The Future has arrived: Audi Suberbowl Ad Green Police
Man arrested for 'Possession of an Incandescant Light Bulb'
Less expensive thanan OLED
Easier to recycle
Philips Introduces 250w Pulse Start with 90% Efficiency
Meets California Title 20
Same footprint as standard 250 watt
Introducing 'Thought Controlled Lighting'
"extraordinarily strong MOCVD tool bookings" could lead to short-term overcapacity in the industry..."
Cochran plant impacted
Cited weak demand for the wire harness components the plant makes and the loss of high-volume business to offshore competitors.
Stray Light Optical Introduces First US Light Emitting Plasma Streetlight
Saves 50% energy; 50,000 hour life
Lumen package increased 40% in last 12 months
Robe Announces New Appointments
Croft Value Fund Likes Valmont
Sleeper stock; poised to gain
Acuity Brands Announces Collaboration with Samsung LED
...to significantly accelerate the adoption of LED technologies in the marketplace
...underscores commitment to sustainable lighting solutions...
Cooper Profit up 16%; Beats Street
GE Combines Outdoor & LED Business
David Elien new President & CEO of Lighting Solutions; Paul Morse VP at Hendersonville
10% of lighting sales now come from LED
Asia & Latin America lead growth; US declines
Lighting: Earnings were 41M Euro vs -376M Euro a year earlier.
Lighting Revenuse increased 1%
Howard Lewis Elected Chairman of National Lighting Bureau
CNBC's Kramer Bullish on Cooper
U.S. Department of LED (DOE) gives another $37M in Stimuls Money to LED research
Leviton to Sell Assets of American Insulated Wire
PG&E Introduces Rebate Catalog
Acuity Brands to Receive Tax Credit
$772K for Crawfordsville, IN
Former Seagate CEO to Join our Industry
Bill Watkins has taken on the CEO job at Sunnyvale, CA-based LED Lighting company Bridgelux.
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Bridgelux is also on the verge of closing an oversubscribed round of venture capital that could top out north of $50 million
Founded in 2002, that Bridgelux has already raised about $72 million in venture capital
Energy Focus Lands $12M Retrofit Contract
Rob Wilson commented, "Two of the seven projects are multi-million dollar contracts through a leading energy services company ("ESCO") for projects at a public school district and a public University
Ruud Lighting Wins Patent Infringement
EXCLUSIVE: Philips Combines Lamp and Ballast Organizations
Orion Claims Boost from Acuity Lighting's Comments
Luminous Devices Settles Investor Dispute
LED Company Fighting for its Life
Luminous Devices accuses its lender of reneging on a $15.1 million loan and blocking access to its bank accounts
Company said it has raised $140 million since it was founded in 2002 and was close to raising another $15 million in financing when Hercules blocked access to some of its bank accounts
20% Increase in Profit
GE Reorganization Good for Lighting
| Stock | 1-Jan-09 | 31-Dec-09 | Change |
| Cree | $ 16.04 | $ 56.37 | 251% |
| Cooper | $ 30.67 | $ 42.64 | 39% |
| Philips | $ 20.73 | $ 28.44 | 37% |
| Valmont | $ 64.76 | $ 78.45 | 21% |
| Siemens | $ 77.77 | $ 91.70 | 18% |
| Lighting Science | $ 0.75 | $ 0.80 | 7% |
| Acuity | $ 35.36 | $ 35.64 | 1% |
| GE | $ 17.07 | $ 15.13 | -11% |
Philips Lights Times Square Ball
...standard 88% ballast efficiency to 90 and 92%. This can be interpreted that the state of CA is asking for electronic ballasts in HID fixtures.
The 88% systems can still be utilized under precise
rules. A
manufacturer must use an integral dimming system with the fixture as one
option.
Hubbell Addresses Outdoor Lighting Standards
Consensus Agreement has been Achieved and sent to Washington
HALO: Homeowners Against Lighting Ordinances
Nexxus Lighting has Follow-on Stock Offering
5,750,000 shares @ $3
LED Traffic Lights Blamed in 12 Accidents; 1 Death
Snow blocks signal
"As far as I'm aware, all that can be done is to have crews clean off the snow by hand," said Green Bay, Wis., police Lt. Jim Runge. "It's a bit labor-intensive."
Philips Completes Retrofitting Times Square Ball to all LED
ER: EXCLUSIVE: Discussion with Zia Eftekhar on new position
Generation Brands Files Chapter 11
Cut to equal-weight by Morgan Stanley
The Motley Fool Likes Acuity Brands
Better positioned
Acuity Brands Prices Private Offering
CREE Demonstrates 98 LPW Streetlight
$35M deal
The multi-faceted facility is dedicated to innovative new technology for lighting and graphics products
An integral tool in educating customers about LSI's advanced products and underlying technologies
Christopher Ruud Named President of Ruud Lighting
DOE's Jim Brodrick To Continue Exclusive Focus on LED (Commentary)
TIME: Philips LED Bulb is One of Best Inventions in 2009
Konica Minolta Expects $1B in OLED Sales in 2017
"Management at Konica Minolta is committed to making OLED lighting one of our major business pillars in the mid to long term."
Konica Minolta is developing OLED lighting gear with GE
...said that large manufacturers such as General Electric Co. and Phillips Electronics (their spelling) are jumping into the market, “but they don't have competitive products."
According to Gerald Polk, manager of energy partnership and services group at Detroit-based DTE Energy Co., the cost of traditional street-lamp bulbs is $200-$250.
Editor's Note: Humble editor is happy to sell Mr. Polk HID lamps, all day long, at the reduced price of $190. It's a bargain!
Juno Lighting and Elite Amicably Settle Patent Dispute
Valmont Honored with Export Award
Will be installed in 650 stores
Replaces 70 watt CMH
Acuity Brands to License Philips LED portfolio
Vossloh Schwabe N. America Operations to be folded in with Universal
NYC Update: LightAbilities to Rep LSI
FTC Seeks New Labels for Bulbs
People think of 'watts as a measure of brightness...
Anticipates $16.5-$18M for 3Q
Secretary Chu Announces $151 Million for R&D
Includes crystal growth technology that could lower the costs of LEDs
Cooper Reports Lower Earnings; Beats Forecast
Record 9 month free cash flow
Cree Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Revenue $169.1M, a 20% increase
Net Income increased to $21M
Sales off 20% across the board
Profit is up at Consumer & Industrial
Hubbell Cuts 20 Jobs in Christiansburg
Valmont 3Q Beats Estimate; Sees Lower 4Q
Q3 EPS $1.53 vs est $1.07
Q3 sales down 12%
Lighting Sciences Introduces Roadway Lighting Technology
Helped by cost-cutting
Beats forecast
Acuity Brands Annual Profit Falls 43%
Toshiba to Introduce 60 watt Equivalent LED
Lightswitch Lights Chicago
Sky
Governor
Schwarzenegger is Introduced to Light Emitting Plasma™
Lemmis to Offer $39.95 LED Replacement for Incandescant
BusinessWeek Article on Philips Lighting
Philips has forked out $5 billion over the past five years on acquisitions in large part to expand its LED business.
Global lighting industry will grow at around 5% a year through 2012, LED market is forecast to expand at 28%.
Siemens:
Sales Continue Slide
GE:
Slowest Recovery in Decades
Lumileds Opens Shanghai Office
Would Philips Really Sell Lumileds?
PATENT WARS CONTINUE: iLight Awarded $5M in Patent Suit
Rulings that confirm iLight’s victory in its patent infringement
litigation against Fallon Luminous Products Corporation, a
Court rejected Fallon’s motion for a new trial, and increased the total amount awarded to iLight
iLight invented what the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the jury found to be a unique manner of using LED technology to simulate cold cathode and neon lighting.
“With more than 50 patents governing this unique technology, it is difficult for us to imagine an LED product of high quality that offers very desirable, bright, and even illumination similar to cold cathode or neon without using iLight’s proprietary technology.”
Lighting Sciences Launches Major New Product at Clinton Global Initiative
Substantially increased light output at about half the cost
New line of LED retrofit lamps will use approximately 80% less energy than the traditional lighting technology lamps they replace.
Taiwan Manufacturer Mulls Acquiring LUMILEDS from Philips?
NY Streetlight Replacement a Real Dud
The antique lights, which are called bishop's crooks, cost about $10,000 to purchase and install. Standard streetlights cost about $4,000.
"It's a beautiful thing, but they aren't very bright," said Murray Fink
$4.7 million project to replace 500 working street lamps
SLP Acquires American Louver Lighting Divsion
Audit Finds Wasted in Shared Savings Program
Buildings torn down several years ago; Government paid $850,000 for energy savings at facilities that no longer existed
Orion CEO to meet with Walmart, Dell, at White House
CREE Falls 5% after announcing 11M New Share Offering
The Acquisition Opportunities in Lighting
LED companies likely have the greatest chance to be acquired
Plasma lights will also attract shoppers, but it could take longer
Toshiba Mulls M&A to Gain Share
Aims to raise lighting system sales to 350 billion yen ($3.8 billion) by 2015
Toshiba now faces increasing competition at home from non-lighting makers Panasonic Corp, which said it will launch LED light bulbs in Japan on October 21
Philips Lumileds Introduces New LED Headlamps
Cooper Completes Move to Ireland
JP Morgan raises fro $12/share to $17/share
Bill Brown Sales and Robertson End Relationship by Mutual Agreement
Global Emerging Lighting Market = $112 Billion
Shareholders Approve Cooper's Move from Bermuda to Ireland
Allows Cooper to expand it's workforce
SAVE THE BULB! HOWARD BRANDSTON'S OP ED PIECE IN WALL STREET JOURNAL
Philips and Lighting Science Settle All Litigation
Trade between both companies will be intensified
Philips to make limited equity investment in LSG
Tom Salpietra Named President & CEO of EYE Lighting
Tom's Exclusive Comments to EdisonReport
Max Bahr "...energy savings lamps are useless for reading"
LUXEON Rebel Gains UL Recognition
Possible for UL Listing on new luminaires without having the full in-system LED investigation
Product Safety Commission Issues Warning on Whitco Poles
Issues warning while investigation is ongoing
"To reduce the risk of injury, Whtco Co. LP Outdoor steel stadium light poles should be inspected immediately."
Former Howard Manager Pleads Innocent
Could spend rest of life in jail
$0.01 per share loss compared to $1.18 during year-earlier quarter
SLi and AC Electronic Establish Partnership
NEMA Lighting Index Falls to Another New Low
An additional 4.3% drop from the first-quarter’s then-all-time-low performance.
On a year-over-year basis, the Index plunged by almost 25%.
Rebounded more than 5 points last month
TED Magazine Names Leviton Manufacturer of the Year
Florida Power & Light won't change Street Tariff to allow LEDs
Plans to evaluate technology for 1 year
Ft. Lauderdale scrapped talk of LED's because of FP&L's position
Lumileds Adds Alvin Tsi to Asian Operations
Wholesale electricity cost an average of $40 a megawatt hour, down from $66.40 a year earlier
Valmont Introduces Pole Risk Based Analysis Tool
A
risk-based analysis so they can assess their own pole failure risk.
Expert inspection, analysis, repair and replacement of poles, lattice towers and related structures
Wisconsin Politicians Introduce Legislation to Create Green Jobs
Legislation introduced at Orion's Technology Center
Revenue down 22%
Gross Profit down 33%
Operating Expenses up 18%
Added 31 contractor partners, total 476 contractor partners
GE to Close Canadian Lamp Plant
AAL & Kim to Share Facility in California
Will cut 1600 jobs--most in Europe
Company "did particularly well" compared with its main competitors
ALP Acquires Tooling, Equipment of ALC
Lighting Sciences Lays Off 29; Moving HQ to Florida
WSJ Selects Finelite as one of Top 35 Small Workplaces
72% Don't want Feds Changing their Lightbulbs
Rasmussan Poll says 18% approve; 10% not sure
Cooper Controls Enters Marketing Agreement with Electronic Diversified
Cooper Reports 45% Lower Profits
Orion Announces New President, James R. Kackley
Oversee day-to-day operations
Reports to Neal R. Verfuerth, who continues as CEO
Universal Display and Armstrong Develop Oled with a little help from Department of Energy (DOLED)
GE Introduces EVOLVE Outdoor LEDs
GE Plans to Reduce Household Energy to Zero
Philips Reports 94% Drop in Net Profit
Lighting shows 57M Euro Loss
Better in the second half than the first half due to cost-cutting programs and — possibly — some recovery in sales.
Keith T.S. Ward's Interview with Journal of New England Technology
Philips May unveil more Cost-Cutting at Lighting
Expected to post loss on 13 JUL
Targeting more than 500 million euros in annualized cost savings by the end of this year
Detailed plans for 6,000 job cuts in 2009 on top of 3,000 announced in 2008
Jademar Merges with Henry Stern
Over 100 years combined international experience
LEED Depot Challenges White House on Efficiency
Incandescent Lamp, Not Yet Dead
TCP Coming to the US
Will offer own brand in US while private labeling for GE, OSI, Philips
Sales down about 6%
Cedes nothing to LED
Acuity Brands Expects to Earn $0.57 per Share
LSI Lands Large Canopy LED Retrofit
Orion Introduces FL Streetlight
President Obama Pushes Lighting (MSNBCvideo)
Bangor, ME Switches Streetlights to LED
Light Tower Collapses in Texas
Misguided Iowa Town Considers Turning Off Lights
OSRAM
SYLVANIA Names Rick Leaman as President & CEO
Claims Number 1 position
Charlie Jerabek Transitions to Vice Chairman
Quiet on the exact details about how its technology works
Duke Energy Settles Efficiency Lawsuit
Will reduce energy demand by 2 percent over the next four years. It sets a target of reducing demand by as much as 8 percent by 2020.
Philips Projects Revenue Growth at -17%
Next Generation Research raises from $75 to $85
Leviton Wants to Move Again; This time to Long Island
Only 3rd move in 100 years
Cooper Wants to Move Again; This time to Ireland
Philips Moves Away from "Bulbs" and "Fixtures"
Offers more of a holistic approach
Incandescent May not be Dead, After all
100-watt lamp output; 60-watt consumption
Valmont to Benefit from Stimulus Spending
NEMA Lighting Index in Freefall
Ballasts and fixtures showing greatest weakness
Raises additional $3M from existing shareholders
Driven by revenue growth
CREE Announces Strategic Relationship with RFHIC
Streetlights on 24/7
iLight Prevails in Patent Infringement Case
Multimillion dollar award
iLight President: “It is difficult for us to imagine an LED
technology of high quality that offers very desirable, bright, and even
illumination similar to cold cathode or neon without using iLight’s
proprietary technology.”
Orion Reports Quarterly Results:
Revenue down 31%
Gross Profit down 43%
Suspends annual revenue guidance
Leviton Acquires EZE Rough System
GE, LRC in Test to Treat Dementia
Researchers want to regulate the sleep-wake cycle by regulating the amount of exposure to blue-white (wakefulness) and yellow-white (sleepiness) light
PG&E to Offer Rebates on LED Streetlights
CalculiteLightolierPhilips wins
Most Innovative Product of the Year
GE Edison Award goes to Jim Benya, Michael Neils, Juan Villatoro, and James Christensen
Luxim Raises $12M in Series C Funds
Valmont Raises Dividend by 15%
Cooper Quarterly Profit Falls 35%
NYC Plans Retrofits for Older Buildings
NJ
Governor Visits Lighting Science Group
Q3 adjusted EPS $0.13 vs. estimate of $0.12
Q3 revenue up 5% to $131.1M vs. estimate $130.6M
Sees Q4 revenue $137M-$143M vs. estimate $136.3M
CREE Announces Smaller Bins for Warm/Neutral LEDs
Acuity Brands Completes Acquisition of Sensor Switch
Immelt upbeat
Record 1Q sales, operating income and net earnings.
$78M loss
Lighting Fell 19%
Predicts sales of $71M vs. analyst expectations of $81M
EXCLUSIVE: Howard Lighting Lays Off Sales Force
Eight Lighting Poles have Failed Across the US
One commonality: Whitco
Coming to a Cobrahead Near you: Mandatory Bi-Level Dimming
Exclusions: Theatrical, Swimming Pools, Christmas Lights, Emergency Lighting, Landscape, Electrodeless Fluorescent
Best Place to Work in South Carolina? Hubbell Lighting
Orion Lightpipe Named Product of the Year
Howard Brandston vs. High Pressure Sodium
Philips Sees Weakening in ALL Sectors
Independent LED Data Available at NLB website
AIA's Billing Index Rises Slightly
President Obama gives huge Plug to Orion
ALP Initiates Price Decrease on Plastic Products
Acuity Brands to Buy Sensor Switch
Cities Rush to Get Stimulus Money for LED
PureSpectrum Files Patent for Cold Cathode Dimming
A Good Day!
Daniel R Smith & Assoc, Sold for $4.2M
LIGHTFAIR to Offer Master's Course in Lighting, Free
Philips Honored by French Institute for MASTER LED
GE Stock: Lowest Price Since 1993
Group Formed to Focus on Cold Storage Opportunities
Clinton Foundation Funds LA LEDs
GE's Immelt Turns Down 08 Bonus
Oppenheimer Sees Acuity, Cooper Poised to Gain from Stimulus
NEMA Lighting Index Falls to 10-year Low
ETC Get into LED by Acquiring Selador
Lighting will be Strongest Market for CREE
San Jose to Replace LPS with LED
Cooper Reports Dividend; Authorizes Share Repurchase
Orion Introduces Parking Lot Solution
Montana Considers REQUIREMENT for LED Streetlights
Lumileds Offers Online Tool for Energy Star Application
The Night The Lights Went out in Georgia
Cooper Lighting Canada Raises Prices
Hubbell Reports 6% Net Increase in 4Q
Siemens Reports Sharp 1Q Decline in Net Profit
Revenues Rise 7%
GE Announces 2 week shutdown in Hungary
Additional layoffs
Revenue Falls 1%
Philips Reports 4Q Loss, will axe 6000 jobs
Time Takes on Energy Efficiency
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GE Net Falls 44%
Analyst Predicts Cooper 4Q will be 'Major Mis
Education Recalls Past Articles Executive Series Careers Lighting Links Legislation People
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Bill Brown to Rep American Ballast in Selected Regions
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Cheryl English Earns Prestigious Kite & Key Award
Andrew Chapman Joins The Pompeo Group as Recruiting Manager for Renewable Energy
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Kevin Dowling Leaving Color Kinetics
Radionic's LED Exit Sign Retrofit Receives City of Chicago Approval
Metrolight eHID Rebate Programs
White Optics Receives $1.5M in Stimulus Funds
Cooper Announces 3-5% Price Increase
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