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Business News | May 31, 2011
Asia Pacific Goes Green – Best Pre-Condition for future growth potential of LED Lighting Products
Kelvin Inn, Consulting Manager at Global Intelligence Alliance in Hong Kong investigated the regulations, market situation, and future perspectives for the Asia-Pacific region. He came to the conclusion that this region offers the best pre-condition for a huge growth in LED lighting and that Asian lighting brands could dominate the global market in a few years. Read more »
Business News | May 25, 2011
Holders Components Distributes Ledlink Optics in Continental Europe
Holders Components, the European LED solution provider, has been appointed distributor of Ledlink Optics in Continental Europe. Holders Components UK has been a distributor of Ledlink products for a number of years. Victoria Blaisdell, Group Managing Director of Holders Technology plc (parent company of Holders Components), has said, ‘We are very pleased to be working with Ledlink across Europe. Ledlink has a very large and comprehensive range of secondary optics which can be used in applications with many leading brands of LEDs, as well as providing a customised optics service’. Read more »
Business News | May 16, 2011
Acuity Brands Acquires Healthcare Lighting
Acuity Brands, Inc. announced it has acquired for cash Fairview, PA-based Healthcare Lighting, Inc., a leading provider of specialized, high-performance lighting products for healthcare facilities. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read more »
Business News | May 11, 2011
Number of EMerge Alliance Certified LED Products Grows - EMerge Alliance at LIGHTFAIR 2011
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings – today announced that 22 additional products have been Registered as compliant with the EMerge Alliance initial standard covering the Occupied Space in commercial buildings and 16 new members have joined the organization. Read more »
Business News | May 11, 2011
Jenoptik and LEIDS will Cooperate in the Field of LED Lighting
Jenoptik and LEIDS will Cooperate in the Field of LED Lighting Jenoptik´s business unit Optoelectronic Systems, manufacturer of optoelectronic systems and polymer optical components, and LEIDS GmbH & Co. KG jointly present innovative LED illumination solutions at the tradeshow transport logistic 2011 for the first time. Both partners agreed to sign a development and cooperation agreement in the field of LED industrial lighting. The agreement runs for 5 years. Read more »
Business News | May 05, 2011
Digital Lumens to Sell Intelligent Lighting System in Europe
Digital Lumens, leading developer of LED-based Intelligent Lighting Systems, today announced that the company will begin selling its products in Europe. Digital Lumens products have received CE listing validating that they meet requirements for safety, health, environment and consumer protection in Europe. Read more »
Business News | May 05, 2011
Excelitas Technologies’ LED Facility in U.S. Receives ISO 13485:2003 Certification
Excelitas Technologies, a global provider of innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced today that its LED-based manufacturing facility in Wheeling, Ill. has achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification. ISO 13485:2003 certification is an internationally recognized quality standard designed to ensure that medical device manufacturers and critical component suppliers to medical device manufacturers have the required quality management systems in place to safely design, manufacture and distribute medical devices as well as the critical components incorporated into these devices. Read more »
Business News | Apr 28, 2011
RECOM Power and Mouser Create Global Distribution Initiative
RECOM Power, a pioneer in the design and manufacture of DC/DC and AC/DC converters, switching regulators, and LED drivers today announced its worldwide distribution alliance with Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components. Read more »
Business News | Apr 15, 2011
Mouser to Distribute Luminus Devices’ LEDs Globally
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global design engineering resource for semiconductors and electronic components and Luminus Devices, manufacturer of „Big-Chip‟ LEDs, today announced a global distribution agreement, enabling Mouser to bring Luminus‟ award-winning LEDs quickly and efficiently to lighting design engineers and buyers around the world. The agreement essentially speeds-to-market the industry‟s only big-chip LED. Read more »
Business News | Apr 14, 2011
Opsira Presents New Distributor for Korean Market
opsira GmbH has been represented by a competent distributor in the Korean Market since March 15, 2011. For the territory of Korea the company Modern HighTech Co., Ltd. in Seoul/Korea is the official and authorized distributor for the delivery and maintenance of opsira GmbH optical engineering services OES, optical metrology services OMS and optical test systems OTS. Read more »
Business News | Apr 11, 2011
Pro-Lite Acquires SphereOptics GmbH
British photonics and light measurement equipment distributor Pro-Lite Technology Ltd has acquired a majority shareholding in German company SphereOptics GmbH (Uhldingen, Germany), with effect from April 1st 2011. With the acquisition of SphereOptics, Pro-Lite will apply its technical leadership to help grow its light measurement business in the German, German-speaking and Eastern European markets. Read more »
Business News | Apr 05, 2011
IMS Research Says "TI to Dominate Power ICs and LED Driver ICs Market"
Texas Instruments’ acquisition of National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion will create a giant that dominates the power IC field according to the latest data* from IMS Research.The combination of these two titans will represent about 17% of the power management and driver IC market, or $2.2 billion in revenue, whilst their share of the LED IC market will stand at over 25%. Read more »
Business News | Apr 05, 2011
LED Producer e:lumix Brings New Dynamics into the Lighting Industry
LED Producer e:lumix Brings New Dynamics into the Lighting Industry e:lumix, Augsburg, Germany, April 4th, 2011 - The following information was given to LED professional in an interview with Mr. Zabel, CTO of e:lumix. e:lumix will be delivering about 200 million LEDs of the type UltraHighBright 3528 LED to China in 2011. Through strategic measures and the simplification of chip production, e:lumix has been able to place their new LED Series – UltraHighBright 3528 LED in the mid-price sector for the Chinese market. A contract was signed with one of the largest Chinese LED-dealers last week. Read more »
Business News | Apr 05, 2011
TI to Acquire National Semiconductor
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which TI will acquire National for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The acquisition combines two industry leaders in analog semiconductors, each with unique strengths in delivering products to improve performance and efficiency and convert real-world signals in electronic systems. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. Read more »
Business News | Apr 01, 2011
MOUSER & BIAS POWER Unite to Deliver Powerful Design Solutions
Mansfield, Texas, USA – March 30, 2011 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., known throughout the industry as a top global design engineering resource for semiconductors and electronic components, today upped the power of its expansive linecard in forming a global distribution agreement with Bias Power Inc. Bias Power is a leading manufacturer of drop-in low power, universal input, AC/DC power modules and ruggedized LED drivers. Read more »
Business News | Mar 15, 2011
Kyma and Sinmat Enter Cooperation Agreement to Provide Advanced Crystal Fabrication Services
Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, and Sinmat Inc., a leading provider of innovative chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) technologies for wide band-gap materials, have entered into an agreement to cooperate with each other in the area of advanced crystal fabrication to better serve their customers. Read more »
Business News | Mar 10, 2011
Tyco Electronics Is Now TE Connectivity Ltd.
Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) received shareholder approval at yesterday's Annual General Meeting to change the company name to TE Connectivity Ltd. The name change is subject to Swiss regulatory approval, which the company expects to receive by March 25, 2011. The NYSE ticker symbol (TEL) will remain the same. Read more »
Business News | Mar 08, 2011
Capacity Expansion at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
Capacity Expansion at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be stepping up its production output significantly by converting its two chip manufacturing facilities to 6-inch wafers while expanding both plants. A new production building is currently under construction in Penang, Malaysia, while in Regensburg, Germany, the available space is being reallocated. The two facilities will each be converting to the new manufacturing technology, introducing 6-inch wafers to replace the current 4-inch wafers. These measures are expected to almost double the chip production capacity for white LEDs by the end of 2012. Read more »
Business News | Mar 07, 2011
UL Expands Capabilities in Global Lighting Technology Market with Acquisition of Lighting Sciences, Inc.
UL, a world leader in advancing safety, announced today that it has acquired Lighting Sciences, Inc. (LSI), a leading provider of photometric testing services, test equipment, and advisory services in support of the growing Solid State Lighting (SSL) market. LSI will become part of UL's Verification Services business, which provides performance testing, inspection and auditing for product manufacturers and retailers worldwide. Read more »
Business News | Mar 01, 2011
Global Safety Certification Alignment, ALT Acquired KCMark & C-Tick
Aeon Lighting Technology Inc.(ALT), the leading high power LED lighting company in Taiwan, has recently acquired KCMark from Korea, and C-Tick from Australia, and become the first LED lighting manufacturer to acquire these two certifications in the world. It is also a surely approval from Korean and Australian governments to sell products into these two countries. Read more »
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