Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, has recently qualified the TurboDisc® MaxBright™ gallium nitride (GaN) Multi-Reactor Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for high-volume production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Ming Jiunn Jou, Ph.D., President of Epistar, commented, “Veeco’s MaxBright Multi-Chamber System enables us to ramp production quickly on the industry’s most productive platform. We will continue ...

HD quality and power saving up to 35%  meet the requirement of future IT products. Hongling Mansion in Futian District is in the most bustling financial district of Shenzhen, China, where a number of landmark buildings located, including the highest building in the city, KK100, Shenzhen Theater, Diwang Mansion, Shenzhen Bookstore and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Recently, a LED display with an area of more than 200 m² has been installed on the exterior wall of the three-story Hongling Mansion. The HD quality and high power efficiency of the LED disp...

Universal Display is reported to reach a deal  with Panasonic Idemitsu OLED Lighting Company, the joint venture of Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd., and Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. on OLED technology. Under the deal, Panasonic Idemitsu gets rights to use Universal’s “UniversalPHOLED” technology in its OLED lighting products, with the terms running through July of 2014. Some amount of the royalties involved will be paid up front to Universal, the company said, though the amounts involved were not disclosed. &n...

Sources inform that TDG Holding of Haining ,China,has intended to inject 360 million yuan to upgrade a facility that produces four-inch LED sapphire substrate, with annual capacity of 600,000 pieces.   It expects the upgrade to contribute 298.8 million yuan of revenue and yield net profit of 77.323 million yuan annually, for a yield rate of 21.31 percent and an investment return period of 5.94 years. Founded in 1999, TDG Holding started the LED sapphire substrate industry last year.The company also reported yesterday that it plans to spend 19.15 million yuan to ...

Taiwan’s top two LED makers Everlight and Epistar are both concerned about the loss of Taiwan’s LED Industry No.2 rank. Both of the two makers,believe that Taiwan is likely to be unseated by South Korea this year based on the lack of government incentives to consumers of LED lamps. Y.F. Yeh, chairman of Everlight, pointed out that mainland China and South Korea are poised to surpass Taiwan in LED production as a result of government subsidy to LED-lighting consumers. He noted that Taiwan’s LED industry has developed for nearly ...

Taiwan major LED packager Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., is satisfied with its revenue of NT$513 million (US$17.7 million) in July, up 2%. According to Unity Opto , sales of international TV brands have recovered in the third quarter,despite of the weak demand from LCD backlight modules. The company has seen clear increase of orders for backlighting application from TV makers in August. For shipments of illumination-application LEDs,it have been smooth in the past few months, especially deliveries to Japan. The company expects clear shipment growth in ...

Recently, Universal Display Corporation from Ewing, New Jersey, has presented the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Optics + Photonics Conference held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA from August 21 - 25, 2011. The company introduced advances in the company’s white OLED lighting technology and showcased a potential application using white OLED lighting panels. DOE Solid State Lighting program titled“High Efficacy Integrated Under-Cabinet Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Systems”in par...

Digi-Key Corporation has supplied the Molex Incorporated solderless LED array holders. Features of these high-temperature LED array holders include screw-mount attachment method for securing the array to a heat sink, optional snap-lock optics that provide light source adjustment, and compression contacts that will power the array and eliminate soldering during installation. Serviceability is greatly improved by the releasable wire trap. The array's small form factor, less than 50.00 mm (1.96") in diameter for ES arrays and 70.00 by 71.00 mm (2.75 by 2.80") fo...

Lighting Science Group and  electronics products manufacturer Dixon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, have jointly to announce the world’s first sub-$15 omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb. According to the two companies, the new product that will be available in India by the end of the year and will be sold worldwide by Lighting Science Group early next year. The bulb is the first in a series of products being jointly manufactured and distributed by the two companies. The full line of products will include street lights, outdoor and industrial ligh...

Recently,Dialight’s SafeSite® LED High Bay luminaire has been qualified to the UL-1254 standard for use in paint spray applications. The LED high bay fixture is designed to replace conventional fluorescent and HID lighting in paint spray booths, auto body garages, paint mixing and storage facilities and other similar applications. It offers exceptional visibility with a CRI greater than 70 in both neutral white and cool white options. Delivering 10,000 lumens at 150W (66 lumens per watt), the fixture reduces energy consumption of traditional fixtur...

Taiwan Int'l lighting show  2012

Taiwan Int'l lighting show  2011

In much of the United States, light pollution in cities and even the suburbs is so bad that "dark sky tourism" is a rising trend, as Americans seek out the stars their ancestors took for granted. Next month, New Yorkers will get an unusual view of the night sky, without a visit to a dark sky park. 201 LED lights in the Hudson River will "reflect" the stars above New York City that no one can see. The LEDs, which are solar-powered, will be installed on the wood posts at Pier 49. The exhibition, called "Reflecting the Stars," is part of C...

The Astronics DME Corp. Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will use advanced LED lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii under terms of a potential $7.4 million five-year contract announced Thursday. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order. Astronics DME Airfield Lighting Systems designs and builds airf...

About 100 LED streetlights were installed a couple of years ago along Barringer Road in Ilion in coordination with Frankfort’s Fiberdyne Energy, Chief Executive Officer Peter Polus said. Village officials are looking into various products and options for possibly extending LED streetlights to other main roads and eventually to the whole village. About $1 million of state funding for LEDs – or solid-state lighting – is expected to become available this fall through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. It’...

To prevent car accidents, Steve Gardner started working on a lighting system. The vehicle maintenance supervisor for the Lucas County (Ohio) Board of Developmental Disabilities, Gardner invented a system to increase visibility of the bus and young pedestrians. Two red LED lights mounted on a bus's front grille raise its visibility, and a white LED floodlight attached to the front bumper illuminate children crossing the street. Unity School Bus Parts of Marine City, Mich., is marketing and distributing the system for about $225, or about $120 for the white LE...

After the development of the popular and successful RGB „wiControl“LUXX Light Technology is again presenting an easy and intuitive way tocontrol LED applications. With little effort, the new 4-channel controloffers a variety of ways tocontrol “RGB+“applications. You can choose from several predefined programs and speeds. Allsettings for brightness, color and speed can be made user-friendlywith the color touch wheel. Due to this the handling is very intuitive. Individual light design possibilities result from the 10 available channelsof ...

LSP-5106   LSP-5206 Feature Refine and stylish design. Eco-friendly LED technology along with energy efficiency and free maintenance. Patent thermal management guarantees a long lifespan. 355°rotation and 180°tilt angle to maximize the lighting range. Precise optical technology and anti-dazzle design create a visual comfort efficiently and high performance. No UV or IR radiation in the light beam. Application Rotationally symmetrical and smooth light distribution for highlighting artworks whether in museum, exhibition, art gallery, showroom ...

The Ergo series will be available in different shape variants including rectangular, corner, oval and square. The different shapes of the bathtub provide a contemporary spin to the traditional design of the bathtub. All the bathtubs of this series are fitted with LED lights giving it a spa-like feeling. The company has designed the bathtub in a way that it can hold a maximum of four tub spots. The tub normally has eight Venturi jets, which on customer demand can be increased upto 26 Air-Inject jets. The tub's warm, whirly water renders a feeling of relaxing massage. Hoes...

A WICKLOW-BASED lighting expert has invented an energy-efficient LED bulb for the outdoor security-lighting market that reduces the cost of its electricity consumption by 93 per cent. A Wattbeater bulb will also last 30 times longer than a standard tungsten halogen one. As more commercial bodies and domestic consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about energy consumption, these continuing advances in LED technology lamps are rendering old-style bulbs obsolete. In June the Wattbeater bulb made the top three in the Light Source Product of the Year 2011 U...

A controversial new blue lighting scheme for Southampton’s iconic Itchen Bridge will be switched on tonight. The landmark 1970s bridge will turned into a beacon as it is bathed in pale blue light. The lighting scheme is part of a massive £1m-plus overhaul of the 62,000-tonne bridge which has seen street lights replaced with 34 new white-light columns that also emit blue LED background light. The lighting is being installed as part of a £28.5m contract with Southern Electric Contracting to replace around half the road signs, bollards and orange street l...

LEDforum Taipei 2011: Industry Heavyweights to Tackle Discussion on Subversive Change Facing LED Upstream Technologies Following the ban against incandescent light bulbs imposed by countries including America and Australia, the latest subsidy policy passed by South Korean plans to prohibit manufacturing and selling incandescent light bulb, in the hope of advancing the penetration rate of LED lighting to 60% by 2020. The global LED makers are expected to benefit from an upcoming demand surge. The LED industry consists...

Cree Inc. acquires all outstanding stock of LED outdoor lighting firm, Ruud Lighting Inc. for approximately Rs.2,354.26 crore ($525 million). The acquisition involves Rs.1,668.16 crore ($372 million) in cash, Rs.946.19 crore ($211 million) in stock (valued at the market closing price of Rs.1,557.85 ($34.74)/share), Rs.381.17 crore ($85 million) paid concurrently with the acquisition to retire outstanding debt, offset by tax benefits. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution. According to Cree, the acquisition will allow the company to ...

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com announced today the release of the HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED hazardous location LED light with emergency backup capability and Class 1 Division 2 ratings for Groups A, B, C and D. This LED fixture offers more light than comparable fluorescent fixtures, and includes a battery backup system that will continue light operation in the event of power failure. The HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED Hazardous Area LED Light Fixture for industrial and commercial lighting applications contains LED tube lamps that produce more light tha...

The IR OSLON SFH 4715S of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is today’s smallest infrared LED with more than one Watt optical power. The device measures only 3.75 x 3.75 mm² and therefore facilitates very compact illumination units for CMOS and CCD cameras. OSRAM’s nanostack chip technology and a temperature stable OSLON Black Series package paved the way for the record-breaking high performance device. The infrared OSLON typically provides 1070 mW optical power at 1 A operating current, and it features a typical thermal resistanc...

Lumimodule Optical Corporation has been devoted in to developing green energy-saving lightings, so that to provide convenient and comfortable light-source environment for your life.Lumimodule Optical Corporation was established in 2001. Our technological core is advanced IC encapsulation procedure and patent. This technology is more suitable for the most advanced LED products compared to other existing encapsulation technologies. It can reduce the electrical character caused by encapsulation to ...

  With many years of experiences in CCFL lighting assembling、optic LENS developing and LED energy saving lighting research, we have gained a fine reputation and popularity in the industry. From many international exhibitions, we also get the valuable customers and requests from worldwide. Our quality commitment has been approved though many strict trials and agreed by our valuable customers. Now in the market, the current lighting products still have the problems in brightness deficiency and low color rendering index. However, ADO chooses the high brightness an...

                                 -A new High‐Performance LED Downlight for Commercial or Residential Use- GlacialLight, a division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., today expanded its Capella Series of LED products with the new GL‐DL08 LED Downlight. This high‐performance 8‐inch 18 Watt LED downlight is an all‐in‐one bulb and fixture for ease of installation. Jus...

Rainbow Light Optical Technology Co. Ltd. is going to display four kinds of measurement instruments to provide the best and complete LED measurement instruments. Rainbow-Light micro-spectrometer is made by MEMS technology and applied on the development on LED measurement instruments. Spectral deviation is within plus or minus 0.1nm, reproducibility is with four ten thousandths, and resolution is within 0.8~1.5nm FWHM Features of LED Luminous Decay Monitoring Instrument: 1.    Monitoring the change of LED luminous decay in the reality in o...

In accordance to global warming, in order to save electricity, lighting sensors have become widely used in areas where there is little passing traffic. Passive infrared (PIR) lighting sensors adopt the human body moving detection principle to control several lights on the same circuit. Also, we can use many PIR lighting sensors to control several lights on many circuits. Thus, detection area, lighting area and illumination can be planned flexibly. However, as for smaller spaces and little demand for lighting, the PIR lighting sensor combined with an illuminant is a convenient d...