In line with the global trend toward green energy, LED (light-emitting diode) lighting emerged as a focus of this year's Guangdong International Lighting Fair, the biggest event on the annual calendar for the Chinese lighting industry. The show was held on June 9-12 at the Pazhou Exhibition Complex. More than 200 LED lighting companies mounted exhibits in the two dedicated LED halls, account...

It seems that the global recession, despite putting the damper on many other sectors, has given continual impetus to makers of green lighting in China, with such lighting typically defined as ones that conserve energy and cause less pollution. Turning up the brightness on eco-friendly lighting at the trade show recently in Guangzhou, Messe Frankfurt, the show organizer, made green lighting the ...

Packagers of high-power LEDs may be in store for more rosy news: Dr. Yan-Kuin Su, President of Kun Shan University in southern Taiwan, believes silicon substrate's impressive heat-resistance makes the silicon-based wafer-level packaging (WLP) technology, already a mature packaging process in the computer-chip industry, a suitable packaging solution. "Silicon melts at 1000 C, its CTE or coeff...

In early May this year, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan set up seven industrial clusters, including one for cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) makers, that the SMEA aims to grow into more well-rounded industrial segments generating steady revenue. The CCFL cluster of manufacturers target tapping the lighting market i...

Tech-based efficiency gains and joint promotion of new applications has proven a winning combination for Taiwan's light emitting diode (LED) lighting industry, one that is adding up to an increasingly bright future. Taiwan is currently the world's second largest supplier of LED lighting products by quantity, providing everything from epitaxy wafers and chips to packages and lighting modules. ...

Aussmak Optoelectronics Corp. will explore opportunities in the global lighting market with cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) lighting fixtures. CCFL lamps are noted for longevity, energy efficiency, dimmability, non-tanning UV ray, and low mercury contamination, inspiring the two partners to coin a new label for such lamp based on "Long Life, Controllable, and Decontamination," with t...

While promoting its unique "Acriche" AC light emitting diode (AC LED) emitters to big-name lighting manufacturers globally, Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is scrambling for orders from Taiwanese liquid crystal display-panel (LCD-panel) makers looking for LED backlights. Inspired by the huge number of notebook computers and LCD TVs Taiwan makes every year, Seoul Semeconductor recently opened ...

After 16 years in the light emitting diode (LED) sector, Chairman P.J. Wang of LED-lighting manufacturer Trend Lighting Corp., a Northwestern University materials-science Ph.D., sums up his insight: "You will survive as long as you don't take for granted the LED sector as being a picnic." The graying Wang co-founded United Epitaxy Co., Ltd., reportedly Taiwan's first high-brightness LED-epit...

During an interview with CENS Lighting in his Taichung office on a hot August morning, Jack Huang, clad in shorts and T-shirt, was trying to explain the thinking behind his establishment of the Aurora International Lighting Corp. together with British importer Andrew Johnson 10 years ago. "Do you really want to work tediously by yourself with a 100%-owned business to earn revenues of only NT$500 ...

Ever since its establishment in 1986, the Star Sharp International Lighting Co. has worked constantly to sharpen its competitive edge as a specialized lighting manufacturer. In recent years its emphasis is on LED lighting, and after years of effort the company has earned a solid reputation as a top-notch supplier with a 30,000-square-meter factory and a well-developed distribution network in Chin...