Taipei, March 23, 2012 (CENS)--Color Stars, Inc., a member of the ColorStars Group headquartered in Irvine, California of the U.S. convinced the international expert jury of the “red dot award: product design 2012”. After an evaluation process lasting several days, it received one of the coveted aw

Taipei, March 21, 2012 (CENS)--Benefiting from rising trends against use of nuclear energy along with upcoming price hikes of electricity supplied to enterprises in Japan, both Taiwan-based Delta Electronics Inc. and AcBel Polytech Inc. have garnered orders for LED lightings from the country to sec

Founded in February 2008, Ledlink Optics Inc. supplies optical lens for LED lamps spreading light at angles ranging from 8 to 140 degrees, making it a professional supplier of the crucial LED lighting components. The company has lenses for symmetrical streetlights, rectangular-beam pattern lens

Taipei, Feb. 3, 2012 (CENS)--Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT), a leading manufacturer of high-power LED lamps in Taiwan, has recently entered into alliance with solar-panel makers in anticipation of bright outlook of solar-powered LED streetlights and landscape lights. The company, which is

This year the event will be held on Apr. 6-9, about a week earlier than previous years, in Hall 1 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC), providing a convenient venue for exhibitors to display, and buyers to source, the latest products. The number of exhibitors soared 70%

Taiwan's prominent lighting manufacturers promoted their new brand names and smart technologies at the 2011 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) in late October. This was a significant change from their past emphasis on manufacturing capability. One such company was Bright

Clearly to diversify applications, Taiwan’s light emitting diode (LED) makers are trying to develop products for aquaculture, horticulture and animal husbandry, a niche seen to bear promise in the long run although insignificant now. Such effort culminated in the formation of a “horticultura

Amid continual development globally of the green lighting industry in recent years, driven partly by rising eco-awareness underpinned by the fact that electricity used in lighting accounts for over half of all such energy consumed, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has been e

International trends in energy saving and carbon reduction have made it clear that LED lighting will become a dominant part of the next generation of lighting sources. But in the short-term, the national debt crisis that caused European and American markets to enter into a deep recession last year

Sheraton Kampala Hotel of Uganda has recently replaced many of its traditional interior lights with 5W LED MR16 lamps made by Glacial Tech Inc., a Taiwan-based company specializing in thermal-dissipation solutions, power supply and LED lighting. Glacial Tech’s lamps, labeled with brand name “Gl

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JIDPO) recently announced the results of its 2011 Good Design Award (or G-Mark 2011) that happened in November. Taiwan won 26 G-Mark awards, less only than South Korea’s 39 and Thailand’s 61. Japan's only comprehensive design promotion organization, JDP

Taipei, Jan. 20, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc. will begin promoting its own-brand LED lamps in Japan and mainland China this year. The company’s executives pointed out that Delta has worked as a contract supplier to Japan’s LED lamp brands to tap the market. This year, the company will be

By MICHELLE HSU Everlight Electronics in August took a major stake in Tekcore Co., a leading maker in Taiwan of high-luminosity GaN LED epi wafers for LEDs. The significant move by Everlight chairman Robert Yeh, an LED professional with over 35 years of experience in LED packaging, cannot be ove

Taipei, Jan. 9, 2012 (CENS)--LEDinside, a market consulting firm tracking the LED industry, estimated oversupply will continue haunting the LED industry worldwide in the new year although demands from end markets are climbing. The organization estimated that global supplies of LED chips at 174.0

Taipei, Nov. 28, 2011 (CENS)--Genesis Photonics Inc. Chairman K.J. Chong has recently pledged that his company will become “ MediaTek Inc.” of Taiwan’s LED industry, suggesting his company’s goal of becoming No.1 supplier of innards of LED lamps in a single package as MediaTek being the No.1 suppli

Taipei, Dec. 2, 2011 (CENS)--Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. and Genesis Photonics Inc. said they have recently signed agreements to provide mainland China’s buyers with sizable number of LED lights and begun delivering the orders this quarter. Unity executives said some of the mainland’s top r

The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2011 (Autumn Edition), held Oct. 27 through 30, wrapped up with 33,319 buyers, up 10% from the 2010 event, to which many foreign lighting manufacturers attributed people’s sourcing cost-efficient lighting amid the gloomy economy. Interviewed by

Chairman of Y.F. Yeh of the Everlight Electronics Co., the world’s No.1 LED packager by volume, takes a brisk look around at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition of 2011). For Yeh, whose company wants to become one of the world’s top three brand name suppliers of LED lighting,

China’s rapidly expanding LED (light-emitting diode) industry has been heartened by mainland China’s plan to replace incandescent lamps with power-saving lamps within five years. The National Development and Reform Committee has published a roadmap for the banning of sales of 100-watt and large

Taipei, Oct. 19, 2011 (CENS)--The production value of Taiwan’s light emitting diode (LED) lighting industry is estimated to hit three-year high of NT$198 billion (US$6.6 billion at US$1:NT$30) this year, according to Bureau of Energy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The bureau’s offici

Taipei, Sept. 30, 2011 (CENS)--On Sept. 29, the common shares of ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd., Lextar Electronics Corp. and the TDRs (Taiwan depository receipts) of Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Public Co. (TYCN) began public trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at the launch price of NT$46,

By SOPHIE ZHEN China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, which got under way this year, is expected to give a strong boost to the country’s LED industry. The plan includes a number of subprojects designed to bolster the development of local emerging industries, and the State Council recently held its 7th

ARC Solid-State Lighting Corp., founded in 2007, specializes in LED lighting control systems, offering items as AC diming controllers, DMX lighting controllers, as well as DMX drivers and converters. Various projects have installed the company’s systems as part of thematic lighting, including a

This year the Taipei AMPA (Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show), staged April 12-15 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangan Exhibition Hall, closed on a good note, having seen more foreign buyers from over 40 countries compared to the 2010 edition. The event has over the years built

Tech-fans and geeks believe the ultimate technological and innovative achievement is to win the R&D 100 Awards, selected by an independent judging panel and editors of R&D Magazine published in the U.S. As such and once again, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), generally seen as t

Taipei, Aug. 17, 2011 (CENS)--TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd., an LED subsidiary wholly owned by foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is likely to acquire the GaN-on-Silicon technology recently launched by Bridgelux Inc. of the Untied States, in which TSMC-held VTAF has stake

Taipei, July 18, 2011 (CENS)--Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced it has won around US$9 million worth of orders from several European lighting heavyweights for its LED lamps, raising market expectations that the firm’s revenue for this year will double from last year to NT$3 billion

ProLight Opto Technology Corp., founded in October 2004, is versed in developing, research and producing reliable mid-to-high-power LED packages used in commercial lighting, architectural lighting, entertaining lighting, mine lighting, handheld lights, lighting for high-resolution indoor and outdoo

Chinese makers are actively developing higher-end indoor LED lighting applications LED lighting has been moving indoors in recent years, and many of China’s lighting manufacturers have launched indoor LED lights that feature high brightness, low heat, long life, and recyclability. Th

One magnetic-related technology is being developed to raise LED output Over the past year, Taiwan’s government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has introduced several LED (light emitting diode) technologies that can help to enhance local LED-lighting manufacturers’ cost eff