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OLED Lighting Market Expected to Top $2.2 Billion by 2022

Momentum for the OLED lighting sector has remained frustratingly elusive. Nevertheless, industry analyst firm n-tech Research still sees OLED lighting arising to a billion-dollar market by the end of this decade, and topping $2.2 billion by 2022, thanks to steady improvements in the technology, suppliers finally pulling the trigger on capacity expansions, and general illumination markets finally arriving (if late) to the party.

29 May 2015

McPherson Introduces Extended Lifetime Deep and Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelength Spectral Test Systems

McPherson now offers extended lifetime deep and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelength spectral test systems. The VUV instruments are ideal for analyzing doped crystalline materials, deep UV optics, and coatings. They directly measure absolute transmission and variable angle reflectance. A gas cell attachment is used for high sensitivity absorption.

29 May 2015

Fiber Optic Center Appoints Kelly Barker as Epoxy Business Development Manager

Fiber Optic Center, Inc., (FOC), an international leader in distributing fiber optic components, equipment and supplies and recognized as one of the most technically savvy fiber optics companies in the world, announces the addition of Kelly Barker to its technical team.

29 May 2015

3D Imaging Technique May Help Measure Efficacy of Injectable Wrinkle Reducers

A three-dimensional imaging technique often used in the automotive and aerospace industries for accurate measurement may be useful to measure the efficacy of injectable wrinkle reducers such as Botox and Dysport, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

29 May 2015

Global Smart Lighting Market Forecast to Grow at 36.4% CAGR to 2018

The Smart Lighting Market Opportunities: Smart Bulbs and the Rise of Local Lighting Intelligence research report says in the past 18 months, the smart lighting business has taken important new directions, creating opportunities at every level of the lighting value chain.

29 May 2015

Larson Electronics Launches 60W LED Work Light on Quadpod with Retractable Cord Reel

Longtime leading supplier of explosion proof lighting equipment Larson Electronics has announced the release of a 60 watt base stand LED work area light mounted atop an extendable quadpod equipped with a retractable cord reel.

28 May 2015

Rit Introduces Beamcaster 2.0 Wireless Optical Network to Lower Costs, Enhance Bandwidth Communications

RiT Technologies, a leading provider of IIM and structured cabling solutions and a developer of an innovative indoor optical wireless technology solution, announced today the launch of Beamcaster 2.0, a wireless optical network with a new system design significantly lowering the total solution cost per user.

28 May 2015

Worldwide LED Lighting Markets Poised to Grow as More Buildings Implement Cost Efficient Systems

There is a move by vendors to provide more pieces of the LED light. In this way they seek to control their margins. Vendors primarily compete with other providers of LED lighting on the basis of product performance, as measured by efficacy, light quality, increased lumen output and reliability. Product cost combined with an acceptable level of quality is always a competitive issue.

28 May 2015

Research Report on Global Fiber Laser Processing Market

The Global Fiber Laser Processing market was valued at $2,602.3 million in 2014 and is expected to reach $3,653.4 million by 2019, at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2014 to 2019.

28 May 2015

Lumenis’ UltraPulse Laser System Used for Treating Children with Burn Injuries

Lumenis Ltd., the world's largest energy-based medical device company for aesthetic, surgical and ophthalmology applications announced today that the company supported a successful mission to treat children with burn injuries in Armenia. The mission, led by R. Rox Anderson, MD, Director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, was designed to provide immediate access to treatment for patients in need, but also to help local medical leaders establish a sustainable burn injury care network in Armenia.

28 May 2015

New Laser-Beam Scanning Method May Allow Paleontologists to Scan Dinosaur Fossils

A team of scientists based largely at the University of Kansas and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Washington has developed methods of using commercial-grade laser equipment to find and analyze fossils of dinosaurs. Their techniques are introduced via a paper in the journal PLOS ONE today.

28 May 2015

Berkeley Lab Offers ‘On-Demand’ X-Rays

Consumers are now in the era of “on-demand” entertainment, in which they have access to the books, music and movies they want thanks to the internet.

28 May 2015

New, Compact 4MP FASTCAM Mini WX 50 High-Speed Camera from Photron

Photron, Inc., a global leader and manufacturerof high-speedcamerasand image analysis software,announces the second and lower-priced high-speed camera in the FASTCAM Mini WX series, the Mini WX50.

From Photron USA, Inc. 28 May 2015

Forth Dimension Displays Awarded Platinum Premier Supplier Status by Rockwell Collins

Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD), designer, developer and manufacturer of high resolution microdisplays, is pleased to announce it has been awarded Platinum Premier status in Rockwell Collins Trusted Supplier Program for its performance in 2014.

From Kopin 28 May 2015

Leviton Announces Acquisition of Intense Lighting

Leviton today announced the acquisition of Intense Lighting, LLC, a leading solutions-based manufacturer of LED luminaires. Intense Lighting, based in Anaheim, Calif., enhances Leviton's current product offerings with a wide variety of specification grade LED lighting solutions for the commercial, hospitality, supermarket, retail and residential markets.

27 May 2015