When GE sold its home appliance division in September 2014 for US $3.3 billion to Swedish company Electrolux, market rumors surfaced that the company might sell its lighting business too. The company denied intentions of selling its century ...
Tags: GELED, lighting, business strategy, market trends
As one of the best award of LED industry, “Annual Award of China LED Industry”, it’s goal is to form the most authoritative, fair and equitable selection of LED industries, comprehensively covering the LED technology, ...
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In December 2014, the Chinese government announced it would no longer be encouraging local governments to issue financial subsidies to LED manufacturers. The announcement which could have brought a sigh of relief to foreign competitors, had ...
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For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
Tags: LED Product, LED chips
For fiscal third-quarter 2015 (to 29 March), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $409.5m, down about 1% on $413.2m last quarter but up 1% on $405.3m a year ago (and on the higher end of the targeted range of $395-415m), as ...
British spirits maker Diageo expects Asia to drive sales growth of its products by 50%, inspite of the fluctuations in its Asia unit. Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes told BBC that the basics in the Asian region are still strong. For instance, the ...
Due to their compactness and low cost of ownership, UV LEDs continue to penetrate the booming UV curing business, through replacement of incumbent technologies such as mercury lamps, according to 'UV LED - Technology, Manufacturing and ...
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Mothercare plc, the largest UK specialist retailer in its segment, said it will raise some £100 million through a rights issue and which will be £95 million, net of expenses. The rights issue is a fully underwritten 9 for 10 ...
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LED Lighting Industry in Emerging Markets Analysis (Japan) Affected by the 311 earthquake, there has been a surge in demand for LED lamps in Japan. LED light bulb sales in Japan in December 2011 rocketed up by 63 percent compared to the ...
Tags: Emerging Markets, LED Lighting
Ushio Inc of Tokyo, Japan (which manufactures light sources including lamps, lasers and LEDs) says that its subsidiary Ushio Opto Semiconductors Inc (established in July) has agreed to acquire the LED, red, violet and part of the infrared ...
China's massive investments in LED manufacturing capacity are paying off, with a Chinese company entering the top 10 global ranking (by revenue) of packaged LED makers for the first time, according to the IHS LED Intelligence Service of ...
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China's massive investments in LED manufacturing capacity are paying off, with a China-based company entering the top ranks of the global market for the first time ever, according to IHS. China's MLS Electronics in 2013 rose to the number ...
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Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs) grown pseudomorphically (strained) on aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, has announced availability of its ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
At the LIGHTFAIR International (LFI2014) trade show in Las Vegas (3-5 June), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has introduced the M-series of LED modules for use in flat LED lighting applications, such as troffers and linear luminaires. The ...
Tags: Samsung LEDs, Flat Lighting