The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a comprehensive strategy to accelerate the development and market introduction of energy-efficient solid-state lighting for general illumination. The energy savings potential of this technology is significant, and the U.S. will benefit by focusing our resources and maintaining our global leadership in this technology. The latest report forecasts the energy savings potentiol due to LED technology. Read more »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report detailing the characteristics of the U.S. lighting market by technology and sector, which helps chart progress made toward the goal of transitioning to more efficient white-light source technologies. The 2010 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization provides comprehensive and detailed estimates of the national inventory of installed lamps as well as their performance characteristics, associated energy use, and lumen production. It focuses ... Read more »  

Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., a leading worldwide provider of compound semiconductor materials, have reached a major milestone in their strategic joint development program started in December 2010 by demonstrating four- and six-inch engineered gallium nitride (GaN) substrates and launching pilot production lines to enable wider market ... Read more »

To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries - gravity, penicillin, the New World - add this: Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered why a promising technique for making quantum dots and nanorods has so far been a disappointment. Better still, they've also discovered how to correct the problem. Read more »

Philips Lumileds introduced LUXEON K today, its illumination grade array that charts a new direction for downlights and retrofit bulbs so that solutions can come to market more quickly and at a price that drives market adoption. LUXEON K arrays provide thousands of lumens of light output and will be available in three different CCTs with a typical CRI of 85, and with five configurations of 4-24 emitters per array, in early Q2 of this year. Read more »

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announces a family of metal-core printed circuit boards (MCPCBs) with integral connectors that eliminate soldering during the assembly of LED fixtures. The poke-home connectors, which accept 18-24 AWG wires, offer quick, solderless assembly of fixtures and can eliminate the need for OEMs to use sub-contractors because the work can be taken in-house. Read more »

Philips Lumileds introduced LUXEON M today, an illumination grade LED designed specifically to simplify solution design, reduce costs, and provide the optic control and quality of light required by outdoor lighting applications as well as high-bay and low-bay lighting solutions. Read more »

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393] world's leading company in LED Lighting, announces a series of Low/Mid Power LEDs* especially suited for using in solid state lighting. New Low/Mid Power LED family has ability to provide customers a total solution for lighting applications. Read more »

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the availability of several new LED driver ICs in its SSL2108x family for compact, non-dimmable retrofit lamps, following the success of the SSL21081. With the addition of the SSL21082, SSL21083 and SSL21084, NXP now provides a single platform for lamp designers developing for 100V - 120V and 230V mains voltages, as well as all power ranges up to 25 W. Based on GreenChip™ technology, the SSL2108x family has been optimized for non-isolated topologies with ... Read more »

The new ACT801/802 LED driver ICs are based on Active-Semi's patented Active Direct Drive™ and patent-pending Active Valley Fill™ technologies. This solution dramatically reduces an LED bulb component count from over 50 devices down to 10 and eliminates the need for the electrolytic capacitor and magnetic components while eliminating conventional flicker and stroboscopic effects. With superior efficiency and power factor correction, the ACT801/802 are ideal for advanced energy saving ... Read more »

LEDiL announces the availability of 40 lenses qualified for use with Cree's new XLamp® XB-D LED, which boasts the industry's smallest lighting-class footprint of 2.45 mm x 2.45 mm. The wide-range of lens styles offered by LEDiL provides multiple design choices and beam patterns in the quest to drive higher performance and reduced system cost. Use of secondary optics characterized for a specific LED and engineered to provide usable light only where needed helps to reduce the number of LEDs ... Read more »

TE Connectivity announces a new addition to its solderless LED socket series -- the Type NL2 socket for quick termination of NICHIA COB-L LEDs. This new offering, which provides a reliable mechanical and electrical connection of an LED onto a heat sink, enhances TE's existing broad portfolio of solderless LED sockets. Read more »  

Instrument Systems launches new products for LED measurement and testing. The CAS 120 is a new series of the proven CCD Array Spectrometers, specifically developed for price-sensitive applications in spectral light measurement, such as LED production testing. The new own current source for LED testing is the LSM 350 4-quadrant source, developed to meet the requirements for production testing of LEDs and LED wafers. Read more »

Gamma Scientific, a pioneer in light measurement instrumentation since 1961, has developed a low-cost spectrometer to provide quick and accurate testing for LEDs. The RadOMA Lite is a high-performance, linear CCD array spectrometer designed to test LED intensity and total flux. Gamma Scientific will be showcasing the RadOMA Lite and their complete line of LED test and measurement solutions in booths 501 and 600 at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA from February 7-9, ... Read more »  

Avantes launches the world's first Miniature Spectrometer with an exchangeable slit. Available in April, this spectrometer makes you choose the right selection between throughput and resolution, every time you need to. Read more »

Zenaro Lighting introduces SOHO, a new recessed LED ceiling luminaire with a clean, modern design that makes it especially suitable for the discreet illumination of offices and prestigious premises. Read more »

Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, has expanded its LED indoor ambient lighting portfolio with the launch of the Proteon LED high bay from Lithonia Lighting. The Proteon luminaire can replace high intensity discharge (HID), fluorescent and induction high bay fixtures in manufacturing, warehousing, cold storage, commercial, retail and other large indoor spaces. Read more »

Barco, a global market leader in professional visualization solutions, is introducing a new generation of LEDs in its liquid-cooled LED video walls. This 3rd generation boosts brightness levels by no less than 33%, making Barco video wall cubes the brightest on the market today. Additionally, when operating at today's standard brightness levels, the new LEDs consume 33% less power, thus significantly reducing the video wall's ecological footprint. Read more »

Leading European designed LED manufacturer Pixled launches its new Pixled F-10i/o - the first of two new fully IP-65 rated indoor / outdoor LED displays - on Booth F41 in Hall 11 at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) exhibition in Amsterdam, January 31st - February 2nd. Read more »

By the first week of January, Aluwave introduced its own production of LED modules in its new facilities in Mölndal, Sweden. Today, the production is up and running and several deliveries have already been supplied to customers. Read more »   

LED professional Symposium & Exhibition 2012. "LED Lighting Technologies - Winning Approaches" in Austria on September 25 - 27 (LpS 2012). LpS (LED professional Symposium) aims to become Europe's foremost LED lighting technology meeting point for lighting experts in industry and research. The symposium covers LED/OLED lighting technologies for luminaries, lamps and modules focusing on new system approaches, new components and the most up to date design methodologies.  Read more...   

from Feb 20, 2012 09:00 AM to Feb 23, 2012 06:00 PM
LED CHINA 2012

LED CHINA has evolved into one of the most influential trade events for the industry. This is the only fair in China where every spectrum of the LED industry is showcased. With exhibits ranging from signage to lighting, display to applications, chips to packaging and equipment to components, the fair offers the most comprehensive one-stop LED sourcing platform. Read more »    

 

 

from Feb 29, 2012 10:00 AM to Mar 01, 2012 03:30 PM
The ARC Show 2012

The ARC Show, the only Architectural, Retail and Commercial Lighting event, will take place in February 2012 and is guaranteed to be the only event you will need to attend in the historic Olympic year. The show will return to the Business Design Centre with exhibitors specialising in LEDs / Fluorescent / CFL / Halogen / Low Voltage / HID / Sustainable / Daylighting /Decorative Solutions / and much more, but also with some exciting firsts under its belt... Read more »

 

from Jun 09, 2012 08:00 AM to Jun 12, 2012 04:00 PM
Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 

The biggest lighting fair in Asia!
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from Mar 20, 2012 08:00 AM to Mar 22, 2012 03:30 PM
Phosphor Global Summit 2012

Phosphor Global Summit will unite more than 100 leading phosphor industry experts from around the globe will gather to examine the latest advancements in phosphors technologies, with a primary focus on LED lighting applications. This is the only conference of its kind in North America that covers the full spectrum of the phosphors industry - including a strong focus on rare earths, and materials and lighting applications for LEDs. Read more »

 

 

from Mar 28, 2012 10:00 AM to Mar 30, 2012 05:00 PM
LEDTEC ASIA 2012

 

Singapore Int'l LED/OLED Technology Show (LEDTEC ASIA 2012) which dedicated entirely to the LED/OLED market unveils the world's cutting-edge technology & trends in Singapore - the GATEWAY of Asia. Read more »   

 

 

from Jun 13, 2012 08:00 AM to Jun 14, 2012 06:00 PM
euroLED 2012

The ninth annual euroLED event will be held on the 13-14 June 2012. With over 100 exhibitors and 1,550 delegates in 2011 and an increased demand for 2012 we are expanding the exhibition and conference by relocating to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, UK. Read more »  

 

 

from Jun 19, 2012 10:00 AM to Jun 21, 2012 05:00 PM
LED Lighting Taiwan 2012

Taiwan is the leading manufacturing base of global LED industry. Benefited by the strong demands of LED backlights for large size panels and lighting applications in 2010, the LED industry has recovered from the downfall and rises to a new peak. It is expected the Taiwan LED application market should exceed 600 million US dollars. Read more »