In our latest LED business roundup, Plessey nabs major funding for expansion of GaN-on-Si LED manufacturing capacity while Nichia continues its attack on Everlight, Bayer spins Covestro, RayVio expands, and Seoul Viosys acquires SETi.

A single missing component has been identified as a problem in approximately 55,000 LED T8 tubes that Osram Sylvania says could possibly lead to overheating of the tube and melting.

Monochromatic and phosphor-converted color LEDs target applications such as emergency vehicle lighting and dynamic façade illumination with tight beam and consistent focal length.

A new Caliper report focused on LED-based MR16 retrofit lamps reveals that the lamps don’t match the dimming response of legacy halogen products and incandescent dimmers present a particularly problematic scenario.

New SC5 LED technology enables Cree to extend LED lamp life projection to 30,000 hours and raise CRI to 83 with the backing of a five-year warranty.

First draft of a controls specification is out for review and will be the basis of a qualified products list that will likely be adopted broadly by utilities and other market-transformation initiatives.

IES RP-6-15 covers recommended lighting practices for recreational to professional sports fields and venues with specific guidelines for individual sports.

The company’s WICOP LEDs have been supplied into backlighting units for two years and now Seoul will supply the chip-scale package products for use in general SSL applications.

The home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys professional football team and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville are the latest major venues to adopt LED-based sports lighting to illuminate the playing field.

SSL A-lamps, spotlights, and strips connected via a wireless mesh network can be managed as smart LED lighting via Ayla’s Internet of Things platform including the Agile Mobile Application Platform.