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Legrand | Acquisition | Encelium | Business |
Dec 15, 2022
Legrand Announces Acquisition of Encelium Advanced Lighting Management
Legrand®, a world leader in electrical, digital infrastructure and connected solutions, has announced its acquisition of Encelium, an Ontario, Canada-based manufacturer of advanced commercial lighting controls.
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Joanneum Research | Silicones | Trends |
Dec 14, 2022
Novel Technology to Increase Pot Life of Silicones Used in LED Components
Improved formulation for a Silicone elastomer can lead to significantly reduced production costs for LED components. JOANNEUM RESEARCH is looking for partners in the LED, phosphor and PDMS market to exploit the potential of this technology.
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Luminus Devices | COB | Salud COB | SSL |
Dec 14, 2022
Luminus Releases Salud COBs
Luminus Devices has expanded its human-centric lighting portfolio with the introduction of the Salud COBs. These recently released COBs have high R9 values, high melanopic/photopic ratios, and 90 CRI minimum in warm CCTs that enable users to meet WELL Building requirements.
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LpS Digital Summit | 2022 | Keynotes | Panel Discussion | Awards |
Dec 12, 2022
LpS Digital Summit 2022 – Keynotes, Panel Discussion, Awards
This year's LpS Digital Summit under the motto of "Experience the Future of Light" took place on December 7th. The program consisted of keynotes from Ourania Georgoutsakou from LightingEurope, Aleksandar Nastov from Samsung , Dr. Rene Wegh from Signify, and Professor Dr. Robert F. Karlicek, Jr. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a panel discussion and the LpS Digital Awards ceremony. Siegfried Luger, Head of Luger Research e.U., hosted the event. Luger Research e.U. – Institute for Innovation – is the event organizer in collaboration with their publications LED professional, Trends in Lighting and the Global Lighting Directory.
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Zhaga Awards | Awards |
Dec 09, 2022
Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards Submission Date Extended
The Zhaga Consortium launched the global Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards in mid-September to address the needs for innovative sensors of the many cities that have installed Zhaga-D4i certified streetlights. The awards encourage and recognize excellence in smart city sensors that can be installed on streetlights using the Zhaga Book 18 standard and are suitable for Zhaga-D4i certification. The submission date has now been extended. Sensor manufacturers, innovators as well as universities and students are encouraged to submit their applications by 3 March 2023.
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ams OSRAM | Business | Featured |
Dec 06, 2022
Compact Lighting Systems: This Is Why Size Does Matter
Question: What matters most when it comes to shop and office lighting: the luminaire or the light? We think this question practically answers itself: It's the light, of course.
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LUXEON | Lumileds | SSL |
Dec 02, 2022
Lumileds Expands LUXEON 2835 Commercial with Fourteen New 80 and 90CRI Parts
Lumileds released 14 new 3V parts in its LUXEON 2835 Commercial portfolio that deliver higher flux and efficacy to enable rapid upgrading of existing solutions and design of new lighting solutions. The new parts are available in all standard CCTs from 2700K to 6500K. Today, Lumileds offers over 150 different LUXEON 2835 LEDs in white across CCTs of 1800K to 6500K and CRIs of 70 to 95 – all at various light output and efficacy levels selected to address the needs of a broad customer base. And Lumileds 2835 portfolio includes 21 color LEDs including direct and phosphor converted options.
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Automotive | Cabin Monitoring |
Dec 01, 2022
Rectangular 4:3 Field of Illumination of New IR LEDs for Cabin Monitoring Systems
Rectangular beam from new 940nm OSLON Black IR LEDs matches field of view of automotive cameras used for driver and cabin monitoring.
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Lumileds | SSL | LUXEON XR-HL2X | XR-5050 HE | Featured |
Dec 01, 2022
LUXEON XR-HL2X and XR-5050 HE Standard Modules Provide a Faster Path to Lighting Solutions
Utilizing two of Lumileds most popular and powerful LEDs, the company has released two new standard integrated modules, LUXEON XR-HL2X and LUXEON XR-5050 HE. Both offer lighting engineers a faster, simpler way to realize powerful, highly efficient lighting solutions. Standard optics are available for all the new boards, and both offer typical efficacy of 184 lumens per Watt.
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KAIST | MicroLED | Trends |
Dec 01, 2022
KAIST Team Develops Surface-Lighting MicroLED Patch with Significant Melanogenesis Inhibition Effect
A KAIST research team led by Ph.d candidate Jae Hee Lee and Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a surface-lighting microLED patch for UV-induced melanogenesis inhibition.
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Awards | People |
Nov 30, 2022
The LIT Lighting Design Awards 2022 Winners Have Been Announced
Zurich, Switzerland – The LIT Lighting Design Awards was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting designers. The program celebrates creativity and innovation in the fields of lighting products and applications.
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Nichia | Direct Mountable Chips | SSL | Featured |
Nov 18, 2022
Nichia Expands the Portfolio of Its Direct Mountable Chip Series, a High Luminous Flux Density Chip Scale LED
Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of high-brightness blue and white LEDs, is pleased to announce the addition of the new NCSWE13A-V1 to its high luminous flux density Direct Mountable Chip portfolio.
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Edison Opto | Stonehenge Series | Featured |
Nov 17, 2022
EDISON OPTO Ultra High Power Stonehenge Light Engine
EDISON OPTO rolls out 400-1,200W Stonehenge Series Light Engine and PCBA Module solution, which provides a reliable and extremely high power output with a uniform color mixing through unique and elegant lens.
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ams OSRAM | Business | Featured |
Nov 17, 2022
Industry Lighting: Five Success Factors You Really Need to Know About
Lighting products from OSRAM DS keep their promise of quality also under the tougher operating conditions of industrial environments.
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Luxtech | CCT Mixer | LED Drivers | Smart Lighting | Featured |
Nov 15, 2022
LUXTECH Launches CCT Mixer: Tunable White Controller
CCT Mixer by LUXTECH is designed to make common LED driver SKUs more versatile by giving them tunable white capability. Tunable White drivers often create extra fixture complexity, costs, configuration / programming time, and often with long lead times.
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Luxtech | White Paper | CCT Mixer | Featured
CCT Mixer by LUXTECH Gives Plug and Play Tunable White Capability to Single Channel Drivers
Creating tunable white capable luminaires requires drivers that can be difficult to source in a timely fashion and add cost and complexity.
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Lumileds | SSL | LUXEON XR-HL2X | XR-5050 HE | Featured |
Nov 10, 2022
LUXEON XR-HL2X and XR-5050 HE Standard Modules Provide a Faster Path to Lighting Solutions
Utilizing two of Lumileds most popular and powerful LEDs, the company has released two new standard integrated modules, LUXEON XR-HL2X and LUXEON XR-5050 HE. Both offer lighting engineers a faster, simpler way to realize powerful, highly efficient lighting solutions. Standard optics are available for all the new boards, and both offer typical efficacy of 184 lumens per Watt.
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Appointments | Lumileds | Steve Barlow |
Nov 02, 2022
Lumileds Successfully Completes Comprehensive Financial Restructuring and Announces Leadership Transition
Lumileds Holding B.V. (“Lumileds” or the “Company”), a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, has successfully completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11, having reduced its funded debt by approximately $1.4 billion. With the restructuring transaction completed, Lumileds will be owned by a new group of long-term institutional investors, including Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C., Nut Tree Capital Management, L.P., and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
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Horticulture | Cree LED | Featured |
Nov 01, 2022
New Photophyll™ Select LEDs - Fully Optimized for Horticulture
Photophyll Select is an advanced horticulture spectrum available on XLamp® XP-G3 LEDs and J Series® 2835 3V G Class LEDs. These are the first LEDs fully characterized with horticulture spectral metrics.
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Edison Opto | Stonehenge Series | Featured | SSL |
Nov 01, 2022
Introducing Our New Light Engine The Stonehenge Series
Stonehenge Light Engine Module series is a surface mount, high-efficiency optical integrator matrix assembly. The modules are fully compatible with various high-lumen density LEDs such as white, RGBW, dual color, and more colors in one.
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LEDs | 36V | Lumileds | SSL | Featured |
Nov 01, 2022
36 Volt LEDs Create New Luminaire Engineering Opportunities
Lumileds has released 36V options, now available through its distribution network, for the LUXEON 2835 Color Line mid-power LEDs, which are widely used in applications from architectural lighting to smart bulbs, and for its LUXEON 7070 high-power LEDs that serve applications from spot lighting to outdoor and industrial lighting.
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Signify | Business News |
Oct 31, 2022
Signify: Company's Third Quarter 2022 Results
Signify reports third quarter sales of EUR 1.9 billion, comparable sales growth of 4.3% and an operational profitability of 10.4%.
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Philips | Signify | Ultra Efficient | Luminaires | Trends |
Oct 31, 2022
Philips Ultra Efficient Range Expands into Luminaires
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, will help customers manage their energy expenditure with a new range of Ultra Efficient lights and, for the first time, Ultra Efficient integrated luminaires. The new, more diverse product range offers customers even more opportunities to integrate the most efficient energy-saving LED lighting into their homes.
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Events | Lightfair |
Oct 31, 2022
Lightfair to Move to Biennial Event Schedule
LightFair, North America’s largest architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, today announced it is transitioning to a biennial event schedule beginning with the 2023 event, scheduled for May 21-25 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. As the major player in this vibrant space, LightFair’s updated schedule will better serve the industry’s manufacturing cycle, product marketplace and the overall needs of lighting professionals.
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UV-C | Silanna |
Oct 31, 2022
Far UV-C and Deep UV-C LEDs with New Tech
Silanna UV has announced new far UV-C and deep UV-C LEDs that take advantage of the company’s patented short period superlattice (SPSL) technology for industry-leading performance in the difficult-to-obtain 230 – 265 nm UV range – including the highest output power in any mass-produced UV LED at 235 nm.
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Automotive | Hella | Micro-Optics |
Oct 31, 2022
FlatLight Micro-Optics Technology
Smaller, more efficient, better: The miniaturisation trend is also unstoppable in the automotive industry because it reduces installation space and weight and thus ultimately saves energy. "In addition, a car must have character and emotional appeal above all," says Dr. Frank Huber, who as HELLA Managing Director is responsible for the lighting division. "Manufacturers are therefore looking for new design options more than ever. This is why the lighting and electronics specialist is launching HELLA FlatLight technologies, a new lighting innovation for rear combination lamps that combines functionality and design.
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White Paper | Color Rendition | Featured | SSL
WHITE PAPER: Achieving Optimal Color Rendition with LEDs
A Review of Various Models for Classifying Light Source Color Rendition and Guide to Using LEDs to Achieve Fidelity Color Rendering for Retail and Other Indoor Environments.
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Nichia | Events | Featured |
Oct 24, 2022
Nichia Shows LED Innovation at Lichtwoche 2022
At Lichtwoche 2022 in Munich, Nichia, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, will show its cutting-edge innovation.
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Lumileds | Business |
Oct 17, 2022
Lumileds Announces Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization
Lumileds Holding B.V. (“Lumileds” or the “Company”), a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, announced today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the Company’s Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Lumileds plans to emerge from the chapter 11 process (“Chapter 11”) the week of October 31 following the satisfaction of certain administrative items before the Plan becomes effective.
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Micro-LEDs | Display | Porotech | Trends |
Oct 17, 2022
Porotech Announces World’s First “All-In-One” Full-colour MicroLED Display
Porotech, a global leader in microLED and Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, today announces the world’s first public demonstration of an “all-in-one” full-colour display of microLED pixels.
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