Cree and Taiwanese LED firm Lextar Electronics have entered into a supply agreement for sapphire-based LED chips. As part of the agreement, Cree will invest approximately $83 million (50.1 million) to purchase 83 million Lextar shares. The ...
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics on August 27 announced that US-based Cree will invest US$83 million to acquire 13.32% of its stock through subscribing to 83 million new Lextar shares ...
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David Owen, regional sales director for Plessey (left), and John Macmichael, managing director of Solid State Supplies (right) Plessey has entered into a distribution agreement with Solid State Supplies to expand its European network. ...
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The company’s upholds a positive outlook, having made a production capacity breakthrough in June 2014, lowered costs in 3Q14 and optimized utilization rates and product portfolio. Optimistic about the emerging LED lighting market, ...
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Sapphire maker Tera Xtal Technology will expand its PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) monthly production capacity from 100,000 units currently to 200,000 units by the end of 2014 due to fast growing demand for LED lighting, according to a ...
DOE has revised its October 2013 report, Dimming LEDs with Phase-Cut Dimmers: The Specifier's Process for Maximizing Success, to include updated information about the installation of LED lighting and controls at the Burden Museum in Troy, ...
GRAFF announced that its Ametis Shower System has won the 2013-2014 Golden A’Design Award for Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design. The A’Design Award and Competition targets designers, innovators and companies, and aims ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a Snapshot Report on LED outdoor area lighting. Based on LED Lighting Facts® data through the second quarter of 2014, the report focuses on outdoor area/roadway ...
3M, the diversified technology company, has announced that DK Thermal will distribute its thermally conductive adhesive tapes in the UK. Thermally conductive adhesive transfer tapes are designed to transfer heat rapidly from electronic ...
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Philips Lighting has won the contract to install LED lighting throughout the properties of Unite Students, one of the UK’s largest managers and developers of student accommodation. The £21 million contract will see the ...
Which product ranges are selling well for manufacturers and why are specifiers buying them? Francis Pearce speaks with a selection of lighting manufacturers to get an idea of what's really going on in the lighting industry "Electric ...
In recent years, the optoelectronic component market has been dominated by a number of applications, namely LEDs, backlighting and the emergence of solid state lighting. In the optocoupler and photo-relay markets, the focus has been on the ...
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For second-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €46.2m, rebounding by 5% from €43.9m last quarter (which had been down 14% on the previous quarter) and up 2% on €45.3m ...
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Outdoor lighting systems are in the early stages of a transition from fluorescent, high-pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps to LEDs. As LED prices continue to fall, the case for replacing today's most prevalent lighting technologies in ...
The lighting concept for BVB FanWorld in the Signal Iduna Park was developed by Zumtobel The Zumtobel Group and Borussia Dortmund Football Club have signed a partnership agreement. The deal was announced by Zumtobel Group CEO Ulrich ...
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