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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 »
Business News | Aug 10, 2011
Mouser and Cree Ink Global Distribution Agreement
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Cree, a worldwide leader in LED lighting and silicon carbide (SiC) power products. Read more »
Business News | Aug 05, 2011
Arrow Electronics to Distribute Zenaro Lighting Solutions
Arrow Electronics and Zenaro Lighting GmbH have entered into a distribution agreement for the EMEA region. Founded in 2010 and with headquarters in Kamp-Lintfort, Zenaro Lighting GmbH develops LED lighting and lighting systems, power supplies and light engines. The company services numerous markets, such as street lighting, office and industrial lighting, the consumer and lifestyle sector, retrofit solutions, and LED components. Although Zenaro focuses primarily on the European market, it is globally networked through Zenaro Lighting America and Zenaro Lighting Asia. Read more »
Business News | Aug 03, 2011
Department of Energy Announce Philips as Winner of L Prize Competition
Department of Energy Announce Philips as Winner of L Prize Competition The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that Philips Lighting North America has won the 60-watt replacement bulb category of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The Department of Energy’s L Prize challenged the lighting industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs that will save American consumers and businesses money. If every 60-watt incandescent bulb in the U.S. was replaced with the 10-watt L Prize winner, the nation would save about 35 terawatt-hours of electricity or $3.9 billion in one year and avoid 20 million metric tons of carbon emissions. Read more »
Business News | Aug 01, 2011
GE LED Lighting Plans to Extend LED Replacement Bulb Series from 60W to 100W in 16 Months
GE Lighting’s full line of light-emitting diode (LED) GE Energy Smart® incandescent replacement bulbs are anticipated to be on store shelves within the next 16 months. This November marks the arrival of the 13-watt GE Energy Smart LED, a dimmable 60-watt incandescent replacement bulb. GE’s dimmable 75-watt and 100-watt replacement LED bulbs—likely 18-watt and 27-watt products, respectively—are expected to arrive on store shelves in late 2012. All the bulbs will deliver light for over two decades based on three hours of use per day. Read more »
Business News | Jul 28, 2011
ALT to put CREE’s MT-G LED into Mass Production
Aeon Lighting Technology, the leading high-power LED lighting manufacturer in Taiwan, has announced the agreement with CREE in May to reserve production capacity of its latest LED chip MT-G, in order to compete the leader position of the market. As expected, from June ALT has dramatically grown up in sales, and received large quantity orders from Australia, Germany, and United States. That means ALT has great success on this strategy, and also returns the favor to its customers. Read more »
Business News | Jul 28, 2011
TDK-EPC Cooperates with STMicroelectronics: 50 New Reference Designs in just One Year
TDK-EPC Cooperates with STMicroelectronics: 50 New Reference Designs in just One Year TDK-EPC, a group company of the TDK Corporation, has intensified its support of STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, in the creation of tested energy-saving solutions for their customers’ applications. ST just recently completed the development of the 50th joint reference design in the past year, predominantly for power supplies. These reference designs combine state-of-the-art ICs from ST and passive electronic components from TDK-EPC. Read more »
Business News | Jul 28, 2011
EV Group Breaks Ground for Headquarters Expansion due to Increased Customer Demand
EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced it broke ground on expanding the company’s manufacturing capacity at its headquarters in Austria earlier this month. This expansion is the latest example of the company’s continued steady growth since its foundation more than 30 years ago. In addition, the company has witnessed a 40 percent increase in order intake in fiscal year 2011 compared with fiscal 2010, and is currently looking to recruit approximately 100 additional employees. Read more »
Business News | Jul 21, 2011
Novaled AG Expands in Asia with its Second Asian Office in Korea
Effective from July, 2011, Novaled sets up a Representative Office in Seoul, Korea. With this opening, the company confirms its commitment to the OLED industry in Asia. Novaled’s new Korean office will reinforce the service and support in the center of AMOLED display industry. Read more »
Business News | Jul 21, 2011
Arrow Electronics to Distribute Zenaro Lighting Solutions
Arrow Electronics to Distribute Zenaro Lighting Solutions Arrow Electronics and Zenaro Lighting GmbH have entered into a distribution agreement for the EMEA region. Founded in 2010 and with headquarters in Kamp-Lintfort, Zenaro Lighting GmbH develops LED lighting and lighting systems, power supplies and light engines. The company services numerous markets, such as street lighting, office and industrial lighting, the consumer and lifestyle sector, retrofit solutions, and LED components. Although Zenaro focuses primarily on the European market, it is globally networked through Zenaro Lighting America and Zenaro Lighting Asia. Read more »
Business News | Jul 21, 2011
Lighting Facts® Partners Recognized at DOE SSL Workshop
Nine Lighting Facts partners were recognized last week at the sixth annual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Market Introduction Workshop, in Seattle, Washington. The three-day event brought together more than 275 utilities, energy efficiency program representatives, manufacturers, and other industry insiders and observers interested in keeping up to date on the latest SSL commercialization developments. Read more »
Business News | Jul 20, 2011
GE Lighting to Acquire Lightech, a Technology Leader in LED Drivers
GE Lighting today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Lightech, a privately held, advanced lighting technology leader based near Tel Aviv, Israel, with commercial teams in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Lightech specializes in providing LED electronic drivers, plus halogen transformers, to the lighting industry. This strategic acquisition supports GE Lighting’s vision of leading the lighting revolution underway as the global lighting industry undergoes a profound transformation from older technology to new energy-efficient light sources, including LED lighting. Read more »
Business News | Jul 13, 2011
Philips Announces Partnership with Kvadrat Soft Cells to Bring Spaces Alive with Luminous Textile
Philips Announces Partnership with Kvadrat Soft Cells to Bring Spaces Alive with Luminous Textile Philips announced that it will partner with Kvadrat Soft Cells, to bring an innovative luminous textile to the market. This partnership, which combines Philips’ leadership in ambient lighting with Kvadrat Soft Cells’ expertise in controlling sound absorption, means interior spaces can now be enhanced through both light and texture. With Philips’ addressable LEDs integrated into the Kvadrat Soft Cells acoustic panels, this is the first solution of its kind, and gives architects, interior designers and lighting specialists freedom to further enhance a space with ambient light. Read more »
Business News | Jul 09, 2011
Siltronic AG Joins imec’s GaN-on-Si Research Program to Develop Technology for Next-Gen Power Semiconductors and LEDs
Siltronic AG Joins imec’s GaN-on-Si Research Program to Develop Technology for Next-Gen Power Semiconductors and LEDs Siltronic AG and the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec have concluded an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec’s GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program (IIAP). The endeavor aims to enable production of solid-state lighting (e.g. LEDs) and power semiconductors of the next generation on 200 mm silicon wafers. Read more »
Business News | Jul 04, 2011
GE to Submit 60-Watt Replacement LED Bulb for L Prize Competition
GE Lighting engineers and scientists are developing a 60-watt replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition. Read more »
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