This week has seen a steady increase in sales for John Lewis as the cooler weather starts to have a positive impact across all directorates. The start of the week was particularly strong, with sales softening slightly approaching the ...
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LGI Technology, the Los Angeles-based, commercial grade LED lighting manufacturer, proudly announces the launch of its new 100W LED Acrylic High Bay Fixture. The Acrylic High Bay is the latest addition to LGI’s LEDZilla Series. This ...
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Nanoco, a developer and manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, has signed a follow-on joint development agreement with Osram for the use of Nanoco quantum dots in general lighting. Nanoco has been working with ...
As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste and double energy productivity by 2030, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced solid-state lighting (SSL) research & development funding opportunity ...
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Modern Forms introduces Davos, a modern work of art and sleek LED design. Featuring an ultra-thin profile with automotive gloss finishes, this luminaire balances cutting edge style and substance. Davos is destined to become a recognizable ...
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Demand for LED lighting products for the fourth quarter will be weak as LED lighting vendors took deliveries in the second and third quarters for products to be launched in the fourth, and some will adjust inventories through the end of the ...
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At the Vision Congress in Paris (14-15 October), Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany showcased an LED for car headlights with luminance three times that of existing versions, so that a single LED can be used to provide a ...
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Nanoco Group plc of Manchester, UK, which produces cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials for applications including lighting, LCD displays, solar cells and bio-imaging, has signed a follow-on joint development agreement with ...
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Japanese scientists have developed an ultra-efficient flat light source that has the potential to be more efficient than the LED. In the Review of Scientific Instruments, scientists from Tohuko University in Japan describe the fabrication ...
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A team from Lighting’s parent company, The Top Right Group, has successfully scaled Kilimanjaro for the Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity. The team which included Lighting’s editor, Ben Cronin, reached ...
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The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 has been awarded to three scientists for their invention of blue LEDs. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura will share prize money of eight million kronor (0.7 million). In the early ...
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Nick Holonyak Jr created the first practical, visible spectrum LED Earlier this week, Lighting reported that the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics had been awarded for the invention of blue LEDs. While the three scientists responsible for the ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that, in third-quarter 2014 China’s Suzhou Nanojoin Photonics Co Ltd ordered multiple TurboDisc MaxBright M metal-organic chemical vapor ...
Luminus Devices Inc of Billerica, MA, USA has announced a five year limited warranty for the XNOVA family of chip-on-board (COB) arrays designed for both indoor and outdoor directional lighting applications. The warranty introduction ...
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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 a complete line of MR16 LED lamps powered by its third-generation ...
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