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onsemi | Trends | GaN | Oct 31, 2025
onsemi Unveils Vertical GaN Semiconductors: A Breakthrough for AI and Electrification
onsemi Unveils Vertical GaN Semiconductors: A Breakthrough for AI and Electrification As global energy demand surges from AI data centers, electric vehicles, and other energy intensive applications, onsemi has introduced vertical gallium nitride (vGaN) power semiconductors, setting a new benchmark for power density, efficiency and ruggedness for these applications. These groundbreaking next-generation GaN-on-GaN power semiconductors conduct current vertically through the compound semiconductor, enabling higher operating voltages and faster switching frequencies, leading to energy savings to deliver smaller and lighter systems across AI data centers, electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy, and aerospace, defence and security. Read more »
TALQ | Smart Lighting | Oct 31, 2025
Unbroken Growth Trend for TALQ Certifications Increases Interoperability in Smart Cities
Unbroken Growth Trend for TALQ Certifications Increases Interoperability in Smart Cities The TALQ Consortium, which developed the Smart City Protocol, a global interface standard for smart city applications, continues to grow its membership base and announces every few weeks new officially TALQ-certified products. The TALQ-certified products include Central Management Software (CMS) and Outdoor Device Networks (ODN; Gateways) for various smart city applications, currently from 47 different vendors globally. Read more »
Lumileds | LUXEON Altilon | SSL | Oct 27, 2025
New LUXEON® Altilon SMD-A: The Thinnest, Single-Chip Addressable Package for High Performance, Automotive Forward Lighting
New LUXEON® Altilon SMD-A: The Thinnest, Single-Chip Addressable Package for High Performance, Automotive Forward Lighting Lumileds’ new LUXEON Altilon SMD-A is designed to support today’s most demanding automotive headlighting applications including front fog, low and high beam, and adaptive driving beam (ADB). It is the thinnest single-chip addressable LED. Its package design leverages compatibility with Al-IMS to ensure cost efficient reflow soldering robustness, a Cu-based leadframe for higher thermal capabilities and is fully compatible with metal core PCBs. The unique package increases contrast and luminance and with a Moisture Sensitivity Level of 1, the LUXEON Altilon SMD-A requires no special handling, packaging, or storage to protect it from moisture. Read more »
Rutronik | Horticulture | Oct 27, 2025
Efficient, Wide-Beam LEDs for Horticulture and Industry: ams OSRAM OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing Added to Rutronik’s Portfolio
Efficient, Wide-Beam LEDs for Horticulture and Industry: ams OSRAM OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing Added to Rutronik’s Portfolio Rutronik is expanding its range of high-power LEDs for demanding lighting applications with the new OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing series from ams OSRAM. The series includes various color variants – from Hyper Red to Horti White – and impresses with its uniform light distribution, high efficiency and flexible application options within horticulture lighting. The OSCONIQ™ P 3737 Batwing series is available at www.rutronik24.com. Read more »
Nichia | ams OSRAM | Business | Oct 16, 2025
Nichia and ams OSRAM Sign Broad Patent Cross-license Agreement
Nichia and ams OSRAM Sign Broad Patent Cross-license Agreement Nichia and ams OSRAM have expanded their long-standing collaboration in the field of intellectual property (IP). Hiroyoshi Ogawa, President of Nichia Corporation, and Aldo Kamper, CEO of ams-OSRAM AG, signed a comprehensive cross-license agreement covering thousands of patent-protected innovations in LED and laser technologies. Read more »
Aledia | Trends in Lighting | Oct 15, 2025
MicroLED Leader Aledia Named Winner in Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech List
MicroLED Leader Aledia Named Winner in Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech List Aledia, the leader in nanowire and 3D silicon-based microLED display technology, is proud to announce it is a winner in the Computing, Chips, and Foundational Technology category in Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list. This prestigious recognition highlights emerging technologies that have the potential to profoundly impact industries—from education and sustainability to robotics and artificial intelligence. Read more »
Cree LED | SSL | Oct 15, 2025
XLamp® CTW Tunable White LEDs for Seamless Tunability
XLamp® CTW Tunable White LEDs for Seamless Tunability The Cree LED XLamp® CTW Tunable White LEDs are a high-performance family of two- channel CCT-tunable white COB LEDs, designed for exceptional flexibility with 6500K/2700K, 5000K/2200K and 4000K/1800K options, lumen density, efficacy and reliability. Read more »
Qualcomm | Arduino | Acquisition | Business | Oct 14, 2025
Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino
Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced its agreement to acquire Arduino, a premier open-source hardware and software company. The transaction accelerates Qualcomm Technologies’ strategy to empower developers by facilitating access to its unmatched portfolio of edge technologies and products. This acquisition builds on the Company’s recent integrations of Edge Impulse and Foundries.io, reinforcing its commitment to delivering a full-stack edge platform that spans hardware, software, and cloud services. The closing of this transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Read more »
KAUST | Research | Nanoplastic | Oct 14, 2025
KAUST Researchers Develop New Nanoplastic for Sustainable Street Lighting
KAUST Researchers Develop New Nanoplastic for Sustainable Street Lighting A new study with collaboration between KAUST and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) shows how nanomaterials can significantly reduce the carbon emissions of LED (light emitting diode) streetlights. The Researcher team estimate that by adopting this technology, the United States alone can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than one million metric tons. Read more »
Forvia Hella | Automotive | Oct 13, 2025
Market Launch of FlatLight Technology as Daytime Running Light
Market Launch of FlatLight Technology as Daytime Running Light The international automotive supplier FORVIA HELLA is taking efficiency, design freedom, and cost optimization in automotive lighting technology to a new level with the first market launch of FlatLight technology as a daytime running light. After the technology was successfully launched in series production for rear applications in 2024, the market launch for front applications is now following. Overall, FlatLight from FORVIA HELLA is already part of customer projects with a total volume in the mid three-digit million euro range. Production takes place at the Slovakian lighting plants in Kočovce and Banovce. The development of the FlatLight modules is carried out at the company headquarters in Lippstadt (Germany), while customer-specific applications are developed at the sites in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Mohelnice, and Ostrava (Czech Republic). Read more »
Signify | Trends in Lighting | Sep 29, 2025
Signify Strengthens Professional Lighting Portfolio
Signify Strengthens Professional Lighting Portfolio Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today introduces four new products – the Signify SunStay Pro gen2 and SunStay Pro gen2 mini, Signify GreenVision Xceed Pro and Signify Actistar - highlighting the company's advances in solar and modular streetlighting as well as performance lighting for stadiums. Read more »
Current | Itron | Business | Sep 29, 2025
Itron and Current Lighting Collaborate to Expand End-to-End Smart Lighting Solution
Itron and Current Lighting Collaborate to Expand End-to-End Smart Lighting Solution Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, is entering a joint marketing agreement with Current Lighting Solutions – (Current), a provider of sustainable, advanced lighting, to deliver a combined smart lighting solution designed to maximize the safety, energy efficiency and operational benefits of enhanced luminaire technology. The combined offering brings together Itron’s best-in-class management and control technologies, as part of its CityEdge portfolio, with Current’s industry leading LED fixtures and luminaries, including its Evolve® Roadway product line. Read more »
Tridonic | Business | Sep 24, 2025
Tridonic Acquires NovaLight
Tridonic Acquires NovaLight Tridonic, a leading global provider of lighting control systems, is expanding its expertise in outdoor lighting with the acquisition of NovaLight. NovaLight, formerly a division of Novaccess S.A., develops intelligent, cloud-based control systems. The NovaLight team has been working under the Tridonic umbrella since August 2025. Tridonic has also acquired the IP rights for the product portfolio and now offers the solutions directly to the market. Read more »
DeLighted Talks | Events | Sep 15, 2025
DeLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – How to Create it Indoors | November 3rd, 2025 (3PM CST)
DeLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – How to Create it Indoors | November 3rd, 2025 (3PM CST) Discover how to create good indoor light at DeLIGHTed Talks #9 on November 3. With insights from IALD, WELL, DLA, SLRCH, and leading researchers, this webinar explores daylight-like conditions indoors and their impact on health, design, and circadian well-being. Join the discussion and gain perspectives from science, practice, and international thought leaders. Read more »
ams OSRAM | Trends | Sep 12, 2025
ams OSRAM Launches Its First High-power Multi-die Laser Package
ams OSRAM Launches Its First High-power Multi-die Laser Package Whether for immersive home movie experiences, automotive head-up displays, or industrial machine vision: projectors are enjoying increasing popularity. For these applications, ams OSRAM introduces the first product from its new Vegalas™ Power series of high-power laser diodes. The company now offers the full range of optoelectronic components required for projection: from light sources in various colors and power classes to sensors. In addition to projection, other application areas also benefit from the new laser diodes, including weed control or stage lighting. Read more »
MetroSpec Technology | Trends in Lighting | Sep 12, 2025
MetroSpec Technology Announces Breakthrough for LED Edge Lighting
MetroSpec Technology Announces Breakthrough for LED Edge Lighting MetroSpec Technology®, proud manufacturer of FlexRad® LED light sources and assemblies, announces its new LuxEdge® Max and LuxEdge® Halo product lines. Both are designed for outstanding uniformity and dimming control. Both are engineered for maximum power and efficiency. Both have unique features to capture, and precisely align the LED to a light guide optic. LuxEdge Max enables high performing designs for linear edge lit fixtures. LuxEdge Halo is a powerful solution for circular or curved edge lit fixtures. Read more »
Lumileds | SSL | Sep 04, 2025
LUXEON HL1Z Color Line Simplifies Multi-Color LED Application Development with Chip Scale Packaging and Uniform Focal Length
LUXEON HL1Z Color Line Simplifies Multi-Color LED Application Development with Chip Scale Packaging and Uniform Focal Length Lumileds’ new LUXEON HL1Z Color Line is a high-power, chip scale package (CSP) portfolio of 10 direct and phosphor converted colors that share a common focal length and footprint. Offered in small color bins and with narrow forward voltage bins, these LEDs deliver better color uniformity, better efficacy and thermal management and more consistent behavior at operating conditions. Read more »
Nichia | Automotive | Sep 02, 2025
Nichia launches µPLS Mini and DominoPLS at ISAL 2025
Nichia launches µPLS Mini and DominoPLS at ISAL 2025 Nichia, the world’s leading global LED manufacturer, will present its most comprehensive portfolio of Pixelated Light Source (PLS) solutions for adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlamps at the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL) held in Darmstadt between September 22 – 24, 2025. Read more »
Leotek | Trends in Lighting | Sep 01, 2025
LEOTEK Launches KarbonCobra™
LEOTEK Launches KarbonCobra™ LEOTEK Electronics USA LLC, headquartered in Silicon Valley and a global leader in innovative LED lighting technology for street and area lighting, proudly announces the launch of KarbonCobra™, a next-generation cobra head streetlight engineered to meet the evolving needs of modern cities with smarter performance, lower environmental impact, and future-ready connected technology. Read more »
Cree LED | SSL | Sep 01, 2025
Drop-In Samsung LM301 & LM302 Replacement LEDs
Drop-In Samsung LM301 & LM302 Replacement LEDs The J Series® Jx3030S White LEDs deliver seamless drop-in compatibility with Samsung LM301D, SM302D, LM301Z+, and LM302Z+ models, matching key specs like flux/chromaticity bins, kitting and sulfur resistance. Read more »
Acuity Brands | Trends in Lighting | Aug 26, 2025
Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report
Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced that nine Acuity Brands Lighting solutions were selected for the 2025 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report, which showcases the year's most significant advancements in the art and science of lighting. Selections were made by an impartial committee that evaluated submissions based on uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry. Read more »
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