NexPhase Lighting, Inc.,the subsidiary from Onteco Corporation, is announced to clarify the significance of the UL compliance approval it received for it's 2x2 NexSense LED Troffer Series No. TRO75RWD from Intertek.   Jon Cooper, CEO of NexPhase, thought highly of the significance of the UL compliance approval. He believed that UL compliance approval was an essential safety requirement for LED Luminaries and without it they were unable to reputably sell LED lighting fixtures to customers. It was also an essential requirement to use the nu...

Longmont-based LED lighting company TerraLUX, Inc.has appointed lighting industry veteran Mark Verheyen as President and CEO, effective July 11, 2011. It’s said that started from his lighting career in sales and management roles at Osram, Verheyen has more than 20 years of sales and senior management experience in the lighting industry. Before joined TerraLUX, he most recently served as Senior Vice President of International Sales & Business Development at Universal Lighting Technologies, a division of Panasonic. Prior to that, Verheyen he...

Elemental LED has added aluminum channels aimed at satisfying demand for stylish LED strip light installation options. The aluminum channels can be available in cabinet installations, display cases and for architectural accent lighting. Alternatively, channels can be used in conjunction with LED strip light in nearly any situation requiring more durability or the style of a sturdy fixture. According to the company,pairing an aluminum channel with the appropriate strip light choice enables customers to build the perfect fixture for almost any project. The Aluminum Cha...

ESI, Inc.has released its most advanced LED wafer scribing system, the AccuScribe 2600 and shows it at the SEMICON(R) West exhibition in San Francisco. with patented, industry-leading technology, ESI's AccuScribe 2600 targets to cater to customer requirements for LED  manufacturing, including Patterned Sapphire Substrate (PSS), Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR), Metal Mirror (MM) and other advanced light extraction technologies....

Seattle City has benefited from tens of thousands more new LED lightings and saved the city $300,000 ,according to City Councilmember Bruce Harrell and City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco. City Light has started work on the second phase of installing LED streetlights throughout the residential neighborhoods in its service territory. The utility installed 6,000 lights last year between the Ship Canal and North 65th Street. Contractors will install 12,000 LED streetlights this year from North 65th Street to the north end of City Light’s service ...

Broad Portfolio Simplifies Supply Chain Complexity; Value-Added Solutions Achieve High-Efficiency System Performance With the increasing popularity of LED lighting applications, designers face challenges ranging from design complexity and the need for high system efficiency to limited PCB space and the management of multiple vendors to meet all of their design requirements. To address these challenges, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, offers a broad portfolio of LED lighting ...

LumiGrow, Inc.,the provider of LED lighting solutions for horticulture, has received an undisclosed sum in Series A financing from Clean Pacific Ventures, to accelerate the market expansion of energy-efficient LumiGrow® lighting solutions for commercial agriculture and horticultural research. Clean Pacific Ventures' General Partner and Chief Investment Officer Sean Schickedanz will join LumiGrow's Board of Directors. Generally, greenhouse growers supplement sunlight with high-intensity discharge  lighting to boost crop growth and extend grow...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is expanding its LED Outdoor VIEW application portfolio with the introduction of the Hydrel® M9800 Series, Hydrel® 8100 Series and Hydrel® 8200 Series to heighten architecture and landscape design. Hydrel M9800 Series are the first modular 400-watt in-grade lights.  These multi-purpose units are designed for flush mounting in soil or concrete, providing a new alternative to conventional lighting for large architectural and landscape ...

Creating a celebration of light, lighting designer Paul Cocksedge used 80 ETC Selador® Classic Ice™ LED fixtures in an exhibition space as part of the Salone del Mobile home furnishing exhibition in Milan, Italy. The project involved projecting light from the blue part of the color spectrum from concealed Selador fixtures onto an 82-foot-long, curved white wall extension of a lighting showroom in the heart of Milan’s design district. When visitors viewed the wall through a red light shade, a previously hidden video of a car appeared to the viewer. C...

Illumitex recently has developed Surexi LEDs to accelerate plant growth while promoting maximum plant size and vitality. According to Illumitex ,the Surexi is the only LED on the market that includes a custom light spectra in a single LED package, eliminating the colour separation issues inherent in other horticulture LED lighting. Utilising Illumitex’s patented square light pattern and precision beam control, Surexi LEDs produce unrivalled edge-to-edge light uniformity while ensuring all plants receive the same amount of light – leading to more unifo...

It’s reported that Precision Flow Technologies (PFT) ,the provider of outsource manufacturing, gas and chemical handling equipment, has been awarded $1.5 million from New York State Energy Research and Development (NYSERDA). This NYSERDA award will be used to help the company expand its capacity to manufacture solar thin-film and LED production equipment. NYSERDA has started to provide funding to help New York State companies develop or expand facilities to manufacture innovative renewable, clean energy or energy efficient products since 2...

BenQ has introduced its new L-Series LED TV to the Middle East with several new features. The new TV comes in a simple yet elegant design with its high-gloss, crystal black display. It is power-packed with a Reflection Defense Panel that reduces reflections caused by other light sources in the room and Senseye – a BenQ-exclusive lifelike digital image enhancement technology that delivers 28 independent color calibrations. The L-Series LED TV also provides 27.3% more contrast in comparison to other TVs. In particular,it has the Smart On/Off featu...

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a supplier of innovative laser-based manufacturing solutions for the microtechnology industry, will show off  its new and expanded suite of LED manufacturing systems and applications at Semicon West 2011 be held in San Francisco on July 12-14. According to Nick Konidaris, president and CEO of ESI, "ESI has long been recognized as a pioneer and innovator of breakthrough technologies for laser-based LED manufacturing processes. In working closely with our LED customers, ESI has developed revolutionary systems t...

Recently, Lighting Science Group, has celebrated a production milestone with the production of a total two million LED light bulbs. Management’s looking ahead with optimism, evidenced by a doubling of its workforce to 400 in 2010. In addition, the company also has developed a partnership with Dixon Technologies which grants the latter exclusive rights to distribute LSG’s products in India. Jim Haworth, LSG’s CEO,announced that “Our entry into China earlier in the year and now India is an indication of what’s to come for Lighting Sc...

Last Thursday ,City of Winfield Electric Utility installed 12 new street lights on the 900 and 1000 blocks of Main Street, as part of an ongoing endeavor to "go green," cut costs and save energy. This LED convertion represents a significant energy savings over Winfield's current, high-pressure sodium street lights by cutting energy usage by about 70 percent.  ...

Recently, City of LOS ANGELES has completed a five-year LED replacement of all traffic lights and pedestrian signals. According to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the LEDs are about 85 percent more efficient than traditional lights, and the conversion will save the city about $4 million annually. The city also is under the process of converting 140,000 of its about 210,000 street lights to LEDs, being financed by a $40 million loan by the Department of Water and Power. City officials expect that the new lights will save about $10 million a year after the compl...

Lunera® Lighting, Inc. has developed the third generation of its popular eight-foot long 6800 SERIES. In contrast to previous generations, the new suspended linear luminaire is 21 percent brighter, and is now available in three color temperatures of 3500K, 4000K and 5000K with a strong light output performance of 3,700 to 4,000 lumens for office, school, hospital, retail, and other commercial applications. Using a mere 85 watts of energy, the fully dimmable, blade-like fixture dramatically fills a space with bright, quality light. The 6800 SERIES can be join...

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, announced that it signed a 40-unit order for its Model K1 sapphire crystal grower with a customer in Taiwan.  This is Thermal Technology’s largest single order to date, and signifies the company’s credibility and growing presence in the sapphire crystal LED market.     "This new sales order signals continued industry confidence in Thermal Technology’s high-productivity tool for sapphire crystal growth,” says Matt ...

Veteran LED Manufacturing Leader Joins Company’s Strong Executive Team Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced that Chris Christiani, a well known LED manufacturing expert, has joined as vice president of Manufacturing and Operations. Christiani will oversee the company's manufacturing and supply chain functions, focusing on quality and operational efficiencies.   Christiani joins seven other LED ...

GE Lighting has set up its first full-fledged over 1,375 square meters distribution center in the Middle East in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, to serve as a strategic hub for its expansion in the UAE as well as strengthen exports to key markets in the Middle East and Africa. The warehouse will have over 2,000 products, bringing one of the largest showcases of GE Lighting products beside its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. All products will be shipped in from Hungary and the other manufacturing centers of the company around the world. The product range covers s...

Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) has made a milestone to overcome the short lifetime of 280nm UVLEDs with of over 10,000 hours on its UVTOP275 LEDs. The lifetime demonstration has been performed on a statistically valid group of LEDs from several batches which are representative of UVTOP275 products; the LEDs were packaged in TO-39 metal-glass packages with flat windows and emit at a wavelength of 280nm ±5nm at an average power of 0.8mW after burn-in. Lifetime analysis was performed to SETi standard procedure; driven with a current...

Reportedly, Digi-Key Corporation has teamed up with Cree, Molexand RECOM to offer an all-in-one, LED lighting solution based on the Cree XLamp platform. According to the company, the Digi-Key CXA2011 XLamp LED lighting kit combines the performance, ease-of-use, and reliability of the XLamp series of LED arrays into a simple, all-in-one solution that takes the mystery out of building LED light fixtures. Digi-Key encourages LED design by offering all the necessary components, including a heat sink, connectors, power supply, and LED array, in a ...

Lately, Four U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 teams have announced to rely on Lighting Science Group’s lighting solutions for their solar home prototypes competing in final testing and judgment this fall.   The four teams are Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Old Dominion University and Hampton University, and Middlebury College . According to the Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology team, "The nature...

Recently, some West Main Street residents in the Nebraska neighborhood will embrace a brighter future. The city's Board of Public Works was to consider carrying out a project of adding dozens of high-quality streetlights along the West Main Street corridor to improve light levels, energy efficiency and safety. According to Herb Berg, design coordinator with the city's streetlight engineering department, by replacing existing lights with 48 LED units, the city could benefit from a higher quality of light with only half the electricity required by older lights. ...

Xeleum Lighting, LLC is selected by Safe Haven Self Storage for its LED based lighting in a 70,000 square foot facility in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. The initial conversion from the existing fluorescent and incandescent system will begin during the third quarter of 2011 at its 70,000 square foot facility in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. According to Kristian Pariseau, Safe Haven Director of Operations, “Once we saw the energy audit and ROI analysis, the decision to proceed with the conversion was obvious. Our LED lighting investment is repaid in energy savings in less ...

Avago Technologies has introduced three series of high-brightness oval through-hole LEDs,including HLMP-Lx75, HLMP-Hx74/75 and HLMP-Ax74/75 to set a new performance standard for electronic signage applications. The LEDs’ matched RGB radiation pattern is designed to maintain consistent light and uniform color mixing from all viewing angles. This combination enables sharper viewing quality with lower power consumption for full-color signage such as billboards, stadium video screens, building video walls, as well as for simpler roadway and commercial signage...

ILEX Architectural Lighting, a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions for both the hospitality and commercial markets, is pleased to announce the official launch of its newly redesigned website. ILEX modified the design and functionality on ILEXLight.com to enhance the user experience and engage the visitor with a full offering of product details, specifications and recommended companion products / offerings.   "This enhanced website is one of a series of significant steps we have taken to improve the access and visibility of our industry...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced that second quarter 2011 financial results will be distributed after the market closes on Thursday, July 28, 2011. A conference call reviewing these results has been scheduled for 5:00pm ET that day at 1-888-389-5979 (toll free) or 1-719-457-2689 using passcode 4992731. The call will also be webcast live on the Veeco website at www.veeco.com. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 8:00pm ET that same evening through midnight on August 11, 2011 at 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820, using passcode4992731, or on the Vee...

Lumex and element14 announce a strategic partnership created to enhance LED and LCD product portfolios across Asia Pacific. The new partnership strengthens the global distribution agreement between two industry leaders. Lumex is a global leader in optoelectronics, offering the broadest range of high efficiency, high performance LEDs and LCDs in the industry.  element14 (formerly Farnell) is the industry’s first fusion of commerce and community supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals worldwide. The strategic partnership allows electronic d...

LED lighting company SavWatt USA, Inc., announced that it has completed the installation of its Eco-Pole 60 watt LED streetlight in front of the Department of Transportation building at 55 M Street, Washington, D.C.   According to the company, Opposites to be connected to the energy grid, the Eco-Pole powered by wind and sun energy, is completely self-energizing. It represents the first city streetlight that is green, utilizes zero electricity, and is built in America.  ...