LED Lighting for a brighter future!

Rondolat is set to launch a strategy targeting high-margin niches in which Philips’ large economies of scale can make an impact. Photo by Mark Halper. Philips is set to launch a strategy targeting internet-connected and solar-powered lighting and key lamp categories today. The company – now renamed Signify – is unveiling Li-Fi-enabled luminaires, street lights with integral solar panels, IoT platform fixtures and a suite of unique one-for-one LED lamp replacements. Philips’ introductions (from top): Li-Fi enabled power balance Gen 2 office luminaire; the SunStay all-in-one solar street light with integral battery and panel; the TrueForce LED Road lamp; and the LifeLight solar lantern for the developing world. One surprise due to be announced at the global Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt today is the move into Li-Fi, the transmission of the internet using visible light rather than radio waves, predicted by Lux in 2016.  It follows the acquisition o...

The launch is believed to be a response to the spectacular success of independent start-ups selling stylish retro light sources to the commercial, hospitality and residential markets. PHILIPS HAS come up with its answer to turbulence in the lighting market: huge lamps. At this month’s Light + Building exhibition, the industry leader will unveil a set of mega lamps targeting the booming hipster market,  Lux  has learned. The giant industrial-style deco LEDcollection has smoky grey glass and a thin single vertical LED filament. The giant industrial-style deco LEDcollection has smoky grey glass and a thin single vertical LED filament. The launch is believed to be a response to the spectacular success of independent start-ups selling stylish retro light sources to the commercial, hospitality and residential markets. The modern range delivers 270 lumens in a colour temperature of 4000K while the vintage range delivers 470 lumens in a warm 2000K. The lamps in b...