Seoul Semiconductor announced at a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany on June 26, 2017, the new SunLike Series natural spectrum LED technology was co-developed by Seoul Semiconductor and Toshiba Materials. The SunLike Series LED technology closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight that human have enjoyed for thousands of years...

The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new series of true green LEDs in a compact surface-mount 0603 ChipLED package. Measuring 1.6 mm by 0.8 mm with an ultra thin 0.55 mm profile, the VLMTG1400 series devices utilize the most recent ultrabright InGaN chip technology to achieve industry-high luminous intensity up to 2,800 mcd...

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has begun mass producing a new mid-power LED package, the LM301B, which features the industry’s highest luminous efficacy of 220 lumens per watt. The package is well suited for a range of LED lighting applications including ambient lighting, downlights and most retrofit lamps...

LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, projects that the scale of the global UV LED market will increase from US$288 million in 2017 to US$526 million in 2020. Furthermore, the CAGR of the UV LED market in the 2015~2020 period is currently estimated at 34%...

Prices of LED replacement light bulbs dipped slightly but on the whole remained steady in May, according to LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. Compared with April, the global ASP of 40-watt equivalent LED light bulbs fell by 1...

Molex has introduced its Brad M12 LED Machine Lights Kit that bundles an LED light, mounting bracket and M12 cordset into one package, simplifying light maintenance and streamlining machine light replacement. Ideal for shops, plants and industrial space requiring space and machine illumination, the quick and easy solutions can be ordered by a single part number...

Seoul Semiconductor On April 28, 2017, Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH (Seoul) filed a patent infringement claim in Germany at the District Court of Düsseldorf against Mouser Electronic Inc. (Mouser) which it accused of selling Everlight LED products...