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Nov 25, 2015
Regulatory Compliance Updates for the Lighting Industry
TÜV SÜD Product Service and Luger Research e.U. signed an agreement to provide the lighting sector with the latest Regulatory Compliance Updates through the LED professional media channels on a bimonthly basis. Luger Research e.U. owns the exclusive publishing rights for the European lighting market.
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Nov 19, 2015
ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 Billion in Cash
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Nov. 18, 2015 – ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (Nasdaq: FCS) (“Fairchild”) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild for $20.00 per share in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition creates a leader in the power semiconductor market with combined revenue of approximately $5 billion, diversified across multiple markets with a strategic focus on automotive, industrial and smartphone end markets.[1]
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Nov 16, 2015
Xicato Puts People in the Spotlight with Beauty Series LED Modules
New formulation brings out the natural and subtle beauty of human skin tones. Xicato, a leading manufacturer of intelligent light sources, announces the immediate availability of new commercial LED modules that make people look good – and feel good about how they look.
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Nov 10, 2015
Osram Spins Off General Lighting Business
German lighting giant Osram announced it will be spinning off its general lighting business including general LED lighting into an independent company.
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Nov 10, 2015
Soraa Moves Forward with New York Manufacturing Expansion Plans
Working with the State of New York, Soraa will open a Syracuse, NY Semiconductor Fabrication Plant and Employ Hundreds of Workers
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Nov 10, 2015
OLEDWorks Finalizes Acquisition of Key Parts of Philips’ OLED Light Source Components Business
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Nov. 2, 2015: OLEDWorks LLC, the leading U.S. OLED light engine and panel manufacturing company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of key OLED assets and relevant intellectual property from Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), the global leader in lighting. Manufacturing will continue in the existing facility in Aachen, Germany with the establishment of OLEDWorks GmbH. OLEDWorks announced this acquisition in April, 2015.
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Nov 04, 2015
EPIC and ISA Cooperation - Carlos Lee Joins ISA's Council of Management
“I am looking forward to Mr. Lee to make contribution to the ISA Council of Management as well as bring value to the ISA.” says Ms. Ling Wu, President of ISA and (International SSL Alliance) and Secretary General of CSA (China Solid State Lighting Alliance). Carlos Lee brings valuable experience from his personal semiconductor industry background, and feedback from the activities he organizes at EPIC for instance on lighting for automotive, lighting for horticulture, and many other application areas.
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Oct 15, 2015
Russian Investor to Boost VTT-Originated Flexbright LED Foil Technology
VTT-originated Flexbright Oy and Russian company NNCRM have agreed on partnership to develop Flexbright's innovative LED foil project. This offers many business opportunities to further innovation and design making use of Internet of Things technology, for example.
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Sep 29, 2015
Lux-TSI Completes Full Accreditation: LM-79 Testing for Global Market Access
With the growing demand for independent accredited photometric data, Lux TSI has completed its UKAS accreditation extension and is now providing full accredited photometric reports and files for LED lighting products to LM-79-08, CIE S025 and EN 13032-4. Our data is accepted by Lighting Facts, Energy Star and Design Lights Consortium (DLC). As a result, Lux-TSI is supporting Global Market Access for lighting manufacturers from its high-tech laboratory site in the UK.
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Sep 17, 2015
Munich Re Insures LED Products that Have DEKRA LED Performance Approval
Munich Re’s Green Tech Solutions has developed specialized insurance solutions for the LED market, in which LED manufacturers as well as project developers can cover the financial risks resulting from guarantee conditions or technical problems. Munich Re and DEKRA expect that the willingness to invest in LED projects will increase as a result of this. Their collaboration goes further than just the insurance, with both companies exchanging knowledge about the quality of LED lighting and collaborating in developing new services for the LED market.
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Sep 01, 2015
Rutronik Expands Franchise Activities
Rutronik widens its activities with two new franchise agreements for C&K products and the former IR portfolio that now belongs to Infineon.
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Aug 24, 2015
Industry Mourns the Passing of Roland Haitz, age 80, Pioneer of the Solid-State Lighting Revolution
Dr. Roland Haitz, a pioneer of the solid-state lighting revolution and an engine of innovation throughout his career, has passed away at the age of 80 at his home in Portola Valley, California. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Bente Haitz, his two children and three grandchildren.
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Aug 17, 2015
Luger Research and Messe Muenchen Announce Strategic Partnership
Luger Research, publisher of LED professional and organizer of the LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS), entered into a long-term partnership with Messe Muenchen, organizer of electronica, productronica and other international trade shows in the field of New Technologies. The strategic partnership is a long-term event and knowledge cooperation in the fields of Solid-State-Lighting, electronics and smart controls.
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Jul 27, 2015
Investment Group Acquires Bridgelux and Bridgelux Spins Off Xenio for Smart Lighting
Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of solid state lighting (SSL) technologies, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investment group led by the China Electronics Corporation (CEC), and ChongQing Linkong Development Investment Company. Established in 1989, CEC controls 61 second-level subsidiaries, including 13 listed holding companies. With over 70,000 employees, CEC is one of the largest IT companies in China. In conjunction with the sale of Bridgelux to the investment group led by CEC, Bridgelux also announced that the Board of Directors has approved a plan to spin off its Smart Lighting LED platform business under the name of Xenio Corporation.
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Jul 07, 2015
Monolithic Power Systems Signs Digi-Key to Expand Globally
Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) (Nasdaq: MPWR), a leading company in high-performance power solutions, announced today that MPS has signed a distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics, a leading, global, full-service provider of electronic components, for the promotion and sale of MPS products worldwide. MPS' mission is to reduce total energy consumption in its customers' systems with green, practical, compact solutions.
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Jul 06, 2015
Schukat's Offers "All-in-One" LED Lighting Bundles
Customers who want "all-in-one" lighting bundles benefit from time savings and customised product kits, bringing together LEDs from Bridgelux, heat sinks from MechaTronix, MeanWell power supplies, accessories like heat transfer compounds and LED holders and the expertise needed for heat sink calculations. With these bundles, Schukat offers a new kind of supports to their clients.
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Jul 03, 2015
EPISTAR Strengthens Relationship with Partners with Core Technology & IP
EPISTAR keeps building innovating products and technologies and continues to bolster its global IP position. In addition, EPISTAR strives to strengthen the value of its Co-activation Service.
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Jun 24, 2015
IoT Smart Lighting Report Shows 100% Increase In Intelligent Features Since Last Year
Alumage Advisors has released its latest LED Smart Lighting Report, including a free version for end-users, highlighting 40 product features of interest for 1,000 C&I luminaires worldwide.
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May 18, 2015
LightingEurope and LpS 2015 Announce Partnership
LightingEurope is pleased to announce that they will be a strategic partner for the 5th International LED professional Symposium +Expo (LpS 2015) from September 22-24, 2015 in Bregenz, Austria.
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May 12, 2015
MSC Technologies Now Offers New LMH2+ LED Modules from Cree
MSC Technologies, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet, is offering Innovative LMH2+ with unprecedented combination of 125 lumens-per-watt Efficacy and 90 CRI in a Small Form Factor. The LMH2+ is the only LED module that allows lighting manufacturers to achieve a system efficacy of 100 lumens-per-watt with high light quality.
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May 11, 2015
Plus Opto Announces Launch of LG Chem OLED Lighting Range
Plus Opto Ltd, The Optoelectronics Specialist, has signed the first agreement to distribute the OLED Lighting product range from market leader LG Chem, in the UK. The range includes the world’s largest commercially-available panel at 320x320 mm and – an industry first – a flexible OLED panel on plastic substrate with a bend radius of 30 mm. Panels are available in 3000 K and 4000 K colour temperatures. A CRI of 90, efficacy of 90 lm/W and lifetime - previously a concern for potential OLED users - up to 40000 hours, makes LG Chem OLED panels the ideal solution for a wide range of applications.
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May 05, 2015
Epistar Promotes Co-Activation Service Model
Competition in the LED market has been heating up with China-based LED firms aggressively integrating the whole supply chain vertically from chips to packaging to modules. China-based firms are able to provide one-stop-shop services and use low-price strategies to expand their presence in the LED application market. This is negatively impacting Taiwan’s LED makers, especially small- and medium-size packaging and module firms, who are experiencing shrinking market share. Against this backdrop, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar began promoting Co-activation Service Model three years ago hoping to turn the tide by teaming up with Taiwan-based packaging and module firms.
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Apr 29, 2015
Advanced Power Components Is Now ProLight Opto Technology's Official Franchise Partner for UK and Ireland
A new distribution franchise has been awarded to UK specialist electronic components distributor, Advanced Power Components (APC); by leading LED manufacturer, ProLight Opto Technology Corporation (ProLight).
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Apr 17, 2015
San'an Licenses Japanese LED Patent Portfolio to Luminus Devices
San'an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has licensed the United States patents of an LED patent portfolio it recently acquired from a major Japanese company to its subsidiary, Luminus Devices, Inc. The portfolio comprises over 125 issued patents, including over thirty United States patents as well as issued patents in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Germany.
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Apr 13, 2015
Plessey Expands Its Distribution Network to Turkey
Plessey Semiconductors announced today that it has entered into a sales representative agreement with ROM Electronik Ltd., an electronics distributor and provider of advanced complete solutions headquartered close to Istanbul, to expand its European network with coverage in the Turkish market for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.
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Apr 07, 2015
Xicato Expands Production Lines to Meet Growing Demand for XIM and XTM
Xicato, a leading manufacturer of intelligent light sources, announced today that it has expanded its XIM and XTM LED module production capabilities four fold with line expansion in the Philippines.
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Apr 03, 2015
Welcome to the Future of Light - A Letter from Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre
I am pleased to announce that as of April 1, Philips Lumileds and Philips Automotive Lighting division have officially joined forces to form a new company: Lumileds. Our combined strengths promise to keep us on the leading edge as we continue to shape the future of light.
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Mar 26, 2015
Nanoco and Marl Cooperate to Develop Lighting Products with Cadmium-free Quantum Dots
Nanoco Group plc, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, and Marl International, a pioneer of the LED lighting industry, today announced that they have entered into a partnership to bring novel LED lighting products to market. The new products will feature Nanoco’s cadmium-free quantum dot technology.
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Mar 19, 2015
Lambda Research Corp. Collaborates with LUXeXceL to Produce Printed Optics
Lambda Research Corporation, a leading designer and publisher of the TracePro illumination and optical design software, has collaborated with LUXeXceL to produce customized 3D printed plastic optics.
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Mar 11, 2015
Epistar Licenced ALLOS’ GaN-on-Si Epiwafer Technology
Leading LED maker Epistar Corporation, Taiwan and the engineering and consulting company ALLOS Semiconductors, Germany announced today that Epistar licensed ALLOS’ unique gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology and that the initial phases of the technology transfer project have already been concluded successfully.
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