2014-05-13

Making Kitchen Lighting Ecofriendly

Smart kitchen lighting goes beyond replacing your old bulbs with more efficient models. Reducing energy consumed by lighting can be easy with a kitchen that's designed for flexibility and makes use of the most energy-efficient lighting of all: natural daylight.
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2014-05-07

Lunera Lighting Announces Financing Program for LED Lighting

Lunera Lighting, Inc. introduced Lunera Financing Solutions recently. The program turns BallastLED lamp retrofits into cash-flow positive investments, making it a valuable component of the re-lamping solution.
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2014-05-05

Shift from Incandescent to LED Pushed Philips Canlyte Out of Business

Philips Canlyte announced it will close its doors after 27 years, leaving around 190 workers without jobs. 
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2014-05-01

Philips Market Data Shows Rapid Uptake of LED Lighting in New Zealand as Prices Reduce

Philips Lighting’s latest market data shows uptake of LED lighting continues to increase as more New Zealanders make the switch for better energy efficiency. That growth is expected to continue as the price point for this next generation lighting option continues to reduce.
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2014-04-30

LED Manufacturers Urge Government to Scrap Nuclear Power as Alternative Energy Source

The debate over the construction of Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant has been heating up. Alternative energy manufacturers have been eager to voice their opinions, urging the government to reconsider nuclear power as an energy source for the country. 
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2014-04-30

Mouser Electronics Receives Top Sales Award from Philips Lumileds

Mouser Electronics, Inc., an engineering resource and global authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, announced that it has been named Top Catalog Distributor for 2013 by Philips Lumileds, an industry leader in LED lighting, with a comprehensive portfolio of high-power, mid-power, array, and color LEDs.
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2014-04-25

Unity Opto Acquires New Factory to Expand LED Production

Unity Opto is optimistic about long term market development for LED lighting. The Taiwanese LED package manufacturer announced its plans to acquire a factory in the Wugu Industrial Park in Taiwan on April 24, 2014. The company will invest NT $1.23 billion (US $196.7 million) in acquiring the factory to expand its lighting production line. After expanding production capacity, it is estimated that monthly production will increase from 1 million units to 3 million units. 
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2014-04-23

Philips Faces Challenging Year in 2014 despite Growth in Lighting Business

The year started off challenging for Philips, with currency impact from China and Russia and voluntary suspension of their healthcare production facility in Cleveland which resulted in flat comparable sales growth and decline in EBITA. Hoever, Lighting continued to deliver a YoY operational margin improvement. 
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2014-04-10

Lite-On Sees Rise in March Revenue Performance

Lite-On Technology announced its March 2014 consolidated revenues. Rising demand for LED lighting boosted the company’s revenue for LED components and lighting products, which saw a growth of around 20 percent from February. 
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2014-04-10

GE and Walmart Team Up for LED Lighting Transform on a Global Scale

Walmart announced plans today to purchase energy-efficient LED ceiling lighting fixtures for new supercenters in the United States, stores in Asia and Latin America, and Asda locations in the United Kingdom. The new fixtures will use 40 percent less energy than lighting sources historically used in stores, and will help further the retailer’s goal to reduce the kilowatt hour (kWh) per square foot of energy required to power Walmart’s buildings globally 20 percent by 2020. This is Walmart’s largest purchase of GE LED lighting to date, and the most recent example of leadership from Walmart and GE to find and scale innovative, energy-efficient lighting solutions.
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2014-04-09

Epistar Revenue Hits Record High in March

Epistar raked in profits in 1Q14, benefitting from strong LED backlight and lighting order demands. The Taiwanese epitaxy manufacturer performed better than first quarter last year, with growth of 44.33 percent YoY. 
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2014-04-08

LED TV Shipments to Boost Everlight 2Q Revenue by Double Digits

Everlight’s LED TVs have been very successful lately, according to Infotimes. The company has received orders from new Japanese and Chinese TV clients this year and already began shipments in 1Q14. Mass production will officially start in 2Q14. 
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2014-04-07

LG Innotek Displays Full Range of LED Lighting Solutions in Frankfurt

LG Innotek, a leading global electronics components manufacturer, will showcase more than 100 LED products at the Light + Building 2014 trade show in Frankfurt, Germany from March 30 to April 4, 2014.
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2014-04-07

Philips and Aruba Collaborate in Island-wide LED Lighting Transformation

Royal Philips and Aruba signed a Memorandum of Innovation, a strategic partnership to help the island of Aruba meet its goal of running on 100 percent sustainable energy by 2020, enabled by Philips’ lighting and innovation expertise. In support of the Aruba government’s Smart Island Strategy for sustainability, Philips will help revamp the island’s entire public lighting system by completing an in-depth assessment and providing solutions for public buildings and outdoor lighting systems. It will also transform Aruba into a showcase of innovation in the region. 
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2014-04-01

Light+Building 2014: Energy is Best Unconsumed

The biennial Light+Building trade fair in Frankfurt is the largest global lighting exhibition. The six day long fair opened on March 30th and will run till April 4th, 2014.Similar to 2012, the lighting exhibition is categorized into different topics, which include outdoor lighting, lighting fixtures, modules, and innovative LED technology. 
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2014-03-31

Ledtech Raked in the Benefits from Lighting Business Performance in 2013

Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Ledtech recently released their fiscal 2013 financial report. The company benefited from strong growth in profit margin in both their Chinese white household product and lighting product business, which drove up revenue in 2013.
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2014-03-26

Toshiba Launches 1W and 0.6W White LEDs for LED Lighting

Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of two new series of white LEDs, the 3.5 x 3.5mm lens package 1W type “TL1L2 series,” and the 3.0 x 3.0mm flat package 0.6W type “TL3GB series”. Mass production of both will start from the end of March.
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2014-03-25

Lighting and Backlight Demands Propel Everlight 2013 Revenue Performance

Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Everlight has recently released the company’s fiscal year 2014 results. The company benefitted from lighting and backlighting demands in 2013 which drove up revenue. 
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2014-03-25

Martini Tech Starts to Offer GaN Deposition Service by MOCVD

Martini Tech has started to offer its customers a new GaN deposition service on sapphire substrates by MOCVD (metalorganic chemical vapour deposition) for LED (light emitting diode) applications.
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2014-03-13

Innovative Products in the Spotlight at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair – Spring Edition

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the sixth edition of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair – Spring Edition will run from 6-9 April 2014 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. With record-breaking participation, the fair will assemble more than 1,000 exhibitors from 13 countries and regions, who will display diverse and creative lighting products with trend-setting elements or innovative design, catering to both the consumer and the commercial markets.
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2014-03-10

HeadlightsQuick Launches New Automotive Lighting

HeadlightsQuick announced that it has successfully released two new lines of concept headlight styles, which includes Bi‑Xenon HID products and HID Projectors for use on show cars and for modifying various off‑road vehicles. The new TeXenon product line, which includes H1 and D2S projectors, features virtually universal application.
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2014-03-04

NTL Lemnis Launched LED Lighting Products for the Healthcare Sector

NTL Lemnis, the LED Lighting solutions company, launched a wide range of LED lighting products under the “Pharox” brand especially for Healthcare sector.  NTL Lemnis has created three special categories of products for the Sector, which has wide usage in the hospitals, nursing homes, laboratories and clinics – Ceiling Lights,Down lights and LED Tube lights
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2014-03-03

Direct-type Backlight Technology in Lighting leads to Price Drop in Modules

With the rapid increase in LED lighting demands, LED manufacturers are continuing to develop module products with lower cost and simpler designs. Manufacturers have taken advantage of past direct-type backlight designs that use package components with few LEDs and include secondary optic lens, which allows for a wider luminosity angle and reduces the need for light guide plates.
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2014-02-27

Polycarbonate Materials from Bayer MaterialScience Ideal for a Wide Range of LED Lighting Needs

One-size-fits-all, standard lighting is a thing of the past. Instead, lighting today is available in every shape and size, giving consumers more choices than ever before. In addition to styling, consumers are also looking for lighting options that are durable and energy efficient, while serving a specific function – such as offering targeted illumination or ambient lighting. Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s portfolio of polycarbonate plastics and sheet help manufacturers meet these consumer needs.
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2014-02-20

Volvo Trucks Introduces LED Lighting for North American Models

In-cab LED lighting is now standard across Volvo Trucks’ North American vehicle lineup. Optional LED headlamps, designed for better visibility and longer life, are now available for the Volvo VNL and VNX. Both the LED interior lighting and LED headlamps are available for order. The solid-state LED interior lights and headlamps consume one-eighth the energy required of standard incandescent lighting and are designed for a significantly longer life.
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2014-02-05

Renrgiz Technology launches“RENRGIZ Uniform” LED comfortable lighting series at TILS 2014

LED lightings represent a green light source which offers energy saving and long lifespan advantages. Nowadays, it has been popularized in our daily life. It has continuously replaced lighting devices such as incandescent lighting and fluorescent lighting. Either in household life or working environment, lighting fixtures are closely linked to you and us. Today’s LED lighting products can be problematic with blinding light, glare, high light loss and insufficient light source. Long-term usage can provoke uncomfort such as eyestrain. As modern man are conscious of environ...
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2014-01-31

LED Lighting Arrives to New Turning Point

The LED industry main logic is driven by general lighting. Compared to previous waves driven by LED backlight and commercial lighting, general lighting is a market with a real value of more than RMB 100 billion (US$ 16.81 billion). It is estimated by 2014 the global civilian lighting market will reach more than RMB 100 billion for the first time, and reach RMB 160 billion in 2015. Within the next two years, CAGR will reach 60 percent taking the LED industry to its new hot spot.
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2014-01-22

Unity Opto LED Lighting Revenue Proportion to Increase 30 Percent

Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Unity Opto began construction plans for a new factory in 2013 in order to strengthen their LED lighting strategy. The increase production lines for LED lighting modules are estimated to begin production before the end of 1Q14. The injections from the new production line are anticipated to increase the company’s revenue proportions from 23 percent in 2013 to 30-40 percent in 2014.
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2014-01-15

Refond Estimates LED Lighting Performance to Increase 20%-34%

Refond Optoelectronics released their performance report for 2013 on January 14th. The company estimates that market listed company shareholder net profit will reach between RMB 56 million and RMB 63 million (US $9.3 million and US $ 10.4 million), growth of 20-34 percent YoY. Net profit in 2012 was RMB 46.86 million.
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2014-01-15

NTL Lemnis Showcased “Pharox” Range of LED Lighting Products

NTL Lemnis, the LED lighting solutions company, showcased a wide range of products of its brand, “Pharox” at  ACETECH 2014, Ahmedabad.  ACETECH is one of the most important exhibitions for the construction industry.
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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