This week Walmart has pushed LED manufacturers into hot water as it releases a US$ 9 LED bulb line, while German manufacturer Osram slashed 900 jobs in the U.S. as part of its restructure plan. Goldman Sachs on the other hand has remained ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Walmart
Just one day after Walmart announced working with GE to sell US$ 10 LED bulbs, the retailer has gotten even more aggressive in its push to make LED lights available to all. The retailer is launching a new line of in-house LED bulbs to be ...
Smaller light-emitting surfaces allow for better beam control in the Bridgelux V Series COB LEDs to enable solid-state lighting applications such as PAR and MR16 retrofit lamps and small-aperture downlights. Bridgelux has expanded its ...
Tags: Retrofit Lamps, LEDs
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers will add an estimated 69 and 125 MOCVD sets in total in 2013 and 2014, respectively, while Taiwan-based makers will add 212 in 2013 and 307 in 2014, according to matket watchers. Due to ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED Lighting, Epitaxial Wafer
Cree Inc has introduced the XLamp XQ-E LED family, which it says enables lighting manufacturers to significantly reduce the size and total cost of their LED luminaires without sacrificing light output, efficacy or reliability. The new LED ...
The small-footprint LED family offers a 110° beam and will serve in portable, directional, architectural, and vehicle applications with white and red, green, and blue LEDs available. Cree has announced another small-footprint LED in ...
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Cree Inc. introduces the new XLamp® XQ-E LED family enabling lighting manufacturers to significantly reduce the size and total cost of their LED luminaires without sacrificing light output, efficacy or reliability. The new game-changing ...
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The Federal Trade Commision won a federal court ruling against Lights of America, while Intematix announces new green aluminate phosphor patents, and Veeco buys Synos to support OLED manufacturing. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ...
The new Luxeon Q family is based on the company's flip-chip die announced back in February that, combined with new light extraction and conversion features, delivers high efficacy especially at high drive currents. Philips Lumileds has ...
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LED Lighting has exploded onto the Eco-home-improvement scene, while some are still reeling from sticker shock, eager homeowners looking to get in on the “Long Term” savings offered by LED technology, have been rewarded recently ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched what it claims are the industry's first high-density (HD) LED arrays, doubling the system intensity of spot lights compared to previous arrays. The firm ...
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Cree, Inc. announced the industry's first High-Density (HD) LED Arrays – a breakthrough technology that doubles the system intensity of spot lights compared to previous arrays. The new HD class of CXA Arrays provide unrivaled lumen ...
To welcome the LED lighting era, Taiwan LED chip manufacturer Formosa Epitaxy (ForEpi) Project Manager Li Renzhi stated that as the LED industry develops into an M shaped trend, highly priced but small volume products have occupied one end ...
The newest 9-mm chip-on-board LED array from Cree can enable the equivalent of a 39W ceramic metal-halide PAR30 lamp while consuming half the power, and extends the range of retrofit lamps enabled by the CXA1500 family. Cree has announced ...
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The company has stated that its latest Acrich2 modules are on par in efficacy with LED light engines designed for DC drive and the new modules provide LED patterns designed for specific applications such as ceiling lighting. Seoul ...
Tags: LED Light Engine, Semiconductor