Plessey announced today that it is to carry out a major expansion of the company’s LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England, after securing a GBP 30 million ($50 million) loan from Deutsche Bank AG to finance the expansion. ...
UK-based Plessey says that the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7m towards the expansion of its facility in Plymouth, UK for manufacturing its MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) gallium nitride on silicon LEDs. ...
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“It is only a matter of time before white LEDs using blue LED chips will disappear from the market,” said Shuji Nakamura at a forum on GaN technology in July organized by Nikkei Asian Review. The comment from the inventor of ...
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UK-based Plessey has launched its range of LED filaments, manufactured with the firm's MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) gallium nitride on silicon LEDs. The filaments are designed for the surging filament bulb market, where these ...
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Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has shipped the 50th TurboDisc EPIK 700 gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor since the system's ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched what it says is the first full-visible-spectrum 4° AR111 LED lamp. ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the 2015 edition of the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) R&D Plan. A consolidation of DOE's SSL Multi-Year Program Plan and SSL Manufacturing R&D Roadmap of previous years, the new R&D Plan was ...
Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has launched the X-Cite 120LEDmini – a compact white light LED source for fluorescence imaging applications. Through direct coupling, ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced WaveMax Technology as a waveguide platform featuring a combination of control, uniformity and efficiency to deliver solid-state lighting in new form factors that ...
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Plessey Semiconductors of Plymouth, UK has expanded the European network for its GaN-on-silicon LED products by entering into a sales representative agreement with electronics distributor ROM Electronik Ltd (based near Istanbul) for ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has added to its full-visible-spectrum LED product portfolio by launching a PAR20 lamp with ...
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The American Coatings Association (ACA) presented its CoatingsTech Mattiello Memorial Lecture Award to Dr. Danny C. Rich, manager of Sun Chemical Corporation’s Color Research Laboratory. Rich delivered the Mattiello Memorial Lecture, ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has appointed Ann Reo as senior VP of product development. Reo has more than 20 years of ...
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Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has launched the OmniCure AC2 Series UV LED curing system. The compact addition to the AC Series of UV LED curing solutions supplies high ...
Tags: UV LED, Curing System, Inkjet Printing