Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that it has trained its 500th customer engineer at its state-of-the-art China Training Center (CTC), located in Shanghai. The CTC opened in mid-2011 to help key LED manufacturers, including its two largest customers, Sanan Optoelectronics and Elec-Tech International, scale-up production, optimize their use of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems, and support the industry's rapid growth.   Lin Zhiqiang, Chief Executive Officer of Sanan Optoelectronics, commented, "We congratulate Veeco on a...

Preview: Lighting Design Salon at Green Lighting Shanghai 2012 Across the world, LED lighting is widely acknowledged as revolutionary. This new, efficient solid lighting source is long-lasting, environment friendly and consumes little energy.  It comes in a broad range of colors, the light is emitted from tiny bulbs and it has numerous other benefits. When LED is used indoors, you don’t see the light projected by traditional lamps.  Rather, a glow is emitted from the ceiling.  The myriad of possible lighting displays can resemble a star-studded sk...

The first session of the twenty-third conference of the Board held on March5,2012,considered and voted to adopt  the motion,  "invest to Shenzhen Radiant Technology Co., Ltd. and the acquisition of part of the shares  ".Increasing capital to Shenzhen Radiant Technology Co., Ltd. (//www.roeled.com/) and acquisition of part of the equity of the original shareholders, which let Unillumin obtain  60% equity of Radiant. After the capital increase and share transfer,Radiant formally became the Holdings subsidiary of Unillumin. Radiant is a...

“With the rapid development of the LED industry, China has become a major production and export hub. As more local LED lighting companies ship high-quality products across the world, certification is growing in importance,” said the head of the Green Lighting Shanghai Project Team. “Green Lighting Shanghai is China’s most influential LED exhibition in the first half of 2012.  In putting the show together, we’ve paid close attention to new trends in domestic LED lighting certification standards.  We’ll highlight these at ...

1. Supermarket Lighting Standards Lighting in supermarkets in different regions, the location has a different lighting requirement. In order to meet the needs of people shopping, supermarket lighting should be based on types of goods, geographical, architectural styles, display methods, different conditions designed to create a unique atmosphere. In order to maintain good lighting, color-coordinated, to create a comfortable shopping environment for consumers, to create a good shopping environment, the design of the supermarket is very important. Overall, to create a store environment...

Reportedly, Siemens AG (SIE) is drafting plans for its lighting subsidiary Osram’s first production plant for LED in China. Osram has given the go-ahead for the project and is negotiating which parts of LEDs and related components it will produce in the country, according to someone who declined to be named as the plans haven’t yet been finalized. Currently, Osram only has production sites for the semiconductor-based technology in Regensburg, Germany, and Penang, Malaysia. So the facility would fill a gap for Osram in China, the world’s larges...

Independence LED Lighting, LLC has announced that its 2011 LED Tube sales grew nearly 300% from 2010, on account of the shift in manufacturing from China to America. There are huge opportunities for LED Market in America. According to the McKinsey & Company Report, the total LED Market in 2010 was $10 Billion and forecasts growth to $54 Billion in 2016, representing a 5.4X increase and a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 32%. In addition, resources from the U.S. Department of Energy have shown that , there are over 2.3 Billion flu...

Linde LienHwa (LLH) China , the joint venture led by gases and engineering firm The Linde Group of Munich, Germany and Taiwan’s LienHwa MiTAC Group, has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Xiamen-based LED maker Kaistar to supply bulk gases and high-purity ammonia (NH3). Kaistar is a joint venture of Epistar and China Electronics Corp (CEC).And its new facility will be constructed near to Linde’s ultra-high-purity ammonia plant in Xiamen (opened in 2010) to meet demand from the fast-growing Chinese LED industry. Using technology...

Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co., Ltd (Shangcheng) has continued to place a $12.6 million order from GT Advanced Technologies for additional ASF™ sapphire growth furnaces. GT's ASF(tm) utilizes the production-proven heat exchanger method (HEM) for producing high quality sapphire boules and cores suitable for the LED industry and other industries requiring high quality sapphire material. The ASF furnaces will increase Shangcheng’s production capacity, which the company believes is needed to meet expected demand from the LED...

AIXTRON SE today also announced a new MOCVD system order from Huaian Aucksun Optoelectronics Technology Ltd., China. New customer, Aucksun Opto has placed a contract for five AIXTRON multiwafer MOCVD systems which will be dedicated to the growth of materials for high brightness (HB) LEDs. The order for two AIX 2600G3 IC reactors, both in a 49x2-inch wafer configuration, and three AIX2800G4 reactors, each in a 60x2-inch wafer configuration, was placed in the first quarter of 2012 and delivery will take place in the second quarter of 2...

AIXTRON Opens Training and Demonstration Laboratory in Suzhou A ceremony was held today to mark the opening of AIXTRON SE’s (FSE: AIXA; NASDAQ: AIXG) new training and demonstration center at SINANO - the Suzhou Institute for Nanotechnology and Nanobionics. A representative of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the German Consul General in China, many of AIXTRON's key customers and numerous partners from leading universities and research institutes from across Greater China took part in ...

Future Lighting Solutions, along with QM Lighting, completed the successful installation of new energy saving LED downlights at a number of the TaoHeung Group’s restaurants, in Hong Kong and throughout mainland China. Known for providing solid-state lighting solutions, excellent customer support, and comprehensive supply chain services, Future Lighting Solutions was chosen for this project because of its proven track record. Through the use of the company’s exclusive online Usable Light Tool, that simulates real-world conditions, Future Lighting Solut...

Recently, Quantum Wafer Inc., China has placed an order from AIXTRON for three more AIXTRON MOCVD units. All systems will be dedicated to the growth of high brightness LED wafers based on GaN materials.   The order was placed in the fourth quarter of 2011 and delivery will take place during the first quarter of 2012. AIXTRON’s local support team will install and commission the new reactors in a state-of-the-art clean-room facility at Quantum Wafer’s factory in China. “We have been very impressed with the performance of the...

The world's largest LED industry event - LED CHINA 2012 organized by UBM Trust was successfully concluded on 23 February 2012 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B in Guangzhou, P.R. China. The scale of this exhibition is the biggest ever - 70,000 square metres, a 40% increase from the 2011 edition. More than 900 domestic and overseas exhibitors showcased the latest technology and products covering the complete LED industry chain. The 4-day fair closed with record figures: 62,910 trade professionals (5.17% up on 2011), including 5...

Asia Pacific-based provider of networking and green power products, Billion Electric Co., Ltd., has set up a strategic partnership with MetaTech Inc., the electronics distributor of LED related components and products. The two companies will cooperate on the business development of Billion LED Driver series to expand into the emerging LED lighting market in Mainland China. According to Billion, it has developed a full range of high-performance LED driver series featuring the automatic smart timer dimming control function to adjust the lighting for energy con...

Guangzhou LED International Exhibition 2012 Date: 20~23 Feb , 2012 Booth No: Hall 9.2 ,E395   Area:225sqm Venue: China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B , Guangzhou Products: KAKA series, p12 stadium display,curtain display, glass display, floor display,led street light,led flood light,LED Tunnel Light,LED Fluorescent Light,LED Downlight ect Theme of the Exhibition: LED Display LED Lighting Brief Introduction: LED CHINA has evolved into one of the most influential trade events for the industry. This is...

Taiwan Lextar Electronics has won a contract order from Shenzhen-headquartered panel maker CSOT, for LED backlights used in LED-backlit LCD TVs. Lextar stressed that it has worked hard to diversify customers for a while, in order to reduce business overdependence on its parent company for sustainable development. In the meanwhile, the company has also built business links with several Korean and Chinese panel makers, as well as a few consumer electronic device brands abroad. In addition, the company stated that it will continue to explore segments for lightin...

"LED CHINA 2012" exhibition start at 2005, it is the first Industrial Chain purchase platform which gather LED lighting. LED display. LED ad light source. LED packaging. LED chip and led equipment together; After 7 years international promotion and brand build-up, "LED CHINA 2012" have develop into the most important grand gathering of LED industry.   The eighth period "LED CHINA 2012" will hole on Feb. 20-23st, 2012 at China import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B (Guangzhou. China) again. It...

According to TCL Corporation’s company filing, the company has posted a 14.68 percent year-on-year increase in LED TV sales in January to 1.34 million units, of which sales of LED backlit TVs surged 161.88 percent to 804,700 units, or 61 percent of the total. TCL sold 197,800 Internet TVs and 102,300 3D TVs in January, up 14.99 percent and 7.76 percent year-on-year. Exports of LED TVs in January rose 96.02 percent year-on-year, or 260,300 units, to 510,300 units. The company will focus on Internet TVs, next-generation smart TVs and 3D TVs...

Reporters recently learned from the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission that Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission, Shenzhen Municipal Trade and Industry and Information Technology Commission, Shenzhen Finance Committee jointly issued the notice as “the first step plan of Shenzhen new energy industry development funds for supporting the industry in 2011”. Shenzhen Solar Semiconductor Lighting Engineering Laboratory, which was established by Spark, has been fully certified by the experts’ team. It is the first solar semicond...

At the Garden Street, nanming district, Guiyang city, All the Solar&Wind hybrid LED Street lights from SPARK will lightened in the evenings, which break the darkness of the night. They not only make the city’s night more beautiful, but also provide the reliable and green lighting source for the residents. The Solar&Wind hybrid LED Street lights from SPARK was integrated the resource system(Solar&Wind hybrid) with the LED lighting system(energy-saving) effectively, make it keep the advantage of energy-saving and environment...

The testing and certification organization CSA has officially set up its Guangzhou lab with the addition of new energy efficiency verification (EEV) testing equipment and added capabilities. Located in the Guangzhou High-tech Development Zone, the lab comprises an area of over 3,800 m2. The expanded facility is the second CSA Guangzhou laboratory, which supplies LED lighting testing and certification services as well as energy efficiency verification (EEV) services. According to Ash Sahi, President and CEO, CSA Group, "The expansion to the Guan...

As LED is one of the three main strategic sectors backed by government support, Guangdong province continues to solidify its position as China’s major hub for LEDs. Based on 2011 estimates, the province has doubled its scale in terms of production value. In the first half alone, it breached the $12.6 billion mark. So far, the number of related enterprises there is close to 3,000 with an aggregate workforce exceeding 550,000. Furthermore, the designated department is identifying the key technological problems in major LED categories. The first step to take into co...

"The high intelligent LED street lamp industrialization project” which was operated by SPARK was approved by the state ministry of science and technology currently, and was listed as the 2012 national torch project. It is marked that SPARK was not only becoming the leading enterprise who can supply LED street lamp solution project, but also consolidate the status of SPARK in semiconductor lighting industry. The Torch Plan is a guidance plan which develops Hi-tech industry in China, approved by the State Council in August 1988, organized and implem...

Lately, Shenzhen Spark Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd has won the "semiconductor lighting technology and energy efficient products industry project" supported by the National Development and Reform Commission, which was included into the 2011 central budget investment plans. The supported projects from the central budget for investment in energy-saving plans mainly focus on engineering, circular economy and resource conservation demonstration projects and a major focus of industrial pollution control projects.   The commitment "semiconductor lightin...

TC Interconnect Holdings Limited announced that it has obtained national quality standard certification for LED lighting products. Acquiring such certification is one of the stipulations to bid for Chinese government’s projects. Since the group’s LED road lighting products won the bid of the Project of Three National Ministries, it has obtained the Product Certificate and China Certificate for Energy Conservation Product issued by China Quality Certification Centre (CQC), which is an official recognition to the Group’s LED road lightin...

AIXTRON SE has received a multiple AIX G5 HT reactors in 56x2-inch and 14x4-inch configurations order from Nantong Tongfang, China. Nantong Tongfang placed the order in the first quarter of 2011. Delivery of the systems has been started in the second quarter of 2011 and will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2011. A local AIXTRON support team will install and commission the new reactors in state-of-the-art clean-rooms at the company’s factory in China. The Chinese company will use these systems for the growth of high brightness LEDs. Acc...

Recently, Hong Kong-listed lighting maker Neo-Neon Holdings has won a two-year contract to supply LED lighting fixtures to mainland China gas stations Sinopec Corp. According to Neo-Neon, it has begun supplying the fixtures to the petro company’s 1,360 gas stations in Shanxi Province as the first step of the provision. The initial provision is estimated to bring in sales revenue of around RMB76.5 million (US$11.9 million at US$1: NT$6.4). In two separate deals, the company singed a two-year contract for its subsidiary, Neo-Neon LED Lighting Inte...

AIXTRON SE has received an order from Arima Changzhi, a JV LED manufacturing company involving Changzhi High Tech Industry Investment Co., China, and Taiwan Arima Optoelectronics, for three 42x2-inch wafer configuration AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD systems as well as three 11x4-inch wafer configuration AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD systems. A local AIXTRON service support team will install all reactors.And AIXTRON G4 MOCVD systems will be used for the production of High Brightness LEDs.  ...

China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China 160,000 sqm of exhibition space already sold for 2012 show Launch of new Business Matchmaking Programme More industry associations show keen interest in AGORA New name for LED summit Hong Kong association joins strong international line up of supporters The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, one of the world’s most influential and comprehensive lighting industry events has already sold more than 160,000 sqm of exhibition space for its show taking place 9 – 12 June 2012 ...