Editor's Note: If they were the old Whitco poles, they may have been easier to cut down.
SALT LAKE CITY — A man accused of stealing 40-foot aluminum light poles on Salt Lake City's west side has been arrested. Officers said they caught the man-red handed holding power tools Tuesday afternoon. Apparently, 33-year-old Jason Winkler saw the poles as a quick fix for cash. Three 40-foot light poles were cut down at their bases along 6400 West and 700 South and Winkler is accused of stealing at least two of them, perhaps more.
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Editor's Note: One of our sources in Israel has seen the Oree product and describes it as similar to an OLED panel, only much brighter. Because Oree uses LED technology, the cost is lower than typical OLED products.
RAMAT GAN, Israel – Oree announced that LED lighting veteran Peter van Strijp has been named as the company’s new CEO. Mr. van Strijp has served as Oree's Chairman of the Board.
ROCKVILLE, MD--(Marketwire - May 15, 2012) - MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Lighting Fixtures," to their collection of Lighting & LED Market market reports. Demand for lighting fixtures in the US is projected to increase 7.4 percent annually to $25.1 billion in 2016. This represents a recovery from the declines posted between 2006 and 2011, as both motor vehicle production and construction activity recover from low 2011 levels.
Read more at Energy Detail.
Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2012 decreased 26%, or approximately $405,000, to approximately $1,148,000 as compared to approximately $1,554,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2011. Sales of Lumificient products decreased 27% from approximately $1,175,000 in the first quarter of 2011 to approximately $858,000 in the first quarter of 2012
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Company Joins Mayor Vincent Gray for the Installation of the 1,360 Street Lights
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., May 14, 2012 — Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world’s leading LED lighting companies, today joined Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and officials from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Department of the Environment (DDOE) to celebrate the completion of thefirst phase of the relighting project that will save the city tens of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs.
DETROIT (WWJ) – Restore public lighting in Detroit. That’s what State Representative Maureen Stapleton plans to do, by introducing a bill this week to create a five-person authority to create a utility tax.
Read more at CBS Detroit.
Beginning this spring, Las Vegas is launching the second phase of its street lighting update, installing 35,000 additional Evolve LED Roadway fixtures over the next 12 months. This phase is expected to save more than $1.5 million a year by reducing electricity use by more than 18 million kWhs.
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Las Vegas, May 9, 2012—Just hours ago, LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, opened at the Las Vegas Convention Center—now in its 23rd edition. Thousands of attendees flooded the exhibit hall ready to discover the most innovative products on the largest trade show floor in LFI history.
I visited LED Engin a few weeks ago at Light & Building in Frankfurt as well as this week at LIGHTFAIR.
This seven-year-old company is focused on high-power LED components and optics. Their IP is in multi-die packages with the ability to pack a lot of light into a small package. LED Engin has up to 24 dies in a 12 x 12 mm package with 5000 lumens at about 80 watts of power
In addition to an impressive line up of residential, commercial, infrastructure and custom LED applications, the Company displayed wirelessly controlled, intelligent luminaires; color tunable lights; advanced product design fixtures; camera motion detection luminaires; and an a bulb with integrated motion detection.
Your humble editor sat down with Danny Yu, CEO of Daintree Networks. Daintree developed networking software, with which they intend to disrupt the lighting industry. Their wireless system is based on open standards in interoperable forms. What does that mean?
Since our founding in 1999 EdisonReport has asked the same question: How can you be a leader in the lighting industry in North America and not attend LIGHTFAIR?
Your humble editor sat down with Tracy Bilbrough, CEO of SWITCH Lighting
SWITCH Lighting has two additions to its family: the SWITCH 3-way and the 240 volt for the European market. Matching lumens, the SWITCH bulbs are a direct replacement to the incandescent bulb in terms of warm light quality, lumen output, same orientation, indoor or outdoor use, and open or enclosed fixture. Their name lends for the most Self Explanatory name in Lighting: SWITCH40, SWITCH60, SWITCH75, SWITCH100.
Longmont, Colorado – TerraLUX, Inc., a Colorado-based Solid State Lighting company specializing in integrated LED solutions for OEM and Retrofit applications today announced that it has closed a series B venture capital financing round of USD 18.3 million.
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- GE scientists, engineers and product designers worked to leapfrog the competition and go beyond industry expectations for a 75-watt incandescent replacement being introduced first
- New 27-watt GE Energy Smart® LED bulb results from collaboration with ecomaginationSM Challenge winner Nuventix, creator of LED cooling technologies for energy-efficient lighting
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- LSI Industries (Nasdaq:LYTS) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. Among the primary strengths of the company is its solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have evaluated. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.
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This week at Lightfair International, Philips, the world leader in LED lighting systems will be showcasing the company’s next generation LED lighting solutions at Booth # 208. A breakthrough dimmable 100-watt LED equivalent lamp using just 23 watts to deliver nearly 1700 lumens that will be commercially available in the fourth quarter. Read more.
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Agreement covers Rambus' patented innovations for edge-lit lighting solutions
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, and Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), one of the world's premier technology licensing companies, today announced they have signed a licensing agreement for the use of Rambus' patented lighting innovations.
Daybrite, Capri Omega, Morlite, Guth Chloride, Lam: Effective Date: 2 JUL 2012; Average Increase: 5%
Read the price increase letter from Bob Carswell III
Crescent Stonco: Effective Date: 2 JUL 2012; Average Increase: 5%
Read the price increase letter from Jim Lewis.
Lighting Industry Veteran K.R. (Kaj) den Daas to Join Company’s Board
Satellite Beach, Florida, May 7, 2012 – Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), North America’s largest LED bulb manufacturer, announced today that K.R (Kaj) den Daas, a leading figure in the worldwide lighting industry, will be joining Company's board of directors.
More than ten members will be exhibiting Zhaga-compliant LED products at Lightfair International; Will make LED luminaires more future-proof
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, May 3, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- "Our specifications substantially change the LED lighting market by reducing the risks of developing LED lighting products," Menno Treffers, Zhaga's General Secretary, gets to the heart of the matter - the future belongs to the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers.
Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center, has been named the first Arthur H. Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency at the University of California, Davis. The designation honors both Siminovitch, a professor of design whose work is revolutionizing lighting throughout California, and Rosenfeld, considered the “father of energy efficiency.”
Read more at UCDavis.edu.
Analysts suggest many potential valuations for Osram -- from as high as $11.4 billion when the IPO market is hot to as low as $5.6 billion when the market is not. But here's the thing: Even at its most expensive, Osram looks much cheaper than Cree.
Read more at Daily Finance.
“I am proud of my idea,” said Wheeler. “Bruton and I did a lot of great things together. I think we helped to change NASCAR in some way. A lot of the things we did at Charlotte were mutual ideas. The lights were not one of them.”
Read more at CBS Sports.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, May 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Competition Bureau announced that Maxzone Auto Parts (Canada) Corp. (Maxzone Canada) pleaded guilty yesterday for its role in an international cartel involving the sale of aftermarket replacement automotive lights and was fined $1.5 million.
Read more at MarketWatch.
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