When GE sold its home appliance division in September 2014 for US $3.3 billion to Swedish company Electrolux, market rumors surfaced that the company might sell its lighting business too. The company denied intentions of selling its century ...
Tags: GELED, lighting, business strategy, market trends
China’s exports to 70 countries under its “One Belt, One Road” strategy was up 1.5% to US$ 372 billion from January to June 2015, according to China’s custom data. The country’s imports declined 18.8% to US$ ...
Tags: Vietnamese lighting products market, ASEAN lighting market
Prolight + Sound Shanghai, adhering to the reputation of twelve years of accumulation, Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea market leader, focused on high-end purchasing power; Russia, South American market has ...
Tags: Footprints
The National Electric Code (NEC) Section 600 requires for all Electronic Message Centers to be inspected and approved by nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories such as the Underwriters Laboratory (UL). What is the National Electric ...
Tags: LED Display, Outdoor Display, Chipshow
Despite technological leaps in modern electronics, the quality of lighting they provide still leaves much room for improvement. A collaborative team — led by Jian Li, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in ...
ReneSola, a leading provider of energy efficient products, is launching a new generation of eco-friendly LED Corn Lights for the US market, that significantly improves lighting efficiency and eliminates UV radiation. The new Corn Light ...
Tags: US market, ReneSola, LED Corn Light
Game action inside U.S. Bank Stadium is less than a year away, but installation of a high-tech lighting system that will benefit broadcast cameras and spectators has begun. Ephesus Lighting has developed a patented system of LED lights ...
GE announced recently the creation of Current, a startup that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers. The company, which is backed by GE’s balance sheet, brings ...
Tags: GE, Business Strategy, spin-off, Current
Japanese company Spread plans to construct a large fully automated vegetable factory capable of producing 30,000 heads of lettuce per day, according to a recent company statement. The Kyoto based company will start constructions on the ...
Tags: LED grow lights, Spread, vegetable factory
Ayla Networks, whose agile Internet of Things (IoT) platform provides comprehensive connectivity for any kind of product, announced that it has signed its first customer in Europe, Innr Lighting B.V. from the Netherlands. Innr is using the ...
Low market demands in the past few months has driven Taiwanese LED manufacturer Harvatek to explore innovative LED technologies including forming a partnership that includes teaming up with Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) to ...
Tags: Harvatek, LEDtextile, LEDattire, LEDthread, TTRI
LumaNEXT, a provider of lighting and energy management and a leader in 21st century smart lighting technology, is back from the first international Climate Leader Summit held in Los Angeles, CA, where they participated as invited attendees ...
Tags: LumaNEXTClimate, Leader Summit, U.S.Smart Cities Allicance Member
Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser with light output power of 4.5W (continuous wave). Even at 60oC (the maximum operating temperature for lasers in general), this is 1.5 times higher than the 3W ...
Tags: Panasonic, Blue-Violet Laser
X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, has announced the new Judge QC light booth designed to help both industrial companies and commercial printers better simulate and evaluate ...
PPG Industries today announced that it has completed a $27m expansion of its San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, coatings manufacturing facility. The company marked completion of the project, which adds 115 new jobs, with a grand-opening ...
Tags: PPG, automotive OEM coatings, paints