LEDs Newsletter | February 2, 2011

Welcome to the LEDs Magazine weekly newsletter for February 2, 2011.

This week, our Strategically Speaking column discusses the unprecedented level of orders for MOCVD systems.

The Call for Papers for October's Strategies in Light Europe conference in Milan, Italy, is now open.

Also, a new website has been launched for our sister publication LEDs Magazine Japan.

As always, please use our online form to upload your press release and product information.
Headline News
Digital Lumens LED lighting wins with food distributors
 Quandt’s Foodservice and United States Cold Storage install Digital Lumen’s LED-based Intelligent Lighting Systems and Relamp LED offers new financing option for the SSL system.
Fire hazard causes recall for Eco-Story LED lamps
 A US-based supplier has recalled around 42,000 LED lamps that can pose a fire hazard when used without a class II transformer.
Instrument Systems receives major order from Korea
 LG Innotek has placed a large order for LED test equipment with Instrument Systems, and a light-measurement expert has also joined the German company.
Cree demonstrates 60W-equivalent LED retrofit lamp
 LED-based A-lamp achieves Energy Star requirements for 60W replacement lamps, but Cree hasn’t formalized plans to bring a product to market.
Resource Center
EVENTS: Strategies in Light Europe 2011 issues Call for Papers
 Strategies in Light Europe 2011, which takes place in October in Milan, is now accepting abstracts through 18 March.
STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING: How many MOCVD reactors is too many?
 An unprecedented level of orders for MOCVD reactors could create a glut in the LED market, but is unlikely to have much effect on high-end LED suppliers, says TOM HAUSKEN and Strategies Unlimited staff.
WHITE PAPER: Universal off-line LED string driver with PFC design solution
 This design note describes a compact solution featuring AC-DC conversion, power-factor correction and constant current to the LED. The LED design is ideal for applications where performance and efficiency are key, including LED-based fluorescent-tube replacements.
WEBCAST: Light and color measurement of today's LED technology
 In this live one-hour webcast scheduled for March 2, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of today's optical-measurement techniques of LED technology.
More Industry News
Bridgelux adds to RS LED array series, hits 8000 lm
 Bridgelux has expanded its RS LED Array family with new models that reach 5600 lm in warm white and 8000 lm in cool white, and targets market segments such as retail lighting and street lights.
Tyco launches modular SSL system product family
 Tyco’s Nevalo SSL family of products includes LED modules, drivers, cabling, optics, and thermal components that luminaire makers can combine, yielding products in form factors such as downlights and spot lights.
Streetlight Intelligence, National collaborate on street-lighting technologies
National Semiconductor and Streetlight Intelligence plan to combine their respective experience in integrated LED drivers and intelligent control and monitoring products for street lighting.
Lighting for Tomorrow 2011 competition focuses on SSL
 The American Lighting Association and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency launched the 2011 Lighting for Tomorrow competition at the Dallas Lighting Market with a focus on lighting controls and LED-based solid-state lighting.
More Headlines
• SPIE promotes Synopsys' William Cassarly to Fellow of the Society
 • GE Lighting makes sense of LEDs with new catalogue
• Phoseon Technology to display UV-LED curing systems
 • Ringdale, CTS announce sale of ActiveLED in Latin America
 • Green Lighting 2011 – International Vision for Global Aspirations
 • Future Facilities' thermal simulation software solves cooling problems
• ElectroniCast high-brightness LEDs global market forecast and analysis
 • Framos grows portfolio with Smartek products
 • LEDTechExpo 2011, the int'l exhibition for LED solutions
 • Dialight to showcase going green with LED lighting at conference in the US
• Two out of three large-sized LCDs to use LED backlights in 2011
 • GT Solar receives USD 33.3 M order for sapphire crystallization furnaces
 • Dow Corning joins the imec GaN affiliation program
 • UL hosts LED roadshows - safety, performance, energy efficiency
 • GE displays retail lighting at Euroshop
 • OptoTherm names new sales rep in China
 • UV LED pioneer ITL expands China operations and opens manufacturing
 • Osram forecasts electric vehicles to benefit most from new LED lighting
 • Pixled exhibits at ISE
 • Brush Engineered Materials Inc. to change name to Materion Corporation
 • Xicato appoints Megan Carroll as US Eastern Region OEM Sales Manager
 • Epoxy Technology Announces distributor for France, Germany, Austria and Greece
 • Lumenpulse: a new architectural LED lighting leader in the UK market
 • Bridgelux appoints Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
 • Arrow Electronics and Carclo Optics sign EMEA distribution agreement
Application Stories
Centennial, Colorado saves more than USD50,000 a year with Dialight LED traffic signals
 Centennial, Colorado recently completed a project to upgrade each of the city’s traffic and pedestrian countdown signals from traditional incandescent units to Dialight’s high-efficiency, low-maintenance ITE-compliant LED traffic signals.
Carmanah solar LED lights illuminate three miles of pathway for Lummi Nation
 Carmanah Technologies Corporation is providing 70 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems to illuminate Haxton Way Trail for the Lummi Nation Indian Reservation, Lummi Nation, Washington.
LTP installs SSL media screen at 110 Fetter Lane
 Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) has completed the installation of a striking media wall feature which has integrated solid state lighting and forms a visual centrepiece in the foyer of the new 11-story building at 110 Fetter Lane in the City of London.
JCC Lighting supplies low-energy LED lighting for First Choice Holidays
 Lighting manufacturer JCC Lighting has been appointed by First Choice Holidays as its lighting partner, to supply lighting solutions in their new concept holiday superstores, and their shop-in-shop pods located in large department stores throughout the UK.
Products
Infineon releases ILD4035 switch-mode LED driver for 1W LEDs for general lighting applications
 Infineon Technologies introduces the ILD4035, the first member of the new ILD4xxx family of switch-mode LED drivers for general lighting applications.
LedEngin launches its highest performance LED emitter platform with record lumen density
 LedEngin announces LZP-series of multi-chip emitters generating up to 5500 lm at 5500K CCT and 3000 lm at 3100K, in a compact 12 x 12-mm package.
Runion Energy Solutions introduces affordable 2x2 LED troffer
 The drop-in 2x2-foot troffer luminaire from Runion employs an array of four 2-foot Cardinal Linear Lights.
Cree broadens LED module family to further accelerate adoption of LED lighting
Cree, Inc. is extending its LED module family with the Cree LMR2 LED Module, a compact, high-efficiency module that provides a simple solution for lighting designers and manufacturers looking to offer best-in-class LED lighting.
More Products
• LSI Industries introduces new LED high-bay fixture
 • Helios Crew introduces the revolutionary S35 LED
 • Ecobility takes LED innovation to new heights
 • LED driver handles rigors of higher voltage off-line illumination
 • Special -purpose SMT pick and place machine for LED light bars
 • New Excelsys 75W and 100W dimming LED power supplies are 92% efficient
 • Infinity LED new products launch
 • Photonic crystal patterning on full 4" wafers with Phable technology
 • New Modo LED Lighting offers competitive cost and energy savings
 • GlacialLight unveils LED lamps to replace A19 incandescent bulbs
 • Appalachian Lighting Systems' 1000 watt metal halide LED replacement
• Power Integrations expands popular LinkSwitch(tm)-PH family of LED driver ICs
• RentAlite announces a more powerful Premium Power LED
• SunLED Corporation unveils new NinjaLED series
 • Lunera Lighting introduces 1200 series grid lay-in LED lighting
 • Apple Lighting introduces 120W LED high bay with 9000lm
• Cree broadens LED module family to further accelerate adoption of LED lighting
• Traxon Technologies introduces Cove Light AC for ambient lighting
 • Epi-Light launches new high-power UV emitters
 • Master Bond toughened structural adhesive cures at room temperature
 • Nora Lighting introduces low-profile pillar LED track fixture
 • Maxim’s LED solution enables drop-in replacements for halogen MR16 lamps
• ATD releases 240W, 200W and 185W LED street lights
 • A world first for HA-Rental and the Philips Selecon PL3
 • Digi-Key Corporation announces stock of Cree's LMR4 LED lighting modules
 • KLA-Tencor launches Candela 8620 for HB-LED manufacturing
 • Magnalight LED light tower provides high power and convenience
• Power Sources Unlimited LED driver with dimming control
 • LALED LED lamps compatible with all lighting automation systems
 • Rentalite introduces the Premium Power LED Lines
 • Carmanah releases new solar LED outdoor street light
• Seoul Semiconductor announces two new HB-LED lamps
• Wavelength Electronics unveils RHM5K-CH unipolar temperature controller
 • Human Digital adopts ITL compact air-cooled UV LED solution VTwin

 

 

 

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