02/21/2012 

Electronics System Integration Technology Conference (ESTC) 2012 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of electronic packaging, including LED packaging, flexible electronics, assembly and interconnect technologies, and more.

02/21/2012 

The IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) is set for April 15, 2012 – April 19, 2012, in Anaheim, CA.

02/20/2012 

Verticle began mass production of its hexagonal-shaped LED chip Honeycomb, developed with a proprietary copper substrate and chemical chip separation technology.

02/20/2012 

Strategies in Light Europe, September in Munich, is accepting presentation abstracts through February 29. Submit a paper on LED technology, LED manufacturing and the supply chain, markets, LED applications, or a related topic.

02/17/2012 

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.'s new KER-7000 Series silicone encapsulating materials offer a low (1.38) refractive index (RI) for HB-LED packaging with lower gas permeability and higher transparency.

02/15/2012 

Engineered Material Systems released the DA-5045-2 and DA-5045-4 high-thermal-conductivity die attach adhesives for LEDs and small power semiconductor die packaging.

02/10/2012 

Day 3 of the 2012 Strategies in Light conference continued the LED Manufacturing session. Presenters covered LED manufacture, advanced packaging, metrology and testing, high-performance materials, and other topics, such as dimming. Blogger Michael A. Fury, Techcet Group, reports.

02/10/2012 

The manufacturing conference at Strategies in Light focused on methods for reducing cost through the manufacturing supply chain. Presenters discussed various methods of reducing manufacturing costs, from improved automation and standards implementation, automation to new packaging technologies. Laura Peters, LEDs Magazine, reports.

02/09/2012 

Blogger Michael A. Fury, Techcet Group, reports from Day 2 of Strategies in Light: immersing himself in the LEDs manufacturing track of the conference.

02/08/2012 

Chung Hoon Lee, CEO of LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor keynoted at Strategies in Light today. Lee’s keynote, "A View from Seoul," marked the first time a Korean LED maker has spoken at the conference. Following are highlights from his talk.

02/08/2012 

The global HB-LED market grew from $11.3 billion in 2010 to $12.5 billion in 2011, surging 9.8%, according to Strategies Unlimited. 10 companies accounted for more than 68% of the global LED supply.

02/08/2012 

The 2012 Strategies in Light conference kicked off today at the Santa Clara Convention Center with a series of five workshops, two tutorials and one all-day investor forum.

02/03/2012 

"Opportunities for Power Components in LED Lighting" from IMS Research reveals that rapid uptake of LED lighting, driven by legislation and rising costs of electricity, will result in a potential market of 4 billion power supply units by 2016, worth $10 billion.

02/03/2012 

Hanwha L&C of Korea signed a letter of intent to obtain manufacturing and distribution rights to ElectriPlast from Integral Technologies Inc, hybrid conductive plastics maker. The LOI is applicable for various parts of Asia.

01/31/2012 

The Thick Film Division of Heraeus announced a new name, Celcion, for its Insulated Aluminum Materials System. Celcion allows LED circuits to run cooler than MCPCBs.

01/30/2012 

Gamma Scientific introduced a low-cost spectrometer for quick and accurate testing for LEDs. The RadOMA Lite linear CCD array spectrometer tests LED intensity and total flux. 

01/30/2012 

Requirements for LED processing equipment are changing from cost driven to more technology driven decisions, a clear trend to more complex and more efficient manufacturing, according to Thomas Uhrmann and Thorsten Matthias of EV Group.

01/20/2012 

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has applied, registered, and secured more than 10,000 patents for light emitting diodes (LEDs) globally. The company invests 10-20% of its annual revenue in R&D.

01/18/2012 

Consumers are adopting LED-backlit LCD TVs more slowly than expected, prompting TV makers to design lower-power, lower-cost LED backlights using fewer LEDs per TV set, shows the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly LED Backlight Report.

01/17/2012 

The gallium nitride (GaN) LED market declined in 2011, but 2012 marks the beginning of a growth curve, with double-digit growth in 2013 and 2014, says IMS Research. Lighting revenues will overtake TV revenues for GaN LEDs a year earlier than expected.