2013-04-23

Tempo Industries Introduces CLIP system

Tempo Industries unveiled its revolutionary CLIP commercial/industrial lighting platform architecture. The new Configurable Lighting Integrated Platform (CLIP) extends on Tempo’s No Factory in the Field® design philosophy of overall quality, simplicity and reliability. The revolutionary platform resets the bar on long-standing lighting-industry challenges that have centered on building-level ease- and cost-of-installation, revising the cost of ownership model for LED lighting systems. As a basis for Tempo’s expanding commercial-industrial LED lig...
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2013-04-22

LEDnovation Introduces World's Highest Efficiency A19 at 110 lumens/watt with Warm-dimming and High CRI

LEDnovation, a innovator in LED lighting and replacement lamp technology,  announced the addition of a warm-dimming version of the popular Bright For Life® A19 Omnidirectional line. The A19 Warm-Dimming Omnidirectional features the world’s highest efficiency and high color rendering (CRI). It is the first of LEDnovation’s omnidirectional lamps to feature the well-received warm-dimming solution previously introduced on the Bright For Life® BR30 and Recessed Downlight families. As background, incandescent and halogen lamps turn warmer in ...
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2013-04-19

Seoul Semiconductor has Achieved Qualification for the UL Witness Data Test Program for Testing LEDs and Modules

(Photo: LED Module in Test at a Seoul Semiconductor Lab) Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), a global LED manufacturer has announced it has achieved qualification for the UL Witness Test Data Program (WTDP) allowing the company to conduct UL tests on LEDs and modules in its own laboratories, under the supervision of an UL engineer. This allows the company to build on its foundation of manufacturing high-quality LED products such as Acrich, MJT, and nPola by adding in-house testing for the international standards that customers require. An added be...
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2013-04-19

Access Fixtures Announces LED Bollards with Enhanced Aluminum Cone Reflectors

Access Fixtures is now offering LED Bollards equipped with LG LED light modules and an aluminum cone reflector to aesthetically, efficiently, and safely light walkways in commercial, municipal and residential areas. Each bollard includes a specially designed aluminum cone reflector for purposed built for use with LEDs.  Using a 12 watt LED LG light module, the Access Fixtures LED bollards provide long life, low to no maintenance, super energy efficiency and reduced operating cost over the life of the light bollard all while effectively lighting pathways. &quo...
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2013-04-19

Sensitivity Systems Announced the World’s First Light Sensory Network

Sensitivity Systems of Sunnyvale, California USA announced the world’s first Light Sensory Network (LSN). The company describes a Light Sensory Network as a new class of digital sensor network that takes advantage of LED lighting conversions to help light owners enhance energy efficiency. To create LSNs, Sensity provides networked LED luminaires and retrofit kits that replace high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures. While other manufacturers produce lights with occupancy sensors, Sensitivity Systems claims to be the first to provide luminaires togeth...
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2013-04-18

Iowa, LED street light project in Cedar Falls

More efficient lighting could soon be coming to the streets of Cedar Falls. With City Council blessing last week, the city is moving toward changing out high-pressure sodium fixtures for LED fixtures. LED lights also will be installed in new property developments going forward.     A trial installation a few months ago evaluated five manufacturers: GE, American Electric, Cooper, Cree and Phillips, and 22 LED lights were installed in the Pleasant Drive and Cedar Heights residential areas....
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2013-04-18

Lumileds Releases Micro-mini High-power LED

Philips’ newest high-power emitter, the LUXEON Z ES, offers excellent colour consistency through a 1-step MacAdam ellipse in warm white colour options. With a micro-footprint, undomed design and full spectrum availability, LUXEON Z ES from Philips Lumileds enables high lumen density solutions with precise optical control. The LUXEON Z ES is available with below blackbody binning, a key feature required for superior colour perception in specialty retail and hospitality applications. It also offers 10-15 percent superior Colour over Angle (C...
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2013-04-18

Wavien Introduces LED Based Medical Illumination Platform Using Recycling Light Technology

Wavien, Inc. has introduced a LED based medical illumination platform based on its proprietary Recycling Light Technology (RLT™).  RLT technology, which is implemented using a single RLT reflector, significantly increases the brightness available to fiber optic bundles used frequently in surgical operating systems.  Wavien is actively looking to license this enabling technology for medical illumination applications. Impressive improvements in brightness have been achieved for both commonly used 5.0 mm and 3.5 mm fiber bundles using the RLT reflectors w...
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2013-04-18

Soraa Releases World’s Highest Output, Full Visible Spectrum, Ultra-Efficient LED MR16 Lamps

Soraa has announced its new perfect spectrum SORAA VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines—the first ultra-efficient replacements for 65-watt and 75-watt halogen lamps, available for both 12V and line voltages.   A technological breakthrough made possible by Soraa’s recently announced world-record performance GaN on GaN™ LEDs, the new SORAA LED MR16 lamps deliver the industry’s highest light output, while rendering vivid colors, richer reds and whiter whites, transforming ordinary lighting in any space into extraordi...
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2013-04-18

US Marine Corps Employ Carmanah for Solar Runway and Taxiway Lights

The U.S. Marine Corp selected the solar airfield products from Carmanah Technologies in a public bid worth $175,000. The Marine Corp will employ the products in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). The order, which includes Carmanah solar-powered runway edge and threshold lights, taxiway lights, and obstruction lights and mounting hardware, represents one of many temporary or permanent off-grid airfield deployments employed by US and NATO bases throughout the world. The Carmanah A704 wireless runway edge lights, A650 taxiway l...
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2013-04-17

Osram won Third Consecutive Award from US Publication Architectural SSL Magazine

The US professional lighting journal Architectural SSL Magazine has awarded Osram Opto Semiconductors for the third time in a row as winner of the Product Innovation Award in the category Market Leadership.The award also honours the work of Jianzhong Jiao, who as Director of Regulations and Emerging Technologies at Osram Opto Semiconductors has made a significant contribution to establishing industry standards for LED testing. The Market Leadership category includes five sub-categories in which awards are given. Osram Opto Semiconductors is the 2013 ...
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2013-04-16

Stylmark Introduces Optima LED StretchLite

Recognizing that retailers desire high-impact environments that create unique brand experiences and lead customers to action, Stylmark introduces the Optima LED StretchLite Backlit Light Box for tension fabric graphics. The latest addition to Stylmark’s family of Optima LED light boxes, the Optima LED StretchLite combines the brilliance, uniformity and longevity of backlit LED technology with the dramatic dimensions of tension fabric displays to help retailers, designers and visual merchandisers achieve unrivaled visual impact.   Designed to accommod...
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2013-04-16

Lights 4 Living Respond to Belfast City Hall Installing LED Lighting

UK, Belfast City Hall has become the first building in Europe to install a new intelligent lighting system, with its LED floodlighting becoming the biggest single building project of its kind in Europe.   The council says it will help reduce both the energy bill and CO2 emissions, saving around £14,000 on the annual electricity bill.   The hall uses 433 light fittings, individually controlled, meaning the city hall can be illuminated by up to 16m different colour options. The council plans to light up the building for different occasions, such as green ...
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2013-04-16

Daintree Networks and Marvell Team to Deliver First Integrated Wireless LED Driver Solution for Commercial Smart Lighting

 Daintree Networks, Inc., the leading provider of networked wireless control solutions for smart buildings, and Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. today announced their collaboration to provide open-standard ZigBee® wireless capability integrated into smart lighting products. The joint effort is focused initially on using Marvell semiconductor products to enable integrated wireless LED drivers that allow LED fixtures to interoperate with Daintree’s award-winning open-standard ControlScope™ solution. Orama, an innovative supplier of LED drivers, is the first company implementing this capability into its driver product line. Fixture manufacturers......
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2013-04-16

Nordson ASYMTEK Demonstrates Precision Dispensing and Coating at SMT Hybrid Packaging, smartTec Stand #7-219

 Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, will demonstrate its SelectCoat SL-940E conformal coating system with dual applicators as well as a surface mount adhesive dispensing platform at SMT Hybrid Packaging, Nuremberg, smartTec GmbH stand #7-219. In addition, Nordson ASYMTEK's Spectrum S-920N platform with the new NexJet System with Genius Jet Cartridge will be the focus for next generation jetting in the Future Packaging Line in stand #6-434.
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2013-04-16

PowerSecure Acquires Solais Lighting to Expand LED Business

PowerSecure, which focuses on a variety of energy products and services, said it was expanding its LED business with the purchase of Connecticut-based Solais Lighting. Solais provides LED lamps and fixtures that are focused on commercial and industrial uses. PowerSecure already offers a number of LED products and services. “The expertise Solais has demonstrated in developing best-in-class innovative technology in parallel with some of the most effective sourcing, procurement and manufacturing in the industry will provide us with catalysts to accelerate the grow...
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2013-04-15

High Output 8” Round LED Light Module for OEM Light Fixtures

Heatron LED Solutions, introduces Ascendia – a high brightness 8” round LED module developed to meet the needs of luminaire manufacturers and speed time to market. Delivering up to 7400 lumens from an 8” diameter module, Ascendia offers luminaire manufacturers a low profile module which easily integrates into cans, cylinders, pendants and surface mount down light fixtures. Designed for mounting heights up to 30 feet, Ascendia works well in many types of lighting applications, ranging from atriums to corridors, auditoriums to sanctuaries. Versatile and c...
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2013-04-15

PhotonStar Supplies LED Luminaires to Romsey Dental Care

Romsey Dental Care, a modern dental practice and cosmetic studio in Hampshire, UK, recently took steps to reduce energy costs by replacing their existing lighting with LED luminaires. The practice won a Green Business Award last year for commitment to reducing energy use. LED and CFL light sources vary considerably in terms of light quality in terms of color rendering, which is required for making accurate patient assessments. Patients at Dental practices in particular suffer visual discomfort from very bright low energy sources. As a way of solving these issues, S...
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2013-04-12

KLA-Tencor Corporation Receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award

 KLA-Tencor Corporation has been recognized as one of 17 companies receiving Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2012. KLA-Tencor Corporation is recognized for their significant contributions providing Intel with process control capital equipment and services, deemed essential to Intel's success.  "KLA-Tencor is honored to receive Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award for a second consecutive year—a true testament to our employees' expertise and world class inspection and metrology equipment and services," ......
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2013-04-11

Innovative designs and energy-saving lighting products draw attention, the first “Small-Order Zone” to gather orders-2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) Broadcast II

 The 2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) was held by HKTDC at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for four consecutive days. This grand exposition has gathered more than 1,000 exhibitors from 12 different countries, and it was also the first time for exhibitors from Finland, Greece, India, Macau and the UK to participate in this exposition.  The two new exhibitions at this year’s lighting fair--“Hall of Display World” and “World of Chandeliers” provided buyers with more options and enabled them to find more suitable products and suppliers.
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2013-04-11

New England, Bluestone Completes Largest LED Manufacturing Installation

A manufacturer of printed circuit boards and other electronics, will reduce energy lighting costs by 40 percent, or $50,000 in annual costs, thanks to an installation of LED lighting at its facilities, one of the largest installations of manufacturing space in New England. Employees at Norwell, Mass-based Bluestone Energy, a division of OpTerra Energy Group, spent 3,000 hours retrofitting the Mack Technologies 108,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Wesford, Mass., which will help Mack meet its sustainability goals, improve lighting for employees and save on costs...
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2013-04-10

MEGAMAN® to Showcase New “Economy Series” LED Lamps at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair

  As a brilliant start to 2013, MEGAMAN is ready to go one step further by launching its new “Economy Series” LED lamps at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2013 (Spring Edition). The show will be a premier business and marketing platform for MEGAMAN to exhibit its new range of LED products and introduce its design concept to lighting buyers from around the world (the previous year’s show reached more than 15,220 buyers in 106 countries and regions worldwide).  During the fair, MEGAMAN will showcase eco-conscious and high-quality......
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2013-04-09

A Few Exhibition Highlights from the HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring edition 2013) Boardcast I

 One of the great pleasures of attending an exhibition as large as the 2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair is discovering exhibitors who are able to separate themselves from the crowd. The 1019 manufacturers who turned up this year come from a total of 12 different countries, specialize in a wide variety of different lighting fields, and promote products that not only fulfill distinct purposes, but also possess unique and memorable attributes.   In no particular order, below are a number of interesting exhibitors and highlights that have made relatively strong impressions throughout the Hong Kong lighting event: ......
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2013-04-08

CPC Petrol Station lights up with Ecomaa Bay Light Series

CPC Petrol Station at Yangmei which located in Taoyuan County had installed LED Lighting from Ecomaa Lighting Solutions throughout the facility. The complete lighting upgrade has provided a 63% reduction in energy usage for the lighting system. On this massive site, which is operational 365 days a year – 24 hours a day, the original HID (High Intensity-Discharge) light luminaires were replaced by Ecomaa’s product-80W High Bay Light. The result of this installation led to significant savings. After the installation of 20 pieces of 80W Bay Light...
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2013-04-08

HPLighting Taiwan is launching the highest irradiance (10~16W/cm2) UV COB LED module.

A leader in UV LED manufacturer – HPLighting is launching UV COB LED (365~410nm) module without a doubt; the most powerful in terms of irradiance. Considering key criteria including environmental and industrial safety; production efficiency; and product durability, our module offers the best *Cost /Performance ratio* and targeted practically all varieties of curing applications for industries including Printing, Curing, Lithography, and Painting. Based on our patented Cu-substrate packaging technology, we are able to juice up the UV COB LED module...
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2013-04-07

Larson Electronics launches LED Light Bar with dual colour capability

Larson Electronics has launched the LEDLB-24E-VISAMBER LED light bar, which is designed to provide dual colour output like amber and white from a single lamp
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2013-04-03

Veeco MOCVD Chosen for CEA-leti adn Aledia's New Nano-LED Venture

 Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that CEA-Leti, a world-renowned research lab based in Grenoble, France, has selected Veeco’s TurboDisc® K465i Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system for its program with Aledia, its nanowire-LED partner.  Aledia is a start-up company spun out of the CEA-Leti labs in 2011, and based at the CEA site. It counts among its three founders two former CEA researchers, Xavier Hugon and Philippe Gilet. Aledia’s goal is to manufacture 3D nanowire-based LEDs for solid-state lighting applications on thin silicon wafer substrates, of 8 inches or greater in diameter, at a cost significantly ......
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2013-04-03

Cambridge Invests £1 million to Accelerate GaN-on-silicon LED Research

A new facility for GaN, the key material needed to make LEDs, has set up in Cambridge, enabling researchers to expand and accelerate their pioneering work in the field. GaN-based LEDs are already used in traffic lights, bicycle lights, televisions, computer screens, car headlamps and other devices, but they are too expensive to be used widely in homes and offices.The main reason for this is that they are normally grown on expensive substrates, which pushes up the price of LED lightbulbs.The new GaN growth reactor at Cambridge will allow researchers to further improve a...
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2013-04-02

Five Noteworthy Trends from the 2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show

The Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) opened on March 26, 2013, and as expected attracted hordes of casual visitors, LED professionals, and international buyers. While a myriad of different lighting items—from the basic component drivers to the colorful, flashy display boards–had been featured, a good portion of the exhibition appeared to be dominated by products utilizing LED technology. Anyone hoping to get a sense of where Taiwan's LED market is currently headed, along with those who simply want to understand more about LED components, designs and applications, should find TILS 2013 to be a particularly worthwhile experience.   While walking through many areas of the lighting exhibition, we had spotted a number of trends that reflect existing as well as developing movements within the LED industry. Below are five particularly noteworthy ones that stood out at TILS 2013:......
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2013-04-02

Edison Opto Provides Secondary Optical Design Services and Introduces a New Optical Complements Solutions

In the past decade, carbon reduction and environmental protection have become the emphasized issues in every country. LED is well-known for high efficacy and slim size; therefore, it has become an alternative replacement for traditional light source. Although LED features high efficiency and power saving, without appropriate optical complements, it may exist some shortcomings such as asymmetrical light pattern, light halo and it can’t be looked directly. Hence, secondary optical design is necessary to make the performance of LED similar to the traditional light sources. Se...
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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