1. Tunnel of lights Japan: Display dazzels with millions of solar powered LEDs
A Tunnel of lights in Japan dazzles visitors with millions of LED lights, according to a Nov. 10 report from The Inquisitor. There are seven million LED lights lining the tunnel of lights on the island of Nagashima, Japan.
2. Cooper Lighting LED Products Honored in Architectural Products Innovation Awards
Cooper Lighting, is pleased to announce that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards (PIA) competition.
3. Samsung and Osram Gave up The Plan for LED JV
Samsung Electronics and Osram AG have scrapped earlier plan to set up a joint venture to develop LED technology.
4. Sharp Releases 80-Inch LED TV and Latest Refrigerators
Sharp have cooperated with Al Muftah Trading to release Qatar's first commercially available 80 inch AQUOS LED TV, and Sharp's latest Double French refrigerators.
5. Philips Builds Second High Power LED Production Facility at Malaysia
Philips chief executive officer, Frans van Houten, said the company was keen to expand its lighting and healthcare businesses in Malaysia and provide the best of its knowledge and capability to collaborate with the government and private institutions.
6. DOE awards SBIR grants to Applied Nanotech and Universal Display for LED research
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded small business innovation research grants to Applied Nanotech and Universal Display for research on thermal management for LEDs and research on high efficacy WOLEDs respectively.
7. Toshiba and Epistar Have Concluded a AlGaInP LED Patent License Agreement
Epistar has announced that Toshiba has granted a patent license regarding certain AlGaInP LED technologies and sold certain AlGaInP LED patents to Epistar.
8. Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs to Put Forward LED Bulbs Subsidy
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has put forward the LED bulbs subsidy scheme for household, and has sent to the government for approval. According to Minister of Economic Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang, the first subsidy will cover low-income house. It’s estimated that 200,000 households will benefit from the plan.
9. London borough to use iPads to control streetlights
Streetlights across a the borough of Westminster are to be fitted with remote monitoring CMS (Central Management System) technology, which can be controlled from an iPad. This will alert technicians to any problems as soon as they arise.
10. South Korea aggressively promotes LED commercialization policies
To promote the commercialization of LED lighting, South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry announced in 2006 a "15/30" plan, which means to achieve 30% LED lighting commercialization by 2015. The ministry later announced a "20/60" plan in hopes to achieve 60% commercialization by 2020 and a full ban on producing and selling incandescent lamps in 2014.
11. The Low-Power LED Products Will Become The Mainstream in LED Light Packaging Market in 2013
LED makers in up stream will keep producing low power LED package and launch on lighting market. It’s predicted that low power LED bulbs still have a 20% room for price cut in 2012, therefore, low power LED products is still the main specification in the competitive markets between LED bulb and LED tube.
