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News-Spot | Business News | Dec 10, 2013
Koch Industries Completes Purchase of Molex
Koch Industries, Inc. has completed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ: MOLX, MOLXA), a global electronic components company. The acquisition was finalized through the merger of Koch Industries’ wholly owned subsidiary, Koch Connectors, Inc., with and into Molex. As a result of the merger, Molex is now an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., retaining its name and headquarters in Lisle, Illinois. The company will continue to be operated by its current management team. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 09, 2013
Philips Lumileds Signs Partnership with MechaTronix for LED Thermal Management Solutions
With the launch of the newest generation Philips Lumileds Luxeon Chip-On-Board (COB) LED modules there was an immediate need for a wide range of standard LED coolers. In the cooperation with MechaTronix Philips Lumileds found a practical and easy way to launch a wide range of standard LED coolers fitting mechanically with the various dimensions of the Luxeon COBs and matching the cooling capacities needed for the whole series. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 06, 2013
Pioneers of Semiconductor Technology: AIXTRON Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
30 years of future-oriented technology: What started as a spin-off at RWTH Aachen University is now a publicly listed provider of deposition systems that has played a key role in shaping microelectronic and optoelectronic production technologies. Some of the world’s largest manufacturers purchase the products offered by the German high-tech player AIXTRON for the production of LEDs, lasers, transistors and solar cells. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Dec 03, 2013
opsira Extends Services with their Lightlab
opsira Extends Services with their Lightlab Measurements of optical components and optical systems are essential whenever a project starts, is in process or ends. opsira measures the necessary optical values in several light measurement laboratories and provides significant measurement data and test reports. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 29, 2013
Gamma Scientific Awarded IES LM-80 Accreditation for LED Life Testing
Gamma Scientific Awarded IES LM-80 Accreditation for LED Life Testing The Gamma Scientific Laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program for IES LM-80: 2008. IES LM-80 is an approved method for measuring lumen depreciation and maintenance of Solid State Lighting (LED) light sources, arrays and modules. The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) developed the standard to provide an objective method to evaluate and compare LED components from different manufacturers. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 21, 2013
Weidmüller and Haeusermann Agree on an Expertise Partnership
Haeusermann GmbH and Weidmüller, two leading providers of innovative solutions in the field of power electronics and device connectivity, are entering into a technology partnership. Both companies have agreed to work closely together in the specification of connection solutions for power electronics. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 14, 2013
Extended Driver Warranties from Harvard Engineering When Xicato LED Modules are Used
Xicato, a leading developer of superior light quality from LED modules, announced today that Harvard Engineering will now offer extended 5 year warranties on its LED drivers used with Xicato based luminaries that are thermally validated by Xicato. Luminaire Thermal Validation is a complimentary program offered to Xicato's customers. Validated luminaires already receive the industry's only 5 year color consistency and lumen maintenance warranty from Xicato and backed by Munich Re. This system approach and validation program that features a driver warranty matched to the Xicato module increases confidence in quality and long term reliability of the entire solution. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Nov 13, 2013
Saelig Announces Availability of Portable Lab-Grade Precision Spectrometer
Saelig Announces Availability of Portable Lab-Grade Precision Spectrometer Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the GL Spectis 5.0 Touch - a state-of-the-art portable instrument for obtaining light measurement data ranging from NIR to UV with laboratory accuracy. Each GL Spectis 5.0 Touch Spectrometer is individually calibrated to deliver precise, accurate, and quick results, making it ideal for measurements of light sources such as LEDs, LED assemblies, halogen and fluorescent lamps, photobiological safety lamps, and LCD displays, using a range of available optical probes. Unique features of the GL Spectis 5.0 Touch include: laboratory accuracy, extended spectral range from 200 to 1050nm, very high resolution (0.5nm), an OSR system for stray light reduction, and compatibility with a wide range of available integrating spheres and probes for measuring almost any light source from 1 - 200,000lux (Illuminant A). Read more »
Art + Museum Lighting | News-Spot | Lighting Applications | Nov 04, 2013
Osram Illuminates the Sistine Chapel with a New LED Solution
Osram Illuminates the Sistine Chapel with a New LED Solution The light manufacturer Osram is equipping the Sistine Chapel in Rome with a new type of LED solution. After 500 years, the art-historically outstanding works can now be viewed to a level of precision unique until now, and the especially art-conserving installation enables significantly higher illuminance values. In addition, 60% less power is consumed compared to the existing lighting installation. "Art presents the most demanding requirements on light. Following the globally unique lighting solution in the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich, the world-renowned frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are now being subjected to the same extremely high lighting specifications, once again underlining the authority of Osram as integrated lighting expert operating in accordance with maximum specifications," stated Peter Laier, Osram’s Chief Technology Officer and executive board member responsible for the company’s general lighting business. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 31, 2013
Inventronics LUC-042SxxxDSW(SSW) LED Drivers Now Available from MSC
Inventronics LUC-042SxxxDSW(SSW) LED Drivers Now Available from MSC The new broad array of 42W adjustable, constant current, independent drivers for indoor LED lighting applications from Inventronics are now available over MSC. The LUC-042SxxxDSW(SSW) series includes 14 different models with output currents ranging from 350 to 2100mA. Regardless of the output current, each model offers a full load efficiency of 87-90%. These products all operate over a 90-305Vac input range and provide excellent power factor correction (0.96 at 120V and 0.95 at 220V). This new series is approved to CE (EN), UL, CUL, FCC, ENEC, CB, and CQC’s standards. All of these drivers are housed in plastic cases with IP20 rating. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 28, 2013
TSMC SSL and Xiamen Topstar Enter a New Stage of Strategic Cooperation Regarding PoD Technology
TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd and Xiamen Topstar Co., Ltd. will announce their strategic cooperation at the 2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition). Inaugurating the cooperation, a series of lighting products were released together. The new product series applies TSMC Solid State Lighting’s industry-leading package-free PoD technology to Topstar’s newest generation of lamp products. Topstar’s renowned brand name and excellent manufacturing capability joining forces with TSMC Solid State Lighting’s advanced LED technology create a strong partnership able to provide world-class products for the China and global LED lighting markets. Read more »
News-Spot | IP, Reports & Roadmaps | Oct 21, 2013
Cree Licenses Remote Phosphor Patent Portfolio to NNCrystal
Cree, Inc. announced it signed a non-exclusive worldwide license agreement with Hangzhou Najing Technologies, Ltd. (NNCrystal US Corp.) that provides access to Cree’s remote phosphor patent portfolio. The licensed family of patents addresses the fundamental combination of a blue LED and a remote phosphor element to produce white light, as well as the manufacture, design and placement of the optical element, enabling lighting manufacturers that use NNCrystal’s remote phosphor optical elements to manufacture remote phosphor-based LED lights without taking a separate remote phosphor patent license from Cree. Product time to market can be shortened by using Cree’s patented technology and by using NNCrystal’s licensed remote phosphor optical elements to access the technology. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 08, 2013
HD Cree XLamp® CXA1520 Arrays with Up To 3478 lm Now Available at MSC
HD Cree XLamp® CXA1520 Arrays with Up To 3478 lm Now Available at MSC The new high-density Cree XLamp® CXA1520, which was introduced at LpS 2013, allow a doubling of the strength of spot lights compared to previous arrays and are now available at MSC. Cree XLamp® CXA1520 LED Arrays deliver up to 3478 lumens at 33 watts, 85°C. Available in ANSI White and four-step EasyWhite® binning, the new arrays feature 2700 K through 5000 K CCTs, with 70, 80 and 95-CRI options. The CXA1520 LED Array, enables lighting manufacturers to create a new generation of products that delivers the same intensity and light quality as 39-W ceramic metal halide (CMH) at up to 50 percent lower power. Read more »
News-Spot | Products, Materials + Tools | Oct 03, 2013
Cree's Barrier-Breaking $10 LED Bulb Receives Energy Star Qualification
Cree's Barrier-Breaking $10 LED Bulb Receives Energy Star Qualification As part of its ongoing mission to drive 100 percent adoption of LED lighting, Cree, Inc. has earned Energy Star® qualification for the game-changing soft white Cree® LED Bulbs. Energy Star qualification signifies these Cree LED Bulbs now qualify for incentive rebates through certain local utilities. Not only do the Energy Star qualified Cree LED Bulbs look and light like traditional incandescent bulbs, use 84 percent less energy and last 25 times longer than typical incandescents, but now they will be even more affordable in select markets with utility rebates. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Oct 02, 2013
Xicato Chooses UL for Faster, Lower-Cost LM-79 LED Luminaire Testing Program
Xicato announced an exclusive LM-79 testing program that lowers testing costs by 50% per luminaire, and reduces testing turn-around time to just 5 business days, in comparison to industry norms of approximately four weeks. This unique program, in cooperation with UL is open now to all manufacturers whose luminaires have passed Xicato’s thermal validation, a complimentary program offered by Xicato to all its customers. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 27, 2013
Yole Développement "Status of the LED Industry" Shows that Low Price LED Solutions Are Pushing Technology Adoption Toward General Lighting
Yole Développement "Status of the LED Industry" Shows that Low Price LED Solutions Are Pushing Technology Adoption Toward General Lighting Yole Développement is pleased to announce the third edition of one of its best seller: Status of the LED Industry. In this 2013 edition, Yole Développement mixes technical analysis, market trends, forecasts, geographical analysis...and much more! With a first part dedicated to general lighting, and a second one focused on other applications, discover the different format of the report and choose the part you need! Read more »
News-Spot | Lighting Applications | Sep 10, 2013
NASA Headquarters Launches New Energy-Efficient Cree LED Lighting
NASA Headquarters Launches New Energy-Efficient Cree LED Lighting The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters, a leased facility in Washington, D.C., has been outfitted with energy-saving CR Series LED Troffers by Cree, Inc. The high-performance LED installation is part of a renovation to maximize energy savings of the 600,000 square-foot building. More than 1,300 Cree CR22™ architectural LED troffers have been installed, and Piedmont Office Realty Trust, owners of the NASA headquarters building, expects the new fixtures to deliver energy savings of 52 percent over the previously installed T8 fluorescent fixtures. An additional 5,200 Cree® CR22 troffers are planned to complete the lighting upgrade. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 06, 2013
MSC Announces Availability of Cree's New LMH2 Module
MSC Announces Availability of Cree's New LMH2 Module Cree's new LMH2 module, which is now available from MSC Vertriebs GmbH, produces the same or better quality light as 70-watt Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) lamps while consuming half the power and lasting three times longer.The aesthetically pleasing LMH2 LED module addresses different applications with lumen levels ranging from 850 to 4000 lumens with just one set of tooling and one optical design. Read more »
News-Spot | Business News | Sep 05, 2013
MeanWell's Multi Output LED Power Supplies LCM-40(DA) and LCM-60(DA) Now Available from Schukat
MeanWell's Multi Output LED Power Supplies LCM-40(DA) and LCM-60(DA) Now Available from Schukat With the new LCM-40(DA) / LCM-60(DA) series, MeanWell has expanded its broad range of switching power supplies for LED lighting. The LCM-40(DA) and LCM-60(DA) series feature multiple constant-current outputs, selectable using an integrated DIP switch. The LCM-40(DA) series offers outputs of 350/500/600/700/900/1050mA and the LCM-60(DA) outputs of 500/600/700/900/1050/1400mA. Read more »
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