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New XLamp XP-C Color LEDs from Cree Available for 0.5W to 1W Operation

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, expands its family of high-power color LEDs with the availability of XLamp® XP-C color LEDs in royal blue, blue, green, amber, red-orange and red.

25 Mar 2010

GE Lighting Solutions Stresses Need for LED Performance Standards

For businesses and municipalities around the world, the emergence of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems that can cut lighting energy costs as much as 80 percent and drastically reduce lighting maintenance costs has generated a desperate need for standardization of product performance claims.

25 Mar 2010

ilumisys, Seesmart Sign Patent Licensing Agreement for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has partnered with Seesmart LED, a commercial LED lighting leader based in Simi Valley, Calif., and that the cooperative agreement includes a license for ilumisys' patents on light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescent tube replacements.

24 Mar 2010

Fairchild Introduces FAN5341 LED Driver for Portable Electronics

Fairchild Semiconductor, continues to meet customers’ needs for a compact, flexible solution that saves power while enabling more features in today’s battery-operated, portable electronics.

24 Mar 2010

Aero Farm Acquires LED Instrument to Test Artificial Lighting on Plants

Aero Farm Systems LLC, a provider of aeroponic technology and solutions, in collaboration with Cornell University’s Department of Horticulture and The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, announced today the acquisition of a first-of-its-kind scientific instrument for testing the application of artificial lighting to plants.

24 Mar 2010

Mobile Lighting System Deployed at Academy Awards Event Featured LUXIM's LEP

At the Academy Awards® ceremony held earlier this month, a new mobile lighting system incorporating Light Emitting Plasma™ (LEP) from LUXIM and a clean hydrogen fuel cell was deployed at the celebrity gathering, infusing the festivities with a brighter, cleaner sparkle. The novel mobile unit was recently developed by a team of collaborators as a more efficient alternative to traditional technologies powered by diesel fuel generators. In addition to LUXIM, the team consisted of Sandia National Laboratories, The Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Altergy Systems, Multiquip Inc., and others.

24 Mar 2010

SAFC Expects Expansion Strategy to Strengthens its Position in HBLED Market

SAFC Hitech®, a business segment within SAFC®, a division of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced it plans to invest $2m (approximately 1.2m pounds Sterling) in expanding production of trimethylgallium (TMG) at its Bromborough, Wirral, UK manufacturing plant. The investment, which was supported by Wirral Council and The Mersey Partnership (TMP), who helped secure additional funding of 300,000 pounds from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), is expected to enable SAFC Hitech to strengthen its position as a leading global supplier of TMG and satisfy the growing demand for the material in the production of high brightness LEDs (HBLEDs) for use in applications such as backlighting in flat panel television sets and energy efficient lighting.

23 Mar 2010