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.