Wrapping up this week’s top news, Samsung might be closing down its LED luminaire business soon, according to a Yonhap report. A bankrupt LED manufacturer’s suicide once again highlights bad financial practices in China’s LED industry that are hurting SMEs. Philips focus onto health applications becomes more evident with the launch of a wearable blue LED light therapy device to treat skin disease. LEDinside’s Senior Analyst Figo Wang gives an in-depth six point analysis on Philips recent business restructure. For more please see below:
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- [Breaking News] Samsung to Shutdown LED Luminaire Business
- Death of a Lighting Manufacturer Highlights Two Issues in China’s LED Industry
- Philips Launches Wearable Blue LED Light Therapy Device to Treat Skin Disease
- A 6-Point Analysis of the Philips Lighting Business Restructure
- LED Lighting Spurs Global Lighting Industry Growth in 2014
- Breaking Down Cost of Apple Watch Sapphire Glass
- Thai LED Lighting Market Relies Heavily on Imports
- San’an Opto LED Production Expansions to Impact Taiwanese LED Industry’s Supply and Demand
- LED Filament Bulbs Development Barred by Safety Issues
- Epistar Qualifies Veeco’s New EPIK700 MOCVD System for High Volume LED Production
What’s Trending
- Thomson Reuters Predicts OLED Inventors to be among 2014 Nobel Laureates
- ‘Smart’ Bandage Emits Phosphorescent Glow for Healing Below
- Notable Chinese LED Manufacturers Listed on OTC Market
Industry News
- Honglitronic Receives RMB 4M Subsidiary
- Taiwanese LED Industry Cools off in 3Q, PSS Manufacturers Performance Slows
- Stockholders Freeze Former NVC Lighting CEO Shares
- Nationstar to Become State-Owned Company after New Round of Financing
- MechaTronix Cooperates with Seoul Semiconductor on LED Cooling
- Osram Appoints New Head of Communications
- LUXeXceL’s 3D Printing Process for Optics Achieves Next Level
- Ford Invests in New LED Lighting at Manufacturing Plants Globally
- iGrow Clinical Study Featured in Premier Laser Technology Journal
- Vink Lighting Solutions and AgiLight Sign European Distribution Agreement
New Products
- Philips Flattens the Downlight with SlimSurface LED
- Cree Offers Commercial 150 Lumens-Per-Watt Troffer
- Acuity Brands Further Expands Residential and Light Commercial Portfolio
- Samsung Introduces Self-Contained Step Dimming LED Tube at NECA 2014
- Edison Opto Launches 0.8W Filament LED Bulb
- LG Innotek Introduces UV LEDs with World-class Power Performance
- TI's New 450-V Linear Controller for Offline LED Lighting Design
- AEL Launches LED NEMA Head Luminaires
- Making Every Light Fixture a Wireless Node with Philips Advance Xitanium SR LED Drivers
- Lattice Power Receives IES Recognition For High Output GaN-On-Silicon LED PAR38 Lamp
- Noribachi Announces a New 3-Tiered Binning Solution That Delivers More Light Engine Customization
- GlacialTech Showcases New LED Luminaries and Drivers at the Hong Kong Int’l Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) 2014
- ProLight Launches 3030 HV LED
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