Everlight Electronics chairman Robert Yeh said he expects revenue to grow this year compared to last year’s NT$30.61 billion (US$967.75 million). Yeh indicated that the growth would come from rising demand for LED lighting from business segments including automobiles, according to a Taipei Times article. Yeh said that Everlight plans …
LED Applications
QD Vision Named Edison Award Finalist for Color IQ™ Quantum Dot Technology
The Edison Awards has named QD Vision, Inc., of Lexington, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of quantum dot solutions for displays, a 2015 Award Finalist. The renowned awards, which Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness inspired, recognize ingenuity, innovation, and creativity in products worldwide. More than 3,000 academics and senior business executives across …
Philips Horticulture LED Solutions Introduces New GreenPower LED Production Module
Philips Horticulture LED Solutions launched a new, 25% more efficient GreenPower LED production module. The module is for multilayer plant and indoor crop growth applications. Philips says that the new solution is especially beneficial for the propagating young plants and for vertical city farms. Philips claims that the new GreenPower …
Werner Park to Get 50% Larger Display from Daktronics
Sarpy County and the Omaha Storm Chasers, a minor league baseball team of Omaha, Nebraska, have chosen Daktronics to design, manufacture, and install a new LED video display for Werner Park in Omaha. The Storm Chasers will be the first Minor League team in 2015 to get a new display …
Tangle Creations® Expands Successful Line of LED-lit NightBall™ Products
Tangle Creations, a San Francisco-based toy company that created a football that lights up, introduced an expanded line of ‘Night’ light-up sports products at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. Following the company’s retail success of its Sportz Matrix NightBall Football that the company introduced just one …
Lumens and TN Holdings form Joint Venture to Expand into Japanese Market
LED producer, Lumens of Korea plans to expand into the Japanese market with the help of a joint venture with TN Holdings, according to SankeiBiz. The joint venture formed a new company called Lumens Japan. Lumens owns a 51 percent stake and TN Holdings owns 49 percent. Lumens Japan, which …
Infineon Launches LITIX™ Basic LED Driver Family for Automotive Exterior LED Lighting
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany, has launched its LITIX Basic family of LED drivers for low- to medium-power automotive exterior lighting applications. Infineon says that the highly integrated LED driver family reduces system complexity and improves reliability of tail, turn indicator, stop, and reverse LED lights. According to Infineon, …
Samsung Display to Invest Billions in New OLED Display Production Line
Samsung Display of South Korea plans to invest 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) into a production line for making mostly small to medium-sized OLED display panels, according to a Reuters article. The displays are expected to be mostly for smart phones and tablets. The investment began at the end of …
Osram’s Advanced Automotive Lighting Used in BMW M4 Concept Vehicle
Osram has supplied the advanced lighting for both the front and the back of the BMW M4 Concept vehicle. In addition to the laser lights incorporated with BMW’s traditional twin round headlights, the vehicle sports specially designed OLED tail lights. OLEDs enable unique designs and can be made into virtually …
Minor League Baseball Team Dayton Dragons to Get Daktronics 13HD Technology
Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, reported that the Dayton Dragons and their new ownership group, Palisades Arcadia Baseball have selected Daktronics to supply the new 13HD video display. Daktronics will design, manufacture and install one of the first 13HD video displays to come to the minor leagues at Third Fifth …
