The Intercontinental Hotel Vienna sign, which utilizes Permlight Products’ El Blanco White LED products in Birmingham, UK, won the award for ‘Best Illuminated Sign’ for 2005 at the recent European Sign Industry Awards. This award marks the second time that the awards have commended signs using products from Permlight.
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Intematix Collaborates With Third Licensee
Intematix has collaborated with its third licensee Itswell Co., Ltd. of Cheongwon Chungbuk, Korea to create a phosphor specific to Itswell’s needs. (Ref: previous articles: article 5296, and article 5400) Itswell plans to use the technology on their range of blue-spectrum LED applications for markets in Korea, Japan, USA, and …
Color Kinetics Enlists Help of David Cunningham for Joint Product Development
Color Kinetics (CK) of Boston, Massachusetts USA, has enlisted the help of industry veteran, David Cunningham, an inventor and industry pioneer credited with developing several successful lighting products. The company plans to capitalize on Mr. Cunningham’s knowledge and expertise to jointly develop intelligent solid-state lighting solutions. In related news, we …
Nitto Denko Develops Polymer That Will Likely Improve Optics in LEDs
Nitto Denko of Osaka, Japan has developed what it claims is the thermosetting polymer with the world’s highest refractive index of 1.76, according to a NikeiNet news item. The technology could be utilized in opto-electronic equipment, including liquid-crystal display modules, light-emitting diodes, and digital cameras. The polymer reportedly enhances the …
Lumileds Claims Major Increase in Color Consistency for Luxeon Products
Lumileds claims to have solved the problem of white LED color matching with advanced binning algorithms during manufacturing with their off-the-shelf Luxeon solution.
Color Kenetics Utilizes Osram Dragon LEDs
Color Kenetics has chosen Osram Golden Dragon LED technology for use in its white, solid state lighting systems. Using the white and warm-white Golden Dragon LEDs, Color Kenetics has devised a number of LED lighting innovations including: color temperature control, the ability to use standard dimmers, and the ability to …
Business as Usual for LED Technology Market With 911Ep Filing Patent Infringement Lawsuit
In what Jo Ann has called “business as usual” in the LED market, 911Ep Inc. of St. Cloud Minnesota, USA has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against four companies over the use of its LED technology for emergency lighting products.
Lite-On Technologies Projects LED Revenue of NT$ 10 Billion (US $ 322.5 million) for 2005
Lite-On Technologies of Taipei, Taiwan projects sales of their LEDs to reach NT$ 10 billion (US $ 322.5 million), according to a Taipei Times news article. H. H. Lin, the company’s executive and CEO said that the much of the revenue improvement will come from sale of infrared diodes.
New Prototype For UV LED Water Purification Tested
A new team of engineers and researchers from Campbell, Ohio USA have focused on UV-LED water purification with some promising results. OHT, LLC, an Ohio startup company, has designed and developed a novel prototype which allows a flow of water to be treated by the 16 MEmocvd AIGaN/GaN LED chips, …
Nichia Projects 30% Growth in LED Sales Before 2009
Nichia Corp. has created a four-year plan that targets LED sales of 210 billion yen (US$1.94 billion) in the year through December 2008, an increase of 30% from the 2004 business year, according to a Nikkeinet News article.
