Business News Archive

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 »
Business News | Jul 04, 2011
New Production Method, Lowers Costs - ALT Is Lowering Prices
The leading LED manufacturer in Taiwan, Aeon Lighting Technology, announces today that due to tremendous sales increasing and adapting new product method, ALT will dramatically drop all products price, up to 40%, to rebate to all customers and prepare for new LED lighting generation. Read more »
Business News | Jun 29, 2011
Philips Announces Agreement to Acquire Indal to Strengthen Leading Position in Professional Lighting
Royal Philips Electronics, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Indal, a leading Spanish professional luminaires company mainly focused on outdoor lighting solutions. The acquisition will fuel Philips’ growth in professional lighting solutions and create a platform to further strengthen Philips’ market position in Europe. Upon closing of the transaction, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions, Indal will become a part of the Professional Luminaires business of Philips Lighting. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read more »
Business News | Jun 25, 2011
Digi-Key Corporation and Intematix Sign Global Distribution Agreement
HIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., and Fremont, Calif. USA, Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented remote phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting. Read more »
Business News | Jun 20, 2011
austriamicrosystems acquires US-based Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc.
Unterpremstaetten, Austria (June 16, 2011) — austriamicrosystems AG (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs (integrated circuits) for the consumer, communications, industrial, medical and automotive markets, has entered into an agreement with Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. ("TAOS"), headquartered in Plano, Texas (USA), to acquire 100% of the shares in TAOS. The transaction is expected to close within the next eight weeks subject to certain regulatory approvals and the occurrence of certain conditions defined in the agreements with the sellers of the TAOS shares. Read more »
Business News | Jun 14, 2011
Kyma, Veeco Receive DOE Funds for LED Manufacturing Equipment Project
Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of crystalline nitride semiconductor materials, is pleased to announce that it is teamed with Veeco Instruments in a next generation light emitting diode (LED) manufacturing equipment development project which was recently awarded $4 million in funding from the US Department of Energy. Read more »
Business News | May 31, 2011
Asia Pacific Goes Green – Best Pre-Condition for future growth potential of LED Lighting Products
Kelvin Inn, Consulting Manager at Global Intelligence Alliance in Hong Kong investigated the regulations, market situation, and future perspectives for the Asia-Pacific region. He came to the conclusion that this region offers the best pre-condition for a huge growth in LED lighting and that Asian lighting brands could dominate the global market in a few years. Read more »
Business News | May 25, 2011
Holders Components Distributes Ledlink Optics in Continental Europe
Holders Components, the European LED solution provider, has been appointed distributor of Ledlink Optics in Continental Europe. Holders Components UK has been a distributor of Ledlink products for a number of years. Victoria Blaisdell, Group Managing Director of Holders Technology plc (parent company of Holders Components), has said, ‘We are very pleased to be working with Ledlink across Europe. Ledlink has a very large and comprehensive range of secondary optics which can be used in applications with many leading brands of LEDs, as well as providing a customised optics service’. Read more »
Business News | May 16, 2011
Acuity Brands Acquires Healthcare Lighting
Acuity Brands, Inc. announced it has acquired for cash Fairview, PA-based Healthcare Lighting, Inc., a leading provider of specialized, high-performance lighting products for healthcare facilities. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read more »
Business News | May 11, 2011
Number of EMerge Alliance Certified LED Products Grows - EMerge Alliance at LIGHTFAIR 2011
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings – today announced that 22 additional products have been Registered as compliant with the EMerge Alliance initial standard covering the Occupied Space in commercial buildings and 16 new members have joined the organization. Read more »
Business News | May 11, 2011
Jenoptik and LEIDS will Cooperate in the Field of LED Lighting
Jenoptik and LEIDS will Cooperate in the Field of LED Lighting Jenoptik´s business unit Optoelectronic Systems, manufacturer of optoelectronic systems and polymer optical components, and LEIDS GmbH & Co. KG jointly present innovative LED illumination solutions at the tradeshow transport logistic 2011 for the first time. Both partners agreed to sign a development and cooperation agreement in the field of LED industrial lighting. The agreement runs for 5 years. Read more »
Business News | May 05, 2011
Digital Lumens to Sell Intelligent Lighting System in Europe
Digital Lumens, leading developer of LED-based Intelligent Lighting Systems, today announced that the company will begin selling its products in Europe. Digital Lumens products have received CE listing validating that they meet requirements for safety, health, environment and consumer protection in Europe. Read more »
Business News | May 05, 2011
Excelitas Technologies’ LED Facility in U.S. Receives ISO 13485:2003 Certification
Excelitas Technologies, a global provider of innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced today that its LED-based manufacturing facility in Wheeling, Ill. has achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification. ISO 13485:2003 certification is an internationally recognized quality standard designed to ensure that medical device manufacturers and critical component suppliers to medical device manufacturers have the required quality management systems in place to safely design, manufacture and distribute medical devices as well as the critical components incorporated into these devices. Read more »
Business News | Apr 28, 2011
RECOM Power and Mouser Create Global Distribution Initiative
RECOM Power, a pioneer in the design and manufacture of DC/DC and AC/DC converters, switching regulators, and LED drivers today announced its worldwide distribution alliance with Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components. Read more »
Business News | Apr 15, 2011
Mouser to Distribute Luminus Devices’ LEDs Globally
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global design engineering resource for semiconductors and electronic components and Luminus Devices, manufacturer of „Big-Chip‟ LEDs, today announced a global distribution agreement, enabling Mouser to bring Luminus‟ award-winning LEDs quickly and efficiently to lighting design engineers and buyers around the world. The agreement essentially speeds-to-market the industry‟s only big-chip LED. Read more »
Business News | Apr 14, 2011
Opsira Presents New Distributor for Korean Market
opsira GmbH has been represented by a competent distributor in the Korean Market since March 15, 2011. For the territory of Korea the company Modern HighTech Co., Ltd. in Seoul/Korea is the official and authorized distributor for the delivery and maintenance of opsira GmbH optical engineering services OES, optical metrology services OMS and optical test systems OTS. Read more »
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