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Mar 22, 2013
LED Light Bulbs Recalled by Lighting Science Group Due to Fire Hazard

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Mar 22, 2013
Lackwerke Peters Announces to be Accepted as an Official Cree Solution Provider
Cree, one of the world’s largest LED manufacturer, has accepted Lackwerke Peters to the Cree Solution Provider Programme. Created in 2007, this network aiming at high quality LED lighting systems contributes to accelerating time-to market and to reduce product development costs. Its members are value-added companies, strategic partners chosen based on their history of collaborating successfully.
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Mar 20, 2013
Lita Lighting Launches Its New Website - Improved Structure & More Information
Lita Lighting is proud to announce the launch of its new and updated website which provides an easier user interface to allow customers to better understand the range of LED lights Lita Lighting sells, the performance factors of the LED Lights and best applicational use of the products. Specification documentation, data sheets, product certification and customer testimonials are downloadable in a far more user friendly format than before.
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Mar 20, 2013
Digi-Key Corporation Adds Califia Lighting to Line Card of More than 650 Global Suppliers
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the addition of Califia Lighting, a Bivar company, to its vast product line.
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Mar 18, 2013
Quantum Silicones Moves into its New Headquarters and Expands its Manufacturing Capability
Due to rapid business growth, Quantum Silicones, LLC (QSi) acquired a new building in late 2012 which is in close proximity to QSi’s current 8021 Reycan Road building. The newly renovated 70,000 square foot facility at 7820 Whitepine Road is now QSi’s headquarters as well as its primary warehouse space for inventory and shipping/receiving location.
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Mar 14, 2013
Acuity Brands Acquires LED-based Lighting Drive Solutions Manufacturer eldoLED
Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and controls solutions, today announced it has acquired eldoLAB Holding B.V., (“eldoLED”), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance, intelligent drivers for LED-based lighting systems. Founded in 2003, eldoLED is a privately owned company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Feb 27, 2013
Analytik Announces UK and Ireland Release of GL Optic SPECTIS 1.0 Touch

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Feb 25, 2013
English Translation of the Reference Book "Conformal Coatings for Electronics Applications" Now Available

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Feb 14, 2013
Bayer's Polycarbonate Facilitated PolyBrite to Develop Award-Winning Bulb

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Feb 12, 2013
Photometric & Optical Testing Services LLP Offers Large 3m Integrating Sphere Measurement
Photometric & Optical Testing is now able to offer measurement services using a 3m diameter integrating sphere. The bigger and more powerful the light source, the bigger the sphere needs to be!
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Feb 12, 2013
Xicato Offers Lighting Industry’s First Color Consistency Warranty for Its Products

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Feb 05, 2013
Mouser Announces Availability of the Award-Winning Cree XLamp® XB-D LEDs

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Feb 05, 2013
LightingEurope Announces Election of Executive Board
LightingEurope is pleased to announce the election of Mr. Dietmar Zembrot as President of the Executive Board, Mr. Jan Denneman as the Vice-President, and Mr. Diederik de Stoppelaar as Treasurer. Additional Board members include: Alfred Haas (Osram), Peter Hunt (The Lighting Industry Association), Thomas Walentowski (BLV), André ten Bloemendal (NLA), Peter Dillen (Havells-Sylvania), Jean Michel Trouis (Syndicat de l'Eclairage), Francois Séguineau (Toshiba), Johan Segers (AGORIA), Harald Sommerer (Zumtobel), Markku Norhio (AFLE), Alfredo Berges (ANFALUM), Alvaro Andorlini (ASSIL), and Klaus Breisch (Panasonic).
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Feb 05, 2013
LED professional Simplifies its Services for Readers and Clients Alike

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Jan 31, 2013
Arrow Makes Avago's Next Generation High Performance, Water Resistant RGB PLCC6 LEDs Available

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Jan 31, 2013
Lextar Announces Official Merger with Wellypower
Lextar Electronics Corp. announces that its official merger with Wellypower Optronics (Wellypower) is set to take place on February 1, 2013. Upon the merger of the two LED subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar will have capital values at NT$5 billion (US$169 million) and will be able to achieve a more complete and vertically integrated business model as well as further expand its LED lighting and backlighting product lines and customer base. These developments will take place under the wing of Dr. David Su, who will proclaim status of Chairman and CEO while Mr. Allen Huang will act as President.
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Jan 30, 2013
Instrument Systems Acquires the Complete Product Line of Autronic-Melchers
In 2012, Instrument Systems GmbH from Munich, Germany, purchased all the development and production rights of Autronic-Melchers GmbH based in Karlsruhe. This move enables the manufacturer of solutions for light measurement to strengthen and expand the high-growth area of display metrology.
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Jan 30, 2013
HPLighting Passed LM80, Announce New LED Packages
HPLighting is proud to officially announce that HPLighting has passed LM80 testing with flying colors.
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Jan 29, 2013
Vestel Takes Off with LED Lighting Business in Germany, Austria & Switzerland
Vestel is pleased to announce its start in LED Lighting as well as the appointment of Uwe Hock as its new Sales & Marketing Director, LED Lighting for Vestel Germany in Garching / Munich.
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Jan 28, 2013
Marl International and Bivar Create Global Opto Alliance with Manufacturing on Three Continents
California-based LED lighting manufacturer Bivar Inc and UK-based Marl International have formed an international opto-electronics partnership with manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia and a portfolio of approximately 24,000 high performance LED and light pipe products. The partnership will supply and support customers around the world through a global network of agents and distributors.
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Jan 23, 2013
Avantes BV and Tornado Spectral Systems Partner to Design High-Performance Spectroscopy Solutions
Avantes BV (“Avantes”) and Tornado Spectral Systems (“Tornado”) are pleased to announce a partnership for the design, manufacture and distribution of a new line of high performance spectrometers. Under the terms of this cooperation, Tornado will utilize its signature proprietary technology, the High Throughput Virtual Slit (“HTVS”), to design a series of high performance spectrometers which will be manufactured and distributed worldwide by Avantes and its partners/distributors.
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Jan 23, 2013
One More Type of SPARK Tube Light Successfully Passed the VDE Authentication

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Jan 18, 2013
TDK-Lambda opens Advanced Technology Centre in Bristol
TDK Corporation announces the opening of TDK-Lambda’s new EMEA Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) in Bristol. Located at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, the Advanced Technology Centre has been set up to accelerate TDK-Lambda’s current and planned power supply technology developments.
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Jan 15, 2013
Molex LED Array Holders for Citizen CLL010 through to CLL 050 Arrays Available at Arrow

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Jan 15, 2013
Yole Développement Announces: Packaging Cost Reduction Is Driving New Technology and Design Adoption

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Jan 15, 2013
Research & Markets - OLED for Lighting 2012 Report: How to Drive OLED to a $1.7B Market Opportunity by 2020
OLED revenue has been driven mainly by display applications (smartphones.) but the industry is now targeting the lighting market based on the technology specificities in terms of design (form factor) and efficiency. On this new battleground, OLED will have to compete with LED technology which has already paved the way with a revolution in Solid State Lighting (SSL) that has drawn attention away from OLED over the last 10 years. Added to that, the high cost of OLED technology will not make mass market penetration easier and current low efficacy could slow adoption.
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Jan 15, 2013
Cree's XLamp® XM-L2 LEDs Is Now Available at Mouser

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Jan 14, 2013
Philips Lumileds appoints SILICA as a Pan-European Distribution Partner
Silica, an Avnet, Inc. company, and Philips Lumileds announced they have signed a distribution agreement which comes into effect immediately. Under the terms of the agreement, SILICA will support sales, marketing and support activities for Philips Lumileds full line of LED products in Europe.
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Jan 14, 2013
Cree's New XLamp XM-L 2 with 186 lpw Is Now Available

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Jan 10, 2013
Analytik Ltd. Announces Distribution Agreement with GL Optics
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, partner with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of handheld and laboratory based spectroradiometers and integrating spheres for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace. Here, Analytik reports on how Astro Lighting makes use of this product in their development of new LED lighting.
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