2011-02-23

Monocrystal Announces Strong Financial Results for FY 2010

Monocrystal, a leading manufacturer of electronic materials for LED and solar industries, today announced preliminary[1] financial results for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Consolidated revenue for full year 2010 totaled US$153.0 million, an increase of 204% compared to the revenue of US$50.3 million in 2009. Gross profit grew 452% up to US$89.6 million from US$16.2 million a year ago. Net income skyrocketed to US54.1 million from US$4.7 million, an increase of 1,051%. OIBDA was US$81.8 million, 448% higher than OIBDA of US$14.9 million in 2009.  
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2011-02-22

Taiwan’s LED chip maker Ubilux to boost capacity with AIXTRON CRIUS® II systems

AIXTRON SE has announced a new MOCVD reactor order from existing customer Ubilux of Tainan County, Taiwan. The order is for two AIXTRON CRIUS® II deposition systems in the 55x2-inch configuration which will be used to expand the company’s production capacity for GaN-based HB LEDs. Ubilux placed the order in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the systems will be delivered in the first quarter of 2011. A local AIXTRON support team will commission the new reactors at the state of the art clean-room facilities housed in the Ubilux headqu...
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2011-02-22

Everlight, Epistar and China Electronics Corp. Jointly Build China's Biggest Integrated LED Factory

Aiming at tapping mainland China LED lighting market further, Everlight is reported to pour US$10.8 million to acquire approximately 9% ownership in an LED venture co-held by Epistar and China Electronics Corp. (CEC). Among the partners, CEC holds a 44% stakes in the venture, outnumbering Epistar`s 40% ownership. The venture is designated to supply CEC all of the chips it makes. And according to Epistar executives, besides the venture, Epistar will be another chip supplier of CEC.The venture will contract Everlight to package its chips for CEC back...
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2011-02-22

Japan LED Association Seeks for Technology Transfer and Manufacturing JV in Karnataka

It’s said that Japan LED Association , which was formed in June of 2004 to promote and support technology development and standardisation for LED lighting, is seeking for cooperation with the local partners Karnataka. Japan LED Association Vice President Atsushi Okuno, who held extensive discussions with State IT department officials on the sidelines of ISA Vision Summit, said that they were ready for sharing of technology transfer and manufacturing JV with local partners in Karnataka. According to Okuno, these energy saving solar lamps with twin ...
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2011-02-22

Cooper Lighting Products Accepted in 2010 IES Progress Report

Nine innovative products are honored for technical advancement. Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), announces that nine of its Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls products have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing “an advancement in the art and science of lighting.”  The accepted products are part of the 2010 IES Progress Report, which presents significant developments and improvements in the lighting industry over the past year.  The accepted prod...
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2011-02-22

New Appointments at Dialight with Special Focus on Middle East

Two new members join the UK sales team and a regional manager is appointed for the Middle East to strengthen Dialight’s position in these markets as a forerunner in the field of industrial LED lighting. Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced three new appointments who between them bring many years of experience in the strategically important hazardous location market and of successfully developing business sales in the Middle East. Together they will contribute to the continuing growth of the company’s so...
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2011-02-21

Roled Optoelectronics Award Future Lighting Solutions with “Outstanding Supplier for 2010”

It’s reported that Roled Optoelectronics (Shanghai) Limited has given the award of “Outstanding Supplier for 2010” to Future Lighting Solutions at Roled’s 2010 Supplier Summit . According to Rock Hsuing, President of Roled Optoelectronics, it’s not an easy task to be selected as their Outstanding Supplier. “The process is an extensive and complex process that includes a review of product quality, level of technical support, order and inventory management processes, post-sales service, and many others. Future Lighting Solutions h...
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2011-02-21

LayTec GmbH Converted into AG

LayTec AG announces its conversion from LayTec GmbH (a limited liability company) into LayTec AG (Aktiengesellschaft, joint stock corporation). With today’s entry into the commercial register of Berlin/Charlottenburg, LayTec will operate in future as LayTec AG. LayTec will continue being a privately owned company. The herewith announced conversion is not imposing changes to the shareholder structure, which has been stable for many years. The first advisory board was elected by the shareholder meeting in October 2010. Dr. Markus Weyers (Berlin), the cha...
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2011-02-18

Philips to Invest EUR 2 Billion in Green Innovation by 2015

Philips records healthy increase in green product sales in 2010 Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that it will allocate EUR 2 billion for investments in Green Innovation by 2015 to accelerate sustainable business across the company’s three sectors. In 2010, Philips’ cumulative investments in Green Innovation amounted to EUR 1 billion, surpassing its Green Innovation investment target two years ahead of schedule. As a result of the company’s continued commitment to sustainable innovation, 38% of total 2010 sale...
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2011-02-18

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors to Present at the 12th Annual Strategies in Light Conference and Exhibition

It’s reported that OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has become a sponsor of the 2011 Strategies in Light Conference Exhibition,which is an industry conference and exhibition with a focus on High-Brightness LEDs and lighting. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' President and CEO, Aldo Kamper will be a Keynote Speaker at the conference and share fresh insight into the LED world. In addition, the company will be showcasing their LEDs in applications and bringing some of its top professionals as speakers on February 22-24 at the Santa Clara Convention C...
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2011-02-18

Future Lighting Solutions and Oree Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement

Oree’s innovative LightCell technology now available for lighting designers and manufacturers   Oree, developer of solid-state lighting planar illumination technology, and Future Lighting Solutions, the leading provider of solid-state lighting solutions, announced a worldwide distribution agreement today. As a result of this agreement, Future Lighting Solutions will market, sell and support Oree’s LightCell™ products to customers around the world. The Oree LightCell™ is a thin, flat and uniform solid-state light source – with an illum...
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2011-02-18

ISCAS to Receive AIXTRON MOCVD Systems for Electronics and Red LEDs

AIXTRON SE announced a new order for MOCVD reactors from existing customer, the Institute of Semiconductors Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS). The order comprises one AIX 200/4 in the 3x2-inch wafer configuration and one AIX 2600G3 IC in the 8x3-inch wafer configuration.   The Beijing, PR China based institute placed the order during the third quarter of 2010 and following delivery in the second quarter of 2011, the systems will be used for production of electronic devices and red LEDs. The local AIXTRON support team will commission ...
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2011-02-18

Monocrystal Advances into Land of 8-inch Sapphire Substrate

Monocrystal, a leading manufacturer of electronic materials for LED and solar industries, announced today shipment of its premium 8-inch C-plane epi-ready sapphire substrates to one of the world’s leading LED manufacturers. It was almost a recent discussion of LED industry players and experts concerning the possibilities for the industry of employing larger than 2-inch sapphire substrates for LED production.
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2011-02-17

J.P. Morgan LED General Lighting Symposium to be Held in February

It’s reported the J.P. Morgan LED General Lighting Symposium will be held in Santa Clara, CA on Thursday, February 24, 2011.   The objective of the event is to share information from industry leaders that are focused on the technology surrounding the adoption of LED's for general lighting. Nexxus Lighting's President & CEO, Mike Bauer will present at the event. Asides from Nexxus Lighting, nine companies including Veeco, National Semiconductor and Rubicon Technologies also are invited to this event.   ...
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2011-02-17

DiCon Lighting Introduces Cielux as Its New Business Division

DiCon Lighting announced the launch of its new LED business unit, Cielux. Cielux was founded on a simple concept: to bring brilliant light with user-friendly interfaces into the home. Its family of products focuses on LED driven lamps that emit radiant light for task, accent and mood lighting. Cielux will ship its first product, LUNE, an LED mood light, on March 1st.   “Our goal was to bring professional-level lighting capabilities and controls to the everyday consumer, so we set out to create a new way to experience and interact with light,” said Br...
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2011-02-17

Light-Based Technologies to Exhibit at Strategies in Light 2011

Light-Based Technologies Inc. (LBT), a developer and supplier of lighting application specific integrated circuits, announced they will be exhibiting their cutting edge LED control solutions in booth #244 at Strategies in Light 2011, held in Santa Clara California from February 22nd to the 24th.  Strategies in Light has grown over the past 12 years into the largest conference in the high brightness LED lighting industry. Strategies in Light draws the most knowledgeable participants in the area of LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) who are particularly wel...
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2011-02-16

TSMC Likely to Bulid Units in the Solar and LED Businesses

According to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, it may form units in the solar and LED businesses. Formerly, TSMC and other Taiwan technology companies have been pushing into the $35 billion global solar energy market to leverage their expertise in chip and LCD manufacturing into new growth prospects. Last September, TSMC said it would complete the first phase of a planned solar energy plant in Taiwan in the first half of 2011 after an investment of over $200 million.  ...
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2011-02-16

PowerSecure Acquired $10 Million Award to Develop Smart Grid Power System and LED Lighting

PowerSecure International, Inc. has received $10 million award to develop its Interactive Distributed Generation® (IDG®) smart grid power systems, and LED lighting products. Among these awards, the new IDG System  has acquired total $7 million, and include installations for a broad base of customers, including hospitals, municipal water systems, educational facilities, and retailers. The left $3 million for new LED lighting, and consist primarily of an order from a major U.S. retailer to begin retrofitting refrigerated cases with EfficientLights&r...
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2011-02-16

Lighting Science Group’ LED Bulbs Help Yankee Candle Stores Save Energy

Lighting Science Group has helped Yankee Candle stores all across New England to replace their halogen bulbs for energy saving. Compared with the halogen bulbs, the ENERGY STAR approved DEFINITY PAR 20, PAR 30, PAR 38 and MR 16 LED bulbs installed in stores are approximately 80% more efficient and are fully dimmable. In addition, theseLED bulbs are mercury-free, completely recyclable, "instant on," and offer outstanding light quality.   Yankee Candle received rebates from National Grid and Western Mass Electric Compan...
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2011-02-16

Model K1 Sapphire Crystal Growers Producing LED Substrate Materials

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, recently received 59 orders for their Model K1  90 kg sapphire crystal grower from customers in Taiwan, Korea and China.  In total, these growers will produce 5.2 million TIE (two-in-equivalents) per year.  The Model K1 sapphire crystal grower advances beyond the traditional kyropoulos process and out-performs other sapphire crystal growth methods currently being marketed, such as HEM or Bridgman. "I recently returned from our customer&rsqu...
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2011-02-16

Lunera Lighting’s Steve Paolini Speaks About the Future of Solid-State Lighting at Strategies in Light 2011

Lunera CTO Will Discuss Demystifying the Pieces and Assembling the Future of Solid State Lighting Lunera® Lighting, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, is pleased to have Steve Paolini, Lunera’s CTO included in the impressive speaker line up at the upcoming Strategies in Light Conference. The solid-state lighting conference and tradeshow will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on February 22 – 24, 2011. The event anticipates a record breaking attendance of 4,500 ...
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2011-02-15

The University of Texas at Austin orders AIXTRON Black Magic for wearable electronics project

AIXTRON SE today announced a new order for a 4-inch Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) system from The University of Texas at Austin. After delivery of the system at the end of 2010, the local AIXTRON support team has carried out the installation and commissioning in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microelectronics Research Center, at The University of Texas at Austin. Assistant Professor Deji Akinwande and Professor Rod Ruoff from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are working on seve...
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2011-02-15

British LED Lighting Company Retrofits Manchester Airport Car Parks

Manchester based MHA Lighting, which specialises in innovative lighting solutions, has win contract to transform the design of the car park fittings at the Manchester Airport Car Parks. It’s said that MHA Lighting replaces the two thousand 80w bulbs across the two car parks with 30 and 40 Watt LED units in a move which will halve carbon emissions and cut energy bills by an estimated 60%.  ...
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2011-02-15

Digital Lumens CEO to Present at Two Leading LED Industry Conferences

Digital Lumens CEO Tom Pincince is about to present at the Solid-State Lighting Investor Forum on February 22 in Santa Clara, Calif. and the J.P. Morgan LED General Lighting Symposium on February 24 also in the same place. During the Solid-State Lighting Investor Forum, which is part of Strategies in Light, the leading event for the global LED and Lighting industry, Mr. Pincince will be part of the Drivers/Thermals/Controls session, presenting "LEDs + Controls + Energy Management = Radical Efficiency." And he will give a pre...
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2011-02-15

GlacialLight Exhibits at LIGHT INDIA INTERNATIONAL 2011

GlacialLight, a division of GlacialTech Inc. and a global provider of PC Cooling, Power supplies, power drivers and LED lighting, extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display at the LIGHT INDIA INTERNATIONAL 2011 to be held at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India from March 4-7, 2011. Event: Lii2011/Light India International 2011 Venue: Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India Exhibition Date: March 4th to 7th, 2011 GlacialLight Booth #: 100, Hall # 3 “The Chennai Cen...
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2011-02-14

Brazil Gets a Makeover with Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics has installed 80 large-format displays (460UT), 236 latest LCD monitors, and 34 LED and LCD TVs in the control center, offices and conference rooms at Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall, to dress up the city as a smart city. It’s said that the video installed at the control center is not only the largest in Brazil but also in the whole of Central and South America. The Brazil government will operate the control center in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.  ...
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2011-02-14

Nichia’s white LEDs Patent Infringement Lawsuits was Acknowledged by TRG

Recently, The Republic Group Handelsvertretung GmbH (“TRG”) has acknowledged Nichia’s claims in the early first hearing at the District Court Düsseldorf. Previously, Nichia has filed patent infringement lawsuits in the above court. It claims that two different Harvatek white LED products (serial numbers HT-V116TW and HT-U158TW) sold by those distributors infringe Nichia YAG patent (EP936682[DE69702929]) and seeks an injunction, damages, recall and destruction. On January 18, 2011, TRG acknowledged Nichia’s Claim...
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2011-02-14

Epistar Teams up with Delta Electronics to Bulid Guangzhou LED Wafer Plant

It’s reported that Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar will team up with Delta Electronics to build an LED wafer and chip plant in Guangzhou. And The new facility is expected to engage in the development, manufacture and sale of upstream LED wafers and chips after it starts operating in 2012. It’s said that the two partners will invest a total of NT$3.63 billion (US$125 million) in the first phase. Epistar will hold a 70 percent stake and Delta Electronics will own 30 percent. In the second phase of the development, they will seek new partners from th...
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2011-02-11

Singapore Makes LED Street Lights Pilot Program

It’s reported that Singapore is making a LED street lights pilot program in parts of roads. Over in One-North, a stretch of road has become a test-bed for LED street lights. JTC Corporation and a Taiwan-based firm Foxsemicon Integrated Technology (Fiti) installed new lights there to compare their performance with conventional lamps in April. Additionally, to further explore the viability of having LED street lights in Singapore, JTC will be testing them out at another stretch of road at its upcoming CleanTech Park. JTC has received seven prop...
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2011-02-11

Moser Baer Technologies Got together with Universal display Corporation to Develop Energy-efficient White OLED Lighting

It’s said that a U.S. subsidiary of Moser Baer India Ltd., Moser Baer Technologies Inc., has agreed with Universal Display Corporation on a Memorandum of Agreement for technology licensing, material supply and technology assistance to support Moser Baer Technologies’ initiatives in white OLED lighting. Before this agreement, last year the two companies also received $4,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to design and build the first white OLED lighting pilot manufacturing facility in the United States. Under the agreement, Moser B...
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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