Lextar Electronics Corp says that its official merger with Wellypower Optronics Co Ltd - both of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan and LED subsidiaries of Taiwan-based display panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) - is set to take place on 1 February. ...
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Lextar Electronics has announced that its official merger with Wellypower Optronics is set to take place on February 1, 2013. Upon the merger of the two LED subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar will have a capital value of NT$5 ...
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A non-dimmable, single-stage architecture seeks to minimize the bill of materials for LED A-lamps, thereby opening the market to greater SSL adoption. Power IC specialist iWatt has introduced a single-stage LED driver IC that is ...
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Cree continues its string of positive financial reports with a primary focus on the LED sector, while more-broadly focused Hubbell, Cirrus Logic, and Rambus all reported growth in the SSL sector. LED-manufacturer Cree reports 10% ...
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The third-generation silicon-carbide-based LEDs from Cree are behind recent efficacy improvements in luminaire products including the new CR High Efficacy troffer series that hits 130 lm/W. Cree Lighting recently announced additions to ...
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SSL manufacturers can utilize the Molex LED array holder to simplify the luminaire assembly process and allow for easy service. Molex has announced a new plastic LED array mounting scheme that includes a holder or retainer for ...
China-based LED firms Sanan Optoelectronics entered the Taiwan market in 2012, heating up competition and causing LED chip prices to fall. Some firms believe Sanan may become relatively slower in improving technology and others believe the ...
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California-based LED lighting manufacturer Bivar Inc and UK-based Marl International have formed an international opto-electronics partnership with manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia and a portfolio of approximately ...
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A group of lighting designers and manufacturers, researchers, and utilities have joined to ask the EPA to recognize that higher-CRI lamps can increase energy savings through broader usage even with a slightly reduced efficacy specification. ...
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Recently, the lighting sector has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to address light quality, specifically color rendering, in its new lamp specification, in a bid to ensure the long-term ...
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Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition INDOOR COMPETITION INTENT-TO-SUBMIT DEADLINE EXTENDED! The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially ...
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Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based makers. However, president Jacob Tam for TSMC Solid ...
LED lighting could become the most popular way of illuminating homes and businesses in just a few years' time as more people recognise the benefits it offers. Speaking to the New York Times, Home Depot merchant Brad Paulsen said he is ...
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According to Japan-based Toshiba Lightech, Japan's LED lighting market is expected to account for around 40% of the global LED lighting market from 2012-2013 with penetration rate expected to exceed the global penetration rate. In addition, ...
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Technology development firm Versatilis LLC of Shelburne, VT, USA has spun out VerLASE Technologies LLC, a new venture in lasers and solid-state lighting that aims to further develop and commercialize technology that it has been developing ...
Tags: Green laser, Lights, Lighting