Osram Reaches New Milestone with First Gallium-Nitride LED Chips on Silicon in Pilot Stage
Researchers at Osram Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in manufacturing high-performance blue and white LED prototypes in which the light-emitting gallium-nitride layers are grown on silicon wafers with a diameter of 150 millimeters (approx. 6 inches). ...read more

Sharp Presents the New Generation of 10 W LED Arrays
The 2nd generation of the 10 W Mini Zeni variant from Sharp now radiates with an improved efficacy of up to 106 lm/W, a greater luminous flux of up to 900 lm and is available with a (typical) CRI value of 82. ...read more

Cree Introduces the Next Generation of Lighting-Class LEDs
Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree, Inc. has introduced the breakthrough XLamp XB-D LED. ...read more

100 Watt Constant Current AC/DC LED Power Supply  
Green Watt Power, a Division of Calex Mfg., has released the GLC-100 series of constant current AC/DC LED power supplies. ...read more

Lighting Research Center Kicks Off 2012 Seminar Series for Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
Capturing the Lighting Edge, a series of seminars beginning February of 2012, was designed to provide manufacturers and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and tools to help them develop products, expand markets, and improve current product offerings within the lighting industry.  ...read more

DOE Releases Consortium Report on Ornamental Post-Top LED Street Lights
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published the final report from a demonstration of LED technology in ornamental post-top street lights, conducted in Sacramento, CA. ...read more

Verbatim LED Retrofit Lamps Awarded the ENERGY STAR
Verbatim Americas, LLC, a member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (MCHC) group, announces the official ENERGY STAR qualification of its new line of PAR-type retrofit LED lamps, all with the quality and energy efficiency requirement set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). ...read more

OLED Display Technology Moving to Compete in the TV Market
According to the recently-released NPD DisplaySearch OLED Technology Report, OLED technology advanced rapidly in 2011, a trend that NPD DisplaySearch forecasts will continue through this decade. ...read more