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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 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 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 | 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 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 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 | Jun 14, 2011
Kyma, Veeco Receive DOE Funds for LED Manufacturing Equipment Project
Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of crystalline nitride semiconductor materials, is pleased to announce that it is teamed with Veeco Instruments in a next generation light emitting diode (LED) manufacturing equipment development project which was recently awarded $4 million in funding from the US Department of Energy. Read more »
Business News | Jun 20, 2011
austriamicrosystems acquires US-based Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc.
Unterpremstaetten, Austria (June 16, 2011) — austriamicrosystems AG (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs (integrated circuits) for the consumer, communications, industrial, medical and automotive markets, has entered into an agreement with Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. ("TAOS"), headquartered in Plano, Texas (USA), to acquire 100% of the shares in TAOS. The transaction is expected to close within the next eight weeks subject to certain regulatory approvals and the occurrence of certain conditions defined in the agreements with the sellers of the TAOS shares. Read more »
Business News | Jun 25, 2011
Digi-Key Corporation and Intematix Sign Global Distribution Agreement
HIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., and Fremont, Calif. USA, Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented remote phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting. Read more »
Business News | Jun 29, 2011
Philips Announces Agreement to Acquire Indal to Strengthen Leading Position in Professional Lighting
Royal Philips Electronics, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Indal, a leading Spanish professional luminaires company mainly focused on outdoor lighting solutions. The acquisition will fuel Philips’ growth in professional lighting solutions and create a platform to further strengthen Philips’ market position in Europe. Upon closing of the transaction, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions, Indal will become a part of the Professional Luminaires business of Philips Lighting. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read more »
Business News | Jul 09, 2011
Siltronic AG Joins imec’s GaN-on-Si Research Program to Develop Technology for Next-Gen Power Semiconductors and LEDs
Siltronic AG Joins imec’s GaN-on-Si Research Program to Develop Technology for Next-Gen Power Semiconductors and LEDs Siltronic AG and the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec have concluded an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec’s GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program (IIAP). The endeavor aims to enable production of solid-state lighting (e.g. LEDs) and power semiconductors of the next generation on 200 mm silicon wafers. Read more »
Business News | Jul 20, 2011
GE Lighting to Acquire Lightech, a Technology Leader in LED Drivers
GE Lighting today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Lightech, a privately held, advanced lighting technology leader based near Tel Aviv, Israel, with commercial teams in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Lightech specializes in providing LED electronic drivers, plus halogen transformers, to the lighting industry. This strategic acquisition supports GE Lighting’s vision of leading the lighting revolution underway as the global lighting industry undergoes a profound transformation from older technology to new energy-efficient light sources, including LED lighting. Read more »
Business News | Jul 21, 2011
Arrow Electronics to Distribute Zenaro Lighting Solutions
Arrow Electronics to Distribute Zenaro Lighting Solutions Arrow Electronics and Zenaro Lighting GmbH have entered into a distribution agreement for the EMEA region. Founded in 2010 and with headquarters in Kamp-Lintfort, Zenaro Lighting GmbH develops LED lighting and lighting systems, power supplies and light engines. The company services numerous markets, such as street lighting, office and industrial lighting, the consumer and lifestyle sector, retrofit solutions, and LED components. Although Zenaro focuses primarily on the European market, it is globally networked through Zenaro Lighting America and Zenaro Lighting Asia. Read more »
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