Chinese government has completed the bidding process for the 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Subsidy. And Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd. (Foshan Lighting) has announced to win the bid for 400,000 units LED lamps. According to the company, the winning products including LED downlight (4 inches / 12 w) and LED light (PAR30/8 w, PAR 38/12 w). These LED lighting products are only sold in mainland China, but the areas for popularization are not limited. And in the promotion of sales within the quota of the products, the company has the right to e...

Intematix Ruby Series, backed by latest Intematix patent, is ideal for high-quality LED lighting Intematix has released the Ruby series of red nitride phosphors that enable exceptional efficacy, color rendering and reliability for high-power LEDs.These unique phosphors, backed by Intematix U.S. patent No. 8,274,215, are ideal for applications like general lighting and backlighting for LCD TVs. According to Yi-Qun Li, Chief Technology Officer for Intematix, “Building on a decade of innovative work in phosphor, our substantial investments in material...

Tunable white, violet and multi-color LED solutions on show at LDI 2012 LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, will be demonstrating on Booth 2211 at LDI 2012 how its tunable white, violet and multi-color LED emitters deliver twice the lighting “punch” of rival products, at the same time reducing system size by 50%. This is achieved through compact emitters in which individual die are driven at up to 1.5A in multi-channel power packages. Individually addressable die provide maximum flexibility and control of effects, offering lig...

As a global leader in LED lighting, Philips has been chosen as the LED lighting supplier for the Zero Energy House[1] project.   The Zero Energy House, owned by Auckland couple Jo Woods and Shay Brazier, is being built in Point Chevalier using careful design and solar power. Zero Energy means that, over the course of a year, the house will generate as much energy as Shay and Jo will use. At times they will generate more energy than they need, and will use a grid connection to sell this surplus energy back to their electricity company.   Jo and Shay ...

Philips has launched the first-of-its-kind Lighting Experience Centre (LEC) in Singapore. Spread over 4,640 square feet, LEC demonstrates the application of light in various urban scenarios. The concept provides planners, architects and lighting designers with a unique hands-on experience that showcases how LED lighting can help rejuvenate a city environment. Philips believes that LED lighting can create the right ambiance as well as provide sustainable, energy-efficient solutions to highlight and emphasize iconic buildings, public installations, urban landscapes an...

According to Bridgelux, nearly 2000 LED-based luminaires, developed for Future Group using Bridgelux ES and RS LED arrays, have been installed in two new retail stores opening in India. The new stores use a combination of downlights, wall washers and track lights all designed by Asian Retail Lighting and using Bridgelux LED arrays. The use of LED-based technology, instead of metal halide lighting, in the stores is estimated to save 318,000 KwH per year or about 2.5 million Rupees (US$38,000) in power costs. “The product design and lighting conc...

The attention-getting lighting industry event - HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) will be held 27-30 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The exhibition will gather more than two thousand exhibitors around the world to present the latest lighting trends and industry updates. To answer this high profile lighting event, the Taiwanese leading lighting manufacturer in LED market - Edison Opto will introduce the full range new products to demonstrate their remarkable R&D achievements. The latest EdiPower II HS...

Rohm Co Ltd has showcased a planer LED lighting panel featuring LED packages with a high color rendering index as high as 98 at CEATEC JAPAN 2012 held from Oct 2 to 6, 2012. High color rendering index According to the firm, the panel was made by arranging LED packages on a plane surface and covering them with a light diffusion plate. It emits light from the entire surface of the panel like an OLED lighting panel. By using its fluorescent material technologies, Rohm realized a general color rendering index (Ra) as high as 98 and prevented the sulfurati...

Viper Networks, Inc. has entered into a formal understanding after discussions with the Mayor of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and other top officials to initiate a sixty (60) day pilot program for testing Apollo Metro Solutions' LED Street Lights with installations along a section of one of the busiest boulevards in Colombo, the metropolis of Sri Lanka. The primary purpose of the short-term project is to review operational functions and confirm installation procedures for the LED Street Light lamp and housing unit under varying light output scenarios. The installation ...

Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called “the magic one” because its light, unlike infrared lasers, was visible to the human eye. In an interview with GE Lighting conducted in his University of Illinois lab on September 19, 2012—about three weeks ahead of the50th anniversary of his invention of the LED—a now 83-year-old Holonyak recounts the competitive forces that propelled him toward his mom...

As one of the largest LED lighting manufacturers and exporters, Spark just made its another achievement on the installation of LED street light SPL-96 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on 22nd Sept., 2012. This project is for a parking area of the retailer cooperative chain with around 410 chain-stores all over Japan. The end consumer is quite satisfied with performance of our street light after this demo project’s installation. The details are as the below picture in which the selective model is SPL-96, light pole is 6m height, boom angle is 15°，the tested avera...

Epistar and Azzurro have jointly made breakthroughs on developing GaN-on-silicon based LEDs utilising Epistar’s HB LED structures and Azzurro’s technology for 150mm GaN-on-silicon in just 4 months. The firms transferred Epistar’s existing LED structures built on sapphire to the GaN-on-silicon material system, marking GaN-on-silicon one step further towards implementation in mass production. GaN-on-silicon growth is often associated with many technological challenges. But the use of templates with unique strain‐engineering technology from A...

Lately, Philips has set up its first ever lighting store Philips Light Gallery, situated in London’s Westbourne Grove, UK, to showcase the latest LED technology. Philips Light Gallery will offer a range of lighting solutions for living areas, children’s bedrooms, bathrooms and outdoor areas, with shoppers able to browse room by room. Additionally, trained staff is employed to help customers chose their lighting solutions but with a special focus on explaining the benefits of LED. Peter Maskell, Philips chairman and MD of Lighting said; "Ph...

Recently, Osram AG has developed a five year strategic corporate alliance with Disneyland Paris. The agreement will position Osram as Disneyland’s official lighting partner. The partnership will allow Osram to use promotional rights for the Disney and Disneyland Paris brands. Euro Disney Associés SCA, which operates Disneyland Paris, plans to optimise its energy efficiency by 10 per cent between 2006 and 2013, one of its seven long term goals for making Disneyland Paris a reference in sustainable development among European tourist destinations. Os...

Taiwan’s Unity Opto and Lextar have made good marks in revenue in September.Unity Opto’s revenue reach a new high of US$30 million in September while Lextar’s consolidated revenue of US$33.5 million for the month hit a hit a 26-month high. Unity Opto pointed out that its growth potential remains strong in October thanks to mainland China’s subsidization to LCD TV consumers and rollouts of touch-screen laptops by many PC makers. Both drive up demands for LED backlights, a major product at Unity and Lextar. In particular, Unity Opt...

The Municipality of Arnhem is to install Philips LED lighting on a large scale, in line with its ambitions in the area of sustainability. 2,300 street lights on the city's major roads are to be fitted with dimmable LED lamps. This measure will achieve energy savings of some 47%, equivalent to 500,000 kWh a year. The investment will be recouped through the reduced costs of energy consumption, maintenance and lamp replacement. The project will take four years and was recently started in Arnhem South around Groningensingel.   The municipality is committed to sustain...

Building on increasing demand from the healthcare sector, Light Planet is showcasing the benefits of advanced LED technology at the Healthcare Estates exhibition and conference in Manchester.   Held over the 9 and 10 of October, Healthcare Estates is the complete event for specifiers and high-level decision-makers from across the sector that focuses on the design, build, maintenance and management of healthcare estates and facilities.   With the healthcare sector facing a challenging combination of ambitious carbon reduction commitments and increasingly restricted...

The modern day LED was born 50 years ago this month. Jeanine Chrobak-Kando, Business Development Manager at Verbatim, describes how far the lighting technology has come in such a short time. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have become an everyday electronic device found in many applications. In 2011, general illumination applications accounted for the largest share (35%) of the LED market, followed by mobile devices (30%), and signaling/signage applications (18%). By 2020, the cost of an LED bulb is expected to drop to half its current cost according to MarketWatch. ...

Philips will export solar LED street lights made in India to neighbouring nations within next one year. The company's Indian arm, Philips Electronics India, is currently executing a project for installing 19,000 solar LED street lights in Tamil Nadu in association with Tata Power Solar and Su-kam. According to Philips Electronics India President (Lighting India) Nirupam Sahay ,the company has designed and developed the technology at its R&D centre at Noida keeping in mind the rural market, which has a big potential as electrification has not yet t...

•    licristal® PS-VA for pioneering display technologies: Vivid images at minimal power consumption •    licrivue® reactive mesogens: Enabling convenient 3D TV and enhancing display performance •    WR Patinal® hydro- and oleophobic coating materials: For outstanding smooth, clean and responsive surfaces for touch screens Merck will be presenting its innovative portfolio of display materials at two major display industry events in Asia in October. As a leader in all areas of LC display applicatio...

Taiwanese lighting equipment maker, China Electric Manufacturing Corporation, has intended to export LED lighting to Southeast Asia starting this fourth quarter. The company says it has been mainly promoting exports of LED bulbs, LED tubes, and T5 lights to Southeast Asia. There is ample business potential in Southeast Asia seeing the LED lighting penetration there is only 5% to 8%, with that in Taiwan to reach estimated 30% to 40% in 2012, and even higher rates in Japan, the United States, and Europe....

Bridgelux was named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100, produced by Cleantech Group, a global research and advisory firm focused on innovation in energy and the environment. The Global Cleantech 100 list is unique in the sector because it highlights the promise of private clean technology companies from all around the world, focusing on those companies which the players in the market feel are currently the most likely to make the most significant market impact over the next 5-10 years. “We are honored to be selected for the fourth consecutive year by Cleantech...

GE Lighting announced John Strainic will head the business’s North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this newly created role, Strainic will be responsible for driving growth for GE Lighting’s North America consumer business. “GE’s legacy of invention, quality and reliability—and our vast range of products—are assets to our retail customers,” says Maryrose Sylvester, President and CEO of GE Lighting. “John’s new role positions GE to better help retailers think strategically about lighting. His passio...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Francis Liang made the remark on the sidelines of an investment forum in Taipei, after local media reported earlier that the ministry is planning to spend about US$34 million on a new green energy subsidy program, citing Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang.Liang did not disclose the details of the subsidy program. On last Thursday, Shih said that the min...

B.J. Lee, chairman of Epistar,at a shareholders’ conference held late September, estimated 2013 would remain a tough year for the LED industry as a whole, constraining the manufacturers’ revenue climbing at least until 2014. He projected most of the manufacturers to maintain 2013 revenues at their 2012 levels at the best. Overcapacity still haunts LED backlight suppliers Lee felt that overcapacity will still haunt LED backlight suppliers into 2013, at which time he estimated LED penetration on backlight market would hit peak. LED’s lighting ...

Taiwanese LED makers have hailed huge growth potential for LED lightings, as the Chinese government banning imports and sales of 100W-and-above incandescent lamps in the country starting on October 1, 2012. According to official statistics, China’s attempts to impose restrictions on use of incandescent lamps make sense, given the fact that such comparatively inefficient lightings consumed 12% of the total electricity used for general lighting in the country in 2010, when domestic sales and output totaled 1.07 billion and 3.85 billion units, respectively. Chinese officia...

Taiwan Government has handed over financing for the second phase of a street lighting project on highways in St Kitts.   The next phase of the project will install 120 solar-powered lights on the main road near the Newton Ground Agro-tourism Demonstration Farm, according to Taiwanese Ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis Miguel Tsao. “The first phase grid-powered LED street light project is one that demonstrates the seriousness with which the government of St Kitts and Nevis promotes green energy — higher energy efficiency and lower carbon-dioxide emi...

ON Semiconductor has joined the multi-partner, industrial research and development program at imec, to develop next-generation GaN-on-Silicon power devices. Currently, GaN-based power devices are too expensive for large volume manufacturing, as they are fabricated on small diameter wafers using non-standard production processes. Imec’s research program is focused on developing GaN-on-silicon technology on 200 mm wafers, as well as reducing the cost and improving the performance of GaN devices. Imec’s power devices on 200mm CMOS-compatible GaN-on-Sili...

Ikea Group recently has announced to sell only LED lamps and bulbs in its stores by 2016 to help its customers save energy and cut carbon emissions. According to IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard said in a webcast and teleconference, replacing the world’s 12 billion traditional light bulbs with LEDs would cut emissions equivalent to those of the Netherlands. In addition, the company will also convert all the lighting in its stores, factories and distribution centers to LEDs. By switching to LEDs, Ikea is picking a winner out of technologie...

A new trade fair “DESIGN LIGHTING TOKYO 2013 – 1st TOKYO DESIGN LIGHTING EXPO & CONFERENCE” will be launched in January 2013, in response to the great demands from the industry.