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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
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 | 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 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 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 | 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 | 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 »
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 »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 10, 2012
Eulitha Signs Collaboration Agreement with EV Group to Establish Low-Cost-of-Ownership Nanopatterning Solution for HB-LED Manufacturing
Eulitha AG, a pioneer and leader in the production of high-quality nanostructures using advanced lithography techniques, today announced that it has signed a joint-development and licensing agreement with EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets. EVG will integrate Eulitha’s PHABLE™ mask-based ultraviolet (UV) photolithography technology with EVG’s automated mask aligner product platform with the goal of developing a low-cost-of-ownership (CoO) nanopatterning solution to enable the production of high-brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs). With demo capabilities in place already, the first products are expected to ship in 2012. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 17, 2012
Lumenpulse Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Lightitude for Middle East and North Africa LED Fixture Market
Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with UAE-based Lightitude. The agreement will include Lightitude support for Lumenpulse's business in the Middle East and North Africa and the relationship will be managed out of Lumenpulse's recently opened London, UK office. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Feb 03, 2012
Anderson & Associates, LLC and BRB, USA Merge
BRB International BV and Anderson & Associates LLC have combined their respective US based silicone and silane businesses and are pleased to announce their new joint venture, AB Specialty Silicones LLC. The company will be headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois and will operate as a stand alone entity focusing on silicon based products for the NAFTA region. Read more »
Business News | Feb 07, 2012
Plessey Acquires CamGaN, a University of Cambridge Spin-Out Company, and its Novel GaN on Silicon Technology
Plessey Acquires CamGaN, a University of Cambridge Spin-Out Company, and its Novel GaN on Silicon Technology Plessey has acquired CamGaN Limited, a University of Cambridge spin-out formed to commercialisenovel technologies for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) high-brightness LEDs on large-area silicon substrates. The acquisition will enable Plessey to exploit synergies with its 6-inch processing facility in Plymouth, England to produce HB LEDs based on CamGaN's proprietary 6-inch GaN-on-silicon technology. The Company believes this acquisition positions it among the first commercial players to successfully manufacture HB LEDs on 6-inch silicon substrates. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Feb 09, 2012
Osram Opto Semiconductors Appoints Avnet Electronics Marketing as “Preferred Global Partner”
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of optoelectronic semiconductors announced today that Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has been selected as OSRAM’s preferred global partner. The appointment is effective immediately in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Japan and Asia. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Feb 10, 2012
GT Advanced Technologies to Provide Large Diameter Sapphire Cores to Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
GT Advanced Technologies to Provide Large Diameter Sapphire Cores to Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. GT Advanced Technologies Inc., today announced that its subsidiary, GT Crystal Systems, has entered into a purchase agreement with Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Silian) to supply 500,000 TIE (2-inch equivalent) of 6-inch diameter C-plane sapphire cores, which Silian will use to produce high quality sapphire substrates for the high brightness LED industry. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Mar 13, 2012
LumaStream Is First to Sign Ecosystem Program Agreement with Bridgelux
Eric Higgs, President and CEO of LumaStream, Inc. www.lumastream.com announced today that LumaStream has signed a cooperation agreement with Bridgelux www.bridgelux.com under the Bridgelux Ecosystem Program. Mr. Higgs views this agreement as a foundation for further market and technical developments with Bridgelux. “We are extremely impressed with efficiency and performance of the Bridgelux arrays. The quality of these arrays was a driving factor in our development efforts.” Mr. Higgs added that “The Ecosystem Program is a vehicle for reaching a broader market for LumaStream’s Power Vector intelligent power conversion and control interface technology.” Read more »
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