Branding for Taiwanese lighting makers is costly despite shared language in China Few if any Chinese exhibitors promote lighting brands in the brand-dedicated Aurora Hall of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, the world's No.2 lighting fair since being split from an electronics fair around 12 years ago. That has changed for in recent years increasingly more lighting manufacturers fr...

Product lines now often tap locally-available materials Taiwan's lighting fixture manufacturing industry was once regarded a sunset industry due to its labor-intensiveness and slim margin that threatened industrial survival during industrial upgrading in Taiwan. Fortunately and through one to two decades of effort, this industry has successfully weathered challenge to become more adept at deve...

CCFL lighting emits less heat than HCFL and LED counterparts Aussmak Optoelectronics Corp. recently rolled out a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL)-equipped downlight, showing determination to offer the lighting market a less expensive, energy-efficient but quality alternative to the existing hot cathode fluorescent lamp (HCFL) and light emitting diode (LED) counterparts. The do...

User-friendliness usually determines if a new product can penetrate a market dominated by older items targeted for replacement. LED (light emitting diode) lighting manufacturers have been eager to build such merit into LED products to better persuade end users to adopt the new, greener light source. The makers in Taiwan have gone one step further by also paring prices of products to realistically...

Taiwan LED firms boost integration and capacity Silicon foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), together with its printed-circuit board (PCB) subsidiary, Unimicron Corp., has finally filled in the last blank on its light emitting diode (LED) deployment chart. In late September the company announced an investment, through a holding firm, in LED lighting-fixture manufacturer NeoPac Ligh...

Retail price of LED lighting is becoming increasingly more popular General Electric’s (GE’s) announcement that it would close down its last incandescent-bulb factory in the United States in September this year was a forceful reminder of the approach of the 2012 deadline that many economies, including Taiwan, have set for the banning of incandescent lights as part of their “green energy” pr...

LED lights the way for meetings and conventions The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry has grown rapidly in Asia over the past few years. The growth has been especially notable following the global financial crisis when hard-hit financial and manufacturing industries have not yet fully recovered, leading entrepreneurs to seek opportunities in other sectors,...

Most industrial economies will outlaw incandescent light bulbs, beginning in 2012 The century-old incandescent light bulb is approaching the end of its life, with governments all over the world setting deadlines for phasing out these energy-inefficient light sources. Most industrial economies will outlaw them, beginning in 2012. Australia announced its ban on Feb. 20, 2007, setting 201...

Infinite potential for emerging energy-Saving industry Although LED lighting is still in its infancy, its bright market prospects are attracting many companies to jump into the industry and establish an early foothold in the market. Large groups in Taiwan such as Lite-On, Tatung, and Delta Electronics are making forays into LED lighting with aggressive investment projects that have drawn m...

Low staff turnover is one reason behind the maker’s success Having installed transformers in 80% of the lights at the Heathrow Airport in London and as a lighting contract supplier for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Aurora Lighting Group is reportedly the leading wholesaler of commercial lighting in Britain, quite a feat after setting up in 1999 in Hertfordshire. The company has...