Business News Archive

News-Spot | Business News | Oct 05, 2012
Yole Développement Concludes: “Independent Phosphor Companies Free the Market from IP Blocking by Market Leaders”
Yole Développement Concludes: “Independent Phosphor Companies Free the Market from IP Blocking by Market Leaders” Phosphors are a keystone of LED technologies, enabling the conversion of the monochromatic blue or near-UV light emitted by LED chips into a richer spectrum of color approaching or exceeding that of other artificial light sources. Yole Développement announces today its new report “LED phosphors” which provides a detailed description of the LED phosphor industry. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 02, 2012
Novaled Awarded “European Company of the Year” by a Panel of International Cleantech Experts
Novaled, a leader in the organic light-emitting diode (OLEDs) field, today announced it is named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list, produced by Cleantech Group, a leading research firm focused on global cleantech innovation. The list is unique in the sector and highlights the top private companies that represent the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech technology and are most likely to make the most significant market impact in the next 5-10 years. The listing and the additional award recognize Novaled’s innovative approach to clean technology and energy efficiency by developing technologies and materials that enhance the performance of OLEDs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 18, 2012
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes LUXeXceL for Its Pioneering Manufacturing Technology for Advanced Optics in LED Lighting
Based on its recent research on the advanced optics market for LED lighting, Frost & Sullivan presents LUXeXceL Group B.V (LUXeXceL) with the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology Award for its Printoptical Technology. LUXeXceL’s pioneering manufacturing process addresses the key challenges to large scale adoption of LEDs in general lighting. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 18, 2012
Sumitomo Chemical Joins Holst Centre OLED Research Program
Sumitomo Chemical Joins Holst Centre OLED Research Program Sumitomo Chemical has joined Holst Centre's shared research program on Printed Organic Lighting and Signage. The move will speed efforts to develop manufacturing processes for low-cost, flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). As a leading supplier of materials for polymer OLEDs, Sumitomo Chemical's involvement in the Holst Centre eco-system will extend the program's investigation of multi-layer solution processes for high-efficiency OLEDs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 17, 2012
Fairchild Semiconductor Signs a Reseller Agreement with RS Components
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, announced an expansion of its distribution agreement with RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), a leading high-service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 17, 2012
NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, “OLED Encapsulation Materials Markets -2012”
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it will release a new report that analyzes the commercial development and opportunities for OLED encapsulation. The report titled, “OLED Encapsulation Materials Markets-2012” will be available in early October of 2012 and follows recent NanoMarkets reports on OLED display and lighting materials markets. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 14, 2012
Lextar Electronics to Merge Wellypower Optronics
Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Co. Ltd. today announced that they have entered into an amalgamation agreement. The merger agreement was approved today by the Boards of Directors of both Lextar and Wellypower. The consolidation date of the merger is targeted for February 1st, 2013, at which time Wellypower will be absorbed into Lextar. The merged entity will operate as Lexstar. The swap ratio for Wellypower and Lextar is planned to be 2:1, based on the stock’s market value, net worth, industry status and prospects, production capacity and profits, and subject to be approved by the shareholders meeting of both companies. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 06, 2012
Lextar Electronics Announces its “Photometric Laboratory” Listed with LM-79 and LM-80 Accreditation
Lextar Electronics Announces its “Photometric Laboratory” Listed with LM-79 and LM-80 Accreditation Lextar Electronics Corp. announces its “Photometric Laboratory” has been listed with LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation. This makes Lextar the first of any LED corporation in Taiwan to be awarded both accreditations and shows the company’s commitment to cultivating the LED industry. Additionally, Lextar’s 3014 and 5630 LED package have exceeded 6,000 hours of LM-80 testing, indicating the company has a high level of quality and reliability. Read more »
Business News | Sep 05, 2012
MSC Announces Availability of CE Approved GA007 Series – 7 Watt Power Supply Module
MSC Announces Availability of CE Approved GA007 Series – 7 Watt Power Supply Module The entire family of power supply modules with ratings from 3 W to 30 W from YDS now has received CE approval and are immediately available at MSC. The latest addition to this family is the GA007 series that delivers an output power from 6.6 W to 7.8 W, depending on the output voltage. Procurable are all standard output voltages between 3.3 V and 48 V, including many unusual values not available as catalogue products elsewhere, further ±5 V to ±24 V and +5 V with +12 V, +15 V or +24 V. Read more »
Business News | Sep 05, 2012
NXP's Low-Cost 15W Flyback LED-Driver is Now Available from Arrow Electronics
NXP's Low-Cost 15W Flyback LED-Driver is Now Available from Arrow Electronics This non-dimmable, high-efficiency (up to 88%), up to 15W- Flyback or Buck-Boost LED driver is the first member of our digital GreenChip platform. That enables two modes, either High PF Mode with low THD values and a bigger elcap or low ripple mode with small elcaps (majorly EMEA, class C or compliant with IEC61000-3-2 exception clause). Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 04, 2012
Marl Manufacturing Helps Clients without Technical Skills to Introduce Technology Based Products
Marl Manufacturing Helps Clients without Technical Skills to Introduce Technology Based Products Marl Manufacturing announced a ‘concept to manufacturing’ service for businesses who need to introduce a technology based product but have no technical skills or resources in-house. The product realisation service is a complete technical product creation and realisation package, and goes well beyond the scope of traditional sub-contract manufacturing or electronic manufacturing services (EMS), covering initial electronic design, layout, prototyping and full production. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 30, 2012
Plextronics Partners with Holst Centre to Drive OLED Lighting
Plextronics Partners with Holst Centre to Drive OLED Lighting Plextronics, a U.S.-based global technology company specializing in printed electronics, and Netherlands-based Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (B) and TNO (NL), today announced their partnership on shared research towards flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting and signage. Read more »
Business News | Aug 29, 2012
SemiLEDs Completes LM80 with Integrated Service Technology
SemiLEDs Completes LM80 with Integrated Service Technology SemiLEDs (Nasdaq: LEDS), with cooperation of Integrated System Technology(IST), is proud to announce that its S35 product line has successfully completed the requirements of the stringent 6000 hour lumen maintenance test (LM-80) and the results showed an extrapolated lifetime of up to 50,000 hours. Read more »
Business News | Aug 28, 2012
Lighting the way: Perspectives on the global lighting market (Second edition; 2012) - McKinsey
While many of the findings in McKinsey's 2011 “Lighting the way” report – the first to provide a holistic view of the fragmented and complex global lighting industry – still hold true in general today, some key market parameters have shifted due to world events over the past year. This second edition addresses recent changes in the lighting market environment, updating the 2011 findings with a particular focus on the accelerated erosion of LED prices. The impact of the transition from traditional lighting technologies to LED is likely to be dramatic in the years ahead, affecting players in all related sectors. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 28, 2012
Low-Watt LEDs Set Size and Efficiency Benchmark
Marl International, the UK distributor for Citizen discrete LED components, has launched its new low wattage LED range which sets new benchmarks for ultra-compact size combined with high efficiency and exceptional uniformity for linear and other array applications. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 27, 2012
RECOM Announces new Lighting Division
RECOM Announces new Lighting Division RECOM has consolidated its lighting activities in a new division to better meet the requirements of developers and architects in the fast moving lighting market as of August 1st, 2012. At the same time RECOM has relocated their offices from Dreieich, Germany to a new larger office in Neu-Isenburg/Frankfurt, Germany to accommodate the expansion. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Aug 17, 2012
Expansion of MENTOR Lighting Production in Pforzheim
As a lighting specialist and manufacturer of lighting modules and systems, MENTOR is in a process of continuous further development of know-how, tool manufacturing methods, production and quality measurement of the products. For this reason, MENTOR has acquired a new building situated near to its subsidiary company Albert Weidmann Licht-Elektronik GmbH in Pforzheim, where a plastic injection moulding plant is being constructed to meet special lighting production requirements. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 25, 2012
Universal Display Purchases Fujifilm’s Worldwide OLED Patent Portfolio for $105 Million
Universal Display Corporation, the leading OLED patent licensor and supplier of materials and technologies for energy-efficient OLED displays and lighting, and FUJIFILM Corporation, announced today that Fujifilm has sold and Universal Display has purchased the entire worldwide patent portfolio of more than 1,200 OLED patents and patent applications of Fujifilm for $105 million. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 25, 2012
Toshiba to Start Mass Production of White GaN-on-Si Based LEDs
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diode (LED) on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co. Ltd., a production base for discrete products in northern Japan. Mass production will start from October 2012. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 25, 2012
200 mm GaN-on-Si Wafer-Development at Azzurro Receives Local Government Support
Azzurro Semiconductors AG’s development of next generation gallium nitride on 200 mm silicon substrates is supported by the local government of Saxony. The minister for science and technology, Sabine von Schorlemer handed the official grant note to the company today. The project is financed with 2.6 million Euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Saxony. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 16, 2012
Special Products of Tridonic go to Lumitech
In line with Tridonic's intention to focus its LED activities more on general illumination, the company will be transferring the LED product group for illuminating commercial refrigeration units and linear shelf lighting on November 1 to Lumitech Produktion und Entwicklung GmbH, based in Jennersdorf, Austria. Read more »
Business News | Jul 12, 2012
Gamma Scientific Acknowledged as EPA-Recognized Laboratory for Third-Party ENERGY STAR™ Lighting Certification
Gamma Scientific Acknowledged as EPA-Recognized Laboratory for Third-Party ENERGY STAR™ Lighting Certification Gamma Scientific, manufacturers of precision testing equipment for light measurement, has been acknowledged as an EPA-recognized laboratory to perform third-party ENERGY STAR™ certification testing for lighting products. This recognition allows Gamma Scientific to provide ENERGY STAR certification testing for a variety of lighting products, including LED lamps, luminaires, automotive lighting and street lights. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 11, 2012
InfiniLED Announces Access Agreement with Tyndall National Institute
InfiniLED Announces Access Agreement with Tyndall National Institute InfiniLED, a portfolio company of ScienceWorks Ventures plc and a Tyndall National Institute (UCC) spin-out, is delighted to announce an access agreement with Tyndall National Institute, Cork. This access agreement allows InfiniLED’s engineers to work within the institute’s ISO 9001 Certified Compound Semiconductor cleanrooms to fabricate our µLED™ (MicroLED) technology. Read more »
Business News | Jul 10, 2012
The European Commission Published the Results of the Public Consultation Online
The European Commission Published the Results of the Public Consultation Online Innovative lighting products for general in- and outdoor lighting applications based on light-emitting diode technology (LED and OLED) are relatively new in the marketplace but slowly gaining ground. In 2011 they represented close to 13% of the European general lighting market. While the lighting industry promises low electricity consumption and very long lifetimes as well as improved lighting quality and new opportunities for lighting design, European consumers and professional users… Read more »
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