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Jul 30, 2010
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Opens New Asia Regional Headquarters in Hong Kong
OSRAM, a 100% Siemens subsidiary, today held an opening ceremony for the new Asia regional headquarters of its subsidiary, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a specialist in semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications.
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Jul 30, 2010
Cree Expands Network of Solution Providers to Accelerate LED Adoption and Reduce Costs
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces seven new value-added solution providers have joined the global Cree Solution Provider network. The program, created in November 2007, now includes 21 leading LED solution providers.
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Jul 30, 2010
Cree LR6 LED Light Wins Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA)
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announced that its flagship LED recessed down light, the LR6, won a prestigious Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the EcoDesign category. IDEA is one of the most prominent design competitions in the world, celebrating cutting-edge products and product concepts. Selected from 1,517 entries, the juried awards are co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and BusinessWeek. This award continues the parade of accolades garnered by the LR6 for its performance and quality.
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Jul 30, 2010
Taiwanese Decoration and Advertising Lighting Manufacturer Wins reddot Design Award 2008
The Red Dot Design Awards for 2008 were announced last Friday, 3/14/08, and among the winners was the LED Glass Brick by Lei Yueh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
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Jul 30, 2010
Zumtobel Group Gears up LED Organisation for Dynamic Growth
With effect from the beginning of the 2008/09 financial year on 1 May, the Zumtobel Group will be concentrating its existing LED activities in a single unit, the new Zumtobel LED Division.
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Jul 30, 2010
Honorable Award for TARMLED 4x4 at Light 2008 in Warsaw
TARMLED 4x4 was presented with this year’s award for the most innovative product at the “LIGHT 2008,” Warsaw. Thomas Lottig, one of the duo who developed the system, accepted the award, stating that, “These are the brightest things we have ever seen.”
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Jul 30, 2010
LAMINA Debuts New Corporate Identity and Web Site
Lamina Lighting Incorporated (Lamina), an innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, enters its 7th year in business with the introduction of a new corporate identity and web site summarizing its growth from a pioneering start-up to an influential leader in the solid state lighting industry.
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Jul 30, 2010
Lumitech's PI-LED-Technology is awarded with the Austrian National Award for Innovation 2007
Lumitech company was nominated for inventing the highly efficient PI-LED®-technology. Due to this technology and its unrivalled properties, the creation of light could be revolutionised in many ways. The renowned members of the jury chose the Burgenland high-tech company to win this competition. The much sought after trophy was awarded to Erwin Baumgartner, the Lumitech managing director, by Christine Marek, State Secretary of Economics and Labour.
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Jul 30, 2010
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS’ 1000-LUMEN OSTAR® LED WINS ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS MAGAZINE’S 2007 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a world leader in LED lighting technology, was presented with Electronic Products’ 2007 Product of the Year Award for its OSTAR® Lighting, a 1000-lumen High Brightness LED for general lighting applications in a ceremony held at the company’s North American headquarters in Santa Clara.
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Jul 30, 2010
Marktech Named as Cree Solutions Provider
Marktech Optoelectronics, an industry leader in the application and design of LEDs since 1985, was recently awarded the distinction of being a Cree Solutions Provider. This new value-added program offers customers a full range of LED lighting-system solutions and design assistance to help accelerate time to market and reduce product development costs.
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Jul 30, 2010
EverLED TR Fluorescent Tube Replacement Wins Green Tech Lighting Innovation of the Year
LEDdynamics announced receiving the Popular Science "Best of 2007 Innovation Award" in the Green Tech category, for the EverLED-TR product line. The EverLED-TR is a fluorescent tube replacement which utilizes existing fluorescent ballasts while achieving the equivalent light output of the tube it replaces, making it the world's first true LED replacement for linear fluorescent lighting.
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Jul 30, 2010
Lighting Science Group Establishes Presence in Europe
Lighting Science Group Corporation (Lighting Science) (OTC BB: LSGP), a global leader in LED (light-emitting diode) lighting solutions, today announced plans to establish operations in Europe. As part of this effort, Peter Earle and John Lyons, co-founders of Vivid Effect, will join Lighting Science as part of the Company’s European operations.
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Jul 30, 2010
Exciting times at Advanced LEDs Ltd
Advanced LEDs Ltd UK manufacturer of high performance LED luminaires have taken a big leap forward after signing an exclusive relationship agreement with E.ON Energy Services. This agreement will open up markets in street lighting and enable E.ON to be the first company to offer LED street lighting for major contracts around the world.
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Jul 30, 2010
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS AWARDED FEDERAL GRANT TO ADVANCE STANDARDS FOR COLOR QUALITY RATINGS
Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, the new entity formed by Philips' acquisition of Color Kinetics, today announced it has been awarded a $250,000 contract by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a federal agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards, and technology. Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions will develop and create a new test system to improve methods for calculating and measuring the quality of a light source.
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Jul 30, 2010
LLF Awarded Grand Prize in Worldwide Lighting Competition
LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (LLF) today announced that it has won the Grand Prize for the 2007 Lighting for Tomorrow solid state lighting (SSL) competition.
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Jul 30, 2010
PHILIPS COMMUNICATES VISION 2010 STRATEGIC PLAN
Vision 2010 aims to fuel growth through sharpened strategies for Healthcare and Lighting and an integrated approach to Consumer Lifestyle Philips aims to simplify organizational structure by forming three sectors - Healthcare, Lighting, and Consumer Lifestyle - as next step in evolution into a market-driven, people-centric global leader in its fields Philips expects to more than double EBITA per share by 2010.
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Jul 30, 2010
LED Holdings Appoints Zach Gibler to Lead Business Development
LED Holdings LLC, a global leader in LED (light-emitting diode) lighting solutions, today announced Zach Gibler has joined the company as its Vice President of business development.
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Jul 30, 2010
Cree Announces Plans to Triple Its White XLamp LED Capacity
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today unveiled plans to significantly increase white XLamp® LED manufacturing capacity at its COTCO subsidiary in HuiZhou – tripling current capacity of lighting-class LEDs. Speaking at the 4th China International Forum & Exhibition on Solid State Lighting in Shanghai, Chris James, vice president - marketing and business development, characterized the planned expansion as part of Cree’s multi-faceted efforts to both accelerate the adoption of LED lighting in China and to build momentum for the LED lighting revolution worldwide.
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Jul 30, 2010
COTCO, Cree’s Subsidiary, Recognized for Environmental and Community Contributions
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market-leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced that its COTCO International Limited subsidiary has been honored by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation with the HSBC Living Business Award Certificate of Excellence. The certificate recognizes COTCO’s contributions to the environment and to the local community in Hong Kong. Cree and its COTCO subsidiaries are global leaders in the development and production of energy-efficient LED products and technologies that significantly reduce energy consumption in lighting applications.
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Jul 30, 2010
OSRAM sets course for expansion in opto-semiconductors with new chip factory in Malaysia
OSRAM will be significantly expanding production capacity at its plant in Penang, Malaysia. At the same time, a further construction phase will be completed by the end of 2007 at its plant in Regensburg.
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