ILEX Architectural Lighting, a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions for both the hospitality and commercial markets, is pleased to announce the official launch of its newly redesigned website. ILEX modified the design and functionality on ILEXLight.com to enhance the user experience and engage the visitor with a full offering of product details, specifications and recommended companion products / offerings.   "This enhanced website is one of a series of significant steps we have taken to improve the access and visibility of our industry...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced that second quarter 2011 financial results will be distributed after the market closes on Thursday, July 28, 2011. A conference call reviewing these results has been scheduled for 5:00pm ET that day at 1-888-389-5979 (toll free) or 1-719-457-2689 using passcode 4992731. The call will also be webcast live on the Veeco website at www.veeco.com. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 8:00pm ET that same evening through midnight on August 11, 2011 at 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820, using passcode4992731, or on the Vee...

Samsung Electronics has shown off a two-door refrigerator designed by world-widely acknowledged Italian master designer of jewelry, Massimo Zucchi. According to the company,  the new refrigerator features LED lights on the surface of the two doors and strengthens energy efficiency with its "Smart Eco-system", which consumes less power. The elegant Jewel Light delivers soft sparkles as beautiful a gem stone when you open the door and you can see the real beauty of sparkle as you see from the jewels with gleaming light. With Dual LED Lighting illumina...

Lumex and element14 announce a strategic partnership created to enhance LED and LCD product portfolios across Asia Pacific. The new partnership strengthens the global distribution agreement between two industry leaders. Lumex is a global leader in optoelectronics, offering the broadest range of high efficiency, high performance LEDs and LCDs in the industry.  element14 (formerly Farnell) is the industry’s first fusion of commerce and community supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals worldwide. The strategic partnership allows electronic d...

Currently, Royal Philips Electronics is supporting the 'Green Hospital Program' at Asklepios Clinics and its partner companies,according to German hospital operator Asklepios Kliniken GmbH. The 'Green Hospital Program' is based on three core areas: Responsibility for the environment, preventative medicine, ecological use of energy in new constructions and the renovation of clinics. It’s said that lighting costs have comprised a quarter of all energy consumption expenses in a hospital, but many hospitals are still fitted with outdated lighting s...

Reportedly, producer of FTTx telecom, video software and networking products, Suzhou New Sea Union Telecom Technology, schelules to invest 270 million yuan into Suzhou Nanojoin Photonic. New Sea Union will have 90% share in the target company, whose registered capital will be increased to 85 million yuan. Nanojoin Photonic will focus its business on the ranges from the research and development of LED to the sales of semiconductor lighting. And it will invest a total of 689.89 million yuan to produce nanocrystalline photovoltaic LED epitaxial wafers and in chip ...

As as a major supplier of automotive lighting, Hella has installed all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle features front and rear exterior lighting, including headlamps, fog lamps, front side markers, tail lamps, rear reflex reflectors, and a center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL). The headlamps were designed by Hella's engineering team in the Czech Republic.Hella will be providing halogen and HID versions of the headlamp for the American and European markets. Hella's system also uses LED technology to generate the daytime running lamp and position-light functions...

Currently, lighting costs have tumbled  84% in areas of Covent Garden Market where new LED lights have been installed by two small London companies including Ecopower Inc. and Stein Industries Inc. in April. The EcoStein LED Lighting System from Ecopower Inc.has been installed on the second floor of Covent Garden and will be extended to retail areas of the first floor. And Stein Industries Inc.has partnered it to produce the system. The EcoStein system has an automatic "daylight harvesting" system that uses sensors to raise or lower light...

Recently, hyperpure silicon wafers  manufacturer Siltronic AG has signed an agreement with the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec’s GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program (IIAP). According to the agreement, the two companies target to enable production of solid-state lighting such as LEDs and power semiconductors of the next generation on 200 mm silicon wafers. Siltronic can draw on decades of experience in epitaxial deposition of materials on silicon substra...

Reportedly, Aixtron has signed the “Aixtron - SINANO MOCVD Training Centre” agreement with Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech & Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO). Under the agreement, Aixtron will provide one CRIUS II MOCVD system and one AIXG5HT MOCVD system at SINANO’s facility to train its customers and potential customers’ engineers on the usage of MOVCD systems. In addition, SINANO's process and maintenance engineers will also be trained by Aixtron for the system op...

LED lighting company SavWatt USA, Inc., announced that it has completed the installation of its Eco-Pole 60 watt LED streetlight in front of the Department of Transportation building at 55 M Street, Washington, D.C.   According to the company, Opposites to be connected to the energy grid, the Eco-Pole powered by wind and sun energy, is completely self-energizing. It represents the first city streetlight that is green, utilizes zero electricity, and is built in America.  ...

Philips will cooperate with Kvadrat Soft Cells, to bring an innovative luminous textile to the market. According to their cooperation, the new luminous textile combines Philips’ leadership in ambient lighting with Kvadrat Soft Cells’ expertise in controlling sound absorption, means interior spaces can now be enhanced through both light and texture. Due to the wide range of Kvadrat textiles and broad spectrum of colors in Philips’ LED range,Luminous textile is a truly flexible way of creating the right atmosphere for a specific space. Through integr...

Atmel Corp. has launched new intelligent multistring LED drivers for the backlighting and solid state lighting markets. According to the company, their comprehensive portfolio of Atmel LED drivers offer design engineers efficiency optimizer (EO) technology, flexible dimming options, scalability across wide range of power levels, user programmability and lower bill of material (BOM). The LED drivers incorporate Atmel's patent-pending EO technology allows designers to use any DC-to-DC or AC-to-DC converter topology with isolated or non-isolated implement...

Currently, Aixtron is building a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary Aixtron China Ltd.in Shanghai for its further expansion in China. This move targets to support Aixtron’s growing base of Chinese customers and makes it easier to grow by opening other facilities throughout China in the near future. Christian Geng, Aixtron Vice President Greater China,ponited out that  ,"This is the next logical step in terms of our increasing commitment to support China’s aggressive plans to become one of the world’s leading countries in LED production. ...

Aston –based LED lighting distributor ,Stouch Lighting ,has provided the National Archives and Records Administration, with two LED lighting fixtures to the replace Metal Halide Lights that Illuminate the Constitution Avenue Entrance. Stouch Lighting provided 129w LED flood light fixtures to replace the previous 400w Metal Halide fixtures. The new fixtures carry a 7-year warranty and 80,000 hour rated life, thus reducing maintenance costs as well as 73% in energy consumption. It’s said that the lights are used to illuminate the newly refinished ...

It’s said that US LED and laser developer Soraa has appointed former Neal Woods as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Woods, will be based at Soraa's Fremont, California. headquarters and have responsibility for all aspects of manufacturing, supply chain operations, quality functions, and worldwide operations planning. Woods has served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Hewlett-Packard's Imaging & Printing Group since 2008.  While at HP, Woods had ownership for IPG's entire supply chain with $30 billion i...

Reportedly, Cooper Industries has made a harvest at 2011 Award for Design Excellence (ADEX) program for product design of furniture, fixtures and finishes marketed to the design trade. Each category has the potential for three award levels of Platinum, Gold or Silver. Design Journal Magazine sponsors the annual ADEX Awards. Products from its divisions Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls,were honored as Platinum winners include the io Balance Beam, Portfolio LED Downlight and Open Wall Wash Series, Lumiere Boca 696 Ingrade LED Luminaire, and th...

Recently, Acuity Brands has joined the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts renovation project with its Holophane(R) GranVille(R) LED luminaires. The city targeted to replace its old 100W high pressure sodium fixtures were spread throughout the downtown district, which comprises four city blocks containing city hall, office buildings, restaurants and nightclubs. CEL's Engineering & Operations Manager, Jim Lisowski, brought Acuity Brands' Holophane team into the project  to evaluate an energy-efficient relighting solution. The project required ...

LED equipment manufacturer Novellus Systems has shipped a VECTOR(R) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system to Xurui Guangdian Co., Ltd. ("China SemiLEDs") for producting SemiLEDs' MvpLED(TM) high-efficiency LED products. With a multi-wafer carrier configuration, the VECTOR LED system can handle all wafer sizes -- 2", 3", 4", 6", 8" and 12" -- with exceptional throughput, film quality and uniformity at each size. In contrast to a traditional PECVD reactor used in LED m...

GE Lighting engineers and scientists are developing a 60-watt replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition.    “The objective of our product research and development is simple,” says Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and product management, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC. “We exist to create advanced lighting solutions based on customer needs and ...

Reportedly, German high-tech company dilitronics, has stepped into the Asian market in June with the foundation of dilitronics Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong office is the first outside Europe. It specialises in LED control, and targets to further expand its sales activities in the rapidly expanding Asian market. According to Meinrad Braun, Sales Director at dilitronics, explained that they found the Hong Kong officer mainly based on Asian customers’ interests in the development of energy-saving lighting concepts. LEDs are predestined for this an...

Finnish distributor of radio and television services, Digita Oy, has selected Obelux Oy to install the world’s first LED high-intensity obstacle light system on 327 meters, over 1 000 feet, high broadcast mast in Tiirismaa, as the tallest construction in Finland. The new LED lights will replace old Xenon technology. Jukka Kokkonen, System Designer, Digita Oy, said that “The low total life-cycle costs and long maintenance free operations of the LED technology were critical selection criteria to us. And of course working with an experienced supplier who...

Currently, SmartWatt Energy, Inc.has completed the replacement of 319 fixtures with LED lighting retrofits at Americold's temperature-controlled storage facility in Fort Worth, TX resulting in an 86% reduction in total lighting cost. It’s estimated that this LED lighting retrofit project will reduce Americold's energy consumption at just its Fort Worth facility by 516,024 kWh and will help it shed 85.92 kW, while resulting in additional cooling savings of more than $17,000. The project gave rise to a utility incentive greater than $46,000 from the loca...

It’s said that Mouser Electronics has developed a partnership agreement with LEDiL, which specializes in LED lighting optics for high-power and lighting-class LEDs. Under the agreement, Mouser will provide direct access to LEDiL’s line of LED reflectors and lenses to customers around the world. For design engineers in need of LED lighting solutions on the forefront of proven technology, LEDiL offers the most advanced optics specially designed to support high-power and lighting-class LEDs produced by leading LED lighting manufacturers.  ...

According to the Racine Family YMCA, Ruud Lighting will donate more than $300,000 lighting fixtures and related equipment for the new suburban YMCA located on the Mount Pleasant civic campus. Ruud Chairman and CEO Alan Ruud said in a news release that most of the lighting products are LED luminaires that will provide "significant energy savings and reduce operating expenses." LED technology delivers an estimated 30-60 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to traditional technologies, with virtually no maintenance. It also complies with LE...

According to the deal, Valladolid-headquartered Indal , specializes in manufacturing primarily outdoor lighting products, will become part of the Professional Luminaries business of Netherlands-based Philips Lighting. Marc de Jong, general manager of Professional Luminaries at Philips Lighting, comments: 'Indal's capabilities in delivering lighting [products] make it a natural fit with Philips, further strengthening our ability to offer our customers integrated and high-value options for professional lighting.' Chief executive officer and chairman of the bo...

Yesterday, JiangSu JEshine New Material Co.,LTD convened a press conference for China’s first over-100kg sapphire crystal with the attendance of Wang Lubao, Chairman of JEshine,Jeff Ford, Senior Deputy President of GTsolar, Peter Pauli, CEO of Meyer Burger, relevant governmental officials and news media. Reporter of LEDinside was also invited to the so called “Beautiful Sun Island” – Yangzhong, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, for a live report.

Recently, Taiwan based packaging company, Harvatek is about to team up with TCL to built LED packaging plant in Huizhou, China. Both of the two companies will own 50% share in the new plant individually. The new facility will go into production at the end of March, 2012 and its goal is to reach 2 billion capacity after one year. Harvatek disclosed that it expected for further vertical integration by cooperating with LED chip maker.  ...

Dialight has unveiled its new SafeSite®  Series LED Area Light, the industry’s most compact, high-output Class I and Class II, Div 1 certified LED Area Light,as  Dialight’s industry-leading family of LED illumination products for hazardous locations. It’s designed to replace up to 150-watt HID fixtures. Consuming less than half the electricity of 150-watt HID units, Dialight’s 70-watt SafeSite Series delivers an impressive efficacy of 79 lumens per watt. Available in both cool white and neutral white models, the...

Phototron Holdings, Inc., has introduced its newly designed Pro LED Phototron Grow System. According to Craig Ellins, Chairman of the Board, " Powered by energy efficient LED light, the unit delivers the equivalent of 1,000 watts of growing power while consuming only 320 watts of electricity. " "The unit contains both blue and red LED lighting. Blue LED's provide optimum light for the growing, while red LED's shift bud formation into high gear. These features are important for the cultivation of medicinal herbs such as medicinal can...