2012-12-25

Taiwanese LED Makers Form LED Lighting Industry Alliance

On December 24, more than 30 Taiwanese LED manufacturers have formed LED Lighting Industry Alliance, aiming at facilitating information exchange among member firms and offering suggestions to the government regarding the industry. Everlight, Lextar, Formosa Epitaxy Inc, Unity Opto Technology and Delta Electronics are among the participants. The alliance was previously known as the LED Street Lighting Industry Alliance, when it was established in 2011 by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). “We have made our first step in standa...
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2012-12-25

ALT Receives US DLC Certification for Outdoor Lighting Series

Taiwan Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has received Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certification for its outdoor lighting series-Lodestar-through its partner L.E.D. Rite, LLC, located in Illinois, USA. ALT's Street Light series is currently under field evaluation with Minnesota Power. Minnesota Power is working to establish LED Lighting as the new standard for all Street Lighting Applications in their territory. ALT/LED Rite is honored to be one of just four finalists: ALT/LED Rite, CREE, GE, and Philips. The evaluati...
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2012-12-25

Shinkando Group’s LED Track Light PL2813

Specification : Cool White    Warm White Input Voltage    100~240Vac PowerConsumption    28W Luminous Flux (Typ.)    2,200Lm    1,800Lm C.R.I.    > 65    > 80 Color Temperature    5000K    3000K Luminance @ (1M, 38 degree)    3,300 Lux    2,180 Lux Power Factor    0.5 Operation Temperature    -20℃~ 40℃ Life Time    30,000Hrs Be...
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2012-12-25

TILS 2013:Taiwan Tang Hua Flagship High-power LED Spotlights

Taiwan Tang Hua Co., Ltd. established in 1998, is devoted in researching, developing and marketing High Power and upper class LED products. These products have obtained of many certifications of Safety Regulation from various countries throughout the world. The Company currently owns numerous LED key technologies and patents. Having its own High Power LED assembling factory, High Power LED Spotlights is the main product of Taiwan Tang Hua. Taiwan Tang Hua provide customized services, color temperature control, and various presentations of lights. Its...
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2012-12-25

TILS 2013:Anchorn Group’s LED Driver

Founded in 1984, Anchorn Group is an experienced manufacturer and exporter of electronic transformers for lighting fixtures. Headquarter in Taiwan and factory in China, Anchorn has a professional R&D team and experienced workers, specializing in making LED driver, electronic transformer and ballast. With an initial plant area of 4,000 square meters the factory has been expanded to over 20,000 square meters. Products comply with safety approvals including CE, CB, NEMKO, SEMKO, UL, CUL, ETL, CETL and PSE certifications. Inspections are made ac...
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2012-12-25

Nan Ya Photonics to Scramble for Orders from GE, Philips

Nan Ya Photonics Inc., a joint venture by Taiwan’s Epistar and Nan Ya Plastics Corp., recently has completed its first automatic production line and targeted to scramble for orders from international brands such as GE and Philips. Nan Ya Photonics’s chairman Wilfred Wang noted at a press conference held earlier that the addition of the advanced production line will enable the company to achieve maximum monthly output of 500,000 LED bulbs for sale at home and overseas. The president B.J. Wu confirmed that his company is vying for orders from GE, P...
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2012-12-20

TILS 2013: EVERLIGHT Introduces "SL-60E" Omni-directional LED A60 Bulb Series

EVERLIGHT introduces the new "SL-60E" omni-directional LED A60 bulb series. Comparing with the normal LED light bulb that only has 180 degree in beam angle, SL-60E’s beam angle has 270 degrees that can provide a better and uniform light source. SL-60E is provided two options of 8 Watt and 10 Watt in power consumption with performance of 70lm/W and 85lm/W which can be replaced 40 Watt and 60 Watt conventional light bulbs. SL-60E is provided two color temperatures of 2700K and 5700K, CRI is greater than 80 and the energy saving can be up ...
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2012-12-14

EVERLIGHT Showcases New LED Components in 2012 LED EXPO INDIA

With the different requires for different applications in India market, EVERLIGHT showcases new LED components to bringing customers the concept of “The Right LED for the Right Application.”         EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 【TSE:2393】,represents whole new series of LED components at 2012 LED EXPO INDIA. This year, EVERLIGHT showcases the most updating series of high efficient and brightness LED packages for general lighting, new high power LED for Daily R...
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2012-12-13

Component Integration to Reform LED Lighting Products– Interview with TESS Chairman

Thanks to the joint efforts among fellow vendors over cost structure improvement, technology advancement and quality enhancement, the global LED industry has indeed undergone a structural change that marks a big leap as compare with the industry couple years ago. While technology innovations bring prosperity, irrational price competition amid intensifying competition among vendors also drags margins further down. Customers’ content over a pricing sweet spot is indeed built on the stiff margin pressure among fellow LED vendors. Some have already found no profit by taking ch...
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2012-12-12

GlacialPower Announces a Series of Dimmable LED Drivers

Four New 3 in 1 Dimmable LED Drivers In Fully Isolated Cases GlacialPower, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce compact GlacialPower LED drivers for lower voltage LED lights – GP-HS15P-12CA, GP-HS15P-24CA, GP-HS15P-30CA and GP-HS15P-42CA. These LED drivers have been designed for lower voltage LED lights. They deliver up to 16.8W of power to the LED with an output voltage up to 42V DC. The drivers also include a 3 in 1 dimmable (1-10V/PWM/Resistor)...
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2012-12-11

Edison Opto to Showcase a Complete Solution for LED Lighting in LED EXPO 2012

LED EXPO 2012 will be held 14-16 December in Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre. The exhibition will gather more than 250 exhibitors around the world to present the latest LED products and technology trend. The Taiwanese high power leading LED manufacturer - Edison Opto will exhibit the newest series products to demonstrate their remarkable R&D achievements in 2012.   The introduction of Edison new products: Edison Opto’s PLCC series are known for excellent luminous efficacy. The PLCC 3014 series can reach 110lm/W with 0.1 and 0.2...
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2012-12-10

Taiwanese Optoelectronics Makers Reveal Pessimism for Q4 Outlook

Taiwanese optoelectronics manufacturers from LED, photovoltaic, LCD, and opto-communications sectors, revealed relatively weak confidence in the industry’s outlook for Q4, according to a survey conducted by Photonics Industry Technology and Development Association (PIDA). The survey questionnaire asked respondents to choose from among seven degrees of confidence: very optimistic (a score of 100), optimistic (85), slightly bright (66), fair (50), slightly upset (33), pessimistic (16), and very pessimistic (0). There are 341 Taiwanese optoelectronics manufacturers ...
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2012-12-10

GlacialLight GL-FL30-V2 and GL-FL60 –Water Resistant LED Flood Lighting

Features        outdoor use   High power efficiency >80%   LED chips by Philips Lumileds   Long life span: >30,000 hours   Ideal replacement for mercury lamps   Cool easy on the eyes light & no warm-up   Eco-friendly: No UV, no IR, & no mercury   ▲GL-FL-30V2 The small size and the light weight of the flood light enable it to be easily installed for indoor and outdoor applications. Typical usages for the GL-FL30-V2 include spot lighting, architectural lighting, commercial lighting, factory and work area lighting, retail ligh...
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2012-12-10

FZLED's Super Slim 2-inch LED Downlight for Display Lighting

FZLED introduces a family of super slim, long life, durable and easy to install 4.5W 2-inch LED downlights FZL-DL02-00 series. The light is designed to be energy-saving replacement for 2-inch halogen recessed downlights, used in both residential and commercial spaces, including galleries, museums, retail spaces, and showrooms; moreover, it could also be used in a variety of display lighting such as under cabinets, showcases and glass display cases. FZL-DL02-00 comes with advanced guide technology and low-power LEDs, giving smooth light and cost efficiency. The ...
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2012-12-06

Everlight Beats Nichia on Blue LED Patent

Everlight filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation’s blue LED patent No. JP2780691. The Japan Patent Office rendered a decision in favor of Everlight on Nov. 12, 2012, holding that Nichia’s patent JP2780691 is totally invalid. Following Nichia’s YAG white light LED patent No. JP3503139, which was found invalid by Japan Patent Office this May, JP2780691 is another one of Nichia’s core patents that have been declared as invalid. Everlight believes that this decision is entirely rea...
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2012-12-06

Epistar’s Patent Portfolio Reaches New Milestone of 1,000 Granted Patents

Epistar recently was granted its 1000th patent. This number will continue to grow as there are about another 1,000 applications pending worldwide. Since its establishment in 1996, Epistar has firmly believed that technology innovation is the foundation for being a leader in the industry, and that acquisition and strategic deployment of intellectual property rights, such as patents, is a key to success. In Epistar’s extensive patent portfolio, ITO technology is one core technology that Epistar’s founders developed while they were at ITRI (Industrial Technolog...
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2012-12-06

TESS Reveals New 12W 1200lm Omni-directional LED Bulb

Breakthrough the technology barrier in lighting market Continually Taiwan LED leading brand TESS today reveals new product – 12W 1200 lumens omni-directional LED Bulb, this remarkable product not only breakthrough the current technology barrier but also reflect the demand in lighting market, TESS proofs it great powerful research and development ability in LED solutions again. TESS R&D Team keep challenging technology barrier in order to provide innovative LED products and to bring new concept of energy saving to next generation. This new omn...
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2012-12-06

GlacialLight GL-FL60 – Water Resistant LED Flood Lighting

- A 60W AC flood light for a wide range of climate conditions - GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has added the GL-FL60, a 60W AC-input LED Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED chips, to its energy efficient LED flood light series. The GL-FL60 provides bright and pleasing illumination suitable for indoor and outdoor retail, commercial, and industrial external lighting applications. This flood light is especially suited to be used as architectural lighting for buildings and monuments. With proper po...
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2012-12-04

Chunghwa Telecom Sets up New LED TV Deal Beats Goals

Chunghwa Telecom Co has targeted to sell more than 5,000 60-inch LED TVs made by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co , bundled with its Internet TV services by the end of 2012. Tu Yuan-kuang , president of Chunghwa Telecom’s northern Taiwan business group, demand for the TVs has exceeded the company’s expectations, saying on the sidelines of a conference launching new TV programs from Next TV  via the company’s multimedia-on-demand (MOD) platform. Next TV began airing its news programs on Chunghwa Telcom’s MOD platform in 2011...
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2012-11-29

Mitsui Helps FOREPI to Penetrate Japanese Market

Taiwan LED maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) has entered into  the Japanese and global markets under the help of Japanese shareholder Mitsui & Co. Ltd., which is taking orders for the Taiwanese manufacturer using its shops in Japan and overseas. As San’an Optoelectronics of mainland China is approved by Taiwan government to buy into FOREPI in a private equity placement, Mitsui's stake in FOREPI will be watered down to 12% and becomes  the No.2 shareholder of FOREPI. According to Mitsui executives, for the time bei...
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2012-11-27

FZLED Introduces Super Slim 2-inch LED Downlight for Display Lighting Solution

FZLED, a leading maker of LED lighting product, is pleased to introduce a family of super slim, long life, durable and easy to install 4.5W 2-inch LED downlights FZL-DL02-00 series. The light is designed to be energy-saving replacement for 2-inch halogen recessed downlights, used in both residential and commercial spaces, including galleries, museums, retail spaces, and showrooms; moreover, it could also be used in a variety of display lighting such as under cabinets, showcases and glass display cases. FZL-DL02-00 comes with advanced guide technology and low-power...
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2012-11-22

YACG lighting company has launched the latest SOL aluminum Down light Series in 2012

YACG lighting anounced the spirit of the latest SOL design: To Minimize Size and maximize luminous efficiency. Six most commonly used sizes have been developed for the global market. 3 inches- 12w/15w/24w            Dimension: 88*85mm 5 inch es-12w/15w/24w/33w        Dimension: 147*100mm 6 inches -15w/24w/33w            Dimension: 177*115mm 7 inches -15w/24w/33w           ...
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2012-11-19

Edison Opto unveils high lm/$, high efficacy and energy-efficient products in 2012

Edison Opto has established in 2001 and become the Taiwanese leading LED manufacturer. In 2012, Edison Opto joined the industry-wide Zhaga consortium and established a LM80 approved laboratory which was certified by UL in product safety and performance. Since the third quarter in 2012, Edison Opto has implemented the large-scale integrated system – SAP to strengthen Edison Opto’s competitive advantages in LED lighting industry. With regard to product development, Edison Opto has unveiled many high lm/$, high efficacy and more energy-efficient products ...
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2012-11-19

Everlight Receives Considerable Orders for IR LEDs from Mainland Chinese Suppliers

Recently, Everlight has enjoyed considerable business for its infrared (IR) LEDs from many mainland Chinese suppliers of touch-screen modules for Win 8 PCs. Based on these orders, industry executives estimated IR LEDs as a percentage of Everlight’s revenue to further increase next year from current 25%. according to Everlight’s spokesman, B.Y. Liu, the company has so far this quarter landed considerable orders from touch-screen module suppliers that will likely shore up the company’s revenue for Q4 to Q3. Usually, the fourth quarter is a low s...
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2012-11-15

FOREPI Intends to Deepen Cooperation with Mainland Chinese LED Makers

Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) has signed a deal with mainland Chinese LED maker San’an, which makes San’an the No.1 institutional shareholder of FOREPI. FOREPI Chairman F.J. Chien said San’an s 19.9% acquisition of his company’s ownership will help his company enter mainland China’s LED market and bring down his company’s production cost. What’s more, Jien noted that after cooperating with San’an, his company will enter into alliance with mainland China’s No.1 LCD maker, BOE Co., Ltd...
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2012-11-15

TESS launches new A19 15W 1500lm LED Bulb Create new standard for Home Lighting

Taiwan LED leading brand TESS today launches new remarkable product - A19 15W 1500lm LED Bulb. As core value of TESS R&D is to keep challenging technology barrier, to provide innovative LED products and to bring new concept of energy saving to next generation. Following the launching omni-directional 12W 1000lm LED Bulb weeks ago, TESS now reveal new A19 15W 1500lm LED Bulb to create new standard for Home Lighting. TESS A19 15W 1500lm Cool White / Warm White LED Bulb utilize unique circuit design to come up with thermal solution...
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2012-11-14

Everlight Electronics Announces High Performance Customizable 4-Character 5x7 Dot Matrix Through-Hole Display ELMM-457

Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces the ELMM-457SURCB/A3, a high performance, easy to use through-hole dot matrix display driven by packaged IC. Each display can be directly interfaced with a microprocessor. The serial IC interface allows the display of 104 built-in characters and 24 custom user-defined characters in a 5x7 pixel format. The LED sources of this programmable, four digit alphanumeric module display with a flat height of 6.5mm and configured in a 140 dots 4x5x7 matrix ...
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2012-11-13

China’s Sanan to Join 19.9% Shares of Taiwanese Formosa Epitaxy

Taiwanese LED chip supplier Formosa Epitaxy Inc has announced to intend to issue as many as 120 million new shares at NT$19.6 per share to China’s Sanan Optoelectronics Co.by a private placement. Through the NT$2.35 billion (US$80.8 million) deal, Sanan Optoelectronics will acquire 19.9 percent of Formosa Epitaxy via its 100-percent owned Xiamen subsidiary and will become the firm’s largest shareholder, ahead of Japan’s Mitsui & Co, which holds 15 percent. According to Formosa Epitaxy said in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, t...
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2012-11-13

Taiwan’s Union Optronics expands laser diode production with further AIXTRON system

AIXTRON SE today announced the sale of an AIX 2600G3 Planetary Reactor to Union Optronics Corp. (UOC) to expand production of gallium arsenide based laser diodes. The system is capable of handling 49x2-inch wafers in each run. The purchase was made in the second quarter of 2012 with delivery due in the fourth quarter of 2012. President Dr. Hir-Ming Shieh of UOC reports “Based on the good experience with our  existing AIXTRON AIX 2600G3 system, we are now preparing capacity for expanded business opportunities with this new AIX 2600G...
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2012-11-13

Everlight Electronics Extends Signage LED Portfolio

Five new 3-in-1 full color LEDs and Lamp for indoor, semi-outdoor and outdoor applications combine performance with efficiency Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronicsindustry, has extended its signage LED portfolio to offer five new productsfor indoor, semi-outdoor and outdoor applications. Two new SMD Chip type LEDs, the 18-038 (1010 package) and the 19-037A (1616 package) are ideally suited for indoor LED applications with highly compact board sizes. Both the 18-038 (1.0x1.0x0.5 mm) and the 19-03...
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE