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| Osram agrees to buy fellow lighting manufacturer Siteco 28 Feb |
| The acquisition will allow Osram to expand in the market for energy-efficient lighting systems and luminaires, and opens up further potential for growth in LED applications. |
| Arkansas RFP seeks LED lights to assist poultry farmers 28 Feb |
| The request of bids closes March 15, and the project will require around 34,500 LED lamps of different types. |
| Strategies Unlimited unveils top-ten list of LED manufacturers 28 Feb |
| Nichia topped the list of HB-LED suppliers in 2010, and Korean manufacturers ranked highly. |
| Tyco announces solderless socket for new Philips LEDs 23 Feb |
| At Strategies in Light, Tyco announced the Type LS solderless socket that’s designed for the Philips Lumileds Luxeon S LED that was also announced at the conference |
| DOE announces NGL winners at Strategies in Light 23 Feb |
| At Strategies in Light, the DOE recognized 42 LED-based products including four Best In Class winners in the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires competition for commercial SSL luminaires. |
| LED market grew by 93% in 2010, driven by backlights 23 Feb |
| The global market for packaged high-brightness LEDs is expected to reach $18.9 billion by 2015, according to Strategies Unlimited. |
| Philips Lumileds promises freedom from binning for white LEDs 23 Feb |
| Lumileds says that its new approach will mark the beginning of the end of color bin charts for white LEDs. |
| Cree XLamp MT-G LED targets MR16 halogen retrofits 22 Feb |
| Cree’s latest multi-die LED provides up to 560 lumens at 1.1A at 85 degrees C in warm white. |
| Future and Oree sign distribution deal for planar LED lighting 18 Feb |
| Oree’s LightCell technology is now available to lighting designers and manufacturers via Future Lighting Solutions. |
| Monocrystal supplies 8-inch sapphire substrate to LED maker 18 Feb |
| An unnamed LED maker is researching the use of 8-inch sapphire for LED manufacturing, while a supplier of crystal-growth systems has received multiple orders from Asia. |
| Philips installs LED lights along 7-km length of highway 17 Feb |
| Philips has supplied 293 LED luminaires for a busy stretch of highway near Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Philips Lighting UK argues that switching-off street lights is a false economy, and modern technology such as LEDs and control systems offer a better option. |
| LED Business News: LSG, Dialight, Bridgelux, Nuventix, Firefly 16 Feb |
| Lighting Science Group is conducting a public offering of stock, Bridgelux and Nuventix have both raised further funds, Dialight doubled its profit in 2010, and Firefly LED has received a funding grant. |
| Luminaires specification finalized by Energy Star 16 Feb |
| The final specification of the Energy Star Luminaires specification, which becomes effective in October, has now been released. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Topeka retrofits lights, Roseville tests LEDs 16 Feb |
| Topeka, Kansas retrofits existing fixtures with LEDs, while Roseville, CA recruits volunteer SSL street-light evaluators, and new projects come to California, Alaska, and Hawaii. |
| Lynk Labs makes Tesla AC-LED packages available as discrete components 15 Feb |
| Lynk Labs Tesla AC-LED packages, previously available only through Lynk Labs on AC-LED assemblies, will now be available globally as discrete components. |
| CRS Electronics signs license agreement with Energizer 15 Feb |
| CRS will manufacture Energizer-branded MR16, PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 LED lamps. |
| Strategies in Light China announces conference program 15 Feb |
| The first Strategies in Light event to be held in the Greater China region is entitled “East Meets West: Expanding the Global Market for LEDs and SSL.” |
| Study looks at toxic metal content of LEDs 14 Feb |
| A recently-published journal paper suggests that many LEDs should be classified as hazardous waste, but the sample size is very small and some of the conclusions drawn could easily be described as scaremongering. |
| DOE honors 2010 R&D achievements at SSL workshop 14 Feb |
| Achievements by four research and development project teams were honored last week at the "Transformations in Lighting" Department of Energy SSL workshop. |
| Market for LED luminaires exceeded $3.8 billion in 2010, says Strategies Unlimited 14 Feb |
| With a compound annual growth rate of 22%, the LED luminaire market will reach $8.3 billion in 2014. |
| Veeco reports results, unveils MaxBright MOCVD system 09 Feb |
| Veeco continues to receive LED manufacturing system orders from China, and has launched a high-capacity MOCVD system to cash in on the anticipated demand for 5000 systems in the next five years. |
| Verbatim unveils color-tunable OLED lighting 09 Feb |
| The Mitsubishi Chemical subsidiary will introduce OLED lighting panels that are dimmable and color tunable. |
| LRC tests LED-based, off-grid lighting for Lighting Africa program 08 Feb |
| Tests carried out by the Lighting Research Center will support the development of emerging markets for affordable off-grid lighting products in Africa and beyond. |
| Moser Baer licenses Universal Display’s OLED technology 08 Feb |
| A license agreement between Moser Baer and Universal Display builds on the companies’ prior partnership and targets manufacture of white OLED panels that will enable luminaire development. |
| Daintree launches inter-operability program for wireless lighting controls 07 Feb |
| Lighting products from Daintree's partners can be used on intelligent lighting networks managed centrally and wirelessly by the company’s ControlScope software platform. |
| Europe seeks proposals for pilot projects on solid-state lighting 04 Feb |
| European Union funding of up to EUR 10 million will support 2 or 3 large-scale pilot projects to demonstrate the benefits of solid-state lighting. |
| DOE report estimates energy savings for LED lighting 04 Feb |
| SSL in 12 key applications saved 3.9 TWh of electricity in 2010 and the DOE projects more than 290 TWh in savings were the studied applications converted completely to LED sources. |
| Lightech files lawsuit against Carmanah over failed merger 03 Feb |
| Lightech has apparently filed a Statement of Claim in Israel regarding the failed deal that would have seen the company merge with Carmanah. |
| PIDA predicts rapid growth for LED market in Taiwan 02 Feb |
| The Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association in Taiwan says that the country’s production output for the entire LED market will grow to more than $11 billion by 2012. |
| Gallium nitride defect reduction technique improves LEDs 02 Feb |
| Researchers from North Carolina State University have now developed a new technique that reduces defects in the gallium nitride (GaN) films used to create LEDs, making them more efficient. |
| Bridgelux adds to RS LED array series, hits 8000 lm 01 Feb |
| Bridgelux has expanded its RS LED Array family with new models that reach 5600 lm in warm white and 8000 lm in cool white, and targets market segments such as retail lighting and street lights. |
