2013-01-22

Be Careful of a Mercury Poisoning Disaster Caused by CFL Lightbulb

CFL bulbs contain mercury and when they break in your home a tiny amount of mercury will be released and become a more or less permanent part of your environment. Here’s a little taste of what Health Canada has to say about the dangers of mercury: If mercury is burned, heated, sprinkled or spilled in the home, a poisonous gas can be produced, requiring a clean-up procedure. Your first instinct when you break one of those coiled CFL light bulbs will be to get out the vacuum cleaner. Don’t. Here’s what Health Canada suggests: The amount of mercury found...
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2013-01-21

TILS 2013: COLORBEAM'sORBIT Lighting Fixture and Touch Panel Lighting Controller

COLORBEAM Co., Ltd. - ORBIT series is the newly developed product of COLORBEAM RD team in year 2013, base on the latest LED technology and unique design concept. Available in monochromic (ORBIT MONO) or full color configurations (ORBIT I) by using the high-power LED production, the entirely body is made by aluminum die-casting together with thermally conductive coating on the surface which achieve excellent heat dissipation for led that also increase the lifetime. The whole fixture assembly with no single screw by its brilliant design ring fi...
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2013-01-21

TILS 2013: Epoch Lighting's CL-D060 Down Light

The 6”Down Light, CL-D060 is designed and manufactured by Epoch Lighting. Using LED as the light source, this product is energy-saving with good light efficiency. The edge-lite technology contains light guide plate to produce uniform lights with 110° bean angle, which not only decreases the glare feeling, but also solves high directivity characteristic of LED. The elegant outlook of CL-D060 is flexible to merge into different kinds of indoor design style. The thickness of 12W is only 1.9 cm, which saves space and reduces installation limits. Moreover, th...
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2013-01-09

TILS 2013:FZLED Provides Energy-Saving Solution for Home Lighting in Taiwan

FZLED, a leading maker of LED lighting products, is pleased to introduce the case that its energy-saving and environmental-friendly lights are being used in residential home lighting. The house is located in Tainan, the south of Taiwan. The owner understands the importance of energy-saving and cost efficiency; therefore, he decides to use LED lighting products instead of traditional and halogen lights. LED down lights are widely used in most of areas in the house. The interior designer uses 6-inch warm white down light (FZL-DL06-01-WW-12) in the living room, ...
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2013-01-08

LG announces that all of its LCD TVs will be LED-based from now on

We are here at LG's CES 2013 press conference, where the company has just announced that it's only going to be using LEDs for its LCD HDTVs from now on. The company will still be producing Plasma TVs, so don't worry if you're still wedded to the standard. At the same time, it's also showing off its second-generation Cinema 3DTV design, that's packing an even thinner bezel. ...
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2012-12-28

RoboSmart Bluetooth Smart Wireless LED Light Bulb

Smart Home Labs have revealed the new RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables users to control their lighting from their smartphones, tablet or computer using Bluetooth technology. Another lightbulb to be searching for funding underneath the Indiegogo platform, the RoboSmart is an energy-efficient Bluetooth Smart enabled LED lightbulb which allows anyone the ability to customise their lighting from anywhere thanks to apps for both iOS and Android, allowing users to use either a tablet or a smart phone....
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2012-12-28

TILS 2013:Series of LED lighting products Unveiled

LED MOTION SENSOR LIGHT ( Adapter power ) ITEM NO: PA36DC N.W.: 85g Size: 28* 28* 203 mm 2.0 Watt, 200 lm LED : Hight power white LED * 6 pcs Function: On/ Off/ Auto Indoor operation Light up of range: 3~5 M Delay time: 15 seconds Detection range: 3~5 M Detection degree: 90° at 25℃ * Rotatable * Automatic * Low power. * Rechargeable * Energy saving * Good sensitivity * Smart, Ultra mini * Daisy chain design (By wire or connected directly) * Portable light as a torch * Wireless, easy to install *...
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2012-12-28

Lextar Announced a new high-CRI LED Downlights Series

Lextar announces commercial availability of a brand new 6” downlight - DWRTFLX. Equipped with in-house 5630 LED that was LM-80 accredited, this latest release is optimized for replacement for 6” conventional downlight. This is the first high CRI (R9>90) product that can last up to 35,000 hours.   Lextar’s high level of color quality enables customers to further their expectations on room atmosphere that DWRTFLX brings to them. Merchandising display, where visual impact is crucial on fresh fruits, vegetables, meat products and delicat...
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2012-12-26

TILS 2013:Ledlink Launches Series of Reflectors

Secondary optics plays a crucial role in LED lighting industry. Ledlink has endeavored to research, innovate, and develop products for the secondary optics market over years. In order to fulfill the market demands, besides lenses, Ledlink also launches series of reflectors which can be compatible to LED brands. Users can consider diverse of aspects of lighting effects, applications, costs, and performances, to choose electroplated plastic reflectors or aluminum reflectors. Furthermore, we also offer combinations of these reflectors with our Thermal Conductive Plastic Semi-...
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2012-12-25

Cheap Rare Earth Metals Drive LED Industry Uptake

A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, particularly for the commercial sector, as price declines bring forward the payback time on the initial cost of investment. According to McKinsey, quoted in the article, LEDs are set to account for 41 percent of the overall value of the lighting market in 2016 and 63 percent by 2020, versus 12 percent last year. Lighting is a huge consum...
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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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2012-12-24

Energy-related Products(ErP)Directive of Lighting products is to be mandatory implemented under CE requirements

Review of New ErP Directive Regard to Ecodesign Requirements for Directional Lamps, LED Lamps and Related Equipments Seminar tour in Shenzhen , Nov.30, 2012 Next station : Xiamen, Jan.8, 2013 Since two parts of Europe 2009/125/EC have been published, and there will be a new regulation published that as a part of CE requirement for directional lamps starting from September, 2013. DEKRA understands well ErP Directive has strict control requirements from R&D, manufacturing, sales to final recovery, which is manufactures’ challenge, but more ...
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2012-12-24

Ledoux Vali Desk Lamp Wins the Hong Kong International Lighting Products Award 2012

Ledoux Vali Desk Lamp Wins the Hong Kong International Lighting Products Award 2012 - Best of the Fair Award  for “Best Hongkong Design Award” and Best of The Fair Award For “Architectural/Commercial Lighting” 28 October 2012, Hong Kong - Ledoux, a global leading manufacturer and innovator of eco LED lighting solutions, proudly presents Vali Desk Lamp and becomes one of the highlights at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair. With its unique design, Vali Desk Lamp also wins the Hong Kong International Light...
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2012-12-24

T8 LED Tube Solution

GreEnergy Technology Co., Ltd. provides complete T8 Tube LED lamp solutions which contains non-polarity T8 Tube LED tubes,1-10V dimming control, optimized size of 15W~75W LED power modules for driving multi-lamp operation (1 to 4 lamps optional, the height of power module is 2.35 cm, the width is 4.1 cm and the length of the power modules are from 14.2 cm to 24.2 cm according to the quantity of LED tube lamp support). The unique characterization of the LED power module can be normally supported in the condition of the lamps damaged while other lamps still in opera...
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2012-12-24

TILS 2013:Xxentria Technology Materials Co., LTD. -REFLECTON® series

Xxentria Technology Materials Co., LTD. -REFLECTON®  series of high-refelction aluminum coil materials are produced by applying high-tech physical vapor deposition(PVD) vacuum coating and magnetron sputtering process.  These products are tailored for lighting industry; with up to 98% reflection rate can significantly enhance the luminous efficiency. The reflective aluminum coils is not only tough and flexible, plasticity, easy-to-reprocess, but also to maintain its high-performance specular reflection effect. In addition, Xxentria offers a variety of surf...
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2012-12-24

New light technologies:Energy saving, Extremely Long Life, Recyclable & Eco-Friendly

YCC TEK Taiwan Ltd. Inc. is situated in the premises of the world science and technology center – Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park. We are an industrial leader of research and development of Taiwan's advanced environmental protection and energy saving lighting products – the high-end electrodeless lamp system.   Insisting of the belief of helping customers save money, energy, and promote environmental protection to cherish the earth and the nature, the company has gathered distinguished industrial professionals and talents to build up an elite research and d...
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2012-12-24

FZLED Provides Energy-Saving Solution for Home lighting in Taiwan

FZLED, a leading maker of LED lighting product, is pleased to introduce the case that its energy-saving and environmental-friendly lights are being used in the applications of residential home lighting in Taiwan. The comfort house of this project is located in the residential area in Tainan, the south of Taiwan. The owner knows the value of energy-saving and cost efficient; therefore, he decides to use LED lighting products instead of traditional and halogen lights. In the house, LED down lights is widely being used in the most of area. The interior designer uses ...
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2012-12-21

GlacialLight Announces the New 12.5W Vega Series Interior LED lamps - GL-AR111-V2-12

- Stylish LED Lamps with Patented Thermal Design for Reduced Energy Consumption - GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has launched the new stylish GL-AR111-V2-12 Vega Series interior LED lamps with patented thermal design – helping to boost heat dissipation. Following the 9W GL-AR111-V2-9 Vega Series, these 12.5W lamps are the second addition to the cost-effective and environmentally-friendly Vega Series LED lamps. These 12.5W GL-AR111-V2-12 LED lamps offer a luminous efficacy of up...
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2012-12-21

GE Lighting announce the launch of its brand new Asia website

GE Lighting is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new Asia website.The new website will offer users a more friendly and convenient browsing experience as well as an ideal visual effect, which embody GE Lighting’s consistent focus on user experiences. The new website has a contemporary and crisp look in line with GE Lighting’s corporate brand identity. It provides users a streamlined experience with resources and functionality that are designed to serve the lighting industry and strategic end-users. GE Lighting’s latest digital platform provides ...
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2012-12-21

Winona Lighting Receives 2012 Architectural Record Product Award

Full Circle curvilinear luminaire recognized as one of the most innovative building products.  The Winona® Lighting Full Circle luminaire from Acuity Brands has been acknowledged as one of the most innovative and useful building products of 2012 by Architectural Record. A panel of judges selected the Full Circle luminaire as a lighting solution for architects, specifiers and designers to help distinguish the best product options for 2013 projects. The Full Circle luminaire breaks away from traditional recessed linear fluorescent slot fixtures. It allows light ...
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2012-12-21

Bright Energy launched the LED Lighting Products

Bright Energy Co., Ltd (BE)is one of the top manufacturers & suppliers in Taiwan specializing in LED streetlamp mainly, also projection lamp, ceiling light, solar-energy applied spot light, and other kinds of high-brightness LED devices, the product line is wide. We are also a supplier for public accommodation like governmental and university streetlamp construction, the feedbacks were all admiration. Temporarily we cooperate with LED chip supplier that comes from Japan, its anti-vulcanization decreases LED light-decay evidently, it also lengthen the lifetime, ...
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2012-12-20

TILS 2013:Yah Juang Lighting Enterprise's LED COB-AR111

Yah Juang Lighting Enterprise has LED COB-AR111 in replacement of old halogen AR111. The design motive: replace old high-wattage halogen lamps to reduce energy consuming, decrease carbon producing, save the environment where we live, rescue the earth, and increase the lamp brightness. The three most popular color temperatures world-wide are developed: The LED COB light source has passed the LM80 test, having the LED substrate temperature set at 85℃ and the light source lit for continual 6,000 hours. The result must meet less than 3% in luminous decay. Gea...
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2012-12-20

TILS 2013 : ProLight Opto Upgrade High-power LED and COB Series

Prolight Opto Technology Co., Ltd. was established in October 2004, is a professional LED packaging company, focus on R & D and manufacturing, high-power, high-reliability LED packaging. Prolight Opto Technology Co., provides customers in the optical solutions. Products are mainly used in commercial lighting, stage lighting, street lamps ... all kinds of lighting applications. ProLight have upgraded high-power LED and released new COB light engine series. The COB light engine series is a compact high flux density light source that delivers high efficacy,...
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2012-12-19

Osram LEDs in Coal Mine Lighting

Shenzhen General Technology use LED technology to reduce Energy, Maintenance and Accidents Osram’s versatile Oslon SSL series are applied in Xishan Duerping coal mine lighting in Shanxi Province, the so-called “home of coal” in China.  The 19,500 LEDs are installed in 975 lamps, replacing the traditional fluorescent lamps, to light up the 63.1 square km high wattage coal mine.  They enable energy savings of 61% (from 427050 kilo Watt hour down to 170820 kilo Watt hour annually), as well as reduce maintenance requirements and accident r...
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2012-12-14

Micron Narrows Focus on LED and Cuts Jobs

The Boise-based computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. is scaling back on its plans to develop energy-efficient lighting technology, leading to the layoff of at least 30 workers. Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed the decision Wednesday in a story published by the Idaho Statesman. Francisco says increased competition in the LED market, a changing world economy and decision to focus on computer memory led Micron executives to narrow the focus on the development of LED technology. The company started the LED light technology program in 2009 with the help ...
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2012-12-12

Cree Introduces Industry’s Brightest, Highest-Performing, Single-Die LEDs

New XLamp XM-L2 LEDs Deliver 186 Lumens-per-Watt Efficacy Milestone to Accelerate Adoption of LED Lighting Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) once again sets an LED industry performance milestone with the commercial availability of XLamp® XM-L2 LEDs. The new XM-L2 LED delivers up to 186 lumens-per-watt at 350 mA, 25°C, a level of performance available only in a lab setting just three years prior. Built on Cree’s revolutionary SC³ Technology™ next-generation LED platform, the new XM-L2 LEDs double the lumens-p...
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2012-12-11

US Academic Creates Alternative Light Source

Lately, a US academic has made a breakthrough on a flicker-free, shatterproof, alternative light source for large-scale lighting applications. Dr David Carroll at Wake Forest University has utilized the technology based on Field-Induced Polymer Electroluminescent Technology (FIPEL) and emits a soft white light, to create the light source.       According to Dr Carroll, the light source is made from three layers of moldable, white-emitting polymer blended with nanomaterials that glow when stimulated to create bright, natural “white lig...
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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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2012-12-06

Deli Optoelectronics Selects Veeco MOCVD for New LED Manufacturing Facility

Veeco has received orders from Guangdong Deli Optoelectronics Co., Ltd, a newly formed and privately held company located in the high tech development zone of Jiangmen, Guangdong, for multiple TurboDisc® K465i™ Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to support its HB LED manufacturing ramp. Mai Qinghua, President of Deli Optoelectronics, commented, "We are excited to select Veeco’s K465i systems for our new production facility which will open in the spring of 2013. We chose Veeco over its competitors because of the...
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2012-12-06

Intematix Improves Its Phosphors Performance for LED by 10%

Intematix lately has enhanced its ChromaLit Ellipse, Candle and Dome remote phosphor products, which result in an average ten percent increase in light output and reduced system cost for lighting system manufacturers. “Higher lumens-per-watt means fewer LEDs and smaller heat-sinks in our customers’ products,” says Herb Schlegel, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Intematix. “While lowering costs, our ChromaLit Candle and Dome products also improve light quality and uniformity in applications like light bulbs, pendants and sconces.” ...
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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