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News-Spot | Business News | Jan 04, 2012
Reed Exhibitions and China Solid State Lighting Association Hold Taiwan Press Conference to Promote Communication and Development in LED Industry
End of December, Reed Exhibitions held a joint press conference with the China Solid State Lighting Association (CSA) in Jinghua, Taiwan. The two parties, co-organizers of Green Lighting Shanghai 2012 and CHINASSL 2012, were keen to unearth opportunities for bilateral cooperation and boost development. About 100 people, including representatives from the leading lighting companies and electronics manufacturers in Taiwan, as well as several members of the local trade and mass media, attended the press conference. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 03, 2012
Prolight Opto Will Move Into the New Plant in January 2012
In 2004, Prolight Opto was founded with the goal of promoting solid-state lighting technologies and keeping our beloved Earth evergreen. As one of Taiwan’s professional manufacturer in LED packaging, Prolight Opto dedicated its research, development and manufacturing towards producing high reliable middle and high power LED light source. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 02, 2012
ALT Announces 3 Year Warranty on Entire Product Line
Aeon Lighting Technology Inc, a leading manufacturer of high power LED lamps, announces a fantastic update to its product line, which will benefit ALT’s customers worldwide. Due to the proven reliability and long-term performance of the LED lamps, ALT is enhancing its product warranty to provide a full three years of standard products. This major announcement is effective as of January 1st, 2012. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 22, 2011
PhosphorTech Now Sells High-Performance Nitride SSL Phosphors Online
A wide range of patent-pending nitride phosphors are now available for blue (and UV) LEDs with emission colors from green to deep red. These phosphors (www.phosphor.com) are ideal for demanding high brightness LED (HBLED) applications requiring high quantum yield (QY) and temperature stability. Read more »
Business News | Dec 16, 2011
EU Released the Green Paper Proposal on Environmentally Friendly Lighting
EU Released the Green Paper Proposal on Environmentally Friendly Lighting Today, the European Union released a Green Paper named "Lighting the Future: Accelerating the Deployment of Innovative Lighting Technologies" to accelerating the wide deployment of innovative, environmentally friendly, high-quality lighting solutions, which are based on light emitting diode (LED) and organic LED technologies. Contributions to the new policy are welcome from all interest stakeholders. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 15, 2011
Cree Introduces New Thermal Simulation Service and Advanced Photometric Testing to Accelerate LED Product Development
Extending the support services offered to LED lighting manufacturers that were launched this fall, Cree, Inc. announces the addition of two new Cree TEMPO offerings to its revolutionary design and evaluation services. The new TEMPO (Thermal Electrical Mechanical Photometric Optical) Thermal Simulation and photometric testing options are designed to remove barriers for LED lighting manufacturers and accelerate broader market adoption of LED lighting. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 07, 2011
Acrich 2 AC / Mains LED Light Sources Now Available from YEG Opto
Acrich 2 AC / Mains LED Light Sources Now Available from YEG Opto The release of the Acrich 2 from Seoul Semiconductor, provides designers with a convenient way to design in LEDs. 'Acrich 2' makes it possible to produce extended life, highly efficient LED light sources. Acrich2 enables higher lamp efficiency and lamp lumen maintenance levels than previous designs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 07, 2011
Bridgelux Announces Commercial Availability of Latest Generation Array LEDs
Bridgelux Announces Commercial Availability of Latest Generation Array LEDs Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced commercial availability of its latest generation of industry-leading LS, ES, and award-winning RS product families, delivering an increase in efficacy of up to 30% and a reduction of up to 30% in cost per lumen compared to previous product generations. Featuring the largest portfolio of LED arrays in the lighting industry, Bridgelux offers products for lighting applications ranging from the light output equivalent of a 20-Watt decorative lamp to that of a 300-Watt high intensity discharge (HID) city streetlight. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 07, 2011
Highly Efficient XLamp ® XP-G LED Now Available from MSC
Highly Efficient XLamp ® XP-G LED Now Available from MSC The three latest models of XLamp ® XP-G product family of Cree are setting standards in terms of directional lighting. The highly efficient XLamp XP-G LEDs reach a new level of performance from up to 140 lumens per watt, and they are immediately available from the MSC Vertriebs GmbH. They are suitable for various applications such as street and area lights, as a replacement for PAR spotlights and for strong flashlights. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 18, 2011
element14’s New Technology Portal Gives Design Engineers a One-Stop Location for Information on the Industry’s Newest Technologies
element14, a collaborative global electronics community from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), has launched its New Technology portal, dedicated to showcasing the electronics industry’s latest new technologies and products. This new portal provides engineers and designers detailed information to help them with the challenge of familiarising themselves with new technology, that is less than 12 months old. Read more »
Business News | Nov 16, 2011
Cree’s Ruud Lighting Subsidiary Announces 20,000 m² Facility Expansion
Cree, Inc.’s Ruud Lighting subsidiary, based in Racine, Wisc., will hold a groundbreaking ceremony today to highlight a 20,000 m² expansion to its manufacturing facility. The company’s $24.5 million investment will focus on manufacturing and assembly of LED lighting and is expected to create 469 new full-time jobs over the next four years. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 24, 2011
Nu Horizons Electronics Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Samsung LED
Nu Horizons Electronics (www.nuhorizons.com), an Arrow Electronics company, announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Samsung LED (www.samsungLED.com). Under the agreement, Nu Horizons customers around the world will have access to Samsung LED’s complete portfolio of energy-saving, long-life and environmentally friendly mid-power and high-power LEDs along with indoor and outdoor light engines. Read more »
Business News | Oct 18, 2011
IMS Research Monthly LED Lamp Retail Price Tracker – Global Average Retail Price for 60W Incandescent LED Lamps at $36 in October
IMS Research Monthly LED Lamp Retail Price Tracker – Global Average Retail Price for 60W Incandescent LED Lamps at $36 in October IMS Research has launched a Global Monthly LED Lamp Retail Price Tracker to monitor and provide insight into the rapidly growing and changing LED lamp market. With the phasing out of incandescent lamps and the dislike that consumers have with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), LED replacement lamps have an enormous opportunity as prices fall further. Read more »
Business News | Oct 17, 2011
Optogan LED Chip Fab Opened in Germany
Optogan LED Chip Fab Opened in Germany Optogan opened its Light Emitting Diode (LED) production site in Landshut, Germany, bringing "future-oriented" industry to Bavaria, said the Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, who spoke at the opening. Read more »
Business News | Oct 03, 2011
Samsung Invests into Novaled
Samsung Venture Investment Corporation becomes a shareholder in Novaled AG, a world leading company in the OLED field specialized in high efficiency long lifetime OLED structures and an expert in synthetic and analytical chemistry. Read more »
Business News | Sep 16, 2011
Analysis of the Cost of Goods Sold for Leading LED Lighting Products, Forecasted from 2010-2015
Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, releases its latest report on a costs analysis of goods sold for leading LED lighting products. This special report examines the major components and modules in LED lights, packaging and material trends, LED comparison costs over time, and the manufacturing supply chain and assembly trends. Read more »
Business News | Sep 12, 2011
Chroma Completes Acquisition of Wise Life Technology - Strengthen Technology Into Thermoelectric
Chroma ATE Inc. today announced the completion of its acquisition of Wise Life Technology through sale of assets, including its technologies, patents and product sales in Thermoelectric. The purpose of this asset acquisition is to strengthen Chroma’s technologies into Thermoelectric-related applications, beyond the current testing applications in optical and electrical and increase the sales contribution from consolidated products. Read more »
Business News | Aug 18, 2011
Cree Acquires Ruud Lighting, Inc. to Accelerate the LED Lighting Revolution
Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc., a leader in LED outdoor lighting, at an estimated net cost of approximately $525 million. Combining two highly complementary LED innovators, the acquisition allows Cree to extend its leadership position and increase the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting. The companies’ shared focus on best-in-class LED-based systems has led to thousands of LED lighting installations over the past several years. Read more »
Business News | Aug 18, 2011
Rubicon Technology Completes Upgrade to Next Generation Large Diameter Sapphire Furnaces to Supports Sapphire Demand for LED Industry
Rubicon Technology Completes Upgrade to Next Generation Large Diameter Sapphire Furnaces to Supports Sapphire Demand for LED Industry Rubicon Technology, Inc., a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today announced that the company has completed a company-wide installation of enhancements to its proprietary crystal growth furnaces bringing all furnaces up to Rubicon Furnace VersionES2-XLG3.0.This is the latest version of the company's proprietary furnace design for the production of high quality, large diameter sapphire material and provides even greater automation and yield consistency. Read more »
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