Lighting the world with LEDs

Oct 28, 2011, Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp announced the “Normal Light Bulb-type 10.6W,” a new LED light bulb with a wide light distribution angle.

Its light distribution angle is 260°, which is equivalent to that of a bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp. And the brightness of the new LED light bulb is equivalent to that of a 60W incandescent light bulb. Toshiba Lighting will release the new LED light bulb Nov 15, 2011.

Source: techon.nikkeibp.co.jp

About Toshiba Lighting

Toshiba International Corporation’s LED Lighting Systems Division provides the highest quality LED lamps, fixtures, and components in the lighting industry. Toshiba’s world class electronic and semiconductor technologies, combined with over a century of lighting experience, make Toshiba an emerging world leader in solid-state lighting.

October 27th to 30th, 2011 (Autumn Edition) Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, Everlight showcases varieties of new generation of LED lighting fixtures. This year, EVERLIGHT represents numerous energy saving LED Lighting Fixtures for lighting applications including for outdoor use, commercial lighting, office, storage area and home lightings. Using LED products to replace the conventional lighting source can immediately help to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

EVERLIGHT showcases varieties of new generation of LED retrofits including PAR38, PAR30, MR16, A60 Bulbs and Candle Light. The new series of LED retrofits can be used in living and business areas with even brighter ambience by lower energy consumptions. Using LED retrofits instead of conventional lamps can save more than 80%~90% of energy. Besides, EVERLIGHT also presents the design of fixtures in desk lamps by cooperating with DEM Design Inc. product – “Wing Fun” and in-house design desk lamp – “Prelude.”Both are energy saving LED desk lamps that also form a unique beauty decoration at anywhere you place at home.

“Energy-Saving, Environmental-Friendly, and Healthy-Lighting” are the ultimate goals for EVERLIGHT work hard to achieve. EVERLIGHT is willing to be the first Chinese LED lighting brand globally,to build up a “GREEN” LED optical-electronic industry, in order provide an energy-saving and better environment for our next generation.

Sources: EVERLIGHT

Recently, the Japanese daily manufacturing wholesalers Iris Ohyama, obtained at Tosu City, Saga Prefecture of Panasonic Factory Solutions (Headquarters: Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture) factory site and the plant will be used in the production had concentrated in the Dalian factory of LED lighting and appliances.

The plant area is about 80,000 square meters of land and three-story factory building in 1991, served as a Panasonic Factory Solutions Company printing substrate packaging equipment development and production base, the end of September 2009 with the reorganization of the business closed. Iris Ohyama in the factory settings LED lighting, cooking and cleaning appliances and other household appliances production lines. Dalian plant with decentralized production, and take shorter delivery lead time (Lead Time) measures to strengthen the product availability.

Iris Ohyama forecasts, LED lighting market demand will be for local government and the executive as the center increases. The company plans to strengthen the capacity, in the LED market, its sales increased to twice the projected fiscal 2011 -300 billion yen.

12 Oct 2011，Seoul Semiconductor announced the launching of ‘Acriche 2 representing long life time, low energy consumption and design convenience. Seoul Semiconductor announced 4W, 8W, 12W and 16W module launch which will provide bulb replacement LED solution replacing not only 40W, 60W and 100W incandescent bulb but also MR16 halogen lamp and down light.

The newly introduced ‘Acrich 2’ has been increased more than 90% in power efficiency by improving the power factor up to 97% comparing to previous version of ‘Acrich’ of Seoul Semiconductor, and the THD has become lower than 25% to comply with the requirement of each country including DOE and others. Through cutting edge technology on IC, the lighting manufactures can be directly pluged into the wall without considering any electrical conditions.

General LED bulb are using electrolytic condenser, which is shown below picture, so that the bulb temperature goes up to over 70℃. And it causes short life time, less than 10,000 hours. Analyzing famous brand products, some brand’s power factor ranges to 0.5. Then it will be resulted in 2 times less efficiency even though it has the same 100lm/W efficiency on LED level.

John Bae, saying “Acrich 2 is the pride of nation”, vice president of Seoul Semiconductor, claimed that “high cost, low efficiency and short lifetime which are critical issues of LED bulb can be resolved through Acrich 2. He also exclaimed that “Seoul Semiconductor will diligently keep focusing on technology and product development so that it facilitates customer’s LED product development with full support in various of application. Seoul Semiconductor, as a worldwide brand company, is licensing Acrich to world famous companies and additional licensing deal is under negotiation.” commenting the company mission which is “enrich better life through Acrich”.

More about Seoul Semiconductor:
Seoul Semiconductor Won Innovation Award 2011 of the Italian Electronics-Magazine Selezione di Elettronica in the Category Optoelectronics & LEDs
Seoul Semiconductor received the “2011 National Competitiveness Contribution Award”
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To improve the function of Shenzhen Expressway, landscape and management level, to enhance the overall image of the city, with a new look to greet the 26th Shenzhen 2011 Summer Universiade Games held by the related enterprises to invest in highways, traffic in Shenzhen large amount of Universiade channel or through the city built-up area of the machine load, Nanguang, Longda, Yanba a, Qingping a total of 5 to install lights on the highway, with a total mileage of about 120 km with a total investment of about $ 300 million.

The LED street lighting installation was a key component of the 2011 Summer Universidade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), hosted by Shenzhen in August.

All street light with LED energy saving lamps, Shenzhen City, the largest one-time use of LED lighting projects, with actual deeds of this Universiade, “green, technology, environmental protection” concept; and for the first time in Shenzhen City, road lighting project contract energy management using EMC’s investment model, that is energy-efficient LED lighting manufacturers responsible for the investment, installation, contract period, compared to traditional light sources with common energy-saving devices to save electricity, as the return on investment paid to the manufacturer, to saving investment, and energy-consumption purposes.

In compliance with China’s stringent roadway lighting requirements for light efficacy, brightness, luminance, heat dissipation and service lifespan, Kingsun Optoelectronic Co. Ltd., a leading LED lighting company in China, selected Cree XLamp LEDs to illuminate Jihe highway number G15, Nanguang highway number G9411, Longda highway number S318, Yanba highway as well as the Dameisha Tunnel.

LEDinside forecast that, until 2012, mainland China LED street lamp market will take off. It would be a good news for LED lighting in 2012.

According to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight, the growth of LED lighting is foreseeable and will become the driver of market growth in 2012. Prospects for the LED market are optimistic.

According to the Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), the top-ten Taiwan-based LED packaging and module firms will record total revenues of NT$70.8 billion (US$2.3 billion) in 2011, a 4% on-year decrease.

Industry sources pointed out that rapid narrowing of the price difference between LED and CCFL BLUs is difficult. The penetration of LED TVs in 2011 is around 40%. Small- and medium-size LED BLUs have been facing decreasing demand due to the shrinking market share of Nokia. LED firms such as Everlight, Unity Opto and Lextar have been suffering disappointing sales of LED BLUs.

Lextar expects LED lighting to account for 40% of total revenues in the second half of 2011 and 50% in 2012.

Everlight’s LED lighting business currently accounts for 8-10% of total revenues but it expects the figure to grow to 15% in 2012. Lite-On and Unity Opto current have LED lighting business accounting for 5% and 15% of total revenues. The two firms anticipate the business to grow to 8% and 30% respectively in 2012. Bright LED also anticipates sales from LED lighting products to grow to 10% in 2012 from 7% currently.

We believe LED lighting will growth quickly and we will offer more LED tubes with lower price.

The Foundation for Social Changes and the United Nations Office for Partnerships give this award to companies and individuals that have demonstrated exemplary commitment to the pursuit of sustainability showing that “doing good is good for business”.

Philips received the award during the Global Conference for Social Change: Turning Social Responsibility into Business Opportunity at the UN Plaza. Philips is one of 11 organizations and individuals to be so honored.

Harry Verhaar, Senior Director, Energy & Climate Change, Philips Lighting, and Mr. Eftekhar accepted the award on behalf of Philips Lighting.

“Philips has long been at the forefront of innovation to boost sustainability, and today we continue to be pioneers in light,” said Zia Eftekhar, CEO, Philips Lighting North America. “We are grateful to receive this prestigious Leader of Change Award. It recognizes our commitment to providing lighting solutions that enhance the health and well-being of humans everywhere while ensuring environmental and economic efficiency.”

We celebrate Philip lighting win the 2011 Leader of Change Award, it’s very great. And LED tubes would come into more families.

Lighting Science Group has upgraded the first of many retail locations operated by Villa, the urban-inspired apparel and footwear retailer, with high-performance and ultra-efficient LED bulbs. An LED light bulb is a solid-state lamp that uses light-emitting diodes as the source of light.

“Villa has created a niche for itself in the highly competitive fashion industry by fusing a passion for style with an intrinsic motivation to be a socially and environmentally responsible retailer,” said Jared Sadlowski, Villa’s vice president of real estate and construction. “Just as Villa has revolutionized how urban retailers do business, Lighting Science Group has revolutionized LED lighting technology to embody the premise that sustainable products need not sacrifice quality. And so, beginning with our Toledo location and soon at every Villa location, Lighting Science Group’s high performance and ultra-efficient LED bulbs will make our clothing and footwear look great—brightening our customers’ shopping experience.”

Lighting accounts for 22% of the United States’ energy use and up to 60% of the power used in commercial buildings. By switching to Lighting Science Group’s long-lasting LED bulbs, each upgraded Villa store will see a significant reduction in energy usage, in addition to saving money on maintenance and cooling costs, as the company’s bulbs have an expected lifespan of 50,000 hours and emit only trace amounts of heat unlike the halogen bulbs they replace.

It’s a very smart choice to use LED lights, LED tubes, LED bulbs, LED strips etc.

LED is a new power energy, which is come with the development of science and technology. LEDs’ power energy is better than nuclear power energy,it’s more safety and environmental.

The March 2011 earthquake in Japan that caused a nuclear crisis has been driving the country to enthusiastically conserve energy, causing demand of LED lighting to grow. Sales of LED light bulbs in Japan have reached around 60% in the third quarter coupled with rapid price decreases of big-brand products. LED light tubes have been entering retail chains and are expected to be the next product to drive market growth. Industry sources indicated they are receiving urgent orders from Japan-based customers and expect demand in the fourth quarter to be quite healthy.

Japan-based customers have been issuing orders to Taiwan-based LED firms such as Lextar and Delta. Lextar’s Japan-based customers currently account for 50% of LED lighting sales while Delta used to focus on OEM light bulb orders from large-size Japan-based brands, and in recent months began receiving OEM orders for LED tube lights.

Energy conservation has become a national sport in Japan after the nuclear disaster in March. Coupled with government policies that encourage businesses and households to conserve energy, the growth of LED light bulb sales in Japan has increased more than two-fold, according to international research institutes.

Industry sources noted the price of LED light bulbs in the first half of 2011 was around JPY2,000 (US$26), however by June, the price of LED light bulbs from first-tier brands dropped to JPY1,600-1,700. South Korea-based firms such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have also been targeting the growing market in Japan. The heated competition is likely to push prices down further.

According to Digitimes Research, Japan’s LED lighting market will experience large growth in 2011-2012 due to the suspension of incandescent light bulb production. Annual growth is expected to exceed 70%, and by 2015, the penetration of LED lighting will reach close to 75% in Japan.

So let’s start to use LED lights,let’s create a clear world.

Oct 06, 2011  — Japan Endo Lighting Corporation has entered the U.S. market with the acquisition of ICON.

The two companies share a commitment to innovation and proven performance in designing and bringing to market ground breaking LED lighting.

“This is a very good match,” said ICON President Michael Goeller. “Both Endo and ICON are customer focused. We share a dedication to creating light that enhances the ambiance of the surroundings while integrating technologies to maximize energy efficiency.”

Endo, manufacturer and supplier of LED fixtures in Japan, has developed the world’s widest range of LED products. Utilizing ICON’s market knowledge and management team, Endo will bring its products to the U.S. market.

So there will be a growing competition in LEDs and We’ll use cheaper LED lights and T8 LED tubes.

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