LED industry and hence better quality products

Many small LED lighting companies are suffering and may not see light at the end of the tunnel," said Wei Li, board secretary of Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic Co Ltd (002638.SZ), a leading Chinese LED street lighting manufacturer.

"There won't be so many enterprises five to 10 years from now," she told by phone from the firm's headquarters in the city of Dongguan in southern Guangdong province, an LED manufacturing centre.

Industry consolidation may temporarily disrupt the LED high bay light chain given 60 to 70 percent of China's capacity is built for exports, analysts say. But in the long run, the shakeout should lead to a healthier Chinese LED industry and hence better quality products.

Shares of the more than two dozen Chinese LED players listed in China and Hong Kong, some of which attracted private equity investment before their listings, have tumbled as their profits evaporated. Ledman Optoelectronic Co Ltd (300162.SZ) is down 48 percent from a March peak, and Shenzhen Unilumin Group Co Ltd 300232.SZ has lost 37 percent.

This event is all about ensuring a positive LED lighting user experience

Soraa will manage and run the testing using a custom-built testing panel comprised of an array of commonly used transformers and dimmers and Soraa’s 12VAC LED MR16 lamps. The panel can also accommodate participating companies’ transformers, dimmers, and 12VAC or 120VAC (E26 only) LED lamps or fixtures. Testing of components and fixtures at the PlugFest booth (Booth 746/748) will be available at no charge on a first come, first served basis on February 13th and 14th.

“Manufacturers benefit because Lighting PlugFest addresses compatibility—an obstacle to widespread LED lamp adoption; designers benefit because they can specify with confidence; and end users benefit because they will know that a particular product combination works,” said Eric Kim, CEO of Soraa. “This event is all about ensuring a positive LED lighting user experience.”

According to Ysewijn , Azzurro has spent about one year in preparation for volume production. LED makers can either procure Azzurro-made finished GaN-on-Si LED epitaxial wafers for LED chips, or procure Si-substrate wafers with GaN films for LED epitaxial wafers.

LED chips made from GaN-on-Si epitaxial wafers have a 5% lower luminous efficiency than LED chips made from sapphire wafers, however, the unit price of ERU0.20/(US$0.27) square cm for the former is lower than that of EUR0.30 for the latter, Ysewijn pointed out.

Marco photographers have been using that type of lighting for years

As we know, Google purchased Motorola Mobility and with that purchase came thousands of patents for mobile devices. A document posted online shown that there was one patent missing and Google has just applied for it. That patent was one for a multi-LED flash to be embedded on the back side of a smartphone, or tablet for that matter. The idea behind a multi-LED flash is so that a low light photo situation can have different levels of light and will create a better exposure for the photo.

Phones on the market today typically have one LED flash, or maybe a dual-LED flash, but nothing is available in the multi-LED sector. According to an online source, an image shows the LED flash would form a circle around the camera lens, while another image shows the LED flash above and below the camera lens, seemingly giving Google two options to develop the flash. Seeing the flash LED’s in a circle pattern is nothing new to photographers that have been using light rings for years to get better, more even exposure for images, but it is completely new in the smartphone game.

Marco photographers have been using that type of lighting for years and now that it might come to the smartphone market, it will open a whole new world when it comes to the quality of an image shot via a smartphone camera sensor. More light is almost always better than low light when it comes to images. Google is not saying whether they will reserve the patent for its own developing or if it will pass it along to the Motorola Mobility branch that they own. The patent could also be opened up for license fees to other companies, so Google has plenty of options.

Even though a company is granted the right to develop a new product, does not mean that they will be doing so anytime soon. It would be nice to see smartphones with some advancements in camera technology that does not only revolve around the megapixels the camera can produce. The new patent for Google could mean changes in the design for the Nexus brand smartphones and tablets, or it could mean a new look for some Droid handsets from Motorola. Motorola has a phone called the X phone that is one the list of to be released, but it is not clear if this technology will end up there or not.

LEDs but also includes daylight sensors to optimise the use of natural daylight

These LED products manufactured by Seesmart will be installed in retail stores, office complexes, warehouses and LED high bay light facilities within the first quarter of 2013. And Revolution Lighting Technologies expects to receive a second order totaling $5 million immediately thereafter.

According to Ken Ames, Director of Sales for Seesmart, “We are anticipating tremendous growth in 2013 as the millions of dollars of quotes in our pipeline begin to convert to sales. We have worked diligently in creating a solid network of 50 exclusive distributors and 300 representatives to educate the end-user about LED technology and its benefits.”

The company said that it has become the first supermarket in the world to install GE's new Lumination Linear Suspended lighting system, which not only takes advantage of highly efficient LEDs but also includes daylight sensors to optimise the use of natural daylight.

According to Sainsbury's, the new lighting will cut energy use by 59 per cent compared to conventional in-store lighting, delivering annual energy savings equivalent to that required to make 10 million cups of tea.The rollout is also expected to reduce maintenance costs and improve the shopping experience for customers by ensuring a uniform level of light across the store.

we expect their improved specification will generate significant demand

EKTA prides itself on being at the forefront of LED high bay light technology and we are continually developing ways of improving the visual experience. Our brand new screens have been designed in accordance with what our customers are demanding and incorporate the very latest technology. As well as offering limitless visual effects, the screens provide numerous environmental and operational cost benefits, so we expect their improved specification will generate significant demand.”

Further technological improvements in screen quality, brightness and resolution, as well as refinements made in their construction for increased durability, reliability and application flexibility are among the range of benefits delivered by EKTA’s innovative new screens.

Offering the ability to create an LED video wall of any size and shape as a fixed installation or mobile, whilst retaining super-sharp image quality, EKTA’s latest LED display screens and video control equipment provide the global audio-visual market with an elegant and high performance solution for all display requirements, indoor and outdoor.

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 success and widespread market adoption of LED lamps.

In addition to Soraa, the California Lighting Technology Center; Drs. Shuji Nakamura and Steven DenBaars; the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD); Northeast Utilities Companies (NSTAR); and lighting designer Chip Israel as well as a number of other prominent North American lighting designers all filed formal comments to the EPA on their ENERGY STAR program product specification for LED lamps in support of higher color rendering criteria.

LED Engin continues to gain traction in a wide range of LED markets

MHA Lighting Managing Director Tom Harrison said: “We are thrilled that Bournemouth Airport chose LED high bay light for their installation of external car park lighting.Lighting is well recognised with transforming airport car parks and has supplied 2,500 LED light fittings toManchesterAirport’s Terminal two and three car parks. They also have providedtransformed the lighting at Newcastle International Airport’s busy car parks with 370 Perimeter Lights.

a California-based solid-state lighting company specializing in high lumen density LED lighting components and optics, announced the successful completion of its Series E financing. As part of the Series E initial funding announced in April 2012, LED Engin was given the option of additional investment by lead investor GVT after achieving certain performance-related measures including revenue growth goals.  LED Engin successfully met all of the objectives increasing the overall funding in the round.  In parallel, LED Engin welcomes new investor CEC Capital Management ("CEC Capital") to close the Series E round with approximately $12 million raised.

LED Engin continues to gain traction in a wide range of LED markets, including high-end commercial and hospitality white lighting, entertainment lighting and industrial UV applications. The Series E funding allows LED Engin to expand operations in response to increasing market demand for its products. The financing will be used to further expand its innovative product portfolio, increase manufacturing capacity, and add resources to increase its worldwide sales and marketing network. Leveraging its unique and innovative packaging and optical technology, LED Engin is poised to take advantage of robust growth in the LED market.

"LED Engin continues to see strong demand in several high-growth LED markets and with key customers. We welcome CEC as we strengthen our connections in the Asia markets," said David Tahmassebi, President and CEO of LED Engin. "We are particularly pleased to have met the revenue growth targets and other performance measures set by GVT to earn additional funding in this round and to accelerate this growth through 2013 and beyond."

the solution specified will meet our expectation of exceptional lighting output

For the entrance signage, the Tetra miniMAXsignagesystemis a popular choice as it provides for miniature channel letter lighting for logo letters. It is also ideal for cove lighting, accent or border LED high bay light. The OptiLens maximizes the area of light coverage to produce outstanding uniformity. It also comes with easy mounting and an over-molded design which protects the components from moisture. Users have a choice of a full range of colors including white, warm white, red, blue and green.

With GE Lighting’s solution, D’Island Residence’s grounds will be well-illuminated while its entrance signage will enjoy great visibility. On an operating level, the estimated savings in terms of energy usage and maintenance costs amount to US$181,692 per annum. This translates to a payback period of about 5 years.From an environmental perspective, the energy savings is equivalent to eliminating approximately 507,000 lbs of carbon dioxide car emissions per year, or creating 62.8 acres of new trees.

Dato’ Lim Hock San, the Managing Director of LBS added:“D’Island Residence is a milestone project for our company and we place great importance on every detail to ensure that we offer the best living experience within a sustainable development. Quality illumination that is energy-efficient is a key consideration. We are pleased to partner with GE Lighting for this project and we have full confidence that the solution specified will meet our expectation of exceptional lighting output and reduced energy usage and environmental impact.”

NTL Lemnis, the JV Company between the lighting electronics major from India, NTL Electronics India Ltd. and the global frontrunner in the field of LED based sustainable lighting solutions, Lemnis Lighting of the Netherlands, Showcased the Pharox range of LED lighting solutions which are specially targeted towards Indian audience. The products are already available across Africa, Europe and India.

furnaces allow seamless upgrades without investment in entirely new furnaces

After qualifying sapphire substrates at multiple LED chip companies, Jiangsu Trinity Material Co., Ltd. continues to further improve the efficiency of ARC Energy's CHES furnaces. ARC Energy is currently working on the upgrades to lower costs and increase equipment productivity."

After our success in qualifying material at LED chipmakers, we are seeking further improvements in our efficiency," said Jamin Sheng, chief executive officer for Trinity Material. "Our partnership with ARC Energy will result in lower costs and increased equipment productivity."

CHES furnaces allow seamless upgrades without investment in entirely new furnaces. ARC Energy is currently working to further improve sapphire production costs by lowering consumable costs, reducing power consumption, and increasing equipment productivity. The company's CHES upgrades are targeted to further reduce costs in mid-2013. Trinity Material is poised to take advantage of these upgrades as they become available."

In this challenging LED market, it is important for us to keep innovating, including supplying the latest technology upgrades to our partners such as Trinity Materials," said Dr. Rick Schwerdtfeger, co-founder and chief technology officer for ARC Energy. "We look forward to offering additional productivity and cost of ownership enhancements to CHES products in 2013."

LED industry is faced with great opportunities and unprecedented challenges

The LED market has seen a growing market and policy support, with LED lights becoming trendy products globally, especially in developed regions such as Europe, the USA, Japan, South Korea and beyond. In China, the application of LED products picked up in the year 2008, including LED street lights, solar LEDs, LED full-color displays, consumer electronic LED lights and so on. During 2009 and 2010, China's LED industry had a prosperous development, with certain technological breakthroughs. Meanwhile, the development of LED lighting will drive the progress of LED driver power supplies and other LED related industries. According to relevant departments' predictions, China's LED driver power supply will reach over RMB7 million, and the market scale will expand to RMB1.75 billion.

Relevant data shows that the number of LED patent applications in China increased significantly in recent years. According to the "Analysis Report on Semiconductor Lighting Patent Risk" by the Development Research Center of the State Intellectual Property Office, patent applications for LEDs in China cover 22 countries and regions, with Japan, South Korea, the USA, Germany and the Netherlands ranking as the top five. From the view of SeekIC, a subsidiary of Hangzhou Weiku Information & Technology Company, China's LED development plays an indispensable role in the international LED market with thriving development potential, though the core LED technologies and patents are under the monopoly of other countries. Since there is a growing tendency of rational development in the domestic LED market, more and more foreign enterprises are turning to it. At present, China has become the world's biggest lighting appliances producer and the second largest lighting appliance exporter. By the end of 2011, there were over 3,000 LED enterprises, of which only 140 enterprises had an annual output value of tens of millions of yuan. In general, the development of the Chinese LED industry is faced with great opportunities and unprecedented challenges.

SeekIC is devoted to the promotion of the development of the LED industry. YXS TECHNOLOGY.,LIMITED is a electronics company with a large number of electronic components in stock for military level, industrial level, rare and civil use. With the promotion of the SeekIC platform, the company has been able to develop a series of LED products, such as CL-L230-C10L. XIN XING LONG (HK) CO., LIMITED is an electronic components company with a professional LED factory and thousands of related products. Actually, there are many more partnership LED manufacturers with SeekIC. SeekIC has been committed to helping these enterprises adapt to the development of various electronics industries, not limited to the IC industry. With the aid of its functions and influence, SeekIC is effective in helping customers with an in-depth understanding of the global market and in guiding domestic suppliers into the development of new products and technology in order to have a characterized product brand. It also provides one-on-one service to help customers establish effective, targeted social marketing networks.

He also disclosed that the company has released a number of indoor lighting applications

Recently, at an international building-materials trade show held in Taipei, the company promoted its iF-awarded and Red Dot-awarded LED residential lighting products as well as LED intelligent lighting control system.

In Po’s opinion, the intelligent control system is one of the crucial developments in the LED lighting industry, providing residences, marketplaces and commercial sites with energy-saving and light-color changing merits, not to mention quality lighting environment.

He also disclosed that the company has released a number of indoor lighting applications and solutions in hope of building a quality living environment for Taiwan’s residents in cooperation with homebuilders, architects, and indoor-decoration designers.

According to Philips Taiwan executives, in light of increasing popularity of LED bulbs among consumers , the company has begun briskly promoting 6W, 9W and 12W bulbs, with 9W lamp declining to NT$369  in end-user price. Its 12W bulb has won U.S. Energy Star label and iF Design Award, maxing out at 825 lumens. Its 6.5W bulb is a replacement for 50W halogen lamp, popular among residential-decoration designers and showcase providers.

Our outlook reflects the soft market conditions and very tight lending environment in the solar and LED industries that we serve, as well as the overall challenging macroeconomic environment. We have taken actions to size our business in accordance with the environment and expect to remain profitable in CY13,” said Tom Gutierrez, president and chief executive officer. “While current market conditions are unlikely to improve over the next twelve months, we remain confident about our long term future and we expect to exit this downturn as a stronger more diversified company with market leading positions in several growth industries.

LEDs to deliver a better lighting system for lower cost

The South Korea Plant have been growing rapidly in recent years as development advances of OLED products for uses such as displays and lighting. In 2011,  Idemitsu Kosan established Idemitsu Electronic Materials Korea Co., Ltd. in South Korea to enhance its structure for supplying OLED materials, by increasing its production capacity and increasing the number of production base. In March 2012 Idemitsu started construction of the plant in the Dangdong Industrial Complex in Paju-city, Gyeonggi-do. The factory buildings were completed at the end of September 2012, and production of OLED materials will begin soon.

Built on Cree’s revolutionary SC3 Technology? next-generation LED platform, the new XM-L2 LEDs double the lumens-per-dollar and deliver 20 percent more lumens-per-watt over the original XM-L LED – enabling lighting manufacturers to use fewer LEDs to deliver a better lighting system for lower cost.

The new XM-L2 LEDs are designed for very-high-lumen applications such as indoor, high-bay and outdoor lighting. The high-performance XM-L2 LEDs are compatible with existing XM-L LED designs and leverage the 5 mm x 5 mm XM footprint – allowing customers to easily incorporate the XM-L2 LEDs into existing XM LED designs to shorten the fixture design cycle and improve time-to-market.

“We’re excited that Cree has improved the performance of the XM package with the XLamp XM-L2 LED,” said Jeff Rogers, vice president of sales and marketing, Musco Sports Lighting. “XM-L2 allows us to boost the performance of our existing XM-L designs without changing optics or drivers.”

the objective of further expanding this position

The business year 2011/12 closed in June with the best result since the company was founded. Combined sales with subsidiary company Optronik Berlin rose by 27% to 30.3 million euros – following on from 23.9 million euros in the business year 2010/11. The company achieved improvement in the area of display metrology. A number of major orders from leading brand manufacturers for consumer electronics had been drivers for this growth.

Toshihiko Karasaki, President of Konica Minolta Optics, sees the acquisition of the company with a high global reputation as aligning with the Group’s strategy: “Our goal is to have a leading global position in all our corporate divisions and to integrate international talent within our group. Instrument Systems is the best company in LED lighting measurement to consistently implement this strategy. Together, we now cover all segments of display and light-source measurement and we are positioned as number one in this area.” Konica Minolta Optics and Instrument Systems will cooperate closely on product development in future with the objective of further expanding this position.

PIDA project manager Murphy Lin says that the results of the survey suggest that the island’s optoelectronics manufacturers are becoming guarded about the direction in which their industry is going. “This survey reflects the rather low confidence of the industry in Taiwan,” Lin comments. “It’s not good news, but there are still promising developments in each sector.”

For the LED sector, streetlights offer a good market. The state-run Taiwan Power Corp. recently cancelled a subsidy it had given to city agencies to help pay electrical bills for streetlights, after the central government announced that another planned hike in electricity fees would be delayed because the previous hike had alleviated the losses suffered by the company due to a long-term price freeze. The cancellation is expected to accelerate the move by city agencies to install LED streetlights.

protection necessary to enable advanced lighting designs that provide reliable

As next-generation LED designs and applications grow ever more demanding, global lighting OEMs are seeking innovative new material solutions that can withstand the higher internal temperatures of new LEDs, as well as their increasingly harsh operating conditions,” said Kaz Maruyama, global industry director, Dow Corning Lighting Solutions. “The latest additions to Dow Corning’s broad portfolio of optical silicone encapsulants for LEDs deliver the performance and protection necessary to enable advanced lighting designs that provide reliable, high-quality illumination over the course of their expected lifetimes.

Higher lumens-per-watt means fewer LEDs and smaller heat-sinks in our customers’ products,” says Herb Schlegel, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Intematix. “While lowering costs, our ChromaLit Candle and Dome products also improve light quality and uniformity in applications like light bulbs, pendants and sconces.”

Since its establishment in 1996, Epistar has firmly believed that technology innovation is the foundation for being a leader in the industry, and that acquisition and strategic deployment of intellectual property rights, such as patents, is a key to success.

In Epistar’s extensive patent portfolio, ITO technology is one core technology that Epistar’s founders developed while they were at ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute). In the early stages of LED technology development, thin metal was adopted for current spreading, but had the drawback of hindering light extraction. Epistar’s founders realized ITO’s advantages of being transparent and conductive, and developed the implementation of ITO in LEDs to improve current spreading and light extraction. Furthermore, due to its low contact resistance, ITO can be a good ohmic contact layer, and its optical characteristics are suitable for optical field tuning. Epistar’s advancements in this innovative technology can be found in its patents that have been issued in countries around the world, including in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.

We offer a workshop area to educate consumers on the practical knowledge

During “LED Expo Thailand 2013”, there will be an innovation showcase which serves as a stage for business and sale negotiations of LED products. Seminars from Thai and foreign experts sharing their knowledge and experience are also scheduled. In addition, we offer a workshop area to educate consumers on the practical knowledge, understanding, and benefit of using LED high bay light.” Mr. Loy added.

Created in 2004 by the IEC Executive Committee (ExCo), the 1906 Award commemorates the IEC's year of foundation and honours IEC experts around the world whose work is fundamental to the IEC.

Experts, such as Bernard have specialist knowledge in a particular technical field. Each NC participating in a technical committee's work can appoint experts to take part in specific technical work through working groups, project teams or maintenance teams.

The Company is focused on increasing revenues by adding additional retail partners and achieving Energy Star certification to support commercialization efforts. With a major Canadian retailer agreement in place, CRS will focus on securing major US-based retailers. To best address the market for LED lights and increase unit sales, the Company will provide both premium and economy product lines. Efforts are underway to reduce product costs and the Company expects to outsource some manufacturing and development overseas to achieve this goal and maintain CRS's high quality standards.

Whose products and people create opportunities for energy savings

Today, new LED lighting technologies from GE Lighting are rearranging the way furniture stores are lit. From conveying to customers the correct color of cabinets to cutting utility bills by tens of thousands of dollars a year, bright, white, energy-efficient LED lamps have retailers of rugs and recliners kicking back to enjoy a full house of benefits.

Havertys Furniture (Atlanta) recently evaluated its lighting portfolio across its 122 Southeast-region locations, wanting a solution that would benefit more than just its bottom line. The technology, performance and aesthetics of LED high bay light inspired Havertys to use GE products to retrofit existing stores and for new construction going forward. The switch will save an average $22,300 per store per year or $2.2 million company-wide and is part of Havertys' even larger environmental initiative.

Thanks in part to technology and to the attention paid to energy efficiency, GE has become the LED lighting provider to many other retailers throughout the world. These customers recognize the advantage of working with partners to implement their environmental strategies, including GE, whose products and people create opportunities for energy savings.

They can be used in diverse applications, including architectural and room lighting, and retrofit solutions, meaning the replacement of conventional light bulbs. “Integrating our LEDs in the luminaire systems from Phoster Industries creates perfect lighting solutions that are particularly suited to illuminating boutiques, supermarkets and other stores,” says Ivo Ivanovski, Marketing Manager in General Lighting at Osram Opto Semiconductors.

The new computerized system will deliver superior light

The state-of-the-art dynamic LED high bay light system from PCK is unique to ESB and allows customized light capabilities from a palette of over 16 million colors in limitless combinations along with effects previously not possible such as ripples, cross-fades, sparkles, chasers, sweeps, strobes and bursts. In addition to greater control and management of the lighting, the new computerized system will deliver superior light and vibrancy levels in real-time, unlike the previous floodlights.

The Empire State Building’s lights are the international icon of the New York City skyline. We use our tower lights to partner with select charities, organizations, and events around the world,” said Anthony E. Malkin, President of Malkin Holdings which supervises the Empire State Building. “Philips Color Kinetics’ new LED lights were installed over the summer and have been set at the color and intensity of the incandescent lights they replaced. As of tonight, our lights’ full range and intensity will be brought to life, forever changing the New York skyline. We wanted to celebrate with and thank New York City and our global audience with a specially choreographed, custom light show.

 Soraa will sponsor the lighting industry's first PlugFest in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City (IESNYC) at their annual Control This! Event, to remove barriers to the rapid adoption of LED lighting.

IESNYC's Control This! 2012 is a daylong event expo and seminar series that will be held on December 5th at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, and will showcase state-of-the-art lighting control systems and energy management systems.

it produces a perfectly even glow

Additionally, Samsung and LG have been bitter rivals even before smartphones enveloped the consumer market. For several years, both companies have made OLED display technology a popular choice of major LED high bay light in smartphone screens because of its low power consumption and bright color intensity.

Lighting continues to evoke the imagination of architects and lighting designers with LED luminaires that inspire new commercial ceiling landscapes. The Lumination? LED Suspended Luminaire—a chic, ultra-thin fixture unlike anything seen before-aims to redefine office, retail and hospitality environments with captivating form and function.

The Lumination Suspended LED Luminaire opens the door to a world of decorative potential by delivering remarkable light output in a low-profile, provocative design. A clear, narrow band surrounds the edge of the fixture, making the light source appear to 'float' in the center of the luminaire. When illuminated, it produces a perfectly even glow. While off, it is nearly transparent.

The sales offices have been fitted with dynamic lighting based on latest LED technology

The Swedish company of Wennerstrm Ljuskontroll has for many years acted as Tridonic’s sales partner in Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States. The new Wennerstr?m offices in Stockholm are an impressive demonstration of the success of this partnership. The recently opened showroom and the sales offices have been fitted with dynamic lighting based on latest LED high bay light technology, light management components and lamp control gear from Tridonic.

GE LED Duna  is a decorative luminaire of truncated cone design using LED technology up to 88W with symmetrical and asymmetrical distribution.  It has a long-life and utilizes high brightness LEDs, both 5600k & 4100k is available. LED Duna is ideal in various applications such as parks, gardens, square lighting as well as residential and pedestrian walking lighting.

At Wennerstr?m they are aware that seeing light in action is a much more powerful communication tool than talking about light. The showroom therefore plays a key role for the company. Lighting designers, electricians, architects and property developers can see the latest products and be inspired for their own particular projects. Visitors are greeted not by a LED linear high bay light concept by a dynamic experience.  The intelligent backbone for the versatile switchable, dimmable and tunable lighting is the DALI-based light management system winDIM@net with power supplies, control gear and control panels from Tridonic.

The ground at a greater distance than they would on other types of projectors

For this project, what is a real benefit is that three FL35 projectors illuminate 12 million pixels, which enables the RSI XT4 Image Generator to produce a field of view of 200 by 45 degrees collimated display. The LED high bay light increased vertical FOV is in the lower half of the screen and is particularly useful for pilot training when practising circling approaches.”

The FL35 from projectiondesign uses no lamp or consumables and is designed to create the world’s most stunning image at a pixel precision of 2560 x 1600. With its 2nd generation LED illumination system the FL35 shows the amazing picture at double the resolution and at 50 % higher brightness than any other LED-illuminated projector with an unmatched 100,000 hours life-time of the LED light source.

The projectors utilise adjustable SRP? smear reduction processing. “The smearing is significantly reduced,thus enabling pilots to read signboards when they are turning on the ground at a greater distance than they would on other types of projectors,” explains Baker.

“Our ReaLED technology will provide benefits that support improved operation up-time and drastically reduced maintenance, LED linear high bay light operating costs, and technical resources,” says Maria Dahl Aagaard, Product Marketing Manager at projectiondesign.

Which cast shadow on the rapid progress made by Nichia in China

For instance, excluding the footholds in Beijing and Shanghai, to cope with rising demand in China, the firm planned to extend distributorships in Guangzhou, Southern China, as well as increase production capacities 20% there.

Influenced by anti-Japan sentiments due to the sovereignty of the Diaoyutai islet, many Chinese operators refuse to choose LED components from Japan, which compounds Nichia’s attempt to encroach on the long-established presence of Philips and Cree in China, all of which cast shadow on the rapid progress made by Nichia in China.

Recently, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave Xcel Energy approval to install 529 LED streetlights in the city as a two-year test. The company had told the city it would start installation in 2012.

Most Minnesota cities hire Xcel to handle their street lighting. The test will allow the company to gather information on how much they cost to install, how they perform and how long they last, factors that will help Xcel determine how much to charge cities that use them.

While also helping connect the building to nature

Alongside the release of the LAS 6.0 is an all new, free app for use with any wireless iOS or Android device.  The app allows seamless access to the customizable graphics user interface (GUI) and its Action Pad features, stored in the Butler XT2 in standalone mode.

Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, recently provided lighting solutions to the University of Kansas’ Studio 804 design team to illuminate Galileo’s Pavilion, a studentdesigned building on the campus of Johnson County Community College (JCCC). Products include Halo LED recessed downlights, Neo-Ray Straight and Narrow suspended luminaires, and Sure-Lites LED Edge-lit exit signs. These products were chosen to provide energy-efficient illumination and to help meet sustainable goals on the ever-expanding college campus.

Built to do more than simply house classrooms, Galileo’s Pavilion was designed to inspire students, faculty, and the general public both now and throughout the building’s future. The building, which features two ‘inspired’ classrooms as well as a student lounge, serves as a teaching tool for the college’s faculty to educate students about sustainable design by transforming the physical campus into a living learning laboratory. Many features, including the choice of materials and lighting, the assembly of the wall, and the design of the courtyard, illustrate the strong commitment JCCC has to sustainable design while also helping connect the building to nature and its surroundings.

"Cooper Lighting assisted us in acquiring energy efficient task specific lights for all our space types,” said Stephanie Stone, LEED AP BD+C, University of Kansas Studio 804 graduate. “Its Neo-Ray fixtures with emergency back-up options and modern exit signs allowed us to keep a clean modern aesthetic. The Halo LED downlights, which are featured throughout the space, allowed us to cut energy costs significantly to maintain our overall theme of sustainable, efficient design.”

with clients to expand LED lighting markets for both sides

The agreement with Cnlight is TSMC SSL’s first official customer collaboration and marks the company's first into the China lighting market. Going forward, the company will focus on building technically innovative LED products and processes as well as building firm partnership with clients to expand LED lighting markets for both sides.

Five design projects that received Architectural Lighting magazine’s Ninth Annual Light & Architecture Design Awards incorporated lighting solutions from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI). These awards recognize lighting design excellence in residential, interior, exterior, whole building and exhibit lighting applications. Projects featuring Acuity Brands® lighting solutions received recognition for outstanding and commendable achievement in the whole building and exterior lighting categories.

An independent panel of judges awarded prizes to the winning projects based on the complexity of the project program and the lighting solutions applied. This year’s panel of judges included renowned lighting professionals who are members of the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers.

MHA Lighting developed the TiLite luminaire for projects within the NHS to help trusts future proof their existing buildings against infection controls, whilst providing them with an energy efficient solution.

Key outcomes suggested that UV LEDs were not merely replacing LEDs

Over 120 delegates from the semi-conductor, UV chemistry formulation and system integration industries as well as end users attended the one-day event where 9 separate speakers struck a good subject balance among core technical state-of-the-art applications, how to integrate LEDs, and respective chemistry.

The top three rated presentations covered die technology and production as well as the economics and end markets for UV LED curing.  Presentations were complemented by two expert panel Q&A sessions, a sponsor exhibition including 15 table top displays, a luncheon and an evening cocktail reception.

Key outcomes suggested that UV LEDs were not merely replacing LEDs but opening new market opportunities for a technology that was ‘going from strength to strength’. 

the positive psychological impact of which is well documented

Reduced energy consumption is particularly important in areas of the hospital that, due to health and safety, must be lit for 24 hours a day, such as washrooms and car parks. Light Planet’s LED floodlights, which are fitted in the car park, operate at only 49W and offer a very high-quality light output and a life-span of approximately 7 years. Compared with the previous traditional 150W fixtures that need replacing every 2 years, this product alone facilitates a major reduction in energy and maintenance bills and has achieved a saving of around ￡17,000.

The benefits that LED technology offers in terms of hygiene and patient care are also important drivers for adoption in this sector. For example, the LED edge-lit ceiling panels installed at Royal Sussex County Hospital have a single flat surface that makes them much easier to clean than conventional four-tube fluorescent fittings. Furthermore, the clearer, whiter and more natural light output of LEDs offers a more comfortable environment for patients and staff alike and mimics daylight, the positive psychological impact of which is well documented.

With improved patient experience, up to 68% less power consumption and over 50,000 hours continual use, the financial and environmental benefits of an LED retrofit programme are clear. Barry Kearton, PFI Estates Manager, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust, certainly sees the advantages: “The LED retrofit has delivered not only the cost savings that we hoped to achieve but has also made a valuable contribution towards reducing our energy consumption in line with the Trust’s low-carbon ambitions.”

Marl International aims to help customers waste less light with a new Lighting Scheme Design service that provides specific recommendations on the best energy efficient LED lighting to use inside and outside buildings, car parks or industrial sites. The service is being launched at the LuxLive exhibition in Earls Court, London, from 6-7 November 2012 (Stand E02).

lighting applications in the entertainment

The combination of the these multi-color LED arrays together with the proprietary TRR technology from Wavien, provides low-cost, high-output solutions for spot lights, moving heads, and other lighting applications in the entertainment and projection markets.

Wavien's TRR technology recaptures light lost in standard optical system back to the output of the system, transforming it back into useable light. The normally wasted colored light from each LED is captured by the TRR reflector and reflected back to the same LED for recycling by its unique optical properties. As a result, each colored LED recycles the wasted light independently with increased brightness. Although brightness improvements are dependent on color, an output improvement, as high as 100%, can be achieved.

"Wavien continues to advance the LED light recycling technology and offers outstanding brightness by recovering and recycling high angle light from the LED that is normally wasted with traditional LED coupling systems," stated Dr. Kenneth Li, President and CEO of Wavien, Inc., who is also the inventor of the recycling technology. Dr. Li added: "This new TRR technology invention further improves brightness of many entertainment lighting systems currently using Luminus Color Mix LEDs and pico-projector systems using Ostar LEDs."

This performance improvement is provided by adding a simple TRR reflector with an aperture to standard multi-color LED packages. The diameter of the aperture, which determines the amount of recycling, and the total size of the reflector can be scaled to meet the user's needs.

The next step is to further reduce the dimensions

The run up and dimming behaviour of HID lamps has been significantly improved by implementing new electronic control processes and a special filling blend. The colour appearance here remains constant. Improved ignition characteristics also ensure that the new HID lamps can be switched as quickly as energy saving lamps for example. The housing dimensions are compact despite such modifications so that HID lamps can be flexibly integrated into differing applications with low effort, thus also becoming suitable for everyday use. The next step is to further reduce the dimensions.

All successful HID and LED test results will be transferred in the forthcoming SEEL project sequence from the laboratory into the demonstration phase to achieve even better adaptation to real operating conditions. These technologies in the near future may consequently lead to new products for general and automotive lighting.

Charles Lemaire, one of the original inventors noted on all four patents in this lawsuit has also been credited with patents for Lockheed Martin, Nuance Communications and other major companies.
  
LED Tech, whose place of business is Tyler Texas, has filed a formal complaint with the court in Delaware against Apple for patent infringement involving four of their patents that they describe as being "patents by assignment." The patents involved in the case include 6,095,661, 7,393,119, 6,808,287 and 6,488,390.

LED Street Lights with installations along a section of one of the busiest boulevards in Colombo

Nick Holonyak is a national treasure,” notes Gotti. “His curiosity and drive to explore and invent have inspired thousands of students and countless innovations. It’s breathtaking to consider the widespread and profound impact of ‘the magic one’ that Nick Holonyak brought to life 50 years ago.”

Viper Networks, Inc. has entered into a formal understanding after discussions with the Mayor of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and other top officials to initiate a sixty (60) day pilot program for testing Apollo Metro Solutions' LED Street Lights with installations along a section of one of the busiest boulevards in Colombo, the metropolis of Sri Lanka.

The primary purpose of the short-term project is to review operational functions and confirm installation procedures for the LED Street Light lamp and housing unit under varying light output scenarios. The installation aspect of the pilot project will also help determine the workforce needed for the city of Colombo to change out existing lamps with the new LED street lights.

Shortly after the successful completion of the pilot project, the Company anticipates LED street light order deliveries will be determined in quarterly or semi-annual stages based on the city's work personnel (installation) capabilities.

Cree brings an unprecedented level of expertise to all components of the LED lighting design

Nomura analyst Anne Lee said, “That’s China’s strategy. In this restructuring, they want their biggest companies to survive.”

Baoen Zhong, Deputy Secretary-General of Shenzhen LED Industry Federation, said: “China’s monetary policy is not enough support to give small and medium-sized enterprises. We will see more business failures.”

Cree continually pushes the limits on LED lighting innovation,” said Doug Knisely, director of building and petroleum construction, Sheetz, Inc. “The new warranty further validates our decision to use Cree LED lighting. Industry leading energy efficiency, lifetime performance and quality make Cree LED lighting a smart choice.”

Cree is a leading innovator of LED chips, components and lighting and has over 20 years of experience in commercial LED development. Through this experience, Cree brings an unprecedented level of expertise to all components of the LED lighting design and development process, enabling this level of warranty.

“With leading LED research and development, a strong financial balance sheet and some of the industry’s longest-running field LED lighting installations, the new 10-year limited warranty underscores Cree’s commitment to the long-term performance and reliability of our products,” said Ty Mitchell, executive vice president, lighting, Cree.  “Added to the energy savings LEDs offer over traditional technologies, this warranty is a win-win for everyone.”

market expertise are perfectly matched to the strengths of Orb Optronix

Her extensive private sector work in software, firmware, and computer hardware, including software design, quality assurance, and management of an elite software escalations team are a natural fit for the company.  She also brings a long history of advocacy and research in programs to develop commercial SSL lighting in the U.S. market.  This combination of technical knowledge and market expertise are perfectly matched to the strengths of Orb Optronix.

Ms. Steward is Lighting Certified (LC) through the National Council on the Qualifications of the Lighting Professions, holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Energy Economics and Policy from Portland State University.

“Our company is known across the lighting industry for its A-Team technical staff, and we are excited to add Heidi to the team,” said David Bajorins, Vice-President of Orb Optronix.  “Heidi’s high level of technical expertise, her work with the U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program, and experience overseeing the testing of thousands of commercial SSL products make her an ideal fit.  As Orb Optronix rolls out new value-added testing services and products, I have no doubt that Heidi will be an excellent resource for all our customers, both current and future.

the structure of carbon nanomaterials as it enables virtually all variations

Firefly LED Lighting is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and the bulbs are manufactured in the United States. “Firefly LEDs are designed for high-speed manufacture while most other LED products are hand-built in China,” said Barcik. “Firefly combined new ideas with ideas from the semiconductor, electronics, and automotive industries to create a process that will use automation to build these lamps efficiently, effectively, and rapidly in the U.S.A.”

The order was placed in the first quarter of 2012 and the system will be delivered in the third quarter of 2012. AIXTRON’s local support team will install and commission the deposition system at the Institute’s state-of-the-art cleanroom facility.

“We are looking forward to taking delivery of the new system, which will significantly enhance our ability to controlled synthesize carbon nanotubes with special conductivity and chirality of high-quality graphene films,” Prof. Cheng, Head of the Advanced Carbon Lab at IMR, comments. “AIXTRON’s BM system has a very good reputation due to its reliability, flexibility and processing capabilities. We are confident that it will enable us to produce high-quality carbon nanotubes and graphene with excellent structural characteristics and reproducibility. The BM system is easy to operate and maintain, and we know we can call on the expertise of the local AIXTRON team at any time for process and system support.”

AIXTRON's BM systems offer a turnkey solution for carbon nanotube and graphene production. The system can operate in both thermal CVD and plasma-enhanced CVD modes, which is extremely important for controlling the structure of carbon nanomaterials as it enables virtually all variations and morphologies of carbon nanotubes, and graphene to be produced.

replacement which again stops harmful bacteria from being distributed into the atmosphere

The Atherton-based lighting company fought off tough competition to win the Product Innovation category of the prestigious LED high bay light Awards 2012 for its TiLite retrofit luminaire.

MHA Lighting impressed the judges with its unique sealed unit design which stops dust, bacteria and dead insects from gathering around warm light fittings and spreading deadly superbugs.

The LED’s 60,000 hour life span (seven years at 24 hours a day, seven days a week) also eradicates the needs for routine maintenance and bulb replacement which again stops harmful bacteria from being distributed into the atmosphere.

The TiLite fitting has been previously met with strong support from shadow health minister Andy Burnham, and from hundreds of LED linear high bay light entries was the only lighting solution to be shortlisted in the awards.

The Retrofit Awards 2012 reward and celebrate design, engineering and construction excellence that prolongs the active life of buildings and infrastructure.

our customers another resource to help identify their needs and offer appropriate solutions

And Anthony’s appointment is pivotal in ensuring the awareness of the MHA Lighting brand and our award-winning technology continues to grow.

“We’re looking forward to the LED high bay light great successes that both Jim and Anthony will bring to our company and clients. Welcome on board!”

Jim said: “I am proud to be part of a rapidly expanding team of talented individuals, who are the bedrock of this pioneering business. I look forward to exceeding customers’ expectations as MHA continues to shape the future of lighting technology.”

MHA Lighting now employs more than 40 people at the company’s headquarters in Atherton, Greater Manchester. The company has also set up a permanent base in Brisbane, Australia, to help develop the market for their unique lighting technology Down Under.

Leading UK LED lighting manufacturer Low Energy Designs are pleased to announce the arrival of new Sales Consultant Caitlin Cundell, who will boost their existing team. With a high level of industry experience, she will work with a focus on companies in the South and East of the LED linear high bay light. CEO Alan Parker states, “Caitlin comes from a really strong professional sales background and will be a great addition to our growing business. Her appointment will offer our customers another resource to help identify their needs and offer appropriate solutions.”

LED technology is to truly flourish in the domestic sector

Agilis is packed full of features typically only found on larger LED linear high bay light systems but with the simplicity, convenience and economy of a compact system. The modular design provides versatility primed for research and development applications and makes switching between growth materials fast and simple. The vertical quartz tube reactors are available with one or three wafer succeptors for wafer sizes from 25-50mm. Water cooled reactor walls and base plate as well as separate injection for alkyls and hydrides deliver exceptional process control and stability.Induction heating enables epitaxial growth in high temperature models up to 1500°C with excellent temperature uniformity. An emissivity corrected pyrometer with feedback loop is used for precise control of the wafer temperature. Standard configuration for metal organic (MO) sources is provided with a capacity of up to five metal organic precursors.

Additionally, Agilis systems ship with the Agnitron’s IMPERIUM-MOCVDTM control software which is the premier MOCVD control system available in the world. IMPERIUM-MOCVDTM control software offers a number of features that enhance system and process monitoring and control. The unique, flexible Graphical Schematic Display interface allows system users to configure and safely control and operate systems with confidence and ease. A feature rich recipe management tool set makes viewing and editing complex recipes fast and accurate. Standard features of IMPERIUM-MOCVD provide unparalleled safety by means of safe state commanding in the event of lost system communication. The IMPERIUM family of software is highly customizable and capable of controlling various types of MOCVD and other semiconductor processing systems.

A recent report released by US consultancy, Consumer Reports, has revealed that of the 90% of Americans who have opted for energy efficient light bulbs, 75% are choosing CFLs over their LED counterparts, despite the latter’s superiority in efficiency, life span and light quality.

Examples of this kind of purchasing behaviour are particularly relevant to the UK lighting industry – and especially the LED high bay light- during the current period of overhaul. EU regulations have ushered the incandescent bulbs of the past offstage in a total phase out and it remains to be seen what consumers will turn to now the familiar is out of the picture. If LED technology is to truly flourish in the domestic sector, it is vital that the impending gap in knowledge and familiarity is addressed and that widespread awareness of the alternatives and their differences is fostered.

the LED die to be driven to higher current levels and in a denser configuration

We developed LARCH especially for typical applications in the LED high bay light industry and adapted it to the industry's requirements. But we could also imagine the system finding application in other processes in which ammonia and hydrogen are generated. Therefore we are looking to continuously develop the technology," concludes Davies.

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, will be demonstrating emitters and LED modules that enable the size of entertainment lighting products to be significantly reduced on Stand 2-S11 at the PLASA 2012 exhibition, 9-12th September, Earls Court, London, UK.

The company’s LuxiGen platform of white and multi-colour compact emitters generate the high luminous flux density demanded in entertainment lighting, particularly for spot beams, distance lighting effects and in dynamic lighting scenarios. Patented thermal management technology allows the LED die to be driven to higher current levels and in a denser configuration than industry standards, without adversely affecting operating life. LED emitters are up to 80% more efficient than traditional tungsten lighting and this combination of features in LED Engin products enables lighting fixture designers to at least halve the size of their products, and in some cases reduce the size by an order of magnitude. The other benefits provided by LED Engin’s emitters are very high lux-on-target, precise beam control and effective ‘in-source’ colour mixing within the primary lenses of the emitters. Beams can be tightly focused (Led linear high bay light) using Total Internal Reflection (TIR) secondary lenses that also minimize unwanted glare, and individual dies within each emitter can be driven with different current levels to provide accurate, flexible colour control. The compact emitters also enable zoom lenses to be used and these will be demonstrated for the first time at the show.

Laws mandating higher levels of performance work

Matt Prescott, who founded the Ban the Bulb campaign seven years ago, said: “I think the talk of widespread panic is massively overdone, and that the vast majority of the public have adjusted to using the next generation of lighting technologies with the absolute minimum of fuss and drama. Lightbulbs offer a useful and timely case study for how greater energy efficiency could be achieved in a wide variety of household appliances and even cars and houses. Laws mandating higher levels of performance work and work quickly.”

James Russill, technical development manager at the Energy Saving Trust, said the ban is making a “real difference” to national energy consumption: “Fitting just one energy-saving light bulb can save you on average ￡3 a year – and by swapping all the incandescent bulbs in your home for energy-saving alternatives, you could save around ￡30 a year from your energy bills, and 110kg of carbon dioxide.”

Katy Bryan, sustainability manager at Philips UK, said lighting consumes 19 per cent of electricity globally. “This poses a major challenge in a world facing resource scarcity and climate change. Energy-efficient lighting can help and legislation that raises the profile of energy-efficient technologies, such as LED, is naturally welcomed. However, more can be done to educate consumers on the choices available to them and to ensure they understand that there is no need to compromise, as energy efficiency does not have to mean poor design or performance.”

Currently, customers get caught in wireless lighting solution which is incompatible. To solve this problem, The Connected Lighting Alliance will be engaged in developing steady eco-friendly wireless lighting control system by building up a platform to communicate with people who are responsible for making standards and regulators, to make wireless lighting solutions be interoperable and easy to operate.

when powered by the blue light from the LED chip

Our novel chemical formulation lowers the concentration of oxygen impurities in the material structure, leading to improved reliability under high temperature and humidity conditions,”LED high bay light, Chief Technology Officer at Intematix. “This design increases light output efficiency and produces longer emission wavelengths when powered by the blue light from the LED chip.”

Red phosphor technology plays a fundamental role enabling high quality LED lighting with high CRI. Due to the high thermal stability of Nitride technology in particular, LEDs may operate at higher temperature, power and light output per unit, lowering the costs of lighting. Compared with other phosphors in the red emission region, LED designers can make LEDs with higher light output efficacy and with CRIs as high as 98 when combined with other phosphors offered by Intematix. Red phosphor also extends the color gamut performance of displays like flat-panel TVs.

Bangalore based M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), one of India’s most  prestigious educational facilities for engineering, has made a complete lighting retrofit to make it a more eco-friendly facility , using eco lighting company Carbon Reduction Technology since June 2011.

There were over eight thousand internal led high bay lighting units were fitted in all classrooms and corridors across the facility plus a range of external LED street lights around the Institute.

We are pleased to continue to support IPG in their capacity expansion

Repeat orders such as this from IPG attest to the leading performance of Veeco’s cluster-based systems for production applications, as well as the continuing, comprehensive support LED high bay light offers,” said Jim Northup, Vice President and General Manager of Veeco's MBE Operations. He added, “We are pleased to continue to support IPG in their capacity expansion.”

The GEN2000 Edge MBE System delivers exceptional wafer quality in high-capacity production applications. Its cluster tool design provides the industry’s most cost effective 7x6” epiwafer growth of devices such as pump lasers, vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). Its cluster tool architecture minimizes clean-room space and downtime attributed to maintenance, increased throughput; and allows for growth of different materials in connected modules.

On August 24, Chinese government has announced the recipients for financial subsidies in 2012 ~ 2013 annual semiconductor lighting products promotion project from 113 competitors through open-bid competition.

Five China-based companies including Kingsun, Lampearl Photoelectric, Yankon Lighting, Elec-Tech International and Shanghai Yaming Lighting won subsidization for both indoor LED lighting (downlights and PAR lamps) and outdoor LED lighting (street lamps and tunnel lamps).

Among few winning international vendors, Philips landed subsidies for PAR lamps and street lamps. And Delta Electronics was the only Taiwan-based company entering price-bidding competition, though it led high bay lighting eventually failed. Everlight has set up a joint venture in Shanghai with Shanghai Yaming and therefore is expected to land orders from Shanghai Yaming. Also, Epistar has partnered and is therefore likely to get orders from Yankon Lighting.

The opportunity in Fujian before moving into other provinces

According to Chien Yu-mei, deputy head of the alliance, the alliance has struck a deal to provide 14,000 lights for a 30-kilometer project to be installed in tunnels in Fujian Province by the end of 2012.

Chien said there are more than 3 million street and tunnel lights in Fujian, and she estimated that the public LED lighting market in the province would be worth nearly NT$100 billion (US$3.34 billion) over the next five years. The alliance intends to use the demonstration project to capitalize on the opportunity in Fujian before moving into other provinces.

Alliance head Alex Tong estimated that the global market for LED lighting will grow to 55 billion euros by 2020 and that China's potential in the sector could not be underestimated.

The site will help to control production efficiency

Philips will build a fully integrated LED Professional Lighting Solutions manufacturing site to optimize the allocation of resources including production, warehousing and logistics, etc.

The site will help to control production efficiency and quality, increase greatly the responsiveness to clients and shorten the delivery time.

It is noteworthy that Philips will focus on providing more customized products to meet unique requirements of different customers with great speed. It will also ensure that Philips can specifically work with Chinese customers to help upgrade their lighting in all segments and applications.

To this end, Philips will organize a professional service team to ensure everything is OK from designing upon a client's request to final product delivery. It is expected that the site will start production in 2013.

the creation of safe drinking water both for our troops and the general public

The program aims to develop a portable unit that can provide a small team of warfighters with a self-sustainable source of potable water from any fresh water source. And SETi's UV LED technology for water quality monitoring and disinfection is incorporated into the system.

Lately, stand-alone UV LED water disinfection efficacy has already been demonstrated at SETi through a program funded by the National Science Foundation. However, this demonstration was designed for commercial use and will not meet the needs of the warfighter.

Cascade Designs is an innovative company that embraces new technologies to build ground breaking new products both in the public and private sectors” says Joe McSwiney, President of CDI. “We truly believe that UV LEDs will become a compelling disinfection technology component in the creation of safe drinking water both for our troops and the general public.”

Lunera Lighting, Inc., the lighting solutions provider leading the transformation to advanced LED technology, announced the launch of their ECLIPSE SERIES by Mondoluz, a line of LED task lights to complement Lunera’s commercial interior general lighting product offering. The addition of these task lights to Lunera’s catalog creates a holistic product offering for a broad range of commercial lighting applications, including offices, classrooms, and hospitality suites, bringing the natural light and energy efficiency of Lunera’s LED technology to the desktop in high-productivity spaces.

Spectrum accomplished its three goals at the medical center

It is not just collaboration in logistics that connects Logwin and Optogan. Logwin is now also the lighting manufacturer’s customer. A section of the warehouse in Karlsfeld is currently being equipped with led high bay lighting from Optogan. “We are delighted with this decision,” says Markus Zeiler, General Manager at Optogan. “Logwin will benefit from energy savings and the lower maintenance effort involved.”

The lighting is dimmable so the intensity of the white light produced can be adjusted accordingly. Manufactured and installed by design specialist Octink, each individual ring is 2m in diameter and made from an aluminium extrusion selected for its lightness and ability to be moulded into different shapes.

Spectrum Health, one of Michigan’s largest not-for-profit health systems located in Grand Rapids, has an aggressive customer-centered sustainability program. When focusing on revamping their parking decks used by patients, visitors, and employees, they had three goals in mind: improve security, reduce maintenance costs and save energy. After retrofitting 1.25 million square feet of parking garage space and more than 3,500 parking spaces with 1,500 GE Evolve? LED Garage fixtures  , Spectrum accomplished its three goals at the medical center.

Lighting is a vital component when updating security measures in a parking facility. “Our patients and employees are our first priority,” said Tom Theoret, director of facilities for Spectrum Health. “It’s important that everyone feels welcome and secure while at our facilities. LED high bay light not only met this requirement but also reduced our energy consumption and reduced burdensome maintenance.”

approved for ETL for use throughout the country

Frank Harder, CEO of SWARCO Traffic Americas, pointed out that "We've gone from zero to one-hundred in six months opening our US headquarters, building a team, getting our FUTURLUX manufacturing in California off the ground and getting FUTURLUX approved for ETL for use throughout the country."

And Jim Helmer, Director of Strategy at SWARCO, has summarized two key reasons that municipalities and building owners are enthusiastic about ETL approved FUTURLUX, "First, with embedded communications technology and controls, the FUTURLUX solution delivers enhanced safety, monitor & control capabilities and environmental benefits. Second, FUTURLUX delivers 100 lumens per watt at the system level, resulting in energy reductions up to 80%."

More than just a LED street light, FUTURLUX was designed from the beginning to incorporate advanced controls and management capabilities allowing it to link to SWARCO's intelligent traffic management system or other control and guidance systems.

According to a paper written by scientists in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, they used a new instrument to study how clouds affect sky brightness in urban areas, and how the future of LED lighting might change the night time sky.

the project because of their superior performance in cold storage facilities

The general opinion in the industry is that SSL related challenges can be solved when all the participants work together and form a strong partnership.

Iowa Cold Storage is committed to providing their customers with convenient and reliable warehousing services, and is now focusing on reducing energy use, lowering energy costs and conserving environmental resources. SmartWatt Energy’s Chicago office staff performed a construction-grade energy audit of the facility, and then engineered an action plan to replace 328 metal halide lighting fixtures with energy-efficient LED lighting. SmartWatt Energy chose LED fixtures for the project because of their superior performance in cold storage facilities.

The new energy efficient lighting will reduce lighting-related energy consumption by 71%, and has led to the equivalent reduction of 577,889 pounds of Carbon Dioxide from the environment. According to EPA estimates, this project will have the same effect on the environment as planting 85 acres of trees or removing 55 vehicles from the road each year.

According to the company, its revenue rose to ￡3.82m from ￡2.54m for the same period in 2011. Gross profit also increased by 62 per cent to ￡1.51m, when compared to the revenue of the first half of last year, which saw a total of ￡0.93m being made.

Finisar is another prized customer with whom we will enjoy working with in the coming months

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at AIXTRON, adds, “It is always especially pleasing to announce a repeat order, as they are an acknowledgement of a customer’s long-term satisfaction with AIXTRON’s Planetary Reactor technology. The AIX 2800G4-TM reactor has a strong reputation within the industry for performance, ergonomics and efficiency, all features that effectively meet the challenges of opto device production. As a manufacturer of world class lasers and photodetectors for use in their broad product line of transceivers and transponders, Finisar is another prized customer with whom we will enjoy working with in the coming months.”

With more than two decades of experience, Finisar is a global technology leader in optical communications subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications.

In this case, Philips was very visible. The luminaires contain removable LED light engines to allow replacement and future upgrades. Philips Lumileds supplied the LEDs. Each halo supports 12 floodlights, containing 150W, 3000K CMH lamps.  The circumference of each halo has an array of 528 RGB LED nodes that convey various color schemes and animated patterns. The RGB LED system was manufactured by Philips Color Kinetics and supplied by UK-based distributor Architainment. In total there are 11,193 channels of individual control, using hard-wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi.

In contrast, the new LED lighting will not only save the company close to $1 M per year in energy and maintenance costs, it also will cut its lighting energy use by roughly 2.9 million kWh per year and reduce its CO2 emissions by approximately 2 million pounds annually.

Cirtek Electronics for helping us on our critical new products

Last July 6, CamSemi awarded Cirtek a plaque of appreciation for helping CamSemi in introducing its new products this year. Camsemi vice president Kim Tey, represented by Cedrin Lee, said the award was given due to “Cirtek’s willingness to go above and beyond, we salute Cirtek Electronics for helping us on our critical new products.”

The company’s chairman, J.C. Liu, pointed out that Zhaga standards are very important to LED light engines and the company’s products conform to Zhaga Book3 standard, which regulates light engine’s mechanism and light uniformity. In addition, the company much stresses Zhaga compliance of its products and hopes to offer lighting-fixture manufacturers optimal solutions and services with Zhaga-complaint engines.

UL Taiwan’s executives said that UL is Zhaga-assigned laboratory and helping Taiwan’s LED lighting industry upgrade competitiveness to international levels through its test and certification services.

Universal Display is expanding its business for OLED materials and the licensing of its patented OLED technologies through this acquisition. “This transaction will almost double Universal Display's patent portfolio,” noted Steven V. Abramson, president and CEO of Universal Display, who called the patent buy and the collaboration with Fujifilm a rare opportunity.