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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 | 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 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 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 »
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 | 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 10, 2012
TÜV SÜD America Opens Energy Efficiency Lab
TÜV SÜD America Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of its new 30,000 square foot Energy Efficiency Center of Excellence located just north of Atlanta, Ga. The new NVLAP* ISO/IEC17025- accredited laboratory allows TÜV SÜD to test and certify products to global energy efficiency programs. Services include ENERGY STAR®, Lighting Facts Label, California Title 24/20, IEC 60529/IPXX, IES files, NRTL Certification, CE Marking, ENEC Mark, Energy-related Products (ErP) Directive, RoHS, and CONUEE. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 16, 2012
Zumtobel Group Announces Changes in Management at Components Subsidiary Tridonic
Changes are taking place in the management team of the Zumtobel Group's components business (Tridonic brand): Tridonic CEO Walter Ziegler and COO Rüdiger Kofahl are to leave the company at the end of January. For an interim period, the Chairman of the Management Board of Zumtobel AG, Harald Sommerer, will be taking charge of the management of Tridonic in addition to his role as Group CEO, working closely with Tridonic CFO Werner Blum. Executive search measures are being initiated to fill the two vacancies. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 20, 2012
LUX TSI Limited Achieves Accreditation from UKAS to ISO/IEC 17025 as a Competent Photometric Testing Laboratory
LUX-TSI, the first independent photometric lab in Europe for testing of LM79 and LM80 standards for LED lighting modules, lamps and luminaires, announced today that it has achieved accreditation from UKAS to test LED and other energy efficient lighting products for photometric, electrical energy performance and lumen maintenance. Please follow this link to view the UKAS Accreditation Schedule No 4701. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 25, 2012
NVLAP Accreditation Granted to Labsphere, Inc.
Labsphere, Inc. has earned its accreditation as a NVLAP ISO 17205 calibration laboratory. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) governs the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). Labsphere’s accreditation as NVLAP Lab 200951-0 was granted following successful completion of rigorous on-site assessments and technical evaluations of the company’s Calibration Lab for Optical Radiation Measurements. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 26, 2012
Deco Lighting Announces Game Changing New LED Product Line which will Deflate LED Luminaire Prices
With a multi million dollar R&D program nearing completion, Deco Lighting plans to launch a revolutionary portfolio of affordable high performance commercial LED luminaires. Municipalities and commercial customers seeking to replace their inefficient lighting to save energy will no longer be restricted to a limited selection of high priced LED fixtures. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jan 26, 2012
Birmingham Science Park Aston Enters into a Partnership Agreement to Create a Europe-Leading Test Centre for Lighting Products
Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA) is entering into an agreement with Bridgend-based LUX-TSI to create LUX-OPC; a Europe-leading accredited test and measurement operation for energy efficient lighting and photonics products. The deal safeguards jobs in both locations and eight new jobs are expected to be created as a result. Read more »
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