Some media reported that Sharp Corp is in talks with SVA (Group) of China on forming an alliance to produce LCD TV panels in China.

An LED design company specializing in architectural indoor lighting adds to Philips' portfolio of solid-state lighting capabilities.

The purchase includes the x7 Color System and technology, Paletta and Lustr products, and the new Vivid LED fixture series.

Philips Lumileds' announced today that test data for its LUXEON Rebel LEDs shows performance that exceeds ENERGY STAR guidelines intended to ensure quality solid-state luminaire development.

China reaffirmed on Monday that it will ramp up public spending and try to simulate domestic demand to ensure stable growth as the global financial crisis weighs on the economy.

Along with the memory chip sector, the global flat-screen panel industry is facing a major consolidation, with Taiwan's leading LCD panel makers engaging in detailed M&A talks to increase profitability. Analysts and industry watchers say such moves, if realized, will help Korean LCD panel duo Samsung Electronics and LG Display raise their global market share.

n his annual HBLED market review and forecast, Bob Steele of Strategies Unlimited said the market grew by 11% in 2008 but is likely to contract by 5% in 2009.

Over a five-year period, the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Street Lighting will replace 140,000 existing streetlight fixtures in the city with LED units.

The Welland, Ontario, company says the new light has 4x the efficiency of many halogen MR16 lamps.