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Opinions | Mar 01, 2021

Future Strategic Directions for the Lighting Industry

As another wave of restrictions enters into force across Europe, it’s important to keep not only our chins up but also our eyes open, looking out at the next set of opportunities and challenges coming our way. Read more »

Opinions | Commentary | Feb 27, 2021

From Kelly to Double Dynamic Lighting

by Henrik CLAUSEN. Henrik has worked in the lighting sector for almost 30 years, collaborating with architects, interior designers and specialist lighting designers. Read more »

Automotive | ISELED | Feb 26, 2021

ISELED-Alliance Welcomes Five New Members

Well-known electronics companies from many industrial sectors are expanding the potential of innovative LED technology. Read more »

UV | Lumitronix | Feb 25, 2021

Lighting and Bacterial Disinfection in One – Lumitronix Presents LED Module With Dual Function

The Swabian LED technology company Lumitronix has developed a three-row LED module equipped with the NF2W585AR-P8 LED from world market leader Nichia, which was launched in January 2021. Read more »

SSL | Hospitality | Luminus Devices | Feb 25, 2021

Hospitality COB Series Ideal for Hotels and Restaurants

Luminus Devices today introduced its new Hospitality COB Series. With LES sizes ranging from 6mm to 22mm, and lumen output from 500 to 5000 lumens, the Luminus Hospitality COB series is the smart choice for beautiful, warm light with excellent color rendering and precise 2 step SDCM color control standard. Read more »

Business | Company News | Feb 23, 2021

Wästberg Announces Investment by XAL

Wästberg, the Swedish lighting company founded by Magnus Wästberg in 2008, has announced a new partnership with XAL, the Austrian lighting specialists. The move sees Magnus Wästberg and XAL buy-out the founding shareholders and XAL becoming the sole minority partner in the business. Read more »

Business | Company News | Smart Lighting | Feb 22, 2021

World Forum The Hague World’s First Congress Center to Install Trulifi

Signify, the world leader in lighting, and World Forum The Hague, leader in hosting high-profile conferences, announced the world-first installation of Signify's Trulifi in a congress center, ensuring that future conference guests can enjoy the benefits of safe, secure, reliable and high-speed connectivity via light rather than radio waves. World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands, is known for hosting some of the most high-profile conferences in the world such as the Global Conference on Cyber Security, World Press Freedom Conference and Climate Adaptation Summit 2021. The first installation concerns one meeting room with the potential for more. Read more »

Resources | LpR Article | Feb 20, 2021

Reader's Question About "Short-Pulse Testing"

In reference to the article "Short-Pulse Testing Eliminates Self-Heating Errors to Produce True L-I Graphs" in issue LpR#83, a reader has asked why one measures with these short pulses, since this differs very much to the conditions in real application. Read the author's answer below. Read more »

Business | Feb 20, 2021

Osram Invests in UV LED Specialist Bolb

With its investment in the California-based UV-C LED specialist Bolb Inc., Osram is further expanding its technological know-how of disinfection applications with UV-C light. The future cooperation between the two companies in the field of research will accelerate the industrialization of highly efficient and high-performance UV-C LEDs. Unlike previous solutions, LED-based disinfection systems require very little space and can be installed directly at the point of use - such as in water taps, washing machines or ventilation systems. Space-saving disinfection solutions make an important contribution to combating the coronavirus. According to Allied Market Research, the market for UV disinfection solutions is currently worth around one billion euros. This figure is expected to quadruple by 2027. Market researchers also expect the share of UV-C LED solutions to grow steadily. Read more »

eldoLED Introduces a New 48V DC LED Track Driver

eldoLED introduced today its 48V DC LED Track driver, a small programmable track driver that meets industry requirements for flicker performance while achieving high-quality dimming. This 48-volt, 32-watt DC power supplied LED driver delivers a high degree of light quality and consistent dimming performance for most miniaturized and smaller form factor track lighting systems. The driver provides a variety of programmable output versions (150-1050 mA output current range), delivering flexible and dynamic white and dim-to-dark capabilities. Read more »