Half of the lighting suppliers who contact him 'don't understand their products', Sainsbury's head of engineering Mark Hawker told the Retail Lighting and Energy Conference yesterday.
Gary Campbell, a partner at lighting design agency DPA, outlined the key issues to consider before undertaking an upgrade to LED at yesterday’s Retail Lighting and Energy Conference.
As one of the first major high street brands to embrace LEDs, Next has spent around £4m on the technology.
German outdoor lighting manufacturer Hess has filed for insolvency, a few weeks after firing its CEO and CFO over suspicions of manipulating balance sheets.
German outdoor lighting manufacturer Hess has filed for insolvency, a few weeks after firing its CEO and CFO over suspicions that balance sheets were manipulated.
Meet the NanoLight: an LED lamp like none you’ve seen before.
Philips’ lighting business grew by 4 per cent last year, reaching sales of €8.4bn (£7.2bn).
LED lighting is damaging darkening the yellow paint in famous masterpieces such as Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, say scientists.
The paint can slowly change colour, losing its vibrant yellow to become brown or olive green.
LED lighting is darkening the yellow paint of famous masterpieces such as Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, say scientists.
Philips is recalling its top-of-the-range MasterLED GU10 lamp after reports that the lamp body could become live.
The company is withdrawing all mains voltage 8W MasterLED Spots – including the Dim Tone variants - from sale and recalling all the light sources from wholesalers and distributors across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Osram is cutting 4,700 jobs - 12 per cent of its workforce – as part of the wider industry move away from incandescent and towards LED light sources.
The global lamps giant is closing or selling a string of factories which manufacture incandescent light sources and other older technologies in a bid to save US$1.3 billion (€1 billion) ahead of its sell-off by parent Siemens this year.
Philips is recalling its top-of-the-range MasterLED GU10 lamp after reports that the lamp body could become live
The market for lighting controls devices in commercial buildings will double from 2010 to 2017, says IMS Research. Shipments of devices are predicted to increase from 29.6 million to 61.6 million. Most of these components will be connected ballasts that contain a connectivity technology such as Dali or ZigBee
Say goodbye to that annoying buzz created by overhead fluorescent light bulbs in your office. Scientists at Wake Forest University have developed a flicker-free, shatterproof alternative for large-scale lighting.
Osram is planning to reduce its workforce by 12 per cent following its spin-off from Siemens in the new year, in a bid to save €1 billion by 2015.
LED tubes from five manufacturers have been banned or recalled by authorities in the EU this year because they posed a risk of electric shock.
