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| LED Industry News: Genesis Photonics, Indal, Osram & Dominant, ATG, Aixtron 30 Nov |
| Genesis Photonics has completed the construction of its third LED plant in Taiwan, Indal’s acquisition by Philips has got the go-ahead, Osram has received a favorable ruling in a patent dispute with Dominant, and Hualei Optoelectronics has ordered further Aixtron MOCVD systems. |
| LED Roadway Lighting to supply LED street-lighting project in Norway 30 Nov |
| Several municipalities in Norway plan to install a total of around 15,000 LED luminaires from LED Roadway Lighting. |
| Philips and Maastricht University study lighting impact on cardiac patients 29 Nov |
| Maastricht University Medical Center finds that cardiac patients sleep longer when hospital rooms feature lighting that emulates the day-night cycle using LED and other sources. |
| Osram Opto introduces Oslon Square LED line for a variety of applications 29 Nov |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the Oslon Square line of LEDs, which has been designed to address applications ranging from indoor luminaires to street lights. |
| Survey shows US-consumer awareness of incandescent phase-out at 55% 29 Nov |
| A recent survey performed by Osram Sylvania has revealed that 55% of Americans are aware of the incandescent bulb phase-out, up from 36% last year. |
| Traxon Technologies brings synchronized LED light and sound to Chicago’s State Street 29 Nov |
| Customized LED lighting fixtures have been installed along Chicago’s State Street as part of a partnership between Traxon Technologies, Creative Lighting Design & Engineering and the Chicago Loop Alliance. |
| MyLED invests in LED manufacturing plant in Malaysia 28 Nov |
| MyLED has established agreements with several international and domestic companies to grow its SSL business and establish an LED manufacturing capability. |
| European OLED100.eu research project celebrates successful conclusion 28 Nov |
| A three-year OLED research project has ended with the demonstration of large-area lighting panels. |
| Samsung brings LED retrofit lamps to US market 25 Nov |
| Samsung Electronics is now offering LED lamps in the US, which are available through the retail store Lowe’s, while Toshiba has introduced two omnidirectional A19 lamps. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Carmanah drops Ruud LED deal, Acuity builds lighting demo 23 Nov |
| Carmanah has ended what was an exclusive marketing agreement with Ruud Lighting (Cree) while Acuity Brands' Holophane unit has launched a comprehensive outdoor lighting demonstration on its campus, and Sacramento and New Brunswick move on SSL projects. |
| LED Industry News: Siemens, Mouser, Greenlux 22 Nov |
| Siemens has discovered a dark-red luminescent material suitable for creating warm-white LED light, Mouser has signed several new distribution agreements, and Greenlux Finland has to supply LED luminaires to Fagerhult. |
| MaxLite announces support for Redwood Systems SSL-control platform 21 Nov |
| MaxLite has announced plans to offer versions of its LED-based MaxLED luminaires that are compatible with the DC-powered Redwood Systems networked lighting platform. |
| LED Roadway Lighting acquires controls expertise from Streetlight Intelligence 21 Nov |
| SSL street-light vendor LED Roadway Lighting has acquired intellectual property and other assets relayed to adaptive control of street lights from Streetlight Intelligence. |
| Russian LED industry gathers in Moscow (update) 21 Nov |
| The fifth annual LED Forum in Moscow brought together various representatives from the Russian LED and lighting manufacturers, government and other organizations. |
| Energy Star meeting to discuss Lamps v1.0 specification 18 Nov |
| The EPA will host a meeting and webinar on November 30 to provide an overview of draft 1 of the Lamps v1.0 specification and gather partner input. |
| Hubbell announces LED street light fixture and retrofit kit 16 Nov |
| Hubbell Outdoor Lighting has announced a new LED street light and an SSL retrofit kit for legacy lights, that both use a light engine developed in partnership with Hella. |
| Taiwan invests in LED street lighting, government urged to do more 16 Nov |
| Taiwan has begun a three-year project to replace 53,000 street lights with LEDs, while a report from a strategy meeting urges greater investment to help Taiwan’s LED manufacturers. |
| Cooper provides downlights for sustainable research center in Kansas 16 Nov |
| Cooper Lighting has provided Halo LED downlights and RL7 fixtures to the University of Kansas for its new Center for Design Research. |
| Cree begins expansion of Ruud's Wisconsin LED-fixture manufacturing facility 16 Nov |
| Following its acquisition of Ruud Lighting and the BetaLED SSL product portfolio, Cree has just broken ground on a $24.5 million expansion of Ruud's Racine, WI manufacturing facility. |
| Lynk Labs awarded more AC-LED technology patents 16 Nov |
| Lynk Labs has continued to grow the company’s patent portfolio with approvals recently added in Europe and Australia covering a range of AC-LED and AC-OLED technology including chips, packages, drive methods and lighting systems. |
| Digital Lumens adds higher-output LED luminaires with IP-65 rating 16 Nov |
| Digital Lumens is expanding its Intelligent Lighting Systems family with new 18,000- and 26,000-lm SSL fixtures and supporting deployment in wet locations for the first time. |
| LED Industry News: GE, The Fresh Market, The Lighting Association, UV LED Curing Association 15 Nov |
| GE Lighting has recognized several retailers for their energy-efficiency programs, The Lighting Association has introduced an LED product-verification program, and three companies have founded the UV LED Curing Association. |
| OLEDs: Osram, EU flexible-OLED project, NanoMarkets, OSA 15 Nov |
| Osram has announced a record-breaking flexible OLED, while a EU-funded group headed up by Imec will also pursue flexible OLEDs with built-in intelligence. NanoMarkets has published an OLED materials market report and the OSA has published a volume of OLED research papers. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Cooper lights Detroit tunnel, Sunovia and Lumenpulse announce LED projects 15 Nov |
| Sunovia has supplied EvoLucia luminaires in Sarasota SSL bridge project, while Cooper has lit the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, and Lumenpulse has provided programmable RGB lighting for an iconic plaza. |
| IEA Annex releases draft SSL performance tiers 11 Nov |
| A solid-state lighting program run by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released draft performance tiers for four different SSL product types. |
| Osram acquires remaining Traxon shares, announces new IR LED 10 Nov |
| Osram has acquired the remaining 49% of Traxon shares, transitioning the LED lighting specialist from a close partner to an Osram brand. |
| Cnlight uses Oree planar LEDs in new table lamp 08 Nov |
| A new planar LED table lamp made by Cnlight utilizes a very thin (3.73 mm) light source from Oree, giving the appearance of an OLED fixture. |
| China unveils plans for incandescent lamp phase-out 05 Nov |
| China will stop imports and sales of incandescent lamps beginning with 100W lamps from October 2012. |
| LG and other Korean giants face ban on LED luminaire sales 05 Nov |
| The big chaebols in Korea, including LG and Sansung, have been told that they cannot sell LED luminaires into the Korean market, in order to protect smaller manufacturers. |
| Strategies in Light 2012 offers NCQLP certification and LEU credits 04 Nov |
| Tutorials in the LED Light & Design Pavilion at February’s show will be eligible for certification and credits. |
| Cooper and Long Island Power promote residential LED lighting 02 Nov |
| The Long Island Power Authority and Cooper Lighting, in conjunction with nine electrical distributors, are promoting Energy Star-qualified SSL to residential customers. |
| Lasers could offer alternative to LED light sources 02 Nov |
| BMW has demonstrated laser-based headlights as an alternative to LED-based systems, while Sandia has shown that lasers might become a viable light source for general illumination. |
| LED Industry News: LSG, Toshiba, Aixtron, Veeco 02 Nov |
| MOCVD system manufacturers both saw their order books shrink in the third quarter of 2011. Meanwhile, orders for LSG’s LED lighting products are up 100%, and Toshiba LED lamps have been used in Smithsonian galleries. |
| DOE issues call for nominations for NGL indoor competition 01 Nov |
| The 2012 Next Generation Luminaires design competition has been broken into outdoor and indoor luminaire competitions with different dates. The first deadline for indoor luminaires is Dec 16. |
