Since its launch in the fourth quarter of 2008, the AOP 24W LED Street Light has been one of the best-selling products on the market for almost five years. The product has been developed by AOP to satisfy the demand for low energy consumption street lights. It won the LED inside Aurora Awards 2013 for best Street and Security Light at the LED forum in Guangzhou recently. Due to its perfect design and stable product quality, the product has been sold in many regions (including the bitter cold Hokkaido area and Brazil which is located at the equator) all ov...

Grocery and convenience store owners now have an extra-appetizing lighting solution for open deck cases that delivers a quick payback without sacrificing performance: GE’s Immersion™ RH30 LED lighting system. GE’s new Immersion LED lighting system attracts customers by making food packages shine with crisp LED light. The refrigerated display lighting transforms horizontal cases housing fresh meat, packaged dairy and deli items, as well as service cases at butcher and seafood counters. GE's Immersion™ RH30 LED lighting system tr...

Cooper Lighting, a division of diversified power management company Eaton, is reinforcing its industry reputation as a world-class lighting solutions provider by earning a total of 18 awards in a range of renowned industry competitions. In a span of just four months in 2013, the Lighting division earned these notable accolades, which recognize a variety of its innovative, indoor and outdoor LED product solutions. “These recognitions are a true testament to our employee excellence,” said Mark Eubanks, president, Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Division. “All...

BARCO, a global technology company designing and developing visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets, launched two new diagnostic display systems, which are the premium grayscale Coronis 3MP LED and the high-bright Nio Color 3MP LED. These diagnostic displays feature 3MP resolution and apply high-bright LED backlights, and can improve radiologist productivity and performance by making subtle details more noticeable and more quickly. Barco's Coronis 3MP LED is the industry-leading display system for grayscale radiology imaging...

Acuity Brands, a North American market leader and one of the world's leading providers of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications, has extended the Acculamp specification grade series to involve a dimmable 25W 2000 lumen PAR38 LED lamp, which emits the highest light output of PAR38 LED lamps on the market to date. The PAR38 LED lamp is capable of replacing 150-watt halogen lamps; what's more, it can provide 83% energy savings when compared with traditional light sources. The Acculamp 2000 lumen PAR38 LED lamp is aesthetically co...

Growth of LED lighting exceeded expectations, Edison received large orders from mainland China manufacturers, SO it intends to expand capacity with additional capital in the second half of this year, legal representative of Edison forecasts that the growth of Edison in the second half of this year is expected to be more than that in the first half of this year by 40%. The consolidated revenue of Edison in the first half of this year is 1.269 billion NTD, an annual increase of 3.25%, because it has expanded capacity with capital expenditures of 450 million NTD in the firs...

CommScope who has played a role in virtually all the world's best communication networks has taken over Redwood Systems, a start-up offering LED lighting solutions and integrated sensor networks for data centers and buildings. Financial terms were not disclosed. Redwood Systems is based in Fremont, California. Redwood Systems developed what is believed to be the world’s first smart building platform that powers and controls lights with a high-density sensor grid. This platform provides granular monitoring of space utilization, temperature and power consumption. ...

IWatt Inc., a leading provider of digital-centric power management integrated circuits (ICs), yesterday debuted its new 8-channel LED backlight driver designed to deliver better screen performance and lower cost in next-generation 2D and 3D LCD TVs. The iW7019 gives designers a rich set of integrated features to improve picture quality and render a more lifelike viewer experience. These include both head and tail-mode pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming to reduce motion blur, and high-resolution, 12-bit local dimming to improve contrast ratio. The iW7019 also integrat...

On July 8, OSRAM Licht AG started trading with ticker symbol "OSR" on the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchange. Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of Osram, said that the listing marks the beginning of a new chapter in Osram's history of more than 100 years and presents great opportunities for its future development. Management was recently on a roadshow visiting the important international capital markets, meeting with about 400 funds and banks to gauge their interest in Osram. The start of trading was preceded by the successful spin-off of Osram from Siemens AG...

SCHOTT, the international technology group and experts in the fields of specialty glass and glass-ceramics, will showcase a range of lighting and imaging components at Semicon West. Products on display will include SCHOTT’s miniMML integrated vision unit, high-brightness ColdVision LLS 3 LED light source, and its IR-MEMS Inspector for examining silicon wafers in micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing. SCHOTT will be exhibiting these products at Semicon West on July 9th to 11th, 2013. Featuring a 15-mm low-profile body, the...

Quality of LED bulbs on the market varies greatly, the unqualified LED bulbs ordinary consumers bought will be easily broken and lack luster over time, in order to purchase qualified products, consumers must check the certification logo at first. Essential Safety Certification Xiaoming Ai, CEO of OSRAM (China) Lighting Co., Ltd., said that consumers must choose the LED products in line with national standards and coming with safety certification, such as CCC, GS, CE, and UL. "These products provide powerful guaranty of safety, performance and d...

E Craftsmen is proud to announce earning the distinguished UL approval on their new “Slim-Line” brand of 480V and 347V input step-down transformers for LED power applications. As leaders in transformer technology with over 50 years of engineering experience developing solutions, EC continues to innovate. These parts are now Recognized by UL with a Class B (130C) rated insulation system permitting use in fixtures with higher ambient temperature conditions. Their low-profile height of only 1.31 inches and narrow width of 1.63 inches suits the increasing demand...

The 27th Universiade started on July 5th in Kazan, Russia, it impresses people with 3650 Square Meter (sq.m) LED Mesh Displays provided by Unilumin, who also provided the LED display for the 26th Universiade successfully held in Shenzhen China. 2013 KAZAN Universiade is another large-scale comprehensive World Games in Russia after afterwards Moscow Olympic in 1980. It is a good chance to prove the capacity of Russia on holding large sale sports events. Meanwhile it can do provide valuable experience for 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games and 2018 World...

Recently, ALT anti-explosive lamp passed ITRI CNS test, which verifies the lamp to be able to function normally in an explosive gas environment and will not ignite any hazardous gas that may be generated by the power switch. Furthermore, when explosion occurs within the light bulb, the lamp body can endure the gas pressure, avoid deformation and prevent the flame from passing through the lamp structure. As a result, this will avoid exterior gas explosion thus increasing industrial lighting safety. ALT anti-explosive lamp features high brightness, excellent efficiency and carb...

The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Outdoor Design Competition was opened on July 8, 2013. The NGL Competition partners include the Illuminating Engineering Society, the International Association of Lighting Designers, and the US Department of Energy represented by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. The entries of this competition can be street and roadway lighting which includes traditional cobrahead LED street lights and decorative post top LED street lights. All entries must register products through the LED Lighting Facts program...

In view of the perspective of semiconductor lighting application, people are unanimously optimistic about the development of LED industry in middle and long term, the penetration of LED in lighting market will continue to rise, it is likely to exceed 50% in 2016, even it may be more than 70 % after 2020 with further growth. Energy conservation and technology economy will become two important drivers of this trend. Currently, higher cost is still the obstruction for large-scale promotion of semiconductor lighting products, but the prices of LED has been steadily falling, accord...

According to the survey on the market share of major goods and services in 2012 worldwide, South Korea's Samsung Electronics Group occupies the top of global market share in seven categories among the 50 categories covered in this survey. Including LG Electronics, Korean companies have expanded advantage in the digital product market. Samsung tops in 7 major categories such as mobile terminals, smart phones, organic EL panel, flat panel TVs, lithium-ion batteries and semiconductor memory DRAM and NAND-type flash memory used in personal computers. However, in t...

Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has signed a global distribution agreement with Future Electronics, a world class leader and innovator in the distribution and marketing of electronic components. Under the new agreement, Future Electronics’ lighting division, Future Lighting Solutions, will provide global sales, design support and fulfillment services for Bridgelux’s portfolio of LED products sold through distribution. “We are very pleased to partner with a respected global partner that wil...

According to the reports from Sankei Biz, using the LEDs as light source for cultivating vegetables becomes a great commercial opportunity in Japan. The real estate industry, household appliances industry and construction industry are all take their own advantages to occupy the market share. Asahi Kasei Homes, a large-scale developer in Japan, intend to bring the device housing cultivation of vegetables to the market next year at the earliest. Another big builders Obayashi, is also preparing to enter the business areas engaged in agricultural production, and Nishimatsu ...

Recently, REFOND said that the recent capacity expansion has eased its capacity bottlenecks, while in the case that backlight procurement is transferring and demand in lighting market is accelerating, the expansion will be helpful for the company to realize earnings growth in future. In the short term, it becomes more possible for REFOND to achieve great revenue growth in the second half of this year. Bank of China International (BOCI) stated that REFOND will achieve continued growth in the coming years for full benefit from the growth in lighting demand. RE...

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, yesterday launched an extremely durable industrial LED fixtures—Hubbell Industrial Lighting's Kemlux III LED Series. The Kemlux III LED Series are designed for installation in severe locations and is available for new installation or as a retrofit to existing Kemlux III fixtures. "The most hostile industrial locations require toughest light fixtures—Hubbell is the most idea for lighting the most challenging environments, while maximizing energy savings," said Scott Muse,...

PixelFLEX has introduced Light Rigid 8 (LR-8) LED digital display, which offers an exceptionally bright and crisp picture that is rated for outdoor use and featuring an extremely thin construction, making it easy to assemble, disassemble and store, the LR-8 is ideal for permanent outdoor installations and touring applications, PixelFLEX said. The key features of the latest LED product of PixelFLEX involve its 8 millimeter resolution, a 140-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angle, Powercon and Ethernet connectors, and a per tile weight of approximately 17...

As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce energy usage by at least $25 million over seven years, the University of North Carolina (UNC) General Administration has selected high-performing LED lighting by Cree, Inc. to help system institutions operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. An alliance of 13 UNC campuses and several affiliated organizations, spanning 27 million square feet, will leverage Cree® LED luminaires, including the revolutionary CR24™ architectural LED troffers, to deliver fast payback, energy efficiency and superior light quality. ...

OKI Malaysia has introduced new printers based on digital LED print technology to strengthen its A4 mono workgroup offerings targeted at medium to large enterprises. The new models are the B721dn and B731dn, both of which are monochrome, and the ES7400, which is a color multi-function model. The B721dn prints at the speed of up to 47ppm (pages per minute) for A4 pages and the B731dn at up to 52ppm. The first page takes less than five seconds to print for both printers. The two printers support 18,000-page and 25,000-page toner cartridges but only the B731dn can also ha...

According to the news Russian media reported on July 3, in this summer, many cities in Europe have closed lighting devices at night to save energy. Since July 1, all shops, offices, public places, government agencies in France must turn off lighting equipments between 1:00 am to 7:00 am. As a result, the French government not only can save energy, but also can create a cleaner environment. Economists estimate that the new regulations will make annual savings of 200 million Euros for France, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 250,000 tons. The business violated laws and re...

Aylesbury Vale District Council says the 20 LED lights along the main footpaths will bring increased energy savings. And the lights will be dimmed during off-peak periods, which maximize the savings. The council allocated ￡60,000 from the funds for redeveloping the Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre to purchase and install the LED lights. These LED lights are part of the overall redevelopment of the site with a children’s play area and sports zone, larger grassed areas and footpaths, tree planting, and a new main entrance opposite the High Street already c...

According to the revenue reports in June each LED plant has announced, due to the impact of slower shipment in mainland China LED backlight market and inventory adjustment, Everlight, Unity Opto and Lextar have suffered decline in revenue over last month, Everlight and Unity Opto decreased 11.82%  and 14.47% respectively. The consolidated revenue of Everlight in June is 1.892 billion NTD, a monthly decline of 11.82%, an annual growth of 11.49%. Everlight noted that by the expiration of energy subsidy policies in Mainland China at the end of May, the slower s...

ADvantage LED Signs announced the completion of another successful retail LED Sign installation in Richland, Washington State. The LED display as well as its surrounding structure will be used by the five tenants in the Tuscan Park Plaza. Richard James, spokesperson for ADvantage LED Signs, says the sign structure will definitely capitalize on impulse buyers, obtain high returns at a low cost, and provide proven results for the customer. James describes the structure saying, "The new LED Sign commissioned by Tuscan Park Plaza measures 3'-7 5/1...

Portland General Electric (PGE) recently announced a large scale installation of LED streetlights with the goal of reducing energy consumption and costs for its municipal customers. The first deployment was conducted in February 2013, in Clackamas County, and focused on taking the places of 8,000 high pressure sodium (HPS) cobra-head streetlights with LED streetlights. Ultimately, PGE plans to replace 26,000 HPS streetlights throughout forty-seven cities and five counties. The first installations will focus on lower wattage roadway streetlights followed by inter...

When Australia-based startup LIFX hit Kickstarter with its version of an LED smart bulb, it became one of those fairytale projects that smashed through its intended goal and raised more than a million dollars in its first week. Alas, its latest batch didn’t pass quality control tests, and instead, we were given a demo of the user interface and features on LIFX’s app. After having just freshly reviewed the Philips Hue, it was easy to identify all the differences that made the LIFX unique. The most notable feature is the LIFX’s flat, angular desi...