Signtronix Launches New LED Products

Signtronix, the largest sign company for small businesses across America, announced a new line of products at their annual Jamboree in Chicago during the first weekend of June. These new LED and indoor electric signs are made to increase customer traffic and increase revenue. The company also introduced a new line of outdoor tri-color LED signs that have 4 LEDs per pixel instead of the three in the older models. Signtronix offers many different sign products from outdoor electric signs, LED messages signs and indoor and window signs to help America’s small businesses get the exposure they need to their passing public and potential customers.

Energy saving LED lamp market forecasts & innovations

Large-scale adoption of retrofit LED lamps are forecasted to lead to $100 billion in global energy savings over the next five years, according to a recent report from IMS Research based on numerous interviews with leading industry suppliers. Rapid growth in the conversion toward LED lamps for general lighting is expected to generate a market of more than 4 billion units by 2016.

Seoul Semiconductor's LED-Lighted Path

Seoul Semiconductor Corp. had annual revenue of about $100 million when Shin Ce-gill, who spent a 36-year career with Samsung companies, came in as chairman 10 years ago. In the decade since, the company has grown nearly 10 times larger, almost entirely by selling components for light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, and is now aiming for its first $1 billion year.

Willmar to test LED streetlights

Willmar Municipal Utilities will be conducting a year-long test of energy efficient LED streetlights in three residential neighborhoods. Also, the utility recently refinished the 18 electrical junction boxes found at intersections around downtown and in Old Town. One LED streetlight will be installed at each of the three locations across the city. The locations represent different types of neighborhoods and are home to a utility employee, a City Council member and a Kandiyohi County employee. All have agreed to monitor the effectiveness of the lights for up to a year.

New Light Bulbs Make LED Lighting More Affordable

Philips New Zealand announces the release of two new additions to its Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting range, myVision and myAmbiance bulbs. These are designed to give consumers that want to make the switch to next generation LED lighting even more choice and at a lower price point.
The new myVision LED bulbs consume 6W or 9.5W of power and emit light output similar to standard 40W or 60W incandescent bulbs, respectively. The myAmbiance LED Bulb is dimmable with compatible dimmers and uses only 12W of power to generate more light than a standard 60W bulb. Designed to resemble a traditional frosted light bulb, the LEDs fit into existing screw or bayonet cap sockets, enabling an easy transition to LED lighting. All Philips LEDs are mercury-free and produce high quality natural shades of white light.
Philips LED light bulbs use up to 80% less energy than incandescent bulbs and can last 15-25 times longer.

Small Brooklyn-based lighting company offers "Made in USA" LED bulbs

LED Waves is proud to roll out the Los Angeles 2.0 LED MR-16, engineered and built in the USA. This bulb is a 4.5 Watt replacement for 50 Watt halogen spot lights, setting a new high standard for lumens per Watt efficacy. A direct retrofit replacement in low volt lighting systems, the Los Angeles is available in neutral (4000K) or warm white (3000K) and beam spreads of 17 or 37 degrees. (Other color temperatures and beam angles may be special ordered.)
The custom engineered heat sink on the Los Angeles features curved aluminum fins. This innovative design maximizes the standard MR-16 diameter by creating more surface area for thermal distribution (prolonging the lifespan of the LEDs).
The Los Angeles 2.0 is LED Waves’ first MR-16 designed with the Cree XLamp XB-D LED. This chip performs similarly to the efficacy barrier-breaking XP-G, but comes with a 48% smaller footprint - enabling more compact, lightweight designs.
Advancements in silicon carbide technology make the XB-D more cost effective than previous chips with silicon and sapphire-based substrates. As a manufacturer and supplier, LED Waves is able to pass these savings onto their customers. An American-made LED MR-16 of this quality and at this price point is a game changer for the country’s lighting industry, which has been dominated by cut-rate offshore manufacturing.
The per unit price is $19.99, with further discounts by quantity. Free samples of the Los Angeles MR-16 are available to lighting specifiers across the USA. Call LED Waves at 1(800)986-0169 to find a regional sales representative.
The Los Angeles 2.0 is an exciting addition to LED Waves' expanding line of lamps made in the USA. This includes an LED recessed down light fixture, an LED fluorescent replacement T8 tube, and LED PAR-20, PAR-30, and PAR-38 light bulbs. The company strives to fulfill the lighting needs of every industry with LED solutions that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.

Controversial LED project hits legal snag

A controversial project aimed at replacing streetlights around the capital city Islamadad has hit a legal snag. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday restrained the Capital Development Authority from executing the Rs6.5 billion project under which 65,000 conventional streetlights in the city would be replaced with Light Emitting Diode (LED) ones. Justice Azim Khan Afridi admitted a petition filed by two lawyers challenging the project and fixed its hearing for next week. Advocates Muhammad Naseem and Shajjar Abbas had filed the petition on May 20 seeking cancellation of the costly project to prevent misappropriation of public funds. Government and independent watchdogs also raised questions over the project.

Edmundson stocks Marl LED industrial, security and architectural lighting

Marl International today announced that it has been appointed as a preferred supplier of energy efficient industrial LEDs, floodlights, architectural and security light ranges for Edmundson Electrical Limited, a leading UK electrical wholesaler. This now enables Edmundson to sell the recently launched Marl Bay Range of energy efficient industrial LEDs, 742 security floodlights and Lumoluce architectural lighting ranges from its 250 plus stock-holding branches throughout the UK.
Marl 742 series LED security floodlights stocked by Edmundson draw just 17W and can last for over ten years. They feature a ruggedized, vandal-resistant, IP65 rated enclosure to deliver a low energy, low maintenance solution for perimeter, path, driveway, industrial and other security lighting applications. Edmundson will also offer Lumotech Lumoluce LED architectural lighting products for commercial and domestic applications, manufactured in the Netherlands, and supplied by Marl. Lumoluce LED lighting solutions are attracting a fast-growing following due to their remarkable colour consistency and exceptional energy efficiency.

LED Street Lighting Trial in 12 of World’s largest cities

LED (light-emitting diodes) street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85%, an independent, global trial of the technology has found. The program also indicates that citizens of pilot cities prefer LED lighting, citing the social and environmental benefits.
The findings of LightSavers, an independent, two-and-a-half-year global pilot of LED lamps in 15 separate trials across 12 cities including New York, London, Kolkata and Sydney, are presented for the first time in a new report entitled, Lighting the Clean Revolution: The Rise of LED Street Lighting and What it Means for Cities: www.TheCleanRevolution.org/lighting-the-clean-revolution.
The report explores the global market status and potential for LED technology and provides guidelines for policymakers and city light managers who want to scale-up and finance large LED retrofits. The report was launched as part of the Clean Revolution campaign at the Rio+20 UN Global Compact Corporate Sustainability Forum and produced by The Climate Group in partnership with Philips in support of the campaign’s argument that major energy savings can be achieved virtually overnight at relatively little cost .

Key findings from the report:
•    Surveys in Kolkata, London, Sydney and Toronto indicated that citizens prefer LED lighting, with 68% to 90% of respondents endorsing city-wide rollout of the technology. Amongst the benefits that were highlighted in these surveys were a greater sense of safety and improved visibility.

•    The lifespan of LED lighting trialed ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 hours indicating a high return on investment.

•    LED lighting was found to be a durable technology with the need for minimal repairs; the  failure rate of LED products over 6,000 hours is around 1%, compared, for example, to around 10% for conventional lighting over a similar time period.

•    The LED market is at a tipping point, with white light LEDs (used in outdoor lighting) at the early stage of the technology curve. Market penetration is accelerating as the market is expected to expand by 60% by 2020. A recent ILO report[1] concluded that the green economy could yield up to 60 million jobs; The Climate Group, Philips and partners are calling governments to catalyze the scale-up of LEDs in cities and invest now in order to  capitalise on this and create a significant amount of high-value jobs across the world.

•    The LightSaver trial concludes that LEDs are now mature enough for scale-up in most outdoor applications, bring the economical and social benefits to the masses.

•    The Climate Group and Philips are calling for an international low carbon lighting standard to be created and implemented ensuring that citizens worldwide have access to energy efficient outdoor lighting.

Lighting is responsible for 19% of global electricity use and around 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Doubling lighting efficiency globally would have a climate impact equivalent to eliminating half the emis¬sions of all electricity and heat production in the EU[3]. And like many other energy-efficient technologies, efficient lighting will boost global prosperity. In the United States alone, cutting the energy used by lighting by 40% would save US$53 billion in annual energy costs, and reduce energy demand equivalent to 198 mid-size power stations.

Noribachi Announces LED Standardization Alliance Program

Noribachi, a leading LED technology company, announces NORImark. A product line and LED alliance program, NORImark aims to standardize LED lighting while empowering the lighting industry with state-of-the-art, market-ready LED solutions.
Currently, many challenges exist within the developing LED lighting market, including lack of engineering resources, lengthy product testing and certification lead times, and prohibitive product development costs. In response, Noribachi has made its acclaimed LED products available to all mainstream lighting channels, allowing anyone to immediately go to market with a full LED product line.
The NORImark product line is a robust set of hundreds of light modules and complete light engines crafted in hundreds of different geometries able to upgrade any existing luminaire to LED. Noribachi uses LEDs from the leading suppliers including Cree, Nichia, Osram and Philips in NORImark products. All NORImark products have been comprehensively tested and certified, including UL and DLC.
Noribachi's extensive experience of selling to the end-user informs several support services for partner companies. These include supply chain support, product qualification support, engineering services, and access to sales collateral and marketing strategies. With over four thousand LED deals with numerous Fortune 500 companies, Noribachi has gleaned valuable knowledge of the market, allowing it to catalyze LED sales for NORImark partners.
NORImark has received an overwhelmingly positive response. Noribachi is pleased to announce that numerous lighting companies from leading components distributors to lighting manufacturers to independent sales reps have signed up to become NORImark product partners, creating a solid network across the entire value chain.
"LEDs are quickly becoming the dominant lighting source, yet accessing the technology is financially prohibitive and resource intensive, relegating most lighting stakeholders to the sidelines. NORImark's goal is to level the playing field and make LED technology and product available to everyone with very low risk and low investment. Now there's no reason not to do LED," says Celestyna Brozek, VP of Marketing at Noribachi.
Joining Norimark means joining a community of industry leaders intent on driving LED forward and minimizing the inherent challenges of mainstreaming a nascent technology. The ease of joining NORImark is intentional, meant to reflect the ease which NORImark brings to selling LED. For more details on joining NORImark, please contact Noribachi.

Backlit Light Box enables bright, creatively customized graphic displays

At a time when consumers demand unique experiences with brands, lighting remains one of the most critical elements of a brand’s visual presentation – and LEDs have become the desired source. To help companies harness this leading-edge technology to brilliantly convey their brands and attract and influence customers, Stylmark introduces the Optima 1000 LED Backlit Light Box, one of the brightest light box displays with versatility for custom applications.
Stylmark's Optima 1000 LED Backlit Light Box enables exceptionally bright, creatively customized graphic displays in retail and commercial environments (Photo: Stylmark, Inc.) A sophisticated alternative to backlit fluorescent and edgelit LED light boxes, the Optima 1000 LED combines the best aspects of each technology for a more vivid and consistent display of branded graphics. Its premium light source contains a panel of LEDs, ensuring all graphic sizes are evenly lit and illumination is uniformly diffuse without hot spots or visible emitters. Measuring more than 1,000 foot-candles, the Optima 1000 LED is brighter than many backlit fluorescent light boxes while providing the benefits of LED technology: lower power consumption, longer lifespan and fewer failure points.

High Intensity 300 Watt LED Mining Light

Magnalight.com announced today the release of the LEDP5W-60 high intensity LED mining light designed for heavy duty use in industrial and mining applications. Featuring waterproof construction and rugged aluminum housings with polycarbonate lenses, the LED mining lights are ideal for demanding conditions where durability is critical. Powerful enough to replace standard metal halide lamps, the LEDP5W-60 offers increased longevity and durability with multi-voltage capability.
The Magnalight LEDP5W-60 high intensity LED mining light provides operators powerful and durable LED illumination for applications where lighting is subjected to extreme environmental and working conditions. Featuring housings constructed of extruded aluminum and unbreakable polycarbonate lenses, these LED mining lights are rated IP68 waterproof to 3 meters and can withstand shocks, vibrations and impacts that would cause ordinary incandescent and glass bulb HID lamps to fail. The LEDP5W-60 is equipped with 60 five watt LEDs, helping it to produce 29,580 lumens of intense output that is ideal for illuminating large areas with crisp, bright, even white light. The CREE XLamp XPG LEDs used in these units provide the highest LED quality available and ensure maximum reliability and longevity with 15.6Grms rated resistance to vibrations and 70% lumen maintenance after 50,000 hours of use. These LED mining lights are sealed against dust, dirt and water, and with the ability to operate on 12 or 24 volt DC current are ideal for use on vehicles and heavy equipment typically used in industrial and mining operations. Heavy duty mounting hardware allows these lights to be mounted securely to any flat surface or bracket and provide 360 degrees of vertical adjustability. These industrial grade lights are equipped with built in electronic controllers which provide active heat management and voltage control for cool LED operation and long life, and allows them to be directly connected to any 12 or 24 VDC power source without the need for transformers or added hardware. These LED fixtures produce output on par with comparable metal halide lamps, providing high quality light output capable of covering the same amount of workspace while using less than half as much electrical power. This high efficiency is ideal for industrial applications where lighting often must run off of batteries and long run times are important. Magnalight offers many options for these lights including cords, mounting platforms and hardware, and offers a choice of ordering these lights in spot or floodlight configurations to allow tailoring to specific applications.
"This LEDP5W-60 LED light is designed for the most demanding environments. It is IP68 rated and can withstand dust, dirt, dampness and extreme vibration," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' magnalight.com. "The LEDP5W-60 high intensity LED light is a highly durable alternative to 1000 watt metal halide lights."

Honeywell: 2015 date for LED lighting 'too late'

The US manufacturer Honeywell is calling for an immediate global switch to LED lighting, saying that the predicted date of 2015 for market domination by LEDs is too late. Lighting accounts for roughly 19% of global energy production, and a switch to LEDs would be cost effective for companies, says John Storey, global business director of LED Lighting for Honeywell.

Cheaper LED Lightbulbs Are on the Way

Cost has been a major barrier in keeping people from buying energy-efficient LED lightbulbs. While they last much longer than $1 incandescent bulbs or $4 compact fluorescents, their sticker-price is daunting: a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb costs $15 to $25. Now one of the world's largest LED makers, Osram Opto Semiconductors, says it has perfected a technique that could significantly cut the production cost of LEDs.

NXP Announces GreenChip for Low-Cost LED Lamps up to 10W

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the SSL2115x series of high-efficiency GreenChip driver ICs for low-cost LED retrofit lamps. The new SSL21151 and SSL21153 are designed for non-dimmable 5W and 10W LED lamps respectively, providing good current control in flyback and buck-boost configurations. The SSL2115x enables small form-factor LED drivers, using primary-side sensing to regulate current, and offering integrated LED open/short protections, an internal 700V MOSFET, and a circuit enabling start-up directly from the rectified mains voltage. With the use of an additional valley fill circuit, the SSL2115x series can offer a power factor of approximately 0.9. NXP is showing the SSL21151/53 at Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (Hall 13.2, Booth B43).
"To make LED lamps a viable replacement for incandescent light bulbs on a large scale, many manufacturers are exploring ways to bring the average selling price below the $10 mark. At the same time, the luminous efficacy of LEDs is improving steadily, requiring less power to emit more lumens," said Ryan Zahn, general manager, lighting solutions product line, NXP Semiconductors. "By offering a compact, low-cost solution for driving LED lamps up to 10W, we are broadening our portfolio of options for lighting manufacturers focused on delivering both energy savings and value to a broad customer base worldwide."

Cree Brings Revolutionary LED Luminaire Design and Evaluation Services to China

Cree, Inc. announces new technology centers in China, further expanding Cree TEMPO (Thermal, Electrical, Mechanical, Photometric, Optical) Services in these key markets. The groundbreaking technology centers support demand for Cree products and services throughout China and demonstrate Cree's commitment to accelerate broader market adoption of LED lighting. TEMPO Services provide LED lighting manufacturers a comprehensive suite of evaluation services for LED luminaires -- ensuring customers have information needed to design and market quality LED products.
The new technology centers will offer a range of TEMPO Services to meet the unique needs of lighting manufacturers in China, including the popular Cree TEMPO 21 and TEMPO Thermal Simulation Services. Cree's experience indicates that many of the common quality issues and failure modes seen in Solid State Lighting products are not detected by currently available standardized tests. TEMPO 21 examines critical aspects of quality that commonly go unchecked such as chemical compatibility, driver spikes, dimmer compatibility and electrolytic capacitor analysis.
Effective LED luminaire thermal design is essential to ensure reliability and optimum performance. TEMPO Thermal Simulation predicts the thermal behavior of LED-based fixtures, including junction temperature, heat sink temperature, temperature profile and airflow profile. TEMPO SPOT gives customers access to complex, costly equipment to measure the photometric performance of luminaires and replacement lamps. Every TEMPO Service delivers an accurate, easy-to-understand TEMPO report that includes all testing results and relevant performance data.

Risun offers active thermal solutions for LED lighting

Originally the world-leading micro-fan supplier for the cooling of pico projectors, mobile internet devices (MIDs), and ultra-thin computers, Risun Expanse Corp. has made strong moves into a new horizon, the active thermal solutions for LED lighting.

By adding two round-framed axial cooling fans, RRA3008 (Φ30×8mm) and RRA6016 (Φ60×16mm) to the product lineup, Risun is turning a new page on the cooling of high power LEDs.

In response to the eco-friendly appeal for energy-saving and low carbon emission, LED has long been regarded as the viable alternative to inefficient incandescent lamps and eco-unfriendly compact fluorescent lamps. However, on the way to become a truly general lighting solution, there are several issues left to be tackled for LED. One major issue of LED is the luminous decay caused by high power and temperature from the ever-increasing demand for high brightness output. The elevated temperature will pose a serious problem to the service life of LEDs.

For the capability of pure passive cooling means, such as heat sink, to keep up with the heat-generation rate of high power LEDs, the size and weight of heat sink will usually go up to an unreasonable level, making it impractical for the cooling of high brightness LEDs and setting the stage for the active cooling fans with much higher cooling efficiency.

Rated at 5V and about 0.35W, both RRA3008 and RRA6016 adopt a stator structure with an axial air-gap and without iron cores or silicon steel stacks, which is unprecedented among LED cooling fans usually consisting of a stator structure with a radial air-gap and silicon steel stacks, the causes of induced eddy current losses, higher fan power, and poor fan efficiency. Without silicon steels, the diameter of fan impeller can be smaller and the length of fan blades longer, meaning a cooling fan can achieve the same performance at a lower rotation speed and therefore lower noise level compared to its counterpart with silicon steels.

Capstone Industries Launches New Power Failure Light

CHDT Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capstone Industries will launch the new Eco-i-Lite 5 LED Power Failure Light at a warehouse club nationally in a two pack format. "This is just one of many new products that Capstone is bringing to consumers this year that will leverage our brand equity in safety and security solutions," commented Reid Goldstein, President of Capstone Industries.
Eco-i-Lite products include the recently released Eco-i-Lite 5 LED, the larger Eco-i-Lite 10 LED, the smaller Eco-i-Lite 3 LED, and the Eco-i-Lite Slimline 3 LED, as well as the full size Eco-i-Lite 6 LED, the more compact Midi Eco-i-Lite, with 4 LEDs; and Mini Eco-i-Lite, with 3 LEDs.

Breakthrough Outdoor SMD LED Panel

Global LED video display technology leader, Lighthouse Technologies, cemented its leading position at the forefront of the LED display industry with the launch of a revolutionary 19mm outdoor display panel using surface mounted (SMD) LEDs.
The new "Impact 19" panel extends the successful "Impact Series" enabling Lighthouse to become the first ever company to offer a full range of SMD LEDs outdoor display series specifically for the permanent installation market. With superior visual performance and a significant price advantage, "Impact 19" provides a radical new 19mm pixel pitch making it ideal for sports arenas, outdoor digital signage, advertising billboards, shopping malls and theme parks where long viewing distances are required.
Peter Chan the Managing Director of Lighthouse said, "We are extremely proud that Lighthouse has proven once again to be the leading LED video display technology pioneer by setting a new benchmark for the industry with the "Impact 19" using SMD LED technology. Lighthouse now leads the market with a full range of outdoor SMD LEDs products offering better viewing angles and higher pixel densities, which means a much better visual performance for our customers. We are the only company offering anything at this level."