On December 24, more than 30 Taiwanese LED manufacturers have formed LED Lighting Industry Alliance, aiming at facilitating information exchange among member firms and offering suggestions to the government regarding the industry. ...
China government updates LED subsidy announcement Siu Han,Taipei;Alex Wolfgram,DIGITIMES.China's Ministry of Science and Technology recently published development targets for the LED industry.The targets include nurturing 20-30 industry ...
According to a market research report published by Strategies Unlimited (SU), the high-brightness (HB) LED market, experienced a 93 percent growth rate between 2009 and 2010. In 2009, the global market for packaged HB LEDs was $5.6 billion. ...
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LAS VEGAS,NV,May 10,2012(MARKETWIRE via COMTEX)--Digital Lumens,developer of the industry's first Intelligent Lighting System,today announced that its latest 18,000-lumen intelligent fixture has been named a"Recognized Winner"in the Indoor ...
Bridgelux Inc.and Toshiba Corporation announced that Bridgelux and Toshiba have achieved the industry's top class 8"GaN on Silicon LED chip emitting 614mW,<3.1V@350mA with 1.1mm square chip,just months after they have engaged in a joint ...
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Indoor Lighting:PolyBrite LEDs light governor's mansion;Elektralite modernizes church lighting 04 Jun 2012 Illinois Executive Mansion gets an SSL update from PolyBrite International,while DMX-based LED fixtures now illuminate Detroit's ...
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Tower Bridge in London receives Olympic LED makeover 31 May In preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,London's Tower Bridge has been fitted with an LED lighting system from GE.Philips Ledalite announces TruGroove LED-based ...
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Germany increases focus on infrastructure,LED lighting 26 Jun Germany has invested in SSL in automobiles and street lights,and now broader investments are being encouraged to build a larger SSL manufacturing base.Hella research says LED ...
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The world's biggest lighting exhibition—17th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2012 was held in the China Import and Export Fair Complex,Guangzhou,China from 9 to 12 June,2012.This year,the organizer established an Asian LED ...
The distribution agreement between Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions has been restructured, so now Philips Lumileds LEDs can be sold through additional partners, and Future Lighting Solutions may distribute other suppliers' ...
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LED utilization rates are picking up again, with utilization in Taiwan now back up to 70 to 90 percent of capacity. Companies expect to be back to close to 100 percent in a month or two, driven by TV backlight demand, reports Yole ...
LED maker Philips Lumileds of San Jose,CA,USA and Future Lighting Solutions,a division of Future Electronics,have restructured their long-standing distribution agreement to allow both companies to create additional partnerships. "Our ...
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While growth in the LED industry came initially from small display applications and was furthered by LCD display applications, lower-than-expected adoption of LEDs in the TV market and the entry of several new players (mostly from Asia) in ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a CALiPER 2012 Year in Review report that summarizes recent testing results and provides an overview of multi-year trends. The report is available for download. Since its inception in 2006, ...
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Seoul Semiconductor claims 5x brightness with non-polar LEDs 10 Jul 2012 Seoul Semiconductor has announced that it will introduce LEDs based on non-polar technology,which it claims will deliver over 5x the lumens per unit area of ...