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| Element Labs wins $12.75 million in venture funding 28 Dec |
| Clean technology venture capital company Expansion Capital Partners backs leading creative LED lighting solutions company. |
| SDK to increase AlGaInP LED chip capacity 19 Dec |
| Showa Denko aims to produce 200 million AlGaInP LED chips per month by the end of 2008. |
| EcoLEDLighting gains BSI seal of approval for LED downlights 17 Dec |
| EcoLEDLighting says that testing by the British Standards Institute shows that its LED downlights are the first of their type to comply with Part L of the UK Building Regulations. |
| LED holiday lighting in Toronto: the Gateway to a Green Way 17 Dec |
| LEDs are the light source of choice for holiday lighting in Toronto, including a giant LED chandelier for Princes Gate. The city also exchanges new LED holiday lights for old incandescent strings, writes Brian Owen, our Canadian Columnist. |
| Philips demonstrates Future of Light in new Massachusetts HQ 17 Dec |
| A new headquarters building for the former Color Kinetics demonstrates green building principles and of course widespread use of LED lighting. |
| Osram transparent OLED offers high efficacy 17 Dec |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed a high-performance, transparent white OLED, that is transparent either when on or off. |
| Enfis wins $1 million contract, signs several agreements 17 Dec |
| Enfis has won a contract to supply LED arrays to a dental lighting company, and has also signed 3 distribution deals and commenced trials with two lighting manufacturers. |
| Lumecon, Relume to supply 1000 LED street lights to Ann Arbor 14 Dec |
| The City of Ann Arbor has placed an order for 1000 LED street lights that consume less than half the power and last five times longer than the lights they will replace. |
| Goldeneye reduces process steps with EpiChip LED 13 Dec |
| A process to produce a thin-film "epi-only" chip without the need to bond to a submount could result in a simplified and lower cost LED manufacturing process. |
| DRLs help LEDs move forward in vehicle applications 13 Dec |
| Daytime running lights are a strong growth market for LEDs in vehicles, according to a report from IMS. |
| JVR visualises Symphonica in Rosso with LED screens 13 Dec |
| JVR audiovisual provided a giant LED backdrop for a five-day music festival in the Netherlands. |
| Barco brings China's largest full-color LED screen to life 13 Dec |
| Barco has teamed with Beijing Hao Yun Investment Group to launch the largest full-color LED screen in China. |
| Martin LED panels adorn World Music Awards 13 Dec |
| Light weight, transparent Martin LC Series LED panels provided a dazzling showpiece at the annual awards show. |
| Cooper Industries acquires Clarity Lighting 12 Dec |
| More signs of consolidation within the lighting industry as Cooper, a major lighting manufacturer, buys in more LED expertise in the form of UK-based Clarity Lighting. |
| LEDdyamics and CeramTec win awards for LED products 12 Dec |
| Following Osram's success with the German Future Prize, two other companies have won awards for their LED-related products. |
| Daktronics updates Times Square LED display for Samsung 12 Dec |
| Daktronics Inc. has installed a new ProStar® full-color LED video display for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd on the front of the world-renowned New York Times Square Tower #2. |
| Holiday LED lights powered by off-grid sources 11 Dec |
| Emphasizing the green credentials of LED lighting for the holiday season, a number of schemes are using solar power and even hydrogen fuel cells. |
| LED chandelier bulbs make Royal impression at the Palace 11 Dec |
| In an effort to reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs, the Royal Household in Buckingham Palace, London, has installed an LED chandelier and other LED lighting effects. |
| Altair and Ilumisys visited by Michigan Governor 10 Dec |
| Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has visited Altair Engineering and its LED lighting subsidiary Ilumisys, and conducted a roundtable with alternative energy companies |
| Universal Display reveals transparent white OLEDs for lighting 10 Dec |
| Universal Display Corporation has announced advances in the development of transparent white OLED technology for lighting applications. Potential applications include OLED windows. |
| HB LED driver IC market to exceed $1.9 billion in 2011
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| The latest LED market report from Strategies Unlimited predicts strong growth in the driver IC market driven by general illumination, signs and displays, and automotive applications. |
| Osram LED researchers win German Future Prize 2007 07 Dec |
| The prestigious R&D prize has been awarded to the team that developed Osram's thin-film LED chip technology and applied it in the Ostar family of LEDs. |
| LED streetlighting: the Light at Night Falls Bright 07 Dec |
| Welland, Ontario has launched the first phase of its LED lighting scheme and has installed 47 luminaires from Relume, writes Brian Owen. |
| LED lights at the O2 controlled by Architen Landrell 06 Dec |
| Architen Landrell has supplied a complex system that controls multiple LED lighting fixtures and displays at the O2 complex. |
| Dolby and SIM2 exploit local dimming LED backlight technology 06 Dec |
| Dolby and SIM2 hope to build high-end LCD screens with greatly enhanced contrast, using the benefits of LEDs. |
| Optek partners with NRC Electronics for worldwide distribution 05 Dec |
| TT electronics Optek Technology has selected NRC Electronics as a global distributor of their complete product offering. |
| Seoul Semiconductor files ITC complaint against Nichia 05 Dec |
| Seoul Semiconductor is continuing its patent war with Nichia by filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission |
| Kingbright and Digi-Key announce global distribution deal 05 Dec |
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| Sharp unveils multi-chip LED lighting modules 04 Dec |
| A matrix of 30 LED chips acts as the light source is a series of modules with output of up to 280 lm, or CRI of 90. |
| Polymer Optics Ltd is not closing down 04 Dec |
| The UK-based optical components manufacturer is thriving, although a subsidiary of Fujifilm with a similar name has closed down. |
| Daktronics installs 500th LED digital billboard 03 Dec |
| Daktronics says that it is fueling the digital billboard revolution as it continues to supply LED displays to advertising firms. |
| LEDs in LCDs - Lighting Technology Conference 01 Dec |
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