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New Way of Making LEDs Could See Household Lighting Bills Reduced by up to 75 Percent

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% within five years. Gallium Nitride (GaN), a man-made semiconductor used to make LEDs (light emitting diodes), emits brilliant light but uses very little electricity. Until now high production costs have made GaN lighting too expensive for wide spread use in homes and offices.

28 Jan 2009

Street Lighting Reduces Crashes and Injuries on the Roads

Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think care...

20 Jan 2009

Company Will Feature Latest Suite of Metal Halide Fiber-Optic Illuminators for Medical, Industrial Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces the "LB24" suite of Solarc metal halide fiber-optic illuminators for medical and industrial applications. LB24 products are compact, efficient, long-life illumination sources that produce high-quality, daylight-appearing light for delivery via small-diameter fiber bundles.

20 Jan 2009

Company Offers Unique Portfolio of Patterned Coatings Solutions for OEM Applications

Optics Balzers AG, formerly Oerlikon Optics, is a leading supplier of precision optical components. The company offers a unique portfolio of patterned coatings solutions for OEM applications.

20 Jan 2009

Products Recognized by Illuminating Engineering Society

LED*Waves, a world-leading manufacturer of high-end LED lights, today announced the company's PAR30 14-Watt, PAR20 8-Watt and MR-16 5-Watt LED lights have been recognized by Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) as unique and significant advancements to the art of science and lighting.

19 Jan 2009

TUI and Lighting Manufacturer Cooperating to Reduce Energy Consumption in Hotels

Germany's leading travel company TUI and lighting manufacturer OSRAM are cooperating to reduce energy consumption in hotels. The 250 TUI partner hotels on the Balearic Island of Mallorca have the opportunity to easily purchase energy-saving lamps from OSRAM.

18 Jan 2009

Leading Jewelry Retailer Selects Lightscape Technologies for Retail Lighting Projects in China and HK

Lightscape Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: LTSC), an operator of outdoor LED billboards and provider of LED solutions, announced today that a leading jewelry retailer in mainland China and Hong Kong, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co. Ltd, has appointed Lightscape to undertake several lighting projects for its retail stores in China and Hong Kong.

15 Jan 2009

Cree Licenses GaN Substrate Technology to MCC

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that it has entered into an exclusive patent license agreement, subject to some exceptions, with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC). Under the agreement, MCC has been given the right to manufacture and sell freestanding GaN substrates and the right to enter into similarly-scoped sublicenses, subject to certain conditions.

15 Jan 2009

Industry’s First 4-Amp, Single-Chip Driver for Supercapacitor-Based LED Camera Flash Applications

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a leading global supplier of high performance, energy efficient, silicon solutions, has introduced the industry's first 4-amp supercapacitor LED flash driver. The new CAT3224 addresses the emerging requirements for true high-intensity LED flash capability in high megapixel camera phones and standalone camera applications.

14 Jan 2009

Universal Display Awarded SBIR Phase III Contract to Develop Flexible OLED Displays

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), an innovator behind today's and tomorrow's displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED™ phosphorescent OLED technology, today announced that it has received a $1,089,600 extension to a United States Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract

14 Jan 2009