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Slow Demand from LED Makers Challenges the Sapphire Industry

A shortage of sapphire material between 2010 and 2011 created a window of opportunity for new entrants. In just the last two years, more than 80 companies announced their intention to enter the industry. This trend coupled with slow demand from LED makers in 2012, has manifested a challenging environment with cores and wafers often selling at prices at or below manufacturing cost. These difficult market conditions will trigger an industry rationalization through consolidation and attrition that should take place in 2013 and 2014.

12 Dec 2012

Larson Electronics Introduces HAL-7W-LED for Small Area Hazardous Location Lighting

Larson Electronics announced the addition of the HAL-7W-LED for small area hazardous location lighting. While most hazardous location fixtures are typically large, the seven watt HAL-7W-LED's compact design enables designers and operators to fit this light into panel and instrument enclosures where larger hazardous lights won't fit. Priced around $200, the HAL-7W-LED is both UL and CSA certified for Class 1 Division 2 Groups A, B, C and D and comes with an adjustable yolk mount.

11 Dec 2012

OSRAM SYLVANIA Unveils U DESIGN Lighting Experience Center

Lighting can play a crucial role in winning over savvy consumers beyond just illuminating product for sale.

10 Dec 2012

Key Patent Analysis on Remote Phosphor in LED Lighting Systems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "LED Lighting - Key Patent Analysis: Remote Phosphor" report to their offering.

10 Dec 2012

AlwaysOn Selects Luminus Devices as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner

Luminus Devices, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and green technologies that are likely to disrupt existing and entrenched players in traditional technology.

7 Dec 2012

Innovative Lighting Platform Vero LED Array from Bridgelux

Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today unveiled the Vero™ LED array, an innovative lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers a more flexible LED lighting solution.

7 Dec 2012

Luminus Devices Commences Shipping of New UV Slim LED Packages

Luminus Devices, Inc., the leader in Big Chip LEDs™, has announced that their new UV Slim LED packages, which began sampling in May, have begun shipping as production units today.

6 Dec 2012

Philips Lumileds Launches LUXEON T Illumination-Grade LED for Directional Applications

Building on the market-leading innovations of hot testing and Freedom from Binning™, Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON® T, the next generation illumination-grade LED tested and specified at 85°C to ensure in-application performance with tight color control, to within 3-Step MacAdams (SDCM).

From Lumileds 6 Dec 2012

Dow Corning Introduces New Heat-Curable Phenyl Silicone Optical Encapsulants for LEDs

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, further expanded its industry-leading portfolio of phenyl silicone optical encapsulants today with five new two-part, heat-curable grades. The new products offer enhanced reliability, better anti-silver corrosion and greater durability for demanding light-emitting diode (LED) designs. They also further underscore Dow Corning’s commitment to driving best-in-class improvements in the performance and reliability of solid-state lighting.

5 Dec 2012

GlacialLight Launches 60W AC LED Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED Chips

GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has added the GL-FL60, a 60W AC-input LED Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED chips, to its energy efficient LED flood light series.

5 Dec 2012

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