Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced it will webcast its presentation at four uing events.

Chuck Swoboda, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will provide apany overview at Cree’s Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, October 25th, at 10:00 am ET.

John Kurtzweil, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will provide apany overview at the following conferences:

    * The Lazard Capital Markets 4th Annual LED Day on Thursday, November 3, at 12:45 p.m. ET.
    * The 4th CLSA AsiaUSATM Forum on Wednesday, November 9, at 2:30 p.m. ET.
    * Credit Suisse’s 2011 Annual Technology Conference on Tuesday, November 29, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

A webcast of each presentation will be available live and by replay. To access both the live and archived webcasts, as well as the slide presentation used during the conference, please go to cree and click on the Investor Relations link. The archived replays will be available 24 hours after the live presentation and will be accessible for two weeks.

About Cree, Inc.

Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and making energy-wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications.

Cree’s product families include recessed LED down lights, lighting-class power LEDs, high-brightness LEDs, blue and green LED chips, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless systems.

IMS Research has launched a Global Monthly LED Lamp Retail Price Tracker to monitor and provide insight into the rapidly growing and changing LED lamp market.  With the phasing out of incandescent lamps and the dislike that consumers have withpact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), LED replacement lamps have an enormous opportunity as prices fall further.

According to IMS Research SVP of Displays, LEDs and Lighting Ross Young, “The number of LED lamps bing available to consumers is rapidly accelerating. This report represents the most cost effective way for lighting relatedpanies to monitor the evolution of LED lamp prices, specifications and other product trends. By having analysts in six countries and speaking six different languages, IMS Research is in a unique position to track the evolution of LED lamp prices both in-store and online.”

According to the latest analysis from IMS Research, in October 2011, the global average retail price for 60W incandescent LED replacement lamps was $36, up from $34 in the previous month. Global changes in price were mostly due to fluctuations in currency values.

That being said, the average price for 60W replacement LED lamps in the US decreased mainly due to the 38% drop in the price of the Philips Ambient 60W replacement lamp from $40 to $25. This change is extremely important as 60W incandescent lamps are the most widely installed lamp in the world today.  In the residential sector in North America alone, there are more than 2 billion of these lamps installed.

IMS Research also found a significant variation in the price of these lamps by region.  Germany has the most expensive lamps, priced at $70, while in Taiwan; equivalent lamps are priced at $19.

According to IMS Research Lighting Market Analyst Philip Smallwood, “The LED lamp market is going to evolve at a breakneck pace in theing years.  New brands, improvements in the technology, consumer awareness and government regulations are all driving the demand for these lamps. With price being one of the most important purchasing decision factors for consumers and a healthy oversupply in the LED space as quantified in our Quarterly LED Supply/Demand Report, it will be exciting to see how quickly prices drop around the world.”

During this research, it was also found that a lack of product standards has led to a large amount of replacement lamps being mislabelled or misrepresented. Byparing advertised replacement types with actual lumen output, IMS Research found that more than 20% of all LED lamps were mislabelled and did not meet the minimum lumen requirements to be considered as replacements.

Targets to the potential LED market, Japanese major daily living product maker Irisohyama Inc. has announced to set up a plant to manufacture light bulbs using energy-saving LED utilizing an area in Tosu, Saga Prefecture that was vacated by a subsidiary of Panasonic Corp.

The Sendaipany will buy a former facility of Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. with an area of about 45,000 square meters that was closed in 2009 as part of a business restructuring.

Thepany will use the new plant as a base for development and production of devices, including one to place electronic parts on printed circuit boards.

LED light bulbs are bing increasingly popular, making up about half of the light bulbs sold at major electronics retail stores in June,according to the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry.

Irisohyama entered the LED lighting business in 2010. Its shipment of LED light bulbs for households in June has surged to 460,000, five times as many as in June last year and accounting for a nearly 25 percent share of the domestic LED light bulb market by shipping quantity.

In the mean time, the firm also announced in July that it would expand production of LED light bulbs at its factory in Dalian, China.

Tridonic is launching LED systems for a wide range of downlight and spotlight solutions. TALEXXengine STARK DLE and STARK SLE are each available in three versions and offer excellent colour rendering and colour stability.

The SLE and DLE modules have a constant colour location across the entire temperature range so the colour temperature does not change as the ambient temperature changes. What’s more, the colour location remains constant throughout the entire life of the module.

In developing the products, LED specialists at Tridonic based their designs on the mechanical, optical and thermal standards of the luminaire industry. All the systemponents are matched to one another and highly efficient. This means that lighting solutions based on these products are both functional and economical. To simplify integration in luminaires, the systemprises threeponents, namely the LED module, the multi-functional LED converter and ready-made cabling for connecting the module to the converter, equipped with Plug`n Play connectors for simple installation.

STARK DLE and STARK SLE are available in CLASSIC, SELECT and PREMIUM versions. These provide a wide range of possible solutions: from the non-dimmable basic version in colour temperatures of 3000 K and 4000 K to fully controllable and dimmable white light (Tunable White) in the colour temperature range from 2700 K to 6500 K. The tunable white version enables the colour temperature to be adjusted according to the specific application. It can be either fixed or flexible. This means that the luminaire manufacturer or the end customer can set the light colour to be best possible value for the particular application. And together with the dimming option the light can be adjusted with a high degree of flexibility, for example for seasonal displays in stores.

System efficiency is certainly impressive, with the DLE module achieving up to 65lm/W, and the SLE module up to 72lm/W. Colour rendering is also remarkable. Both modules have a CRI in excess of 90 and up to MacAdam 3 SDCM for extremely small colour tolerances.

Engineers at Tridonic envisage typical applications for TALEXXengine STARK DLE and STARK SLE to include downlights and spotlights for general illumination, for example in retail outlets, offices and hotels.

The range of applications is extended by different interfaces.
Integrated DALI functionality enables colours and colour temperatures to be controlled via a digital control signal. The integrated switchDIM function allows a standard momentary-action switch to be connected directly for dimming purposes. The integrated colourSWITCH function on the Premium version allows a standard momentary-action switch to be connected directly for changing the colour temperature.

Tridonic sees itself as a one-stop supplier of LED systems with operating equipment. The product portfolio includes individual light points, round, rectangular and strip versions. Specially matched operating equipment such as converters, amplifiers and sequencers formplete system solutions. Customers enjoy the security of a five-year guarantee.

About Tridonic
Tridonic, headquartered in Dornbirn/Austria, develops, manufactures and markets equipment for a wide range of light sources, lighting management systems, LED solutions and connectors. Through its active partnership, outstanding servicepetence and technical expertise Tridonic enables its customers to implement lighting solutions of superior functionality and economy.

In the 2010/11 fiscal year, 2300 employees in 30 locations achieved sales of 437 million euros. More than 250 development engineers create intelligent lighting concepts based on sophisticated systems and products. More than 380 inventions and over 2000 patents are ample evidence of the powers of innovation of Tridonic. Customers include luminaire manufacturers, manufacturers of products that incorporate lighting, architects, electrical system designers, lighting planners, electrical contractors and wholesalers.

The history of Tridonic stretches back more than 60 years and is a success story with many highs. Today, true to its slogan “enlightening your ideas”, Tridonic is synonymous with outstanding products and services related to the fascinating subject of light.

For more information go to tridonic.

Taiwan and mainland China have joined force to deepen cross-Taiwan Strait industrial cooperation on LED lighting, TFT-LCD, wireless cities, low-temperature logistics, and electric cars.

The two sides have reached an agreement during a meeting between P.K. Chiang, chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in Tianjin on Oct. 20.

Everlight is showing various LEDponents and LED lighting fixtures at eMEX Exhibition in Suzhou Exhibition Center, China, booth number 3J17 during Oct. 20th to 23th, 2011.

This year Everlight represents variety energy saving LEDponents for mobile, automobile, signage, TFT backlight, infrared, sensor and lighting applications.

In addition, thepany also shows different lighting fixtures for lighting applications including outdoor area,mercial place, office, storage and home.

Designed for use anywhere, the WL-LED-12-M LED light stick from Larson Electronics’ Magnalight combines the convenience of rechargeable portability with the versatility of magnetic mounting.

Containing 60 LEDs powered by an integral Ni/Hm battery, this LED light stick produces enough light to cover an area approximately 25 foot long by 20 foot wide, and will run for over four hours on a single charge. An impact, shock, and vibration resistant housing provides durable operation and makes this light suitable for indoor or outdoor use. The long life LEDs have a 100,000 hour lifetime rating and will provide years of reliable operation.

This LED light has two built in 20 lbs grip magnets that allow the unit to be attached to any ferrous metallic surface. This feature is ideal for automotive and work applications where the user needs effective illumination that leaves their hands free. This unit also has predrilled through holes to allow mounting the unit with screws for permanent or semi-permanent mounting such as would be found in machine light applications.

Included with this unit is an AC/DC charging unit for recharging from common 120 VAC outlets and a cigarette plug adapter for charging from vehicles and equipment. Fully wireless, portable, and ruggedly constructed, the WL-LED-12-M LED light stick is an ideal lighting solution for portable industrial applications.

“This is a versatile, rechargeable LED task light with magnetic base that is ideal for small area work spaces,” said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com. “This LED light is basically a magnetic mount LED trouble light.

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com carries a full inventory of LED lighting for heavy duty, commercial and industrial applications, including explosion proof LED lights, cart mounted LED lighting and battery operated portable LED towers. Please view Magnalight’s’ full line of lighting equipment by visiting Magnalight.com. Magnalight can be contacted by calling 1-800-369-6671 or 1-214-616-6180 for international inquiries.

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has granted a license for LED fluorescent tube replacements to LED Optics, a high-end manufacturer of replacement LED T8 tubes that is based in Boca Raton, Fla.

The licensing agreement provides for royalty payments in exchange for rights to manufacture and sell products covered by the patent portfolio of ilumisys' parent company, Altair Engineering.

“The LED marketplace is rapidly expanding, and it is becoming increasingly important that as an industry we work to ensure quality products are entering the marketplace,” said Adam Green, founder and president of LED Optics. “Nothing is more important to us than the quality and performance of our products, and this partnership with ilumisys is allowing us to further expand the portfolio of exceptional LED retrofit products available to our customers.”

In addition to manufacturing replacement LED T8 tubes, LED Optics also manufactures other high-end LED bulbs used in commercial applications.

Solid-state lighting technology has the potential to cut U.S. lighting energy usage by one-quarter and contribute significantly to the nation's climate change solution, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. By providing licensees access to its expanding patent portfolio, ilumisys believes that the pace of both LED product development and installation will continue to accelerate.

“The LED industry is growing at a rapid pace, and ilumisys is working with companies across the country to help ensure the products going into the market are credible,” said Dave Simon, president of ilumisys. “ilumisys is focusing its efforts on the company's future manufacturing and expansion to ensure it will be able to meet the demands of the industry as it continues to grow.”

ilumisys, formed in 2007, is a spinoff of Altair, a global software and technology company that has a growing presence in the energy market. With the backing of Altair, its majority owner, ilumisys has a deep and substantial investment in research and development that includes seven patents awarded and over 60 patents pending.

About LED Optics

LED Optics, based in Boca Raton, Fla., focuses on providing high-end LED solutions for hotels, casinos, condominiums, apartment complexes, schools, hospitals, commercial office buildings and  other types of commercial applications. The company was formed in 2006. For more information, contact NEDCO Supply in Las Vegas at 702-367-0400 or visit ledoptics.com.

About ilumisys

ilumisys, Inc. is a Troy, Mich.-based company focused on next-generation solid-state lighting technology. The company was formed in 2007 as a spinoff venture and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc. Products are derived from Altair's intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent light tubes with light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and direct replacement of incandescent lamps. For more information, please visit ilumisys.com.

About Altair

Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,500 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 26-year track record for high-end software and consulting services for engineering, computing and enterprise analytics, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit altair.com and altairhtc.com.

Chapter 1 Overview of the Chinese LED Lighting Market Supply Chain

Introduction

Along with a constant increasing crude oil price pressure, and a rising awareness of energy-saving and carbon emission reduction, Light Emitting Diode (LED), as a solid-state lighting source, driven by the constant increase of its luminous efficacy and cost reduction, with the advantages such as small size, easy integration with system design, good color rendering, Light Emitting Diode (LED) has been substantially applied in the display industry, consumer electronics applications, and the automotive industry. Besides, the LED penetration rate has been gradually increasing year by year. Especially in the lighting industry, LED light source has been actively introduced. The great topic worth deep discussion by the whole LED lighting industry is how to develop a safe, humanized, and life-based product and how to promote LED to another wider application area by combining LED light source and the end application.

For all players in the LED industry, entering the Chinese market has become a solid trend that everyone cannot be withstood, as China will become not only the largest LED lighting production area in the world, but also the largest domestic market. Therefore, each player would like to take the first step to enter the Chinese market, in order to access market opportunities.

In recent years, the Chinese government has constantly promoted and supported the LED industry and has achieved considerably outstanding results. Since Chinese, Taiwanese, and foreign companies constantly invest in the Chinese market, a huge LED industry supply chain from the upstream, midstream, to downstream has been formed in China and the industrial cluster effect has also emerged very fast, including four areas, namely, northern area (Beijing and Dalian), Southeast area (Fujian), Pearl River Delta (PRD), and Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Among those, the highest centralization degree of the LED industry is PRD and YRD. Somebody said that if you walk from the beginning to the end of a street in the PRD, you can assemble an LED lamp by yourself. Although the saying is a bit exaggerating, it is not difficult to see the concentration degree of the LED industry.

Although the whole industry chain of LED illumination in China is quite complete and the comprehensive advantages of the industry is considerably obvious, as the supply chain of LED lighting in China is various, severe and enormous competition has also been formed. Even the large-scaled LED illumination enterprises at the high end of technology of Europe, the USA, and Japan, the manufacturers that flexibly develop with Taiwan investment, or the manufacturers in diversified development are very careful but covetous in Chinese LED lighting market. However, according to the observation up till now, most of the manufactures are confident but not very sure of success.

2011—2015 China's LED Lighting Market Research Report

Chapter 1 Overview of the Chinese LED Lighting Market Supply Chain

Introduction

1-1 Overview of Chinese LED Lighting Industry

1-2 Overviews of Epi Wafer / Chip Makers‘ Investments and Operations

1-3 Overview of Packaging Manufacturers‘ Current Investments and Operations

1-4 Overview of Current Lighting Maker‘s Investments and Operations

Chapter 2 Overview of LED Lighting Market and Market Forecast

Introduction

2-1 Three Important Factors for LED Light Source Entering the Lighting Field
 
2-2 Analyses on LED Lighting Market and LED Penetration Rate in the General Lighting Market

2-3 Analyses on the Chinese LED Market and LED Penetration Rate

2-4 Plan and Schedule of Ban on Incandescent Lamp in the World

2-5 Affected By Rising Fluorescent Lamp Cost, LED Lighting Business Speeds up

2-6 Analysis on the Chinese Street Light Market

2-7 Energy Management Contract

Chapter 3 Chinese Lighting Export Market Overview

Introduction

3-1 Chinese Lighting Product Export

3-2 Chinese Lighting Product Exporting Country

3-3 Major Production Bases of Chinese Lighting Products

Chapter 4 Chinese LED Policies and Regional Development

Introduction

4-1 Chinese LED Lighting Policies

4-2 Regional LED Promotion Plans and Executive Programs in China

4-3 Overview of Seven Production Bases and Four Production Areas in China

4-4 Overview of Regional Industry Development

4-5 Overviews of Manufacturers‘Investment and Business Development

4-6 Regional Development of Seven Production Bases in China

Chapter 5 LED Package Cost Analysis

Introduction

5-1 LED Package Market Value Forecast in 2009-2011

5-2 Cost Analysis on High Power LED with Lead Frame

5-3 Cost Analysis on High Power White LED with Ceramic Substrate

5-4 COB Advantages and Lighting Application Cost Analysis

Chapter 6 LED Luminaire Product Characteristics and Cost Analysis

Introduction

6-1 LED Luminaire Product Characteristics Analysis

6-2 Economic Efficiency Analysis- Power Saving

6-3 Economic Efficiency Analysis- Purchase Cost

6-4 Lighting Product Cost Analysis

6-5 LED Light Bulb Cost Analysis

6-6 LED Street Light Cost Analysis

Chapter 7 Overview of Other Lighting Parts Market Development Introduction

7-1 Overview of LED Driver IC Market Development

7-2 Overview of Power Supply Market Development

7-3 LED Heat Sink Module Market Development

Chapter 8 Investment Suggestions and Market Trend Analysis Introduction

8-1 Perspective from World-class LED Lighting Manufacturers.

8-2 Investment Suggestions

8-3 Market Trend Analysis

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology maker, GlacialTech Inc., his excited to announce that their display at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair Autumn Edition will feature an exceptional line-up of high-quality and superbly designed LED lighting products for buyers and journalists to see first-hand. Interested parties are invited to visit GlacialLight Booth #5B-F34, Hall 5, from October 27-30, 2011, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to test products, ask questions, and procure GlacialLight's most advanced LED lighting solutions offerings.

Date: October 27-30, 2011
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Booth #: 5B-F34, Hall 5

The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) is the biggest lighting fair in Asia and the second largest in the world. In 2010, a record-breaking 30,000-plus buyers attended with over 2,000 exhibitors from 35 countries and regions showcasing their lighting solutions. It is the perfect platform for GlacialLight to showcase their slim, compact and fashionably designed product ranges as well as new technology innovations to visitors from around the world.

GlacialLight booth's will be featuring several of their newest products including the recently released MR1605WH-V2AN 5 Watt LED Lamp and GP-HS05N driver bundle, the 110 Watt GL-BL110 LED Retail and Industrial Bay Light, the Pollux Series of LED Panel Lights, their fashionable and circular Capella Series of 12 Watt LED Downlights that are (6-inch and 8-inch) bulb and fixture combos, and their innovative LED Drivers that make electronic transformers unnecessary while improving power conversion efficiency as well as reliability. GlacialLight will also display a wide array of environmentally-friendly and energy-saving products including torches/flashlights, LEDs with dimming functionality, baylights, lamp lights, LED tubes, light bar display lights, and streetlight and spotlight solutions.

GlacialLight is looking forward to meeting with current and future business partners, industry leaders and global buyers from all over the world at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Booth #5B-F34, Hall 5, during the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition), from October 27th to the 30th.