Citizens prefer new lights and appreciate energy savings Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces that the city of Valdez has joined the Cree LED City® initiative, an international program that promotes the deployment of energy-efficient LED lighting. Valdez is in the process of converting all 343 street lights to LED technology.

California customers can now save more money by converting to EvoLucia™ LED Lighting Sunovia Energy Technologies announced today that its EvoLucia™-brand 75W LED cobra head has been sanctioned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for inclusion in PG&E’s LED Street Light Rebate Program.

Orb Optronix, the industry leader in LED Characterization Systems, will be demonstrating its LED characterization products at the Strategies In Light on February 10, 11, 12, 2010. Orb will be presenting in tandem with Labsphere, Orb’s manufacturing and sales partner for their innovative ETO (Electrical-Thermal-Optical) LED characterization system.

Sagentia, the award winning technology company, and Nualight Ltd, the specialist in LED lighting for food retail, have agreed a licensing deal. Sagentia has licensed its innovative high colour quality lighting technology to Nualight on an exclusive basis for the global food retail sector, enabling Nualight to offer the world’s brightest LED fixtures to the retail display equipment industry.

Dialight working in co-operation with The City of Edinburgh Council announced today that a World Heritage site, Princes Street, widely rated as one of the world’s most beautiful city streets, is the location for Scotland’s first LED street light trial. To date there have been just a handful of LED trials in the United Kingdom making the Princes Street trial the most high profile deployment of smart and cost effective LED lighting technology.

Taiwan International Lighting Show will be on March 12-15, 2010 in Taiwan.

GlacialLight, a division of GlacialTech Inc., a consistent and global provider of PC Cooling, Power supplies, power drivers and LED lighting is extremely proud to invite all customers and media partners from around the world to attend their display at the LED China 2010 Exhibition to be held in Guangzhou, at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex from 2nd to 5th March, 2010. LED CHINA 2010 gathers over 500 exhibitors in 3 halls, covering 30,000 sqm. for the exhibition area.

LED Next Stage 2010 will be on March 9-12, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Rock Gear  Inc. has released electrifying pink and red light pods with its HexoLight LED lighting system. The limited-edition Valentine's Day version is available with the HexoLight 3000 and HexoLight 6000, and it comes in pink, red or a combination of both colors. The special editions are appropriately called Super Pink and Super Red.

Orb Optronix, the industry leader in LED Characterization Systems, will be demonstrating its LED characterization products in Booth 602 during the Strategies In Light trade show at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on February 10, 11, 12, 2010. Orb will be presenting in tandem with Labsphere, Orb’s manufacturing and sales partner for their innovative ETO (Electrical-Thermal-Optical) LED characterization system.

After more than 25 years delivering world-class lighting components and systems, TFT Transfotec International unveils its new corporate image: HEICO Lighting™.

Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, is slated to receive  $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the continued development of low defect density GaN materials for high performance electronic device applications.

Energy-efficient, cost-optimized products continue to drive widespread adoption

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) announced today that it has acquired Luminaire Testing Laboratory (LTL), based in Allentown, PA. LTL is an independent testing laboratory that provides performance testing of lamps and luminaires and is one of five laboratories approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) for ENERGY STAR® qualification testing for LED lighting products. The acquisition bolsters UL's leadership in the lighting industry, which is a strategic market for UL.

Future Lighting Solutions announced an exclusive line of light engines designed to accelerate the development, prototyping and delivery of solid state lighting applications as well as reduce fixture development costs. The first light engines in the new simpleLED program are available in 12 form factors and 600-plus customization options, all featuring ANSI-binned LUXEON(R) Rebel LEDs integrated with key components.

Asia’s most comprehensive lighting industry hub celebrates its 15th anniversary Extension of product concept halls for sourcing effectiveness US Department of Commerce endorses 2010 show Fringe programme delivers latest market news and developments The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, Asia’s largest and most comprehensive lighting event will be held 9 –12 June 2010 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China. 

LEDtronics, Inc., has introduced LED replacements for recessed T-bar fluorescent ceiling luminaires: CLL2X2-400-TPW-001W uses only 24W power and replaces 2ftx2ft standard fluorescent 64W units, while CLL2X2-800-TPW-001W consumes less than 36W and replaces 80W fluorescent fixtures.

Low Cost, Intelligent LED Driver Design with only one single flexible microcontroller NEC Electronics Europe today announced the release of its 78K0/Ix2 LED microcontroller (MCU) demonstration kit based on NEC Electronics’ 78K0/Ix2 lighting ASSP.

Company Patents Intellectual Property Developed for New OEM Products

Czech Republic based moving light manufacturer Robe lighting announces a series of new appointments in a planned management restructuring exercise designed to position the company for a new decade of growth and expansion. L-R : Adrien Trecek (Operations Director), Josef Valchar (owner-founder/CEO). Harry von den Stemmen (Sales Director) Ladislav Petrek (owner/founder)

Over 100 of the new CitySource 96 LED wash fixtures from Robe were utilised to illuminate two high profile light works - at Parliament House and the Council of State and University buildings in Senate Square adjacent to the Cathedral - featured in the Finnish capital, Helsinki's 2009 Light Season.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting and silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor components, announces a distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. for Cree SiC power products. The agreement gives Arrow’s customers ready access to Cree’s latest commercially-available SiC Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) products. Among the Cree products available through Arrow will be the recently released Z-REC™ Series of 600-V Schottky diodes and the groundbreaking 1200-V Schottky diode line.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces another industry-best reported efficacy record of 208 lumens per watt for a white power LED. This R&D result passes a significant milestone within the solid-state lighting industry as well as demonstrates Cree’s relentless drive to increase the performance of its LEDs.

AV Concept Limited, a whollyowned subsidiary of the Company, is pleased to announce that on February 2nd 2010, AV entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Ledman Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China. It is the intention of the parties that the LOI is non-legally binding.

Docks and wharfs throughout French Polynesia are now being illuminated with EverGEN™ solar LED lighting from Carmanah Technologies (TSX:CMH). This unique installation is the result of a government initiative to increase safety and security and significantly reduce operational costs at key marine facilities throughout the Polynesian Islands.

LED lighting retrofit reduces OCCC’s energy consumption and carbon emissions Florida’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), the nation’s second largest, is leaping ahead with their environmental stewardship through a wide range of green initiatives. Albeo Technologies Inc. is supplying its award winning C-Series low bay to the convention center for a number of retrofit projects.

The Revolutionary Clarity LED Series Offers Reliable 24/7 Operation and Superior Visual Performance

Philips Lumileds announced today that it has implemented complete forward and backward traceability for LUXEON power LED products. It is now possible to identify to the wafer level exactly when, where, and how each of the hundreds of millions of LUXEON LEDs was manufactured. Philips Lumileds LUXEON 2D Barcode enables traceability

Cree XLamp® MPL EasyWhite™ LED Delivers up to 1500 Lumens at 75 Lumens per Watt in a Breakthrough Package Design

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