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GO Scale Capital buys 80.1% interest in Philips' Lumileds and automotive lighting businesses
New company will use the Lumileds name and continue under the leadership of CEO Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre while Sony Wu of China-based GSR Ventures will serve as interim chairman.
UV and industrial LED applications require efficient thermal materials for LED substrates
A nanocrystalline aluminum oxide dielectric layer on LED module substrates provides the excellent thermal conductivity needed to ensure reliable operation of high-output sources in industrial applications, explains Pekka Katila.
Brilliant! chronicles Nobel winner Nakamura's LED technology innovations
In his 2007 book Brilliant! Shuji Nakamura and the Revolution in Lighting Technology, author Bob Johnstone predicted that Shuji Nakamura would win the Nobel Prize. Now that his prediction has come true, Prometheus Books has published a new and revised edition of...
DOE taps MicroContinuum and Pixelligent for SBIR-STTR OLED research
Two OLED-centric projects proposed as part of the FY14 SBIR-STTR grant cycle concluded in November 2014 have been funded for April 2015 start dates and will run for two years.
LEDs Magazine recognizes the SSL industry’s best at Las Vegas Sapphire Gala
The stars, and LEDs, shone bright at the first LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards Gala, reports Maury Wright, with recognition going to the top LED-centric enabling technologies and solid-state lighting products along with the inaugural pronouncement of the Illumineer of...
RayVio emerges as UV LED pure play at Strategies in Light Investor Forum
Within the $500 billion disinfection market, CEO Robert Walker sees a more than $10 billion opportunity for ultraviolet LEDs in applications such as purification and sterilization with more efficient UV-LED sources.
LED business news: Philips OLEDs, Cree complaint, Once IP
Royal Philips will sell its OLED business separately from the planned Philips Lighting divestiture, while Cree announces ITC actions and Once Innovations retains IP-oriented legal firm.
LEDs to fixtures nab finalist positions in LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards (MAGAZINE)
Maury Wright reports on the 2015 LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program: the finalists in 13 categories representing SSL enabling technologies and finished products, as well as the judges' panel who selected them. Winners will be announced at the Sapphire Awards Gala.
LED manufacturing tools evolve in efficiency and flexibility (MAGAZINE)
Despite double-digit growth rates and changes of focus in the LED industry, Caroline Hayes explains that the metal organic chemical-vapor deposition tool market has enjoyed moderate growth while the tools become more efficient and work with a variety of substrates.
ANSI works to update the solid-state lighting standard for chromaticity
Industry trends such as warmer LED-based products below 2700K and the demand for tighter color uniformity are driving continuous improvements in the ANSI SSL chromaticity standard, explains Jianzhong Jiao.