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Porotech | Micro-LEDs | Trends | May 29, 2024
Porotech Wins 2024 SID Best MicroLED-Based Technology
Porotech Wins 2024 SID Best MicroLED-Based Technology Porotech, a pioneer in micro-LED and GaN-based semiconductor material technology, garnered significant acclaim from professionals at the annual optical-display industry event, SID Display Week 2024. With its world-first microLED projector, Porotech was honoured with the “Best MicroLED-Based Technology” award. Read more »
Zumtobel | Awards | May 23, 2024
Zumtobel Group Awarded the Third Consecutive ECOVadis Gold
Zumtobel Group Awarded the Third Consecutive ECOVadis Gold For the third time in a row, the Zumtobel Group has been awarded a gold medal by the independent sustainability rating platform EcoVadis. In an industry comparison, the lighting group is ranked among the top 1% of all companies assessed by the platform. The successive recognition with the gold medal underlines the consistent and continuous development of the Zumtobel Group and its sustainability activities. Read more »
BrightStar Awards | Awards | May 23, 2024
LEDs Magazine Recognized More than 50 Products with BrightStar Awards
LEDs Magazine Recognized More than 50 Products with BrightStar Awards LEDs Magazine to announced the recipients of its third annual BrightStar Awards. Re-launched from the past Sapphire Awards program, the BrightStar Awards acknowledge innovation in solid-state lighting components, controls, and finished luminaire systems for general lighting and specialty applications. Read more »
Lumileds | First Brands Group | Business | May 17, 2024
Lumileds to Sell its Lamps and Accessories Business to First Brands Group
Lumileds to Sell its Lamps and Accessories Business to First Brands Group Lumileds, LLC, one of the world’s leading LED manufacturers and solution providers for the global automotive, illumination, display, and flash markets and First Brands Group, LLC (“First Brands”), a global automotive parts manufacturer that serves the worldwide automotive aftermarket, have entered into an agreement for First Brands to acquire the Lamps and Accessories business of Lumileds for $238M. Under First Brands, the Lamps and Accessories business will continue to expand its global offerings and position its products and leading brands in the automotive accessories sector. Read more »
Nichia | Automotive | May 15, 2024
Nichia Automotive Innovation Center in Germany
Nichia Automotive Innovation Center in Germany In a significant move to spearhead the future of automotive lighting design and functions, the world’s leading LED manufacturer Nichia announces the launch of the Nichia Automotive Innovation Center located in Aachen, Germany. The newly inaugurated facility marks a pivotal step in the company’s ongoing commitment to innovate and deliver enhanced support to customers that have rapidly evolving requirements. Read more »
Luminaires | Zumtobel | Trends | Applications | May 10, 2024
Reliable Lighting for Challenging Industrial Environments – Zumtobel Introduces the EXTONA Explosion-proof Luminaire
Reliable Lighting for Challenging Industrial Environments – Zumtobel Introduces the EXTONA Explosion-proof Luminaire Zumtobel’s new moisture-proof luminaire EXTONA is ideal for use in hazardous areas and harsh industrial conditions. Certified for use in ATEX 2/22 zones, this explosion-proof luminaire is particularly resilient thanks to its robust design and is also protected against the most challenging conditions, such as significant dust formation or powerful jets of water. It also features impact-resistant housing and an emergency light function. Read more »
ABB | Energy-efficient Factory | Trends | May 10, 2024
ABB Opens New €20 Million Energy-efficient Factory in Belgium
ABB Opens New €20 Million Energy-efficient Factory in Belgium ABB has opened a new €20 million injection molding manufacturing site at Evergem, near Ghent in Belgium, to meet the growing demand for safe, smart and sustainable electrification solutions in Europe. The modern plant has been developed to meet the latest energy-efficiency demands through the installation of new injection molding machines, digital technologies, and automation solutions. It replaces an existing facility that joined ABB as part of its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions in 2018. The site will produce power distribution enclosures which serve as protective housings for electrical distribution components such as circuit breakers, fuses, switches, and meters, ensuring the safe distribution, metering and control of electricity throughout residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Read more »
BrightView | Displays | Trends | May 10, 2024
BrightView’s New Display Film Boosts Brightness up to 30%
BrightView’s New Display Film Boosts Brightness up to 30% BrightView Technologies, a leading global supplier of Visual Intelligence™ solutions, has announced the launch of its new Polycarbonate Brightness Enhancing Films (BEFs), engineered to increase brightness up to 30% for high-performance display designs. An ideal solution for desktop monitors, laptops, tablets and other custom displays, the unique film stack helps engineering teams achieve advanced optics while ensuring efficiency. Read more »
Toyoda Gosei | UV-C | UV | May 02, 2024
Toyoda Gosei Develops UV-C LED with World-Class Light Output
Toyoda Gosei Develops UV-C LED with World-Class Light Output Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has developed deep ultraviolet (UV-C) LEDs with light output that is among the highest in the world. UV-C is used in disinfection as it destroys viral and bacterial DNA structures and inhibits their replication. As an alternative light source for mercury lamps used for disinfection, improved performance of UV-C LEDs has been expected. Sample sales of Toyoda Gosei’s high performance LEDs started internationally in April 2024, to promote their wider use for disinfecting water, air and surface. Read more »
Lumileds | Power LED | SSL | Featured | May 01, 2024
LUXEON HL4X for High Output Applications & Improved Efficiency
LUXEON HL4X for High Output Applications & Improved Efficiency Lumileds announced the release of its LUXEON HL4X power LED that delivers the lighting industry’s highest output and efficacy; it furthers the ability for lighting manufacturers to standardize their designs around a common footprint and proves that meaningful LED efficacy gains are still possible. Read more »
Cree LED | Xlamp | Horizon LEDs | SSL | Featured | May 01, 2024
New XLamp® Horizon LEDs Enable More Uniform Lighting than Standard LEDs
New XLamp® Horizon LEDs Enable More Uniform Lighting than Standard LEDs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Since these systems are designed to maximize yields for plants and animals, they require different metrics than lighting products designed around the human visual system. Read more »
Signify | Net Zero Emission | Business | Apr 23, 2024
Signify Introduces Ambitious Net Zero Emissions Reduction Targets, Validated by SBTi
Signify Introduces Ambitious Net Zero Emissions Reduction Targets, Validated by SBTi Signify announced that it is expanding its climate action with ambitious new Net Zero emissions reduction targets. The company has introduced a 2040 net-zero target and a commitment to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% without the use of carbon credits. These targets have been reviewed and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Read more »
Horticulture | Apr 17, 2024
Horticulture LEDs to Boost Vertical Farming Efficiency
Horticulture LEDs to Boost Vertical Farming Efficiency With the growing world population and global warming, arable land and fresh water are becoming increasingly scarce {C1}. Many new approaches will be needed in agriculture. One of these is Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA). Würth Elektronik offers Horticulture LEDs and promotes the use of plant- and growth-specific light recipes. Engineers at the company have thought about how the control of a CEA could be realized as an IoT application. Read more »
DOE | L-Prize | Business | Apr 11, 2024
DOE Launches Final Phase of Its L-Prize Lighting Competition on Manufacturing & Installation
DOE Launches Final Phase of Its L-Prize Lighting Competition on Manufacturing & Installation The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the third and final phase of its Lighting Prize (L-Prize®) competition, a DOE American-Made Challenge designed to spur groundbreaking innovation, local manufacturing, and the benefits of an inclusive, clean-energy economy for next-generation lighting in commercial buildings. Phase 3, called Manufacturing & Installation (M&I), will unfold over 16 months and reward production and installation of products that meet L-Prize technical requirements in real-world buildings. Up to four competitors earning the most points based on technical and design innovation, U.S. content, production, and installation will share an award of $10 million. Read more »
Instrument Systems | Appointments | Apr 05, 2024
New Managing Director at Instrument Systems
New Managing Director at Instrument Systems On 2 April 2024 the position of the Managing Director passed from Yasumasa Kuboyama to Dr. Yuta Yamanoi, who together with CEO Dr. Markus Ehbrecht form the new Instrument Systems management team. Read more »
Cree LED | Portable Lights | SSL | Featured | Apr 02, 2024
NEW XLamp® XHP LEDs 3V Class Optimized for Portable Lights
NEW XLamp® XHP LEDs 3V Class Optimized for Portable Lights Cree LED delivers superior brightness, light quality and efficiency for portable applications. Our XLamp® LEDs are ideally suited for torch, flashlight, tactical flashlight, head lamp, bike light, weapon light and lantern portable applications. Read more »
Lumileds | CoB | SSL | Featured | Apr 02, 2024
Lumileds 90+ CRI CoBs Get A Boost in Output and Efficacy
Lumileds 90+ CRI CoBs Get A Boost in Output and Efficacy Lumileds has just released its latest generation of 90+CRI CoBs in both the LUXEON CoB Core Range and the LUXEON CS CoB Range. Lumileds’ unique phosphor mix incorporating KSF enables LUXEON CoBs to deliver the highest quality of light, meet the most stringent testing, backed by detailed reliability reports, and achieve the output and efficacy expected of leading CoBs. Read more »
Events | Mar 28, 2024
Launch of the European Lighting Forum
Launch of the European Lighting Forum Join the launch of the new European Lighting Forum. A new Space where members of the lighting value chan are invited to share views, experience and work together on the delivery of better lighting in Europe. Read more »
Marelli | Automotive | Controller | Mar 28, 2024
Light Domain Controller Enables Software-defined Vehicle Architectures
Light Domain Controller Enables Software-defined Vehicle Architectures Marelli has developed in China an innovative automotive lighting domain control unit platform, that is able to control vehicles' front lights, rear lights, and all new 360° lighting features. In the future, even more lighting algorithms could be further integrated into this light domain controller. This cutting-edge technology for lighting systems aimed at next-generation vehicles will be showcased at the upcoming Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, from April 25 to May 4, alongside other Marelli advanced technologies. Read more »
Delighted Talks | Events
Time Matters – Shining Light on Metabolic Health
Time Matters – Shining Light on Metabolic Health The Good Light Group, together with the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), the Daylight Academy (DLA), and Luger Research (LR), are organizing and presenting the “deLIGHTed Talks” lectures (7th Edition). Read more »
Trilux | Trends | Mar 18, 2024
Smart and Adaptable Systems will Prevail in the Long Term
Smart and Adaptable Systems will Prevail in the Long Term Light + Building 2024 was a complete success for TRILUX, the German market leader for professional lighting. Our visitors took the opportunity to explore and discuss pioneering innovations across office, industry, outdoor and digital sectors at the TRILUX booth. "The market demands solutions that not only meet the increased demands for quality, sustainability, smartness and design but are also user-friendly and safe. They must simplify planning processes and remain flexible to adapt to future challenges," says Joachim Geiger, CSO & CMO TRILUX, summarizing key industry trends. "Our innovations provide exactly the right solutions," says Geiger. Read more »
Events | Light + Building | Mar 15, 2024
Light + Building 2024: Fulminant Innovation Show Provides a Stage for Sustainability and Efficiency in Buildings
Light + Building 2024: Fulminant Innovation Show Provides a Stage for Sustainability and Efficiency in Buildings The modern building is intelligent, connected and as a result saves energy. In combination with alternative energy sources and efficient lighting solutions, emissions in the building sector can be drastically reduced. This makes a significant contribution to achieving climate targets. 2,169 exhibitors presented the latest developments in building technology and trends in innovative lighting design at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main from 3 to 8 March 2024. Over 151,000 visitors travelled to the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology. Read more »
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