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Headline News
 

SemiLEDs shares commence trading on NASDAQ after IPO
SemiLEDs will invest funds generated from its IPO to expand its production capacity in Taiwan and to carry out R&D related to LED chip production on 6-inch wafers.

Hotel SSL retrofit delivers 1.1 year payback
A DOE Gateway demonstration project in a San Francisco hotel shows LED retrofit lamps deliver 70% energy savings and a quick 1.1-year payback period on the investment.

SAP installs LED lighting system from Redwood at Palo Alto campus
An LED-based lighting system will reduce energy usage and operational costs for software company SAP, but it was not the most effective green technology that the company installed.

LG Innotek and Zumtobel Group sign LED cooperation agreement
Zumtobel and LG will work together to transfer expertise from the LCD backlighting market into the general lighting field.

Articles
 

Cree CEO suggests quicker LED move into general lighting (part 2)
In part 2 of our review of the keynote at the recent Arrow LED event, Cree’s CEO notes a challenge in marketing and positioning that is hampering SSL uptake while describing how LED technology has progressed and is succeeding in general lighting.

Choosing between LED and HPS street lights
NLPIP recently performed a formal evaluation of existing street-lighting technologies to determine the best choice between LEDs and HPS.

SIL Europe 2010: The year of the LED module
At Strategies in Light Europe 2010, Andy Davies of GE Lighting discussed developments in LED modules and explained the aims of the Zhaga consortium.

SIL Europe 2010: EU regulations on lamps and modules
Representing CELMA and ELC, Peter Besting of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh Schwabe GmbH spoke at Strategies in Light Europe 2010 about modules and lamps in relation to EU regulations.

More Industry News
 

Cree opens LED chip manufacturing facility in Huizhou
Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd., the company’s first LED chip manufacturing base in China, has opened just over a year after the project was announced.

American Bright Lighting, Inc. SimpleTube STP series awarded US Patent
American Bright Lighting SimpleTube STP series has been awarded a US patent for solid state lamp and drive circuit.

Monocrystal expands LED industry prospects by introducing 10-inch sapphire substrate
Monocrystal has announced availability of the company’s innovative ultra-large 10-inch C-plane epi-ready sapphire substrate.

LED Industry News: Seren, Phoseon, Fernplas
Seren Photonics has completed its first funding round, Phoseon Technology is expanding its headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Fernplas has invested in injection-molding capabilities.

More Industry News

JPSA announces expanded job shop, applications lab

Lighting Science Group makes its one millionth US LED bulb

Boston Lights: Presented by the Designers Lighting Forum of New England

Scientists at Osram are awarded with the Beckurts Prize

Edison Opto exhibiting at the LED EXPO 2010 in New Delhi

Thermal Technology launches commercial kyropoulos crystal grower

NanoMarkets report makes the business case for OLED lighting

LEDs Ltd for sale

ZEMAX CEO awarded OSA Medal

Lighting Science Group sponsors solar decathlon

Pixled and Mitsubishi Electric agree to co-operate on LED displays

Fernplas name change, invests in injection moulding capabilities

LEDucation 5 exhibitor floor 100% sold out

Dialight wins electronic industry award for DuroSite LED high bay

Avnet Abacus lighting microsite: More than just LEDs

Apollo Precision enters LED epitaxy business with Aixtron MOCVD equipment

Seren Photonics raises £475k to build its first pilot scale HB LEDs

Dialight Partners with SME Eurofinance for energy-efficient LED lighting

Application Stories
 

Architainment lights award-winning offices in London's Victoria
Earlier this year Architainment Lighting Ltd worked with Lighting Design International (LDI) on transforming the exterior of premier office headquarters, The Peak, in London’s Victoria.

Bright Green Technology LEDs take to the air
Illuminating the displays in Bath City Centre at night with fluorescent tubes has always been problematic. Bright Green Technology has provided Bright Green Matrix LED system to down light the graphics as the solution.

Citiled installs world's largest LED media façade at King's Road Tower, Jeddah
The largest working video screen in the world was inaugurated today at the King's Road Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Ameresco awarded contract by City of Phoenix to cut traffic signal light energy use by 90% at hundreds of intersections
Ameresco, Inc. has signed an agreement with the City of Phoenix Public Works and Street Transportation Departments to provide lighting retrofit services, materials, and equipment for the installation of traffic signal LED lamps.