LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program announces sixth year’s finalists (UPDATED)
Now in its sixth year, the LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards has annually recognized the contributions of the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) supply chain in producing high-performance, quality engineered components and systems into the commercial distribution stream. Each year, a team composed of LEDs Magazine staff, Strategies in Light advisory board members, and other colleagues collaborate to deliver an awards program that culminates in acknowledging the finest innovations in SSL technology.
The 2020 Sapphire Awards winners will be announced during a reception aboard the USS Midway on Feb. 12, 2020 — during the week of Strategies in Light in San Diego. This year’s less formal reception will allow attendees to peruse the unique museum aboard the Midway and network with their peers while sharing cocktails and tapas into the evening.
“Coming into our sixth year, we knew that we would want to focus on the quality of the nominated products and their role in pushing the industry to perform better and seek new levels of engineering and design ingenuity,” said chief editor Maury Wright. “We simplified the ceremony and pursued an inspirational venue that offers an environment which encourages industry peers to socialize and celebrate together, and share their experiences with colleagues in a more casual atmosphere.” He continued, “I’m pleased to see that there have been many exciting advances in products that push the boundaries beyond simply providing illumination that serves, and instead deliver improved quality of experience.”
You’ll find the shortlist of finalists across 17 technology and application categories below. Join us at the Sapphire Awards reception to celebrate the winners in February. The Illumineer of the Year finalists, representing an individual or team who has excelled in advancing the commercialization of novel and quality LED or SSL technology, will be announced soon. We look forward to sharing that with you!
Packaged LEDs and OLEDs
Bridgelux — Thrive™
Nichia Corporation — Vitasolis (NF2W757GT-V3F1 Rv---)
Osram Opto Semiconductors — OSCONIQ® S 3030 Quantum Dot
Samsung Electronics — LM302N (SPMWH3326FC5FBU0S0)
Tunable White LEDs and Light Engines
ERP Power — LT3E LED Driver featuring Tri-mode Dimming with Integrated Tunable White Light Engine
ERP Power — LTM3 Tunable Color Light Engine with ALPM Araya5 Logic and Power Module featuring Wired and Wireless Digital Control
Lumileds — LUXEON Fusion
Samsung Electronics — Samsung T-series (SPHWHAHDNH25YZWPT1)
LED Drivers
Bridgelux — Vesta® Flex
Inventronics — EUM-DT Series, Next Generation Class P LED Drivers
Mean Well USA Inc. — HVGC-1000
Universal Lighting Technologies — EVERLINE® PWX LED Drivers
SSL Enabling Technologies and Test
Dow — DOWSIL™ EI-2888 Primerless Silicone Encapsulant
Gamma Scientific — 940 LED-200 Series Goniometer
Vektrex — SpikeSafe SMU (Model Number: 10A SpikeSafe SMU)
Emergency SSL Luminaires, Modules, and Drivers
Igor — Nexos Linear Network Node ‒ Max (NP60-99-T-F-EM)
Signify — ELI-S-10 10VA Pure Sine Wave Emergency Nano Inverter
Smart and Connected SSL Enabling Technologies
Igor — Nexos Linear Max Node Series
McWong International Inc. — TruBlu™ Bluetooth-DALI Wireless Fixture Controller (PSC-ZA-310-xx)
Samsung Electronics — Samsung ITM-Resi (ITM-D-BZ)
Smart and Connected SSL Systems
Enlighted — Enlighted One
Espen Technology — VersaDim RF
Kenall — TekLink TL2000PS Parking Suite
Signify — Advance FlexTune System
SSL Flex, Tiles, and Sheets
Evo-Lite, LLC — Auragami Flexible LED Light Sheet
IllumiSci — IllumiTile Light Engine ‒ Configurable LED arrays (Model IS-IT-89MM)
LED Linear USA — NEXUS ‒ Ultra High Definition LED Flex Tape
Lucetta Lighting — CELESTE Flexible Linear Lighting
SSL Lamp and Retrofit Designs
eLumigen — LED Rough Service A19 Lamps
Signify — Fortimo InstantFit (Model Number: 929001673906)
Soraa, Inc. — Soraa VIVID™ Warm Dim MR16 Lamp (SM16-07-36DM-930/918-01)
Indoor Decorative and Pendant SSL Luminaire Design
Eureka Lighting — Arena 8200 and accessories 8290-8291-8292-8293
Fluxwerx — Profile Mini
Nulite Lighting — Regolo1
Indoor Troffer, Track, and Downlight SSL Luminaire Design
Columbia Lighting — Versify
ConTech Lighting — Mini-Stealth Wall Wash Track Luminaire
Fluxwerx — Rails
Glint Photonics, Inc. — Glint Hero
Industrial SSL Luminaire Design
Dialight — Reliant High Bay
Cooper Lighting Solutions — Metalux Industrial WaveLinx Wireless Connected Lighting System Solutions
Isollux LED Ltd — Soffito (SFO-IP65-UT-85-180W-ND)
Meteor Lighting — WHIZ 2.0
Outdoor Landscape and Architectural SSL Design
Diode LED — HYDROLUME SLIM 24V IP68 RGB Strip Light (DI-24V-HLSRGB-**)
Elemental LED — NEON BLAZE RGB Diffused linear LED Lighting
GVA Lighting — HL-DL-BLADE
KIM Lighting — KFL Collection
Outdoor Street and Area SSL Luminaire Design
ANP Lighting — EQ Collection - Post Top Luminaires (EQ111/112/113/121/122/123)
Kenall — LuxTran LTSI-A1
Luminis — Lumiquad
Selux Corporation — Mistella
Horticultural Lighting
Agnetix — A3-1200-HERO
Fluence Bioengineering — Fluence by Osram SPYDR 2i
Fluence Bioengineering — VYPR 2P
MaxLite — PhotonMax LED Spot Light
Lighting for Health and Wellbeing
Circadian ZircLight Inc. — CIRCADIAN Zirc™ Day-Night Mid-Power LED Set
Cree Lighting — Cadiant™ Dynamic Lighting Experience (Product number: CDNT-AL-ACK-CMA)
Healthe® by Lighting Science — SunTrac® Ecosystem, with Automated Scheduling (including SunTrac A19, Downlight, Troffer, Panel Light, Motion & Daylight Sensor, SunLync GPS locator, Healthe App)
Kenall — MedSlot Family of Luminaires
Specialty SSL Design
A-light — Absorb H
Cooper Lighting Solutions — Ephesus Lumadapt 8 LED Sports Lighting System
Cooper Lighting Solutions — Shaper Sense Acoustic LED Lighting (BOX and TRAP)
Hubbell Lighting — SpectraClean
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LEDs Magazine thanks its colleagues and advisory board members for evaluating this year’s entries and ensuring a level playing field by ensuring their votes are kept private. Every year we ask a lot from the team and from our professional network in participating across the Sapphire Awards and the Strategies in Light conference, and their counsel and willingness to share their expertise only serve to improve the program.
Revisit the past Sapphire Awards finalists in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
*Updated Jan. 8, 2020 2:23 PM for company name correction.
Carrie Meadows | Editor-in-Chief, LEDs Magazine
Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company Endeavor Business Media.
Meadows has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards, and has volunteered as a judge on several B2B editorial awards committees. She received a BA in English literature from Saint Anselm College, and earned thesis honors in the college's Geisel Library. Without the patience to sit down and write a book of her own, she has gladly undertaken the role of editor for the writings of friends and family.
Meadows enjoys living in the beautiful but sometimes unpredictable four seasons of the New England region, volunteering with an animal shelter, reading (of course), and walking with friends and extended "dog family" in her spare time.
