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| PhotonStar LED to take control of Enfis
30 Nov |
| Two UK-based LED specialists have announced an agreement to merge into a new company named PhotonStar LED Group plc. |
| Optogan opens largest LED production plant in Eastern Europe 29 Nov |
| Optogan has found a prosperous environment in Russia for its ambitious expansion plans in LED lighting. |
| LED Industry News: Lowes, Sylvania, Panasonic, Neo-Neon, CRS 29 Nov |
| Lowes is to sell a 60W-replacement LED lamp from Osram Sylvania, Panasonic is opening a a facility in Serbia to make electronic ballasts and drivers, and Neo-Neon is cutting back on its plans to install more MOCVD systems. |
| Azzurro Semiconductors secures financing to accelerate expansion
25 Nov |
| The German company will use its new financing to build a facility in Dresden to make GaN-on-silicon epitaxial wafers. |
| EnergyAustralia requests Quotations for LED street-lighting trial 25 Nov |
| Energy services corporation EnergyAustralia is seeking quotations for a small number of LED luminaires in order to conduct a trial of LED street lights in New South Wales, Australia. |
| Chicago Field Museum accent lighting featured in DOE Gateway report 24 Nov |
| A study of LED track lights used to replace halogen accent lighting has indicated significant energy savings and an overall payback period of around 3 years. |
| Outdoor Lighting: New Yorks sets LED rates, Fargo gets post-top LEDs 22 Nov |
| Central Hudson Gas & Electric in the state of New York adds an LED-street-light tariff to its service classifications while Fargo, ND completes downtown, post-top-LED retrofits. |
| Carmanah deal to buy Lightech is off 22 Nov |
| Carmanah has pulled the plug on its deal to acquire LED driver maker Lightech, for reasons that remain unclear. |
| LED chip design and manufacturing news 19 Nov |
| Epistar, the SMASH project, Sumitomo Electric, National Tsing-Hua University and Verticle are included in this week's LED chip design and manufacturing news roundup. |
| LRC refutes complaints on Specifier Report, adds new data 18 Nov |
| LRC has addressed specific complaints about its recent NLPIP Specifier Report about LED street lights on collector roadways, and added a new section to the report that evaluates higher-powered LED luminaires. |
| LED street-lighting pilot program begins in Kolkata, India 18 Nov |
| Kolkata, the Climate Group and HSBC have launched an outdoor LED lighting project that will cut costs and emissions. |
| SEMI forms high-brightness LED standards committee 18 Nov |
| An industry association is planning to develop manufacturing standards that will help the LED industry reduce costs and accelerate market penetration. |
| Patent News: Intematix, Nichia, Cree, Luminus, Lemnis 17 Nov |
| Intematix and Tridonic have signed an agreement related to BOSE phosphors, both Nichia and Cree have filed lawsuits against rivals, Luminus has reached a patent milestone, and Lemnis has joined the Philips SSL licensing program. |
| LED Industry News: Philips, Everlight, LSGC, Nexxus, Gartner 17 Nov |
| A Philips LED lamp is on sale in The Home Depot, Everlight has unveiled its new corporate design, Lighting Science Group and Nexxus have reported their latest financial results, and Gartner has commented on the LED market. |
| QD Vision and Solvay pursue printable quantum dots 16 Nov |
| A printable electroluminescent platform based on quantum dot technology from QD Vision could enable new general-illumination and pixelated-display products. |
| LEDs light inside and outside of Asian Games venue 16 Nov |
| LEDs take center stage literally at the Asian Games as Seoul Semiconductor products provide stage lighting and Osram provides external venue architectural lighting. |
| Cooper addresses advantages and challenges in outdoor SSL 15 Nov |
| A recent conference presentation examined the opportunity, challenges, and advantages that LED-based SSL faces in outdoor applications. |
| Light and human health: LED risks highlighted 15 Nov |
| Issues relating to the effects on health and well-being of artificial light are discussed in three recent publications; including one that says the blue-light component in white LEDs causes toxic stress to the retina. |
| Cree XM-L provides outstanding performance from single LED chip 11 Nov |
| Cree's new, commercially available single-die XLamp XM-L delivers 1000 lm at 100 lm/W when driven at 3A. |
| Intematix launches new red and green LED phosphors 11 Nov |
| New red and green Intematix compounds will allow LED manufacturers to develop warm-white lighting for general illumination or TV backlighting without requiring a license from application patent holders. |
| Philips and Lemnis sign LED patent license agreement 10 Nov |
| LED lamp maker Lemnis Lighting has joined Philips’ licensing program for solid-state lighting. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Waukesha embarks on Cooper LED retrofit 09 Nov |
| Wisconsin city evaluates SSL street lights from 14 vendors and selects Cooper luminaire for 1200-light upgrade slated to start this month. |
| January forum will lay lighting roadmap for South Asia 09 Nov |
| SARI/Energy, the Lighting Research Center, and South-Asia-based energy and lighting stakeholders will hold the South Asia Lighting Transformation Forum in January and LED-based SSL will take center stage. |
| NGLIA marks fifth anniversary as SSL industry force 09 Nov |
| The Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance has played a key role in the continued development of the solid-state lighting industry in the United States. |
| LED manufacturers expand portfolios of lighting LEDs 08 Nov |
| Several LED manufacturers, including Cree, Nichia, Osram Opto and Philips Lumileds, have introduced new LEDs for lighting applications. |
| Strategies in Light announces 2011 program 05 Nov |
| With a theme of "Transforming the LED & Lighting Markets," Strategies in Light 2011 takes place in late February in California. |
| Universal Display and Acuity tackle OLED commercialization with DOE grant 03 Nov |
| Acuity will design and fabricate OLED lighting fixtures that utilize Universal Display’s UniversalPHOLED technology tapping $2 million in DOE funds. |
| Rensselaer installs LED retrofit bulbs in campus building 02 Nov |
| Despite much higher upfront costs, the Rensselaer Smart Lighting Research Center expects to realize savings within 12 to 16 months with LED retrofit bulbs. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Allentown installs GE and Cooper LED street lights 01 Nov |
| PPL Electric Utilities and Allentown, Pennsylvania partner on an LED-based street light trial replacing 53 high-pressure sodium lamps. |
