DOE Funds SSL Manufacturing R&D; Eliminates Two Other Opportunities
On June 7, 2012, DOE announced the competitive selection of three SSL R&D projects, in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000561. Due to...
View ArticleFusion Optix Closes $3.5M Investment Round
Fusion Optix, Inc. announced closure on a $3.5 Million Series D funding round. The round was over-subscribed and limited only to existing investors in the company. The proceeds from the funding round...
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Barry Young Interview: OLED Industry Alive and Well in the US
With 40 years in the high-tech industry, including many as a successful entrepreneur, Barry Young started the OLED Association in 2007. The group has about 15 members across the globe: display...
View ArticlePlextronics & Holst Centre Partner on Flex OLED Lighting
Plextronics, a US-based global technology company specializing in printed electronics, and Netherlands-based Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (Flanders, Belgium) and TNO (The...
View ArticleOSRAM Launches OLED Pilot Production
With the launch of the pilot production line for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in Regensburg, Germany, on 30 August, leading light manufacturer OSRAM AG has set an important milestone on the...
View ArticleSemiLEDs Makes Senior Management Changes
SemiLEDs Corporation announced that after serving as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of SemiLEDs, Anh Chuong Tran has transitioned to the role of Chief Scientist. As the Chief Scientist...
View ArticleMerck Concludes NEMO Research on OLED Materials
After 3 years of intensive research in the field of new solution-processable materials for OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), Merck and ten other partners from industry and academia have...
View ArticleShuji Nakamura Named SVIPLA Inventor of the Year
Soraa, the world’s leading developer of GaN-on-GaN (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) solid-state lighting technology, announced that co-founder Shuji Nakamura received the Inventor of the Year Award...
View ArticleOSA Unveils Optics and Photonics Report for US Policymakers
The Optical Society joined several others in the optics and photonics community in Washington, DC, in September to draw attention to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report Optics &...
View Article$9M in New Funding for RGB Laser Light Engines
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (LLE), the leader in laser illumination for high-brightness digital projection, announced $9 million in venture funding in September, with an additional $6 million anticipated...
View ArticleLunera Expands into SoCal Manufacturing & Design Facility
Lunera Lighting, Inc., an LED lighting solutions leader, announced its expansion to a new manufacturing and design facility in Anaheim, California. The facility, in addition to Lunera’s headquarters in...
View ArticleTwo DOE Grants Awarded for SSL Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants (Phase I Release 3) targeting advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. Applied...
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