventor Nick Holonyak Reflects on Discovery 50 Years Later
LED Inventor Nick Holonyak Reflects on Discovery 50 Years Later Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called “the magic one” because its light, unlike infrared lasers, was visible to the human eye. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 09, 2012
MSC Announces Availability of the New XLamp® XP-E2 LEDs for More Power and Efficiency
MSC Announces Availability of the New XLamp® XP-E2 LEDs for More Power and Efficiency The new XLamp ® XP-E 2 by Cree is characterized by a particularly high luminous efficacy (lumens per watt) and efficiency (lumens per euro) and is now available from MSC. Developers who have designed lighting solutions based on LED series Cree XLamp XP-E and XP-G benefit from this fact. The XLamp XP-E 2 gives the opportunity to develop more efficient and cheaper LED lighting systems. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 05, 2012
Yole Développement Concludes: “Independent Phosphor Companies Free the Market from IP Blocking by Market Leaders”
Yole Développement Concludes: “Independent Phosphor Companies Free the Market from IP Blocking by Market Leaders” Phosphors are a keystone of LED technologies, enabling the conversion of the monochromatic blue or near-UV light emitted by LED chips into a richer spectrum of color approaching or exceeding that of other artificial light sources. Yole Développement announces today its new report “LED phosphors” which provides a detailed description of the LED phosphor industry. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 02, 2012
Novaled Awarded “European Company of the Year” by a Panel of International Cleantech Experts
Novaled, a leader in the organic light-emitting diode (OLEDs) field, today announced it is named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list, produced by Cleantech Group, a leading research firm focused on global cleantech innovation. The list is unique in the sector and highlights the top private companies that represent the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech technology and are most likely to make the most significant market impact in the next 5-10 years. The listing and the additional award recognize Novaled’s innovative approach to clean technology and energy efficiency by developing technologies and materials that enhance the performance of OLEDs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 18, 2012
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes LUXeXceL for Its Pioneering Manufacturing Technology for Advanced Optics in LED Lighting
Based on its recent research on the advanced optics market for LED lighting, Frost & Sullivan presents LUXeXceL Group B.V (LUXeXceL) with the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology Award for its Printoptical Technology. LUXeXceL’s pioneering manufacturing process addresses the key challenges to large scale adoption of LEDs in general lighting. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 18, 2012
Sumitomo Chemical Joins Holst Centre OLED Research Program
Sumitomo Chemical Joins Holst Centre OLED Research Program Sumitomo Chemical has joined Holst Centre's shared research program on Printed Organic Lighting and Signage. The move will speed efforts to develop manufacturing processes for low-cost, flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). As a leading supplier of materials for polymer OLEDs, Sumitomo Chemical's involvement in the Holst Centre eco-system will extend the program's investigation of multi-layer solution processes for high-efficiency OLEDs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 17, 2012
Fairchild Semiconductor Signs a Reseller Agreement with RS Components
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, announced an expansion of its distribution agreement with RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), a leading high-service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 17, 2012
NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, “OLED Encapsulation Materials Markets -2012”
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it will release a new report that analyzes the commercial development and opportunities for OLED encapsulation. The report titled, “OLED Encapsulation Materials Markets-2012” will be available in early October of 2012 and follows recent NanoMarkets reports on OLED display and lighting materials markets. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 14, 2012
Lextar Electronics to Merge Wellypower Optronics
Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Co. Ltd. today announced that they have entered into an amalgamation agreement. The merger agreement was approved today by the Boards of Directors of both Lextar and Wellypower. The consolidation date of the merger is targeted for February 1st, 2013, at which time Wellypower will be absorbed into Lextar. The merged entity will operate as Lexstar. The swap ratio for Wellypower and Lextar is planned to be 2:1, based on the stock’s market value, net worth, industry status and prospects, production capacity and profits, and subject to be approved by the shareholders meeting of both companies. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 06, 2012
Lextar Electronics Announces its “Photometric Laboratory” Listed with LM-79 and LM-80 Accreditation
Lextar Electronics Announces its “Photometric Laboratory” Listed with LM-79 and LM-80 Accreditation Lextar Electronics Corp. announces its “Photometric Laboratory” has been listed with LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation. This makes Lextar the first of any LED corporation in Taiwan to be awarded both accreditations and shows the company’s commitment to cultivating the LED industry. Additionally, Lextar’s 3014 and 5630 LED package have exceeded 6,000 hours of LM-80 testing, indicating the company has a high level of quality and reliability. Read more »
Business News | Sep 05, 2012
MSC Announces Availability of CE Approved GA007 Series – 7 Watt Power Supply Module
MSC Announces Availability of CE Approved GA007 Series – 7 Watt Power Supply Module The entire family of power supply modules with ratings from 3 W to 30 W from YDS now has received CE approval and are immediately available at MSC. The latest addition to this family is the GA007 series that delivers an output power from 6.6 W to 7.8 W, depending on the output voltage. Procurable are all standard output voltages between 3.3 V and 48 V, including many unusual values not available as catalogue products elsewhere, further ±5 V to ±24 V and +5 V with +12 V, +15 V or +24 V. Read more »
Business News | Sep 05, 2012
NXP's Low-Cost 15W Flyback LED-Driver is Now Available from Arrow Electronics
NXP's Low-Cost 15W Flyback LED-Driver is Now Available from Arrow Electronics This non-dimmable, high-efficiency (up to 88%), up to 15W- Flyback or Buck-Boost LED driver is the first member of our digital GreenChip platform. That enables two modes, either High PF Mode with low THD values and a bigger elcap or low ripple mode with small elcaps (majorly EMEA, class C or compliant with IEC61000-3-2 exception clause). Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 04, 2012
Marl Manufacturing Helps Clients without Technical Skills to Introduce Technology Based Products
Marl Manufacturing Helps Clients without Technical Skills to Introduce Technology Based Products Marl Manufacturing announced a ‘concept to manufacturing’ service for businesses who need to introduce a technology based product but have no technical skills or resources in-house. The product realisation service is a complete technical product creation and realisation package, and goes well beyond the scope of traditional sub-contract manufacturing or electronic manufacturing services (EMS), covering initial electronic design, layout, prototyping and full production. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 30, 2012
Plextronics Partners with Holst Centre to Drive OLED Lighting
Plextronics Partners with Holst Centre to Drive OLED Lighting Plextronics, a U.S.-based global technology company specializing in printed electronics, and Netherlands-based Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (B) and TNO (NL), today announced their partnership on shared research towards flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting and signage. Read more »
Business News | Aug 29, 2012
SemiLEDs Completes LM80 with Integrated Service Technology
SemiLEDs Completes LM80 with Integrated Service Technology SemiLEDs (Nasdaq: LEDS), with cooperation of Integrated System Technology(IST), is proud to announce that its S35 product line has successfully completed the requirements of the stringent 6000 hour lumen maintenance test (LM-80) and the results showed an extrapolated lifetime of up to 50,000 hours. Read more »
Business News | Aug 28, 2012
Lighting the way: Perspectives on the global lighting market (Second edition; 2012) - McKinsey
While many of the findings in McKinsey's 2011 “Lighting the way” report – the first to provide a holistic view of the fragmented and complex global lighting industry – still hold true in general today, some key market parameters have shifted due to world events over the past year. This second edition addresses recent changes in the lighting market environment, updating the 2011 findings with a particular focus on the accelerated erosion of LED prices. The impact of the transition from traditional lighting technologies to LED is likely to be dramatic in the years ahead, affecting players in all related sectors. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 28, 2012
Low-Watt LEDs Set Size and Efficiency Benchmark
Marl International, the UK distributor for Citizen discrete LED components, has launched its new low wattage LED range which sets new benchmarks for ultra-compact size combined with high efficiency and exceptional uniformity for linear and other array applications. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 27, 2012
RECOM Announces new Lighting Division
RECOM Announces new Lighting Division RECOM has consolidated its lighting activities in a new division to better meet the requirements of developers and architects in the fast moving lighting market as of August 1st, 2012. At the same time RECOM has relocated their offices from Dreieich, Germany to a new larger office in Neu-Isenburg/Frankfurt, Germany to accommodate the expansion. Read more »
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