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| Osram Opto unveils small LED for linear lighting 31 May |
| Small Duris E 3 LEDs with wide beam pattern are optimized for linear and planar SSL applications where people don’t perceive the individual point light sources. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Cooper installs LEDs in Ohio, Baltimore fights utility over SSL 25 May |
| The city of Bryan, Ohio has installed Cooper cobrahead and post-top LED luminaires, while the Baltimore Gas & Electric utility is fighting a move to SSL in the Maryland city. |
| New players make SSL outdoor lighting news at Lightfair tradeshow 24 May |
| All of the major players in LED-based street and area lighting had compelling Lightfair demonstrations, but new entrants, some with products based on larger LEDs, made the headlines. |
| A-lamp LED products highlighted at Lightfair 23 May |
| Lightfair 2011 delivered LED-based lighting innovation in many forms with A-Lamp products taking center stage due to the inherent ability of the products to work in existing sockets. |
| Lightfair International tradeshow: company announcements and products, part 3 20 May |
| The annual Lightfair International tradeshow took place on May 17-19 this year, in Philadelphia, PA. |
| EPA postpones effective date for Energy Star Luminaires v1.0 20 May |
| By postponing the effective date for the Energy Star Luminaires Version 1.0 specification from October 1, 2011 to April 1, 2012, EPA believes that participants will have time to apply the appropriate technical requirements. |
| LED T8 replacement lamp products featured in DOE Gateway report 19 May |
| A recent DOE Gateway report highlights T8 replacement lamp products, including lighting and economic performance as well as potential energy saving opportunities. |
| Lightfair International tradeshow: company announcements and products, part 2 19 May |
| The annual Lightfair International tradeshow takes place on May 17-19 this year, in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Philips invests in OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany
18 May |
| Philips is planning a EUR 40 million investment in its OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany. |
| Lightfair announces 2011 Innovation Awards winners
18 May |
| Revel by Acuity Brands won the Most Innovative Product of the Year award, while Luxeon A by Philips Lumileds won the Technical Innovation Award. |
| Samsung announces entry into US LED lighting market
17 May |
| Samsung has introduced a range of LED lamps into the US market, enabled by the company’s vertically-integrated manufacturing capabilities. |
| Lightfair International tradeshow: company announcements and new products 16 May |
| The annual Lightfair International tradeshow takes place on May 17-19 this year, in Philadelphia, PA. |
| DOE looks at replacement LED lamps with Caliper report, webcast
16 May |
| The US DOE has released a special Caliper report on testing of replacement LED lamps that are available through retail channels. In June DOE, will host a webcast on LED replacements for linear fluorescent lamps. |
| Acuity Brands launches Acculamp brand of LED lamps 13 May |
| Acuity has unveiled its first line of LED lamps as a result of its collaboration with the company behind the Megaman brand. |
| DOE releases Gateway report on Walmart parking-lot lighting 13 May |
| LED luminaires were installed in a parking lot covering more than a half-million square feet in Leavenworth, Kansas , and showed good energy savings with a quite long payback period due to the low electricity rate. |
| CAO Group files LED light-source patent infringement lawsuit 12 May |
| Osram Sylvania, GE Lighting, Sharp and Toshiba are among the companies targeted by a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Utah-based LED lighting company CAO Group. |
| GT Solar gains orders, files lawsuit against ARC Energy
11 May |
| Sapphire crystal-growth furnace manufacturer has filed a lawsuit against rival ARC Energy and has also reported more orders from Taiwan and China. In further sapphire-related news, Rubicon’s revenue increase 29% sequentially. |
| Osram Opto unveils Brilliant-Mix LED mixing concept 11 May |
| An LED mixing concept from Osram Opto Semiconductors combines white and amber LEDs to achieve high-efficacy warm-white light with a high color rendering index. |
| LED Patent News: Seoul Semiconductor, Philips, ilumisys, Evident, Samsung
11 May |
| Seoul Semiconductor has filed LED patent lawsuits against Philips in Germany and Korea, ilumisys has been granted four new patents related to LED replacements for fluorescent lamps, and Samsung has licensed Evident’s quantum-dot technology. |
| LSG plans intelligent LED lamp for Android @ Home 10 May |
| Google has announced a new home-automation and control platform called Android @ Home and Lighting Science Group plans to deliver a compatible wirelessly-controllable LED lamp by the end of the year. |
| Cree reports R&D result of 231 lm/W efficacy for white LED 10 May |
| Cree has extended the efficacy record for a white LED tested at room temperature and 350 mA current.
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| Michigan offers grants for advanced lighting demo projects 09 May |
| Michigan plans to fund 15-20 projects around the state that demonstrate the advantages of advanced lighting technologies. |
| Altman Lighting plans LED restructuring project in Yonkers 04 May |
| Yonkers IDA has agreed to negotiate an economic incentive package with Altman Lighting to enable a $4.6 million modernization plan that will see the company upgrade its LED lighting capabilities. |
| Aixtron reports continued revenue growth in LED equipment 04 May |
| Aixtron saw its revenue grow by a third in the first quarter of 2011, and believes it is well placed to benefit from ongoing LED industry expansion in China. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Acuity launches new LED area lights, Nova Scotia controversy, San Francisco RFP 04 May |
| Acuity Brands launched new outdoor SSL products, while San Francisco seeks bids on wireless-enabled street lights, and controversy hits Nova Scotia’s mandatory LED conversion plan. |
| Philips files LED patent lawsuit against Seoul Semiconductor 04 May |
| Philips has claimed that many of Seoul Semiconductor’s LED products infringe several Philips patents, and that a patent owned by Seoul Semiconductor should be ruled invalid. |
| LED Industry News: TSMC, LG, Cree, GT Solar, CRS Electronics 03 May |
| TSMC plans to spin off its SSL business, LG Display has ended an LED chip supply deal with Cree, GT Solar has received a huge order from a Chinese company, and CRS has completed a private equity financing round. |
| Philips debuts blue LED for remote phosphor use and the new Luxeon A 02 May |
| Philips has announced a royal-blue LED meant specifically for remote-phosphor SSL applications, and also launched the Luxeon A illumination-grade LED that’s part of the Freedom From Binning program. |
