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| LED makers square off in The LED Show opening session 31 Jul |
| Cree focuses on the system-level approach to SSL, while Bridgelux discusses the cost roadblock, and Nichia touts market presence and LED and phosphor experience. |
| Traxon contends control technologies are getting simpler 31 Jul |
| The latest in DMX512 control technologies is actually simplifying the path to user-controlled content, according to Javid Butler of Traxon Technologies who presented at The LED Show. |
| NTL Electronics announces one-year sales of 3 million LED retrofit lamps in India 31 Jul |
| NTL Electronics India Ltd has partnered with Lemnis Lighting to create the NTL Lemnis joint venture and push SSL deployment in India. |
| Philips saves $1M/yr in energy cost with Ernst & Young NYC office lighting conversion 31 Jul |
| Philips Lighting has upgraded the Ernst & Young’s New York City headquarters building to LED lighting, saving $1 million annually in energy and maintenance costs, while reducing carbon emissions by 2 million pounds. |
| Toshiba plans silicon-based LED production; Azzurro installs Veeco MOCVD 31 Jul |
| Veeco Instruments announced that Azzurro Semiconductors has commissioned a new Veeco MOCVD reactor for silicon-based LED production while Toshiba plans to begin mass producing silicon-based LEDs this fall. |
| Philips provides OLED outlook at The LED Show 31 Jul |
| At The LED Show pre-conference workshop, Philips Lighting highlighted the similarities and differences between LEDs and OLEDs. The presentation also emphasized methods by which OLED cost may be reduced dramatically. |
| LRC issues report on LED lighting for airfields 25 Jul |
| The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has published a report to help guide airports as they consider LED lighting for various needs around an airfield. |
| Cree Lighting expands CR Series of LED downlights (Updated) 24 Jul |
| Targeting both residential and commercial SSL applications, Cree Lighting has added a higher-lumen version of its CR-series 6-in LED downlight and a new 4-in product. |
| Azzurro receives EUR 2.6 million grant for GaN-on-Si LED wafer development 24 Jul |
| The European Regional Development Fund and the Free State of Saxony award EUR 2.6 million to Azzurro Semiconductors for gallium-nitride-on-silicon wafer research. |
| Philips and Dialight benefit from LED focus 24 Jul |
| Philips is continuing to drive the LED transformation within the lighting industry, while Dialight is benefitting from a focus on LED lighting for heavy industrial and hazardous applications. |
| Osram solder pad design enables two different LED types to be accommodated on one board 23 Jul |
| A new uniform and flexible solder-pad design for LED boards enables customers to use two different LED types together, which simplifies second sourcing. |
| Seoul city plans to install more LED lights 23 Jul |
| Korea’s capital intends to invest in more LED lighting for public areas and to encourage further installations in the private sector. |
| NXP improves control of LED ambient lighting solutions for the car 23 Jul |
| The new UJA1018 from NXP simplifies the configuration of interior LED lighting, and offers car manufacturers and consumers great customization options. |
| Tivoli Lighting brings warm glow to historic Kauffman Center 23 Jul |
| The theatre at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has been upgraded with shimmering gold balcony facades that are backlit by linear LED fixtures. Details of the lighting design are provided in a new case study. |
| LED Business News: Intematix, Philips Lighting, SELC, Huntkey 18 Jul |
| Intematix intends to go public, Philips Lighting and SELC have appointed chief executives and Huntkey has entered the LED lighting market. |
| LED Industry News: Orb Optronix, Gamma, Next, Lucibel, Barefoot Power 18 Jul |
| Lucibel and Barefoot Power have closed additional rounds of financing, Next Lighting has hired Steve Paolini as CTO, Orb Optronix is to supply KOPTI with LM-80 test equipment, and Gamma Scientific is now able to perform third-party Energy Star testing. |
| Avnet opens LED test lab to support customer product development 17 Jul |
| Fully equipped LED-centric Avnet LightLab allows customers to characterize LEDs, modules, light engines, and SSL lamps and luminaires. |
| DOE Caliper Report verifies high-performing BR30 and R30 LED lamps 16 Jul |
| The latest Caliper report compares 13 LED-based BR30 and R30 lamps to incandescent and CFL products, noting that Energy Star criterion were met in most of the critical performance areas. |
| Osram and LG receive initial judgment in LED patent case 13 Jul |
| The International Trade Commission has found that various LED products from LG infringe one of Osram’s patents. |
| Seoul Semiconductor claims 5x lumen density with non-polar LEDs (Updated) 13 Jul |
| Seoul Semiconductor has announced that it will introduce LEDs based on non-polar technology, which it claims will deliver over 5x the lumens per unit area of conventional LEDs. |
| White Sox ballpark swaps T12s for PolyBrite LED panel fixtures 10 Jul |
| US Cellular Field, the ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, has been updated with 2x2-ft LED panel fixtures. |
| Cree applies latest LED technology, delivers XP-G2 in legacy footprint 10 Jul |
| Cree has rolled out the new XLamp XP-G2 LED family, which is directly compatible with the prior XP-G components, including optics designed for those components, and which is based on the company's third-generation manufacturing-technology platform. |
| Soitec and Silian partner on HVPE LED template-wafer manufacturing 10 Jul |
| Soitec and Silian will jointly develop GaN LED template-wafer manufacturing technology using an HVPE process that the companies say can lower component costs and spur SSL deployment. |
| Smithsonian installs more LED lamps with 16-month ROI 09 Jul |
| A DOE Gateway report covering an LED track-lighting retrofit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum has detailed lamp selection, technical challenges, overall savings, and return on investment. |
| Cree provides LEDs for major municipal street-lighting project in China 03 Jul |
| A major lighting project in the Beibei district of Chongqing involves more than 20,000 LED street lights, 1.9 million Cree LEDs, and an intelligent lighting-control system. |
