The HB-LED Market track of Strategies in Light opened today with a variety of talks that included a comprehensive market update; news from China, Korea and Europe; a company emerging from stealth mode; and detailed focus on phosphors, ...
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The worldwide LED market grew 9.8% to $12.5 billion in 2011, with 44% growth in the lighting sector, according to Strategies Unlimited, who revealed the top-ten LED suppliers for the year. However, the outlook remains roughly flat for the ...
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Pierre Yves Lesaicherre succeeds Michael Holt as CEO at LED-maker Philips Lumileds and reports to Philips Lighting CEO Frans van Houten. LED-manufacturer Philips Lumileds kicked the new year off by announcing that Pierre Yves Lesaicherre ...
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Barclays Capital forecasts 2012 as a "subdued year" for the light-emitting diode (LED) industry, plagued by overcapacity, average selling price (ASP) pressures, and only gradual growth in LED lighting demand. Metal organic chemical vapor ...
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High quality picture image and power efficiency are the major driving factors for LED display market whereas LED lighting market will be driven by general lighting segment in next 3 to 5 years due to the increasing awareness about high ...
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High quality picture image and power efficiency are the major driving factors for LED display market whereas LED lighting market will be driven by general lighting segment in next 3 to 5 years due to the increasing awareness about high ...
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Seoul Semiconductor has ended its LED patent dispute with Philips by signing a cross-licensing agreement. Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., the Korea-based LED manufacturer, has announced that is has settled its LED patent dispute with Royal ...
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Incandescent The flashlight on the left uses an incandescent bulb, while the one on the right uses LEDs to give white, red, blue, and infrared lightIncandescent flashlights use incandescent light bulbs which consists of a glass bulb and a ...
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LED lighting is becoming mainstream and luminaire-makers are jumping on the bandwagon with viable products now that the technology is more widely understood. In the early days few lighting firms could get their heads around ...
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Following the massive material shortage in 2010, sapphire material and finished wafer prices remained high through early 2011, according to Yole Developpement. The situation was aggravated as wafer and LED manufacturers preparing for a ...
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The US Department of Energy Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium has posted specification templates for LED street-lighting designed to help municipalities and utilities jumpstart their solid-state lighting programs. The US ...
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Braun Lighting Solutions and Future Lighting Solutions have joined forces to provide LED lighting to historic Schinkel street, located in the city of Leipzig. Braun Lighting Solutions of Berlin and Future Lighting Solutions have equipped ...
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Third-quarter 2011 financial results for Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands showed a 6 percent overall growth, led by 8 percent growth in its lighting division and 32 percent growth in LEDs, together with 7 percent growth in ...
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The lighting arm of the business grew 7 per cent,bolstered by 32 per cent growth in LED sales Philips has announced a cost reduction programme that will include 4,500 job losses.The company made the announcement after registering a fall ...
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The United States is spending tens of millions of federal economic stimulus dollars to replace streetlights and traffic lights nationwide with energy-efficient ones made mostly in Asia, a Tribune-Review investigation found. An ...
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