Policy & Standard
Community System Weathers The Years
Sep 14,2012
Canada - Audio companies are justifiably pleased with every new installation of their products, but US-based Community Professional Loudspeakers is especially proud when its products go beyond long-term anniversaries. The Community installation at the ...
Commentary: Taiwan Economic Revival Program Lacks Substance
Sep 13,2012
Commentary:Taiwan economic revival program lacks substance Bryan Chuang,Taipei;Steve Shen,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 12 September 2012]Taiwan's Executive Yuan(Cabinet)has announced a five-point program aiming to invigorate its flagging economy.Prior to the ...
Government Funds Help Solar Firms Earn Profits Abroad, Says Nsp Chairman
Sep 12,2012
Government funds help solar firms earn profits abroad, says NSP chairman Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 11 September 2012] Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs will assign representatives to Hsinchu Science Park to assess the ...
Green Deal Will Exclude Domestic Lighting
Sep 12,2012
The government has announced that domestic lighting will not be included in the scope of its flagship energy efficiency scheme, the Green Deal. The announcement came as the Department of Energy and Climate Change DECC published a response document to ...
Aug 24,2012
Europe-Bruce Springsteen is a rock star that loves to play live.For his lighting designer Jeff Ravitz,keeping the visual excitement real can be quite a challenge.Although Springsteen has sold more than 120m albums worldwide,he is notorious for his ...
China Government Holds Price Bidding for LED Lighting Subsidization
Aug 22,2012
China's Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission have jointly held open price-bidding competition for 2012-2013 LED lighting subsidies of which the total amount may be as much as CNY1.0 billion(US$157 million),with 30-50 ...
Dreamgirls Goes Wireless Withy Chauvet
Aug 16,2012
USA-For an outdoor production of Dreamgirls in St Louis,lighting designer Seth Jackson called upon wireless and battery-operated Chauvet fixtures to light six 16-foot mobile truss towers that freely move across its 94ft stage. Jackson and the ...
Three Plasa Control Protocols Draft Standards in Public Review
Aug 14,2012
UK / USA - Three draft control protocol standards are available for public review on the PLASA website until early October. They may be downloaded for free at the web address below. BSR E1.37-2 - 201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) - ...
Samsung, Osram Reach a Global Led Patent Settlement
Aug 14,2012
Bloomberg has quoted from a filing with a U.S. trade agency that, Samsung Electronics Co. and Siemens AG’s Osram unit have reached a global settlement to end a LED patent fight that Samsung filed against Osram and that was scheduled for trial at the ...
Plasa Focus Dealer Incentive Announced
Aug 10,2012
USA - PLASA Events has announced an unprecedented new deal for member dealers. Over the coming days, PLASA member dealers are being given the opportunity to book a strictly limited number of discounted booths at PLASA Focus: Stamford 2012. The ...
Microchip Signs Global Deal with Arrow
Aug 10,2012
Microchip Technology has signed a global distribution deal with Arrow Electronics. This global agreement includes Microchip’s complete line of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, analogue and interface semiconductors, wireless solutions, ...
Optogan Visits Turkey Ministry
Aug 10,2012
Recently, Senior leaders from Optogan LED Solutions, have taken a visit to Turkey to meet principal members of government and industry. Dr. Maxim Odnoblyudov, President and CEO of Optogan Group, Dr. Alexey Kovsh, Executive VP of Optogan Group, CEO ...
Swarco Receives Intertek Etl Safety Approval for Futurlux Led Streetlights
Aug 10,2012
SWARCO Traffic Americas has received Intertek ETL safety approval for its US based FUTURLUX LED streetlights. Frank Harder,CEO of SWARCO Traffic Americas,pointed out that"We've gone from zero to one-hundred in six months opening our US ...
Clay Paky Roadshow Rolls Across South Africa
Aug 10,2012
South Africa-The Clay Paky Roadshow kicked off to an overwhelming response in Johannesburg on Monday,30 July 2012 and then went to Durban and Cape Town. Demonstrations were presented by Massimo Bolandrina and Gianluca Breda from ClayPaky."The open day ...
EU notified draft ErP implementing measures for Directional lamps, LED ...
Jul 27,2012
On April 12, 2012, European Union published the notification of G/TBT/N/EU/34, and established ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, LED lamps and related equipments. Each ecodesign requirement shall apply in accordance with the following ...
Exports for the EU next year about lamps will add EMF requirements
Jul 26,2012
EMF specifications of radio waves specifications. Research indicates that the individual long-term higher doses associated with radio waves atmosphere, causing a more severe neurasthenia syndrome, for example headaches, nausea, dizziness, tiredness and ...
Lords Call for Engineering Graduates
Jul 24,2012
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action to ensure enough young people study science,technology,engineering and maths(STEM)subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Without this,it said,the ...
Military Communications, Electronic Warfare and Radar Applications ...
Jul 23,2012
Product announcements during the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada in late June highlighted how military applications will continue to grow and drive the fundamental development of semiconductor technologies such as ...
Taiwan Genesis Photonics Builds Kunshan Led Plant in Southern China
Jul 23,2012
Taiwan Genesis Photonics has scheduled to pour US$35 million in 2012 in China to build Kunshan plant in southern China. The new plant is a joint venture between Genesis and the Kunshan municipal government.Construction began in September 2010 with a ...
Production and sale of incandescent bulbs to be banned in Kazakhstan
Jul 22,2012
A gradual ban of production and sale of incandescent electric lamps will be introduced starting from July 1, 2012, Tengri News reports citing the information department of Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies. ...
