Amanda Radley, International Sales Director of Microlights Ltd., a member of the Aurora Group of the United Kingdom, made her first-ever trade presentations in Taiwan (one each in Taipei and Taichung) in May 2012. Her objective was to make the company’s Taiwanese teams more familiar Aurora’s lighti

Owl Lighting manufactures LED light bars, T8 LED light tubes and T5 LED light fittings that are used for general lighting purposes in commercial sites, hotels, clubs, residences, underground parking lots, office buildings and rooms, schools, and factories. They can also be used as building outline

The island’s cultural/creative strength has won international recognition in the form of top prizes awarded to local designers at major design competitions With its traditional products suffering a shrinkage of exports, Taiwan has been working hard to develop its cultural/creative industry in re

Shyam Sujan, Sectary General of India’s Electric Lamp & Component Manufacturers’ Association (ELCOMA), hopes that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) will replace incandescent lamps in India in three to four years under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism carbon credit scheme. The b

Established in 1988, Yungli Traffic Equipment Co. is a veteran developer and manufacturer of wide-ranging auto lamps including head lamps, auxiliary lamps (spot, driving, and off-road driving lights) for both the aftermarket (AM) and original equipment (OE) market. The company also offers lamp

At the 2012 Taipei Int'l Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), held April 11-14 in Taipei and the largest automotive parts show in Asia, global visitors generally expect and do find a host of suppliers capable of meeti

Eagle Eyes Traffic Ind. Co., founded in 1979, is a specialized maker of high-quality automotive lamps. Its current catalog offers a wide range of head lamps, tail lamps, corner lamps, side lamps, bumper lamps, fog lamps, and center-mounted brake lights, among other products. The company is ISO/T

Taipei, July 31, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc. has begun working with President Chain Store Corp., which runs 4,822 7-Eleven shops throughout Taiwan, to sell its brand-name LED light bulbs, a further sign of the company’s vigorous pursuit for the goal of becoming Taiwan’s No.1 LED bulb brand.

Taipei, May 23, 2012 (CENS)--Actively engaged in development and mass production of LED lights with power of more than 200 watts, LT Lighting (Taiwan) Corp., a world-caliber supplier of LED lamps and electronic devices, has seen its 200W LED high bay lights and 500W LED flood lights well received i

Jan W. Denneman, president of the Global Lighting Association (GLA) and chairman of the Zhaga Consortium, as well as a VP with Philips Lighting, announced at the opening ceremony of the Taiwan International Lighting Show 2012, which took place on March 13-16, that the Global Lighting Forum (GLF) ha

Demand for eco products such as solar panels tend to vary according to official policies and prices of fossil fuel, and the same applies to the LED lighting market, which last year took a downturn. But the sluggishness of such market in Taiwan has been gradually reversing with the currently US$100-

Taipei, May 8, 2012 (CENS)--Epistar Inc. Chairman B.J. Lee pointed out that the interface standards that Zhaga Consortium is working on for LED light engines will make LED lamps prevalent in three years following the releases of several Zhaga-standardized engines at the Light+Building 2012 fair hel

Taipei, April 9, 2012 (CENS)--The Taiwan-based Home Resource Industrial Co., Ltd., a specialized supplier of LED lightings, has launched its newest Penguin LED Reading Lamp in Taiwan. The 1.8W reading lamp calls for only 3 AA batteries to continue working for eight hours, and offers high brightn

After suffering a long period of sluggish sales that began in 2009 as a result of the global financial crisis, Taiwanese manufacturers of machine-tool components and accessories rebounded with robust sales in the first three quarters of 2011 thanks to the robust recovery of the world economy. T

Clearly to diversify applications, Taiwan’s light emitting diode (LED) makers are trying to develop products for aquaculture, horticulture and animal husbandry, a niche seen to bear promise in the long run although insignificant now. Such effort culminated in the formation of a “horticultura

The global automotive industry has been mired in turbulence for several years, with the situation worsening in late 2008 when the global financial tsunami struck blows at almost every aspect of life. Despite a modest rebound, the industry is still facing challenges in the new year. Year 2011: G

Taipei, Feb. 23, 2012 (CENS)--Mainland China is likely to enlarge LED-lighting subsidization coverage, including not only more product items but also more supply sources, according to deputy sectary general of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, Tang Gouquin. Tang made the statement yesterday

Taipei, Jan.9, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan will cooperate with China to introduce common standards for functional textiles and medium- and small-sized vertical-shaft windturbines, which will help domestic manufacturers to tap into China’s domestic-demand business opportunities, said Chen Jay-san, director

At a conference held in mid-October, specialists from Taiwan’s academia, think tanks, trade bodies and manufacturers unanimously urged the government to take immediate measures before the island’s light emitting diode (LED) industry sinks into the abyss miring the dynamic random access memory (DRAM

Taipei, Nov. 28, 2011 (CENS)--Genesis Photonics Inc. Chairman K.J. Chong has recently pledged that his company will become “ MediaTek Inc.” of Taiwan’s LED industry, suggesting his company’s goal of becoming No.1 supplier of innards of LED lamps in a single package as MediaTek being the No.1 suppli

The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2011 (Autumn Edition), held Oct. 27 through 30, wrapped up with 33,319 buyers, up 10% from the 2010 event, to which many foreign lighting manufacturers attributed people’s sourcing cost-efficient lighting amid the gloomy economy. Interviewed by

The international jury for the 2011 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA) An international panel of judges selectedchose a total fifteen15 winners out of 944 entries for the 2011 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA): seven for industrial design (seven winners), two for visual communication design (two), two for

By KEN LIU Perhaps revolutionizing costly LED lighting, the blue kind Nichia Corp. of Japan invented in 1993 by building GaN structure on sapphire wafer, an Al2O3 composite that has since been the mainstay of LED chip material, and adopting copper alloy wafer, a crucial technology of silicon chi

By KEN LIU Despite lukewarm sales this April, leading Taiwanese LED makers are optimistic about the market prospect for this year and beyond, citing several recent developments that they believe will help boost their sales. These developments include the March 11 Sendai earthquake and tsunam

Some 235 exhibitors joined the 2011 Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan) and 2011 Taiwan Int'l Electric Vehicle Show (EV Taiwan), which were held April 14-17. Most were makers of parts and accessories for powered two-wheelers (PTWs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Stren

The 27th Taipei Int`l Auto Parts & Accessories Show (2011 Taipei AMPA) and the 6th Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (2011 AutoTronics Taipei), held April 12-15 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall, are the largest of their kinds and promoted as the world’s most important trade fai

One relatively new application is LED agricultural lighting Due to the lack of global consensus in standards and high production cost initially, LED lighting does not project bright market prospect in the short term, especially as a form of popular lighting. However, many LED lighting companies

After weathering a struggling global auto market in 2009, Taiwanese auto parts suppliers have benefited from a rapidly rebounding demand and are increasingly optimistic about the business possibilities in the coming years. Vigorous Global Market Along with the strong global economic recovery in

Green tech in the spotlight Smart energy-saving circuits, wireless control technology, high-voltage LED devices, innovative indoor LED lighting, renewable energy lighting applications, and high color rendering index (CRI) technology together took the center stage at the Taiwan International Ligh

One magnetic-related technology is being developed to raise LED output Over the past year, Taiwan’s government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has introduced several LED (light emitting diode) technologies that can help to enhance local LED-lighting manufacturers’ cost eff