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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 »
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 »
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 | IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Aug 03, 2012
Rubicon Technology Patent Allowed for In-situ Crystal Orientation
Rubicon Technology, Inc., a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, and optical industries, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed Rubicon’s patent application entitled, “Intelligent Machines and Process for Production of Monocrystalline Products with Goniometer Continual Feedback.” The patent covers Rubicon’s equipment and process developed to perform in-situ orientation of its sapphire crystals within the various fabrication tools used by the Company. 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 »
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 »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 10, 2012
Soitec and Silian Enter Joint Development Agreement of GaN Wafers with Novel Epitaxy Approach to Increase Productivity of LED Manufacturing
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Silian), an established supplier of materials, devices and systems for the lighting industry, have partnered to jointly develop gallium nitride (GaN) template wafers using hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). The resulting GaN template wafers present breakthrough cost savings in manufacturing LEDs. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jul 03, 2012
Marl Doubles LED Output in the UK with New Assembly Line
Marl Doubles LED Output in the UK with New Assembly Line Marl International has invested £150,000 to double its manufacturing output at its site in Ulverston Cumbria, putting it in a prime position to benefit from the rapid growth of an emerging ‘green’ lighting technology. The line has been specially modified to handle PCB boards of up to 600mm long, much more than the standard length. Such boards are commonly required to replace conventional lighting products. The announcement brings the investment made by Marl in its UK manufacturing facility to £270,000 altogether. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jun 29, 2012
Novaled and Samsung Mobile Display Sign a Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Novaled, a leader in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) field, has entered into a licensing and purchase agreement with Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), a global leader in the display industry. As part of the agreement, SMD has committed to purchase dopant materials used in the transport layers of its AMOLED display modules from Novaled for several years. In addition, Novaled will provide its proprietary PIN OLED® technology to SMD for use in the production of SMD’s AMOLED display modules. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jun 29, 2012
PRUF LED Relies on BTU’s PYRAMAX 125A to Produce LED Panels
BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, announces that PRUF LED has installed a PYRAMAX™ 125A at its new cutting-edge, fully automated SMT production facility in Robinson, Texas. The addition of the 125A will assist with the manufacture of a broad spectrum of LED lighting panels, including the only 4-foot panels produced in the United States. Read more »
Standardization + Regulation | News-Spot | Jun 28, 2012
New Consortium to Drive Standardization of a Management Software Interface for Managing Outdoor Lighting Networks
Global initiative – The formation of a new global consortium made up from lighting industry players, with the aim of creating a globally accepted standard for a management software interface for outdoor lighting networks has been announced today. Named TALQ, the founders/participants are Harvard Engineering, Kingsun, Philips, Schréder, Streetlight.Vision and Zumtobel Group. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jun 23, 2012
LEDs Solutions Will Save Africa $10bn – Phillips
The world’s leading lighting company, Philips has hinted on the need for Africa to switch to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from its current expensive diesel and fuel based lighting system, the continent could save up to N1.63 trillion ($10 billion). Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Jun 15, 2012
Dialight Acquires Airinet Lighting Controls
Dialight plc (“Dialight”) announces that its US subsidiary, Dialight Corporation, has completed the acquisition of the assets of Airinet Inc (“Airinet”), a lighting controls company, for upfront consideration of $2.6m with additional sums payable based on future revenue through to 2020 of up $7.4m. Read more »
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