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UK County to Switch 16,000 Streetlights to LED by 2017

Nov 27, 2015

As several counties in the UK plan and execute LED streetlights conversion, Cumbria County, the county that is known for its natural beauty, also has LED switch plan for up to 16,000 high pressure and low pressure sodium lanterns within the ...

Tags: LED streetlights, High pressure sodium lights

New Legislative Measures and Regulative Initiatives of Electronics Industry in 2014

Jan 22, 2015

In terms of new legislative measures and regulative initiatives that impact – and will continue to impact – the electronics industry, 2014 has been an interesting year. While Conflict Minerals legislation and RoHS2 (Recast) ...

Tags: treatment facilities, monitoring, inspection stands, Electrical

There Are Many New Exemption Clauses Were Introduced

Apr 11, 2014

RoHS directive to exclude the contents of the original February 12, 2003 e Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) 1. Mercury in compact fluorescent ...

Tags: RoHS certification, certification, RoHS

Visible Lighting Has Less Lighting Waste and Responds to Weee Consultation Responses

Sep 4, 2013

It has been reported that the call was met with great relief from the lighting industry, with 256 responses received in total between April and June. The reaction was that the first option of maintaining the status quo was not sustainable, ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting

WEEE Consultation for Comprehensive Reform

Sep 2, 2013

Responses to the Government's Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) consultation show that there is widespread appetite for an overhaul of the existing regulation, to the relief of many within the lighting industry. The ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting

Absolute Encoders Deliver for Microassembly Cells

Aug 22, 2013

Absolute Encoders Deliver for Microassembly Cells Amicra Microtechnologies GmbH recently replaced incremental measuring systems with Resolute absolute optical encoders, achieving ±0.5μm accuracy and 1.66 Cpk process capability. ...

Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components

Recolight Has Been Dropped by The OFT Without a Formal Investigation

Aug 22, 2013

A complaint against Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) lamp compliance scheme Recolight has been dropped by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) without a formal investigation. Manchester-based lamp recycling firm Mercury ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, Recolight

Marl International Has Started a Bilateral Engineering Partnership

Aug 5, 2013

Marl International has started a bilateral engineering partnership with California-based LED lighting manufacturer Bivar Inc. under which the two companies will combine design resources and share IP to bring innovative LED lighting and ...

Tags: LED Lighting, LED, lights

WEEE Recycler SWEEEP Kuusaksoki Has Installed The 'world's First' Glass Furnace

May 16, 2013

‘World’s first’ leaded glass furnace operational in UK WEEE recycler SWEEEP Kuusaksoki has installed the ‘world’s first’ glass furnace capable of recovering pure glass and lead from leaded cathode ray ...

Tags: glass, glass industry

Light Recovery Rate Rise

Apr 17, 2013

New figures released by the Environment Agency this month demonstrate a year on year increase in lamp recycling rates. In 2012 the tonnage of waste lamps recycled by all Producer Compliance Schemes in the UK was 39.5 per cent of the tonnage ...

Tags: Lamp, Lighting

Implemented a System for Recovering The Rare Earth Minerals From Gas Discharge Lamps

Apr 16, 2013

Recolight, the WEEE compliance provider, has implemented a system for recovering the rare earth minerals from Gas Discharge Lamps (GDLs) and making them available to lamp producers. In recent years, shortages of rare earth materials, ...

Tags: LED chips, LED, Lighting

Recolight Has Implemented a System for Recovering The Rare Earth Minerals

Apr 12, 2013

The WEEE compliance provider Recolight has implemented a system for recovering the rare earth minerals from Gas Discharge Lamps (GDLs) and making them available to lamp producers. In recent years, shortages of rare earth materials, which ...

Tags: Recolight, Rare Earth Minerals

Lighting Industry Association Announces 2013 Regional Seminar Programme

Mar 12, 2013

The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) announces the schedule for its 2013 regional seminar programme. The seminars are being hosted in conjunction with sponsors Recolight and Lumicom, the lighting industry producer compliance schemes. ...

Tags: LIA, 2013 regional seminar programme, Lighting Industry

Bivar Inc and Marl International Formed an International Opto-Electronics Partnership

Jan 29, 2013

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 ...

Tags: LED lighting, Bivar, Marl International

Wake-up to Reach Continues to Be The Elephant in The Room

Jan 15, 2013

Manufacturer's organisation EFF is urging Britain’s manufacturers to get to grips with REACH, a European Directive banning certain chemicals, "or face the prospect of unlimited fines or prison", it said. Not to be confused with RoHS ...

Tags: EFF, chemicals, REACH

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