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 INDUSTRY NEWS (March 2006)
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UK government allocates multi-millions for LED lighting projects 30 Mar
The UK Department of Trade & Industry is to provide funding of £9 million for collaborative R&D projects in the fields of organic electronics and solid-state lighting.
DOE publishes Multi-Year Program Plan for solid-state lighting 30 Mar
The US DOE's Solid-State Lighting program has published a 129-page document outlining its current status and future objectives.
Displays: Opticomm, ANC Sports, Daktronics 30 Mar
Opticomm has deployed a fiber-optic control system for a Lighthouse display, while both ANC Sports and Daktronics have sold systems to sports stadiums.
Pulsar's ChromaFlood 200 set up to Test the Nation 30 Mar
LED fixtures from Pulsar have been used on a prime-time quiz show in the UK.
Conference update: 100% Light, SSLS Forum, LED China 2006 30 Mar
100% Light is launching in London in September and the Solid State Lighting Suppliers Forum will be held in Taiwan in May. Meanwhile, LED China 2006 has reported a successful event.
Progress and Permlight to launch residential LED fittings 29 Mar
Permlight has teamed with Progress Lighting to develop LED lighting products for residential applications, using warm-white LEDs from Cree and Nichia.
iLight Technologies sues two rivals in LED patent cases 29 Mar
iLight Technologies has filed separate patent infringement lawsuits against two rivals, Tivoli Lighting and Fallon Luminous, to protect its Plexineon LED products.
Cyberlux awarded government contract for LED lighting 28 Mar
Cyberlux has received a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract for energy-saving LED lighting products.
Arrow Electronics adds partners to LED business 28 Mar
LED Specialists and Metaphase Technologies have joined Arrow's program to offer complete LED solutions.
Business news: Color Kinetics, Dialight, CMD, OnScreen, Avnet 27 Mar
Another patent for Color Kinetics, Dialight reports a successful year, CMD acquires Arques, OnScreen receives $10.3m funding, and Avnet partners with MPS.
EuroLED unveils program line-up for three-day event 24 Mar
The EuroLED conference, which takes place in Birmingham, UK, on May 16-18, has announced its program of speakers.
Entertainment: Rockers play it cool with LED lighting 23 Mar
LED fixtures are providing innovative lighting effects for both live stage shows and televised entertainment events.
Architectural: Icahn Stadium signage, Tryka, Light Projects 23 Mar
Osram Opto has provided LEDs to light signage at Icahn Stadium, Tryka's modules are illuminating Signapore's Jewel Box, and a new sculpture in Norwich is lit with LEDs.
Enfis LED light engines break performance records 22 Mar
Multi-watt LED light engines developed by Enfis have demonstrated power densities of up to 500 lm/cm2 for a white package with 8000 lm output.
Goodrich supplies LED lighting for Boeing 787 flight deck 21 Mar
A contract to supply LED flight-deck illumination for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the latest example of solid-state lighting on this new aircraft.
US DOE announces funding selections for SSL program 20 Mar
The US Department of Energy has announced 16 new selections for funding for its solid-state lighting program to develop LED and OLED technologies.
Nichia breaks 100 lm/W barrier for a white LED 16 Mar
Nichia plans to commence production of white LEDs with an efficacy of 100 lm/W, at an operating current of 20 mA.
OLED Update: printheads, design contest, and improved materials 16 Mar
OLED developments include the world's first print head using an OLED light source, the laucnh of an OLED design contest, and further material improvements by Sumation.
Philips LED luminaire wins Gold iF award 15 Mar
The Pedestrian LED Luminaire from Philips, designed to illuminate pathways and other pedestrian areas, has won the prestigious Gold iF product design award.
LED modules give abominable glare to Yeti’s stare 13 Mar
A promotional event in Times Square made use of Osram Golden Dragon LEDs in Dragonchain modules.
Lighting Science receives orders for LED parking garage lights 13 Mar
Lighting Science Group has received an order for 1000 LED Low Bay Lights for use in parking garages.
CAP-XX supercapacitors power super-bright LED flash 10 Mar
An Australian company has unveiled its BriteFlash power architecture for high-resolution LED flash in camera phones.
Instrument Systems, Suss MicroTec develop test system 10 Mar
Two German companies have teamed up to develop a high-speed, integrated test system for wafer-level LED testing.
Architectural lighting, art and color-changing LEDs 09 Mar
A number of new projects illustrate the range of applications of LEDs.
Lighting Science signs OptiLED as APAC distributor 09 Mar
Lighting Science is pushing its LED Low Bay lighting fixture into the international marketplace with a distribution agreement with OptiLED.
SIGNS & DISPLAYS: Cinema signage, Sports arena displays 08 Mar
A total of 5.2 miles of LED channel letter lighting has been used to rebrand a UK cinema chain, while Odeco has installed 100 square meters of LED display screen in a Madrid sports venue.
LED Suppliers Directory to be published in April 06 Mar
The next issue of LEDs Magazine Review will be a printed Directory of the key suppliers in the global LED market.
News in brief: Super Vision & Lumenyte, Beadlight, UCSB 03 Mar
Super Vision has licensed its LED technology to Lumenyte, Telectra has changed its name to Beadlight, and UCSB's materials department has been funded.
OLED market grew 65% in 2005 to 61 m units 02 Mar
Displaybank, a Korea-based market research firm, says that the market for OLED displays was worth $600 million in 2005.
Dominant clarifies outcome of Osram patent case 01 Mar
Dominant Semiconductors has clarified the extent to which its products are affected by the recent ITC patent ruling.
Intematix licenses white LED phosphor to Kingbright 01 Mar
Another LED maker has decided to make white LEDs using patented phosphor materials supplied by Intematix.
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