Cree divests LED business to focus on SiC and GaN devices
Cree has announced the sale of its LED products business unit to Smart Global Holdings for up to $300 million.
Mouser Stocks Lumiled LUXEON CoB LEDs
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking LUXEON CoB Core Range (Gen 4) LEDs from Lumileds. These LEDs offer high flux densities in a small light emitting surface (LES), enabling double the luminous flux of the third generation of LUXEON CoB Core Range devices.…
WPG Americas Partners with AC Electronics
WPG Americas Inc. (WPGA) a subsidiary of WPG Holdings, the largest global electronic components distributor, announced today a new partnership with AC Electronics, one of the nation’s top providers of power lighting solutions products. The company’s broad product portfolio includes LED drivers, power supplies, stock and custom LED modules and LED retrofit kits. “Our commitment to…
Automotive Lighting: LEDs Deliver Greater Functionality
LED adoption is driving growth and advanced functionality in automotive lighting, which is starting to trickle down from high-end to mid-range and low-end vehicles, according to a new report from Yole Développement (Yole) . The research firm expects the market to reach about $27.5 billion in 2017, up from $25.7 billion in 2016. Yole forecasts the automotive…
OSRAM Acquires Digital Lumens
OSRAM has agreed to acquire Digital Lumens Inc., a U.S. company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in industrial IoT solutions. Founded in 2008, Digital Lumens employs 65 people and in the last fiscal year generated sales in the mid-double-digit millions (USD). The Digital Lumens software platform can be used to run applications covering everything…
VCC Acquires Display Products
Visual Communications Company, LLC (VCC), a world leader in the design and manufacture of LED illuminated electronic components, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Display Products, Inc. (DDP). The transaction is the third for VCC, which is backed by Southern California-based private equity firms Cloudbreak Capital and Wedbush Capital Partners. Headquartered…
Mouser Ships DURIS E 2835 LEDs
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the DURIS® E 2835 LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. Aimed at providing uniform, homogeneous light distribution, the DURIS E 2835 family are mid-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that combine good efficacy and a…
Mouser Stocks Cree XLamp MHB-B LEDs
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the Cree XLamp MHB-B LEDs. These new high-power LEDs enable designers to more effectively deliver lower system costs for high-lumen, high-efficiency applications designed to meet the new DesignLights Consortium (DLC) 4.0 Premium…
ROHM Demos Automotive Exterior Lighting Solutions
ROHM Semiconductor is proud to present its innovative LED solutions for Automotive applications at the world’s leading show for electronics, electronica in Munich (Nov. 8-11, 2016/Hall A5-Booth 542). For lighting LEDs offer numerous advantages such as longer life time, higher reliability and power efficiency over traditional solutions. Additionally they allow for more accuracy and brightness…
LED Market to Reach $71.4B by 2021
According to the new market research report, “LED Market by Technology (Basic Light Emitting Diode, High Brightness LED, Organic LED, Ultraviolet LED, Polymer LED), Applications (Automotive, General Lighting, Backlighting, Mobile Device, Signals and Signage) – Global Revenue, Trends, Growth, Share, Size and Forecast to 2021”, published by Scalar Market Research, the LED market is expecting an…