2012-07-04

Marl International Injects £150,000 in LED Lighting Investment

UK Company Marl International has announced to inject £150,000 to double its manufacturing output at its site in Ulverston, Cumbria for the LED lighting market. The announcement brings the investment made by Marl in its UK manufacturing facility to £270,000 altogether. The production line has been specially modified to handle PCB boards of up to 600mm long, which are commonly required to replace conventional lighting products. Marl is not only ramping up its output of LED lighting modules that act as a direct replacement for much less efficient lightin...
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2012-07-02

Epistar Invests US$ 166.7 Million to Become World’s Top LED Epitaxy Manufacturers

According to Epistar’s chairman B.J Lee, the company will invest NT$ 5 billion (US$ 166.7 Million) in expanding production, making it become one of the top two LED epitaxy manufacturers in the world, next only to Nichia. At the company’s recent shareholders meeting, Lee said although the company’s production lines are fully booked, 20~30% of orders have yet to be filled up. If the company fails to carry out the plant expansion project, other competitors in the market will have the opportunity to grow, and therefore it has decided to launch large expansio...
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2012-07-02

Kelington Group Targets at China's LED Market

Kelington Group Bhd (KGB), which dedicated in ultra-high purity gas and chemical infrastructure, has targeted to China's LED market. According to Group president and chief operating officer Ong Weng Leong, the company already had LED jobs in China but expected to capitalise further on the growth prospects there. Meanwhile the company had also done jobs for companies in Malaysia, but felt that the prospects were no where near as great as China. According to reports, Chinese lighting market reached US$12.2bil (RM39bil) in 2010, accounting for 15.4% of the ...
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2012-06-29

CHINASSL2012: The Development Path of LED in a Post-Crisis Era

“We find it difficult to conduct foreign trade business of LED lights because the customers have greatly beaten down the prices, for example, the price of spotlights (3W) has fallen from $5.80in the first quarter to $3.50. The profits of our enterprise have constantly declined, and the market competition is really suffering,” said a foreign trade manager of a small micro-LED enterprise in Shenzhen. From the realistic perspective, he thought that display screen business would be more profitable than lighting, and that a host of China’s LED enterprises were stu...
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2012-06-29

Brookshire Brothers 72 Stores Install GE’s LED Lighting

General Electric is supplying LED products to Texas-based grocery store chain Brookshire Brothers’ 72 stores, for a lighting efficiency upgrade. Once installation is complete, it should save the stores $235,000 annually. Re-lamping of linear fluorescent lighting fixtures is now complete at 69 Brookshire Brothers locations. The grocery chain has replaced 32-watt bulbs with GE’s more energy-efficient 28-watt T8 tubes in approximately 450 four-lamp fixtures in each of its 30,000 sq ft supermarkets. Ballasts have also been replaced with GE’s high-eff...
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2012-06-29

Urban Health Plan Installs American Made Independence LED Lighting for Energy Saving

Urban Health Plan (UHP) has purchased a comprehensive range of LED products totaling $350,000, from Wayne, PA based firm Independence LED for energy saving. This community health center began construction on a 54,000 square foot addition to its main site at 1065 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY, and it wanted to ensure that the building was energy efficient . "This LED initiative is in line with a key aspect of our Vision to 'focus on incorporating state of the art technology'. It also aligns well with one of our seven core Values 'Innovation'...
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2012-06-28

Epistar May Boost Factory Utilization and Lift Gross Margin this quarter

According to Epistar’s executive, the company expects a turnaround this quarter, thanks to strong demand for LED TVs and LED lighting would help boost factory utilization and lift gross margin significantly to more than 20 percent. That would end two straight quarterly losses for Epistar, after the company lost NT$515 million (US$17.19 million) in the first quarter and NT$620 million in the final quarter of 2012. Epistar said the prospects for next quarter have never looked better. The company’s chairman Lee Biing-jye told Unique Satellite TV af...
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2012-06-28

Lite-On Said to Instead of Lextar for Philips Supplier

Sources from industry executives have released that Lite-On Group takes the place of Lextar as Philips contract supplier of LED lighting. It’s a huge order that Lite-On has won from international big name company since it entered into alliance with Epistar and mainland Chinese lighting fixture makers. Under Philips contract, Lite-On will supply LED packages and modules, Epistar will provide chips and some mainland Chinese manufacturers will supply light fittings. According to Lite-On executives, the company’s revenue for the second quarter would su...
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2012-06-27

Panasonic Announces to Enter LED Market in Mainland China

According to Japanese media, Panasonic schedules to enter LED lighting market for residential application in mainland China, with the release of two ceiling lights and sixteen downlights, and plans to increase the number of product to sixty in 2012. In addition, the company will focus on selling high quality products and aim at middle class and rich class market. Therefore, the price will be more expensive than products made by mainland manufactures. What’s more, apart from manufacturing LED lightings in "Beijing factory" which currently is major in fluore...
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2012-06-27

Osram Opto Semiconductors Launches World’s Brightest Blue LED for Emergency Vehicle Lighting

With the Oslon Signal, Osram Opto Semiconductors provides a new LED that currently boasts the world’s brightest blue light. Made using a special thin-film chip technology, the Oslon Signal can be operated even at a high current while providing a sustained, powerful, bright blue light. This powerful blue light that lasts even throughout long journeys is crucial for the signal lights of the police and emergency services. Oslon Signal – the brightest blue LED on the market – provides powerful and visible signal lighting for police and emergency service...
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2012-06-27

LED Will Open a New Chapter in Auto Interior Design according to HELLA

According to HELLA, a supplier of automotive lighting and electronic systems, LED lighting technology will significantly change the look and feel of automotive interiors in years to come. Dr. Herbert Wambsganss, director of engineering, HELLA Interior Lighting Systems, thought that ambient LED lighting will open an entirely new chapter in automotive interior design."Drivers will see significant changes in automotive interior lighting within the next five years -- changes that will improve comfort levels and enhance brand awareness." HELLA predicts...
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2012-06-27

A Large LED Conversion will take place in Sharp’s Offices

Officials from Sharp have disclosed that the company plans to replace all 190,000 fluorescent lights in its offices and factories in Japan with LED lights to cut power consumption. The work will start later this month at Sharp's head office in Osaka and some other facilities. In addition, at offices and plants in the Kansai region, where the power supply is expected to be tight this summer, some 60,000 lights will be replaced with LEDs before the end of June. It will take several months for the electronics maker to complete the replacement work. And fully shifting ...
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2012-06-26

Taiwan and Mainland China Sign Three MOUs on LED Cooperation

Recently, Taiwan and mainland China have signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Taiwan over LED cooperation, for creating common LED brands to tap global markets. The three agreements address co-setting technical norm and standard for LED lighting, cooperation on LED technology development and demonstration projects of trial LED lights, and assessment and demonstration of LED lighting application projects in Shanxi Province and Harbin City. According to Wu Ling, the Secretary General of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, after sign...
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2012-06-26

Taiwan Photonics Festival Gains over US$1.5B Deals

Taiwan Photonics Festival has taken place on June 19-21 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall run by the quasi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). According to co-organizer Photonic Industry Technology & Development Association (PIDA), Taiwan Photonics Festival 2012, which was composed of co-located Opto Taiwan, LED Lighting Taiwan, Solar Taiwan and OptoComm Taiwan shows, over US$1.5 billion of deals had been secured at the four shows. PIDA pointed out that over 660 individual buyers fr...
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2012-06-26

Germany Trade & Invest Focuses on LED Market

Aiming at an expected double digit annual growth through 2018 for German LED lighting industry, Germany Trade & Invest has announced to center on LED technologies. Germany Trade & Invest experts, who will be at this year's LED/OLED Expo in South Korea from June 26 until June 29, have said that LED and OLED companies are well positioned for the next growth phase within the lighting industry. Jonathan Schoo, electronics and microtechnology expert at Germany Trade & Invest in Berlin, pointed out that, "The energy revolution in G...
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2012-06-25

LEDforum 2012 Guangzhou Highlights: The Demands for LED Lighting will keep Increasing

LEDforum 2012 Guangzhou organized by LEDinside and Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, as well as co-sponsored by CNLEDW.com ,has grandly opened at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Room #8 on June 11, 2012. This LEDforum has invited global LED market leaders from Osram, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Henkel (China), Lextar, Aixtron, Veeco Instruments, KLA-Tencor and Laytec to give wonderful presentations.   Dr. C.L. Liu from TrendForce Corp. gave an opening speech Louis...
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2012-06-25

UNEP Reports Efficient Lighting would save US$110b a year Worldwide

According to a UN-led study published at the Rio+20 summit, efficient lighting would save US$110 billion (RM330 billion) a year worldwide. Based on the figures coming from an assessment of 150 countries, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility, in conjunction with the International Energy Agency (IEA) have released the report. According to the report, yearly savings in phasing out incandescent bulbs and making other simple changes would amount to around five percent of global electricity consumption. It would reduce worldwide ou...
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2012-06-25

GE Lighting Makes LED Retrofits in Florianópolis and John Lewis

GE Lighting’s LEDs have recently brighten Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina, Brazil, for the City’s anniversary and John Lewis , a household name of department stores in the UK, for the retailer’s new build and refurbishment program. Florianópolis Celebrates the City’s Anniversary with New LED Public Lighting Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina, Brazil, inaugurated the first phase of its new LED lighting project in March along the bicycle lane on Beira-Mar Norte, the city’...
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2012-06-25

Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronics Supplies Integrated LED Contract Service

Shenzhen based LED Company Absen Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. in mainland China, has announced to supply integrated services by using its self-sufficient design and development capability integrated with its proprietary LED technologies to LED-lighting contract buyers. Founded in 2001, the company has injected capitalization of RMB63.16 million (US$10.02 million at US$1:RMB6.3) to make LED backlights and LED lighting products. In 2010, the company opened a business unit dedicated to LED lighting operation, including R&D, manufacturing, sales and ser...
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2012-06-21

Chinese BOE and IRICO Announce to Tap into LED Lighting Market

Recently, Chinese two major display manufacturers BOE and IRICO tap into LED lighting market. BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., a famous supplier of display products and solutions in China, has announced the release of new Organic EL lighting and LED lighting. The company has determined to enter into household lighting market with "Warm" and "Comfort", "Quiet", "Humanity" concept to untilize LED technology to create a comfortable space. In addition, IRICO, dedicated in LCD monitor, PDP and organic EL...
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2012-06-21

Philips Calls for Africa to Support New LED Solutions

A research by Philips has shown that Africa would save up to N1.63 trillion ($10 billion) in energy costs annually, more than 50 million tonnes of carbon and the equivalent output of 35 power stations, if the continent were to switch its existing lighting, currently run on diesel and fuel which gulps a lot of money to new LED solutions, even as these figures only include on-grid lighting where electricity is present. According to Nick Kelso, senior communications manager, LED solutions when combined with the latest innovations in battery and solar developments provide practic...
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2012-06-20

TÜV SÜD Joins DOE’s LED Lighting Facts Approved Labs

TÜV SÜD has joined LED Lighting Facts which is a voluntary pledge program sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), to assure that LED lighting products are represented accurately in the market. And LED Lighting Facts only accepts test reports from Testing Laboratory Partners on the Approved Testing Laboratories list, starting June 1, 2012. TÜV SÜD America, baked by the global TÜV SÜD organization, has been approved to supply manufacturers with the data they need to submit for the LED Lighting Facts...
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2012-06-20

Lextar Expects to Get Apple’s Certification on iOS-based Control of LED Lighting

According to Lextar Chairman David Su, Apple is to certify its Bluetooth LED lighting products for use with iOS devices in one to two months. And Lextar is expected to become the first provider of iOS-based control of LED lighting for Apple’s certification. Certification from Apple is necessary because iOS devices require special authentication for Bluetooth Serial Port Profile devices. Certification will allow Lextar's products to include "Made for iPhone" and "Made for iPad" logos.   Therefore, currently, Lextar is...
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2012-06-20

Osram Combines Three Design Elements into LED Lighting in Room

The new Silento, Calyx and Tresol LED luminaires embed energy-efficient LED technology in luminaires suited to flexible use. They provide ideal lighting solutions for any room. In the stairwell, living room or kitchen, the new luminaires from Osram combine design and functionality with modern light sources, creating light for a variety of needs. “We have developed an innovative lighting system with our new LED luminaires: the Silento, Calyx and Tresol product lines are made for flexible use in living and work spaces. In each one, we have packed the tremendous ad...
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2012-06-20

New Philips Light Bulbs Make LED Lighting More Affordable

Philips announces the release of two new additions to its Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting range, myVision and myAmbiance bulbs. These are designed to give consumers that want to make the switch to next generation LED lighting even more choice and at a lower price point.   The new myVision LED bulbs consume 6W or 9.5W of power and emit light output similar to standard 40W or 60W incandescent bulbs, respectively. The myAmbiance LED Bulb is dimmable with compatible dimmers and uses only 12W of power to generate more light than a standard 60W bulb. Desig...
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2012-06-19

Taiwan Yuan Chan Mao Launches LMK LED Lights

Taiwan Company Yuan Chan Mao Co., Ltd., which spins off the LED lighting sector from aluminum-product processing, has launched several unique LED lighting products under its own brand name LMK. The new product features impact resistance, static proof, lightening proof, no thermal module, and low turn-on temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius. According to the company’s general manager, C.M. Kao, LMK-branded lights have passed verifications by UL of America, and registered annual light degeneration rate of barely 3%. The lamps are dimmable, 80% more e...
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2012-06-19

SL Green Make LED Makeover on 16,000 NYC Lighting Units

SL Green Realty Corp. is under the process of replacing more than 16,000 antiquated lighting units with LED lighting in 21 of its New York City properties. According to the company, lighting comprises 30 percent of a building's typical energy use. LED lighting reduces energy use by more than 55 percent. As a result, it expects LEDs will save the company more than $630,000 in annual energy use. Date back to March 2012, SL Green installed 7,500 LED units within sixteen suburban division (Reckson) buildings, totaling more than 2.5 million square feet in its...
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2012-06-19

LED Lights Bright up University of Michigan-Flint

The University of Michigan-Flint has completed the installation of new LED lights. According to the company, 22 new lights have been installed at Parking Lot A (which is near the Recreation Center) and other adjacent areas. Thanks to the new lights, the university saves tens of thousands of dollars on their annual energy bill. Also, the efficient new lights are expected to cut down on maintenance costs. Additionally, the lights can cut back on light pollution because the light is directed downward. According to the university, the areas in front of the library and outs...
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2012-06-18

Large Manufacturers to Benefit Most from Chinese Subsidy Program for LED Lighting

Chinese central government is to release a subsidy program worth 2.2 billion yuan ($346 million) in early July to promote the use of energy-saving lamps and LED lighting, which experts said will speed up the industry's consolidation.  The subsidy for the lighting industry is part of a national subsidy plan involving 26.5 billion yuan in total for consumption of household electrical appliances, aimed at expanding domestic demand and boosting energy conservation. The plan was disclosed by the State Council on May 16. Wang Hong, director of the Engineering Research ...
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2012-06-18

LED Street Lighting Saves 85% Energy

An independent two-and-a-half-year global pilot of LED lamps in 15 trials across 12 cities including New York, London and Kolkata, has found that LED street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85%. The programme also indicates that citizens of pilot cities prefer LED lighting, citing social and environmental benefits. The findings of LightSavers are presented for the first time in a new report entitled, Lighting the Clean Revolution: The Rise of LED Street Lighting and What it Means for Cities. The report explores the global market status and...
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