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Luminus | Company Overview | Featured | SSL | Sep 24, 2024
Luminus: Innovating Photonic Technologies for a Brighter Future
Luminus: Innovating Photonic Technologies for a Brighter Future Luminus is at the forefront of photonic technology, driving advancements across industries such as healthcare, automotive, and the metaverse. With a global presence and cutting-edge solutions, Luminus delivers unparalleled brightness and precision, shaping the future of innovation. Read more »
Lumileds | Red Spectrum | SSL | LEDs | Sep 18, 2024
Lumileds Continues To Lead Advances for Red InGaN LEDs
Lumileds Continues To Lead Advances for Red InGaN LEDs Lumileds has extended its record-setting advances in its InGaN Red LED development. The InGaN material system is an attractive alternative to AlInGaP for creating red light sources because it harmonizes manufacturing with Green and Blue LEDs, which are also based on InGaN. The large industrial capacity of InGaN gives economies of scale and is preferred for integration with silicon semiconductor manufacturing. InGaN Red is especially promising for microLED applications because of its characteristic to maintain efficiency at micron-scale sizes and low current density. Read more »
Olfer | Casambi | DALI | Controller | Smart Lighting | Featured | Sep 16, 2024
CBU-DA-1P: Casambi to DALI Control Device from Electrónica OLFER
CBU-DA-1P: Casambi to DALI Control Device from Electrónica OLFER Electrónica OLFER introduces our new product, developed by our I+D department: the CBU-DA-1P. This is a Casambi to DALI control device. To do this, the CBU-DA-1P uses Bluetooth Low Energy communications to receive a command signal from the Casambi App and convert this signal into DALI commands according to the selected fixture profile. Read more »
Helvar | Appointments | Sep 09, 2024
Helvar Welcomes Kim Långström as New CEO
Helvar Welcomes Kim Långström as New CEO Helvar is pleased to announce that Kim Långström has officially assumed the role of CEO as of September 2nd, 2024. With extensive experience in the smart building industry, Kim is ready to lead Helvar into its next phase of growth and innovation while advancing its mission to provide intelligent, sustainable lighting solutions. Read more »
DALI Alliance | Smart Lighting | Sep 02, 2024
DALI Alliance Lighting Awards Opens with New Categories for 2024
DALI Alliance Lighting Awards Opens with New Categories for 2024 DALI Alliance, the global industry organization for DALI, the internationally-standardized protocol for digital communication between lighting control devices, announces that the annual DALI Lighting Awards are officially open for 2024 with a number of new categories. Read more »
Messe Frankfurt | Building Technologies | Events | Aug 30, 2024
Building Technologies Trade Fairs with a New Forward-looking Focus
Building Technologies Trade Fairs with a New Forward-looking Focus The building sector is facing many major challenges: rising construction costs and a shortage of skilled workers are colliding with an urgent need for new housing. Simultaneously, the energy and heating transition, not to mention the rapid pace of digitalisation, are creating new opportunities for a sustainable future. Messe Frankfurt has responded to the dynamic challenges in the market with a newly formed management team for its Building Technologies division. Read more »
Cree LED | Innovation | SSL | Featured | Aug 30, 2024
Cree LED. Innovating the Future of Lighting
Cree LED. Innovating the Future of Lighting At Cree LED, we’ve proven our resilience through the toughest industry challenges – from global pandemics to supply chain disruptions. Our commitment to innovation and reliability ensures you receive the highest performance, no matter your application. Read more »
Lumileds | LEDs | SSL | Featured | Aug 28, 2024
Lighting is a Team Sport
Lighting is a Team Sport We’d be stating the obvious if we said that there are few, if any, one-size fits all solutions in this world. But there you have it. Starbucks proves this in a claim on their website that there are more than 170,000 ways for patrons to customize their beverages. While we’ve not counted all the ways to use an LED with a 3535 footprint, we suspect the number is high. Read more »
Applications | Acuity Brands | IES Report | Aug 19, 2024
Seven Innovative Lighting and Components Solutions from Acuity Brands Selected for the 2024 IES Progress Report
Seven Innovative Lighting and Components Solutions from Acuity Brands Selected for the 2024 IES Progress Report Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced today that seven Acuity Brands lighting and components solutions were selected for the 2024 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report, which showcases the year's most significant advancements in the art and science of lighting. Selections were made by an impartial committee that evaluated submissions based on uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry. Read more »
DALI Alliance | Smart Lighting | Aug 08, 2024
DALI Alliance to Host Inaugural DALI North America Summit in New York City
DALI Alliance to Host Inaugural DALI North America Summit in New York City The DALI Alliance, the global industry organization for DALI, the internationally-standardized protocol for digital communication between lighting control devices, is elated to announce the first-ever North American DALI Summit, set to take place on October 30, 2024, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Read more »
Lumileds | Acquisition | Business | Aug 05, 2024
Lumileds Completes Sale of Lamps and Accessories Business to First Brands Group
Lumileds Completes Sale of 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 announces that last month, it completed the sale of its Lamps and Accessories business to First Brands Group, LLC (“First Brands”), a global automotive parts manufacturer. Read more »
AcuityBrands | Appointments | Aug 01, 2024
Acuity Brands Appoints Sach Sankpal to Lead Lighting Business
Acuity Brands Appoints Sach Sankpal to Lead Lighting Business Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (“Acuity”), a market-leading industrial technology company, announced that Sach Sankpal, SVP and Chief Growth and Transformation Officer, has been appointed as President of Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (“ABL”). Read more »
Cree LED | XLamp | XE-G | Featured | SSL | Aug 01, 2024
Major Performance Improvements for XLamp® XE-G LEDs
Major Performance Improvements for XLamp® XE-G LEDs New improvements to XLamp® XE-G LEDs boost RGBW color-mixing systems with a 20% efficiency increase and 10%+ for most of the 18 colors. These breakthrough LEDs outperform competing LEDs for high-output color-mixing applications. XLamp® XE-G LEDs combine industry-leading features in its size class, making the best even better! Read more »
Mackwell | Inventronics | Smart Lighting | Jul 30, 2024
Inventronics & Mackwell Form a Strategic Partnership to Provide Innovative Emergency Lighting Components
Inventronics & Mackwell Form a Strategic Partnership to Provide Innovative Emergency Lighting Components Inventronics and Mackwell (UK) announce a strategic partnership to revolutionize emergency lighting. Combining Mackwell's extensive global emergency lighting expertise and technology with Inventronics' market presence, the new portfolio offers advanced, efficient, and customized emergency lighting components to a broader customer base. Read more »
Gewiss | Performance iN Lighting | LightingEurope | Business | Jul 25, 2024
Gewiss Becomes a Member of LightingEurope
Gewiss Becomes a Member of LightingEurope Gewiss, a leading company manufacturing solutions for home & building automation, energy protection and distribution systems, smart lighting and e-mobility has joined LightingEurope together with its brand focused on Lighting: Performance iN Lighting | powered by Gewiss. Read more »
Alanod | Trends | Featured | Jul 16, 2024
Lighting Solutions from Alanod for Every Requirement
Lighting Solutions from Alanod for Every Requirement Innovative Reflectors for Performance Enhancement and Energy Savings Light is an essential factor for human well-being, whether at work, at home, or on the go. Alanod has made a name for itself as a leading manufacturer of semi-finished products for reflectors in the lighting industry and has evolved into a specialist in light control, glare reduction, and homogeneous light distribution. Read more »
Lumileds | LUXEON HL4Z | SSL | Jul 16, 2024
New LUXEON HL4Z Delivers High Intensity, Very-High Light Output, and High Efficacy
New LUXEON HL4Z Delivers High Intensity, Very-High Light Output, and High Efficacy Lumileds announces the release of the LUXEON HL4Z un-domed power LED intended for applications that require very high intensity and superior efficacy. Optical designers and engineers must typically make a tradeoff between optimizing optical design and achieving high efficacy. Lumileds addresses this dilemma with its innovative LUXEON HL4Z. At maximum current, the undomed LED delivers tremendous intensity – over 1400lm – from its 2.16mm2 light emitting surface at 85C. And at 70CRI, 4000K, 85C, and 700mA, typical efficacy of the new LUXEON HL4Z is an impressive 189lm/W. Read more »
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