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Oct 18, 2018
Fagerhult Signs a Letter of Intent to Acquire iGuzzini
AB Fagerhult (publ) (“Fagerhult”) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the shareholders of iGuzzini illuminazione S.p.A (“iGuzzini”) to acquire 100% of the shares of iGuzzini.
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Business | Organization News | TALQ | White Paper |
Aug 07, 2018
TALQ Consortium Releases a New White Paper
The TALQ Consortium reveals in a White Paper published today many insights into its global interface standard and certification scheme for managing smart city applications including outdoor lighting networks. The document explains in detail not only the system architecture and data model, but also its functions and services. It helps cities, solution providers, project planners and other stakeholders understand the concepts and benefits of the Smart City Protocol. The full TALQ Specification Version 2.0 – allowing vendors to easily integrate the protocol in their systems - is available for TALQ member companies together with a powerful Test Suite.
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Business | Company News | Divestment |
Aug 03, 2018
Closeout of Europe's Lighting Brands Continues - Osram Initiates Sale of Luminaire Business
Seven years after buying Siteco and after forming the Osram Lighting Solutions business unit, Osram's management board has decided to divest its luminaires business. Because of numerous measures, the earnings position of the Lighting Solutions business unit has stabilized significantly. That allows Osram to initiate an organized sales process of the LS business unit.
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Events | Event-Reports | Event Post Show Report |
Jun 21, 2018
Asia’s Most Influential Lighting and LED Event Announces Increased Visitor Numbers
Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition celebrated another successful edition as more than 165,000 visitors (5% increase from 2017) descended on the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou from June 9 ‒ 12. A total of 2,602 exhibitors demonstrated the latest in lighting and LED products and solutions across 19 halls and 195,000 sqm of exhibition space. The main thoroughfare at the exhibition ¬– The Pearl Promenade – was also a hive of activity as the THINKLIGHT: Embracing Changes Forum enticed thousands of visitors to a programme of talks from some of the world’s leading authorities in lighting concepts, technology and design.
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Business | Company News | Branding | UV-LEDs | UV-Modules |
Jun 15, 2018
LG Innotek Launches UV LED Brand "InnoUV"
LG Innotek today revealed its plan to launch the high-end UV LED brand, “InnoUV.” The company plans to give the common name “InnoUV” to all of its UV LED products, apply a separately created brand logo design to them, and allow all finished products that use the company’s UV LED to use the logo.
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Events | Event-Reports | Event Post Show Report |
Jun 12, 2018
LED Expo Thailand 2018 Opened Up Growth Opportunities
LED Expo Thailand 2018, ASEAN’s largest exhibition on LED products & technology concluded on an affirmative note with new records. This key business and networking event that took place in Challenger 1, Impact Exhibition & Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, served as the platform to showcase products and technical innovations from the LED industry.
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EcoDesign Directive | Organization News | Business |
May 31, 2018
Key Principles for the Ecodesign Framework to Continue to Deliver Substantial Energy Savings
The European Parliament adopted today an own-initiative report on the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive, while the European Commission is now more than halfway through the 2016-2019 Ecodesign Work Plan.
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Business | Company News | Urban Lighting |
May 24, 2018
Philips Lighting Acquires Chinese Urban Lighting Company LiteMagic Technologies
Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Shenzhen LiteMagic Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer and seller of lighting luminaires and control systems for urban and façade lighting.
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Featured | COB | LED | Business | Company News |
May 22, 2018
Cree® XLamp® CMT LEDs Deliver up to 45 Percent Higher Lumen Density than Competition
The new CMT LEDs extend Cree’s metal-based chip-on-board (COB) LED technology to the most prevalent COB form factors. Cree’s XLamp High Current LED Arrays provide up to 45% more lumen density and up to 17% higher efficacy, and feature an innovative metal substrate technology that delivers higher reliability than competing metal COBs. With more than 6,000 hours of LM-80 data, the expanded family of LEDs enables lighting manufacturers to upgrade designs for track, downlight and outdoor lighting.
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Featured | Optics | Business | Company News |
May 22, 2018
BJB Launches Innovative Single-row LED Optic Series for Linear and Area Lighting with Slim Design and Integrated Fixing Elements
Optics are a critical part of the lighting system, especially when it comes to efficiency and precision beam control. Even the most efficient light sources would be rendered useless without high-quality optics. They enable the designer to extract light from the source and precisely direct it through key vertical and horizontal planes. Optics can mitigate light loss and ensure that the pre-defined light distribution for specific applications and standards are maintained.
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Business | Company News | Featured |
May 16, 2018
Smart Control with GRE’s Dimming Modules
Smart and sustainable technologies have been on the forefront at the international lighting events. With the advance of smart devices and return on investment requirements, the smart building is widely becoming the new standard building model.
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Company News | Business | Featured |
May 16, 2018
Accredited Quality for Colorimetric Quantities
Since 2009 Instrument Systems has received accreditation to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025 for photometric tests and now offers its certified measurement solutions with the flexible scope of application of Category III.
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Business | Company News |
May 15, 2018
Osram Accelerates Its Technological Shift and Explores Future Markets
“The first half of the fiscal year was challenging due to various factors. However, the long-term growth trend remains intact, while the reorganization and the technological shift are continuing,” said Olaf Berlien, CEO of OSRAM Licht AG.
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Business | Company News | IoT | PoE | Featured |
May 15, 2018
Cree Expands SmartCast Intelligence Platform; Collaborates with Synapse Wireless
Durham, North Carolina-based LED lighting firm Cree, Inc. reports that it is expanding its SmartCast Intelligence Platform™ to include connected wireless capabilities for smart building solutions. Such smart building solutions can provide building automation and control network (BACnet) connectivity, advanced lighting controls, and building analytics.
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Osram | Business | Company News |
May 15, 2018
Light is the Efficiency Booster
In order to cut costs while providing high-quality light, many luminaire manufacturers today rely on robust LED components and intelligent control technology from OSRAM. Our future-proof lighting systems reduce the power consumption as well as the maintenance effort.
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LFI 2018 | Events | Award | Videos |
May 14, 2018
LFI 2018 Award: Crestron's SolarSync Outdoor Sensor
Business | Company News | IoT | PoE |
May 06, 2018
Molex and Deco Lighting Announce Collaboration
LED fixtures bring architectural lighting, quality, versatility and IoT / PoE-readiness to the Molex lineup
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Business | Company News | Bluetooth |
May 06, 2018
Silvair Announces New Partners and Expands the Range of Interoperable Lighting Components Based on the Qualified Bluetooth Mesh
Chicago, May 7, 2018 - Silvair, a pioneer in lighting control technology and a leading provider of qualified Bluetooth mesh, announces that together with its partners it will be extending the range of lighting products supported by Silvair’s technology. An ecosystem of interoperable products unified by the Bluetooth mesh standard is, therefore, expanding to redefine the smart lighting experience in commercial spaces.
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Business | Company News | Optics |
May 03, 2018
LensVector Showcases Dynamic Beam Shaping at LFI
LensVector will change the scene at Lightfair International this May as luminaire manufacturers and control companies demonstrate breakthrough Dynamic Beam Shaping technology.
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Business | Research | Partnerships | Fundings | SciPiL |
Apr 26, 2018
The Austrian Province of Burgenland Invests in Joanneum Research
At today’s press conference in Weiz, Austria, the provinces of Styria, Carinthia and Burgenland emphasised their prospective closer cooperation in the area of research. Burgenland holds an interest of five percent in Joanneum Research and will be active in the promising research area of “Smart Connected Lighting”. Thus, the research axis south of Carinthia through Styria into Burgenland is to be further reinforced, and international visibility of domestic research is to be increased.
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Business | Company News | Acquisition |
Mar 29, 2018
BAG Electronics Becomes a Part of Osram - A Focus on LED Products and Human Centric Lighting
BAG electronics, specialising in electronic control gear, LED modules and software for innovative lighting solutions, is leaving the Trilux Group to become a part of the Digital Systems (DS) business unit of Osram. The sale is subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities.
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Business | Company News | IP Licensing Agreements |
Mar 28, 2018
Osram and Nichia Announce to Expand IP Co-Operation
Osram and Nichia emphasize the significance of intellectual property (IP) in their business fields and announce their intention to expand the license co-operation.
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Intellectual Properties | Featured | Business |
Mar 17, 2018
LED Patent Lawsuit
Tridonic initiated patent lawsuits against telecommunication retailer S-KON eKontor24 GmbH. Although District Court Munich I affirmed Tridonic’s arguments, parties agreed on a settlement for reasons of legal certainty and prompt settlement of the dispute.
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Business | Company News | Branding |
Mar 16, 2018
Philips Lighting Will Become Signify Satisfying the Licensing Agreement with Royal Philips
Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced its intention to change its name from Philips Lighting to Signify. The choice of our new company name originates from the fact that light becomes an intelligent language, which connects and conveys meaning.
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Business | Organization News | DiiA | Certifications |
Mar 15, 2018
DiiA Expands as Momentum Builds for DALI Version-2 Certification Program
The Digital Illumination Interface Alliance has grown rapidly and now has 30 member companies, reflecting the growing interest in DALI version-2 certification of lighting products.
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Business | Company News | Optics |
Mar 15, 2018
Lenses Made of Silicone from KHATOD
The SILICONE LENSES from KHATOD boast an exclusive silicone processing method: Khatod customized the cold-injection process by implementing innovative technologies never used before in the transformation phase of silicone while it is injected. 100% made in Khatod.
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Business | Company News | Event News |
Mar 15, 2018
ELT Stands Behind Innovation and the Development of Comprehensive Lighting Solutions at Light+Building
The Spanish multinational showcases its new portfolio of products and solutions in Hall 4.0 at stand B80.
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Business | Research News | Partnerships |
Mar 14, 2018
Luger Research Creates an Active Network to Secure the Future of Innovation in Lighting: The First Meeting Will Take Place at the LpS 2017
Luger Research establishes the first scientific lighting partnership network for research experts and leaders in the lighting industry. The scientific partnership has been created to form an active network that will strengthen and build the connections between universities, research laboratories and industry. The scientific partnership’s mission is to enable and secure the continued development of innovation in lighting technology.
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Business | Organization News | DiiA | Zhaga | Partnerships |
Mar 14, 2018
DiiA and Zhaga Start Cooperation on IoT Solutions for Lighting
The trend in lighting towards digitalization and the need for defining interfaces for sensors and connectivity modules is well recognized. Both the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA) and the Zhaga Consortium (Zhaga) are developing important technology in this area. The organizations have now signed a liaison agreement with the aim to share technical information about available and upcoming specifications and certification programs, and the timelines of these.
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