Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient lighting platforms, today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2017, ended June 30, 2016.

In accordance with the latest reports, Darren Marsh, who served as Business Development Manager and Key Account Manager at Philips Lighting, is designated as the lighting sales manager of Cree Europe, as well as for the UK and Nordic regions. As the new sales manager of Cree Europe, Marsh will closely collaborate with Cree's strategic lighting allies in the UK and Scandinavia to help strengthening and extending the business in these regions. "The UK is a key market for our strategic growth plans in Europe," said Alessandro Targetti, commercial d...

It’s reported that Samsung Group's LED business unit will begin operation in June with an initial target production of 120,000 LED panels. However, Samsung indicated that this production target is not big enough to challenge leading foreign makers in terms of market share. They expect the production capacity will be tripled by 2010.

Mircon, based in Boise, Idaho, is asking for $20 to $100 million of the more than $1 billion of stimulus money the Gem State will be receiving. The company is proposing to start manufacturing solar panels and high efficiency lighting components at it's now idle factories in Nampa and Boise, employing hundreds of people.