This week's highlights:

• Sharp plans to withdraw from the money-losing solar business, and might be closing three LED plants as part of its electronic component business restructure plans.
• TCPI (TCP Lighting) general counselor Laura Hauser has filed complaints against the company CEO Ellis Yan, and the company itself for misusing UL label and other business misconduct. TCP’s shares have taken a hit since the announcement, and have plunged nearly 57%. The company is probing into Hauser’s claims.
• Samsung acquires YESCO Electronics and ventures further into U.S. LED display market.
• The upcoming Apple Spring Forward media event is putting speculation on Apple Watch spec and prices.
• Konica Minolta is on track to mass producing white and color tunable OLED panels, which the company claims can match LEDs energy efficacy.

Editor Recommendations

1. Energy Efficient LEDs Could Alleviate China’s Smog
2. Cash-strapped Sharp to Shutdown LED Factories
3. Sharp Restructure to Entail Mihara Plant Shutdown
4. Konica Minolta on Track to Meeting Mass OLED Production Targets in Fall
5. Toshiba to Launch LED Bulb Using GaN Power Device This Month
6. TCP Employee Files Business Misconduct Complaint against Company CEO
7. Osram to Scale up Smart Lighting Investments in 2015
8. Samsung Electronics Expands LED Display Portfolio with YESCO Electronics Acquisition
9. LG Strikes Back OLED Skeptics, Promises to Deliver HDR 4K OLED TV by 3Q15
10. Apple Watch to Help Sapphire Substrate Industry “Spring Forward”?

What’s Trending

1. Low Power LED Lighting Trends (I)
2. Low Power LED Lighting Trends (II)
3. Low Power LED Lighting Trends (III)
4. Scientists a Step Closer to Making Organic Lasers
5. DOE Announce Two Phase II SBIR-STTR OLED Technology Selected Proposals

New Standards

• IES Publishes Two New Outdoor Lighting Standards
• NEMA Publishes New Standards for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment

Government lighting projects

• Lighting Science Group to Light Up Mexico City with Solar LED Streetlights Through New Partnership
• Viper Networks and Apollo Metro Deliver Intelligent LED Street Lights for Pilot Project in Lebanon

Industry News

1. BYD Lighting LED Revenue Soars in 2014
2. Chinese Court Freezes Assets of Former NVC Lighting Executive
3. VTT Research Develops Large-Surface OLED Panels
4. GE Lighting Unveils New Middle East Organizational Structure
5. Universal Display Corporation Names Rosemarie B. Greco to Its Board of Directors
6. Taiwan’s Episil Manufactures High Power Management Devices with AIXTRON System
7. JOLED Plans to Mass Produce OLED Displays by 2017
8. Terralux Raises US $11M for LED Retrofit Products
9. TCP Investigates Recent Employee Claims
10. TCP Stock Ratings Affected by Recent Litigation
11. Fraunhofer Institute Present Novel OLED Technologies at LOPEC 2015
12. MLS Market Value Exceeds RMB 20 Billion
13. DOE Webinar: Can LEDs Perform in a Performing Arts Building?
14. Lighting Science and Global Good to Develop Light-Based Alternatives to Pesticides
15. OLED Manufacturer Universal Display Reports 30% Revenue Growth in 2014
16. Hubbell Lighting Wins Big During Oscar Season
17. Philips Lumileds Recognized as Illumineer of the Year
18. Samsung Files OLED TV Trademarks in South Korea

New Products

1. Toshiba to Showcase White LEDs at electronica China 2015
2. Tridonic Launches New Flagship LED Driver
3. GE Launches Sleep-friendly LED Lights
4. Huawei Launches AMOLED Display Smart Watch
5. Philips Expands Smart Lighting Product Portfolio with Hue Phoenix Series
6. Eaton Introduces New LED Floodlight
7. Lunera Lighting Showcases LED Retrofit Solutions at NFMT 2015
8. Acuity Brands Adds Lithonia Lighting Recessed LED Luminaires to Product Portfolio
9. ProLight Introduces High-Power LED Package E Series
10. TI to Unveil GaN Power Device for LED Applications at APEC
11. Fairchild to Display LED Driver Solutions at APEC 2015
12. Osram Subsidiary to Launch Floodlight 20 micro LED

Lighting Projects

1. Daan Roosegaarde Recreates Mother Nature's Aurora Borealis with LEDs
2. Costa Cruises Ships Meet New Sustainability Goals with LED Upgrade
3. Swarovski Debuts Spectacular LED Lighting Show in Las Vegas
4. OLED Light Art Draws Attention to the Theater an der Elbe in Hamburg
5. Revolution Lighting Upgrades Car Showroom with LEDs
6. Noribachi Lights Up Texas Classic Chevrolet Facility with LED Solution
7. Providing “Eye Candy” Luxury Condos in Dallas