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@SeoulSemicon affiliate Seoul Viosys has begun mass-producing WICOP 3: a 10 µm white micro LED made from GaN alone, with no rare earth phosphor. Close to 100 lm/W today, 200 lm/W targeted. Lighting, AR or data links first? #microled #rareearths

Tresky replaces the optical beamsplitter in die bonding with software: both camera images are merged digitally, keeping full light and resolution, and hidden alignment marks stay usable via a stored pre-pickup image. Software or optics? #diebonding #photonics

LED specialist 'lichtline' (27 employees, founded 2010) is in provisional insolvency. Administrator Peter Roeger of PLUTA is seeking an investor to take over the business. Operations and orders continue as usual. What makes an LED maker attractive to investors? #lighting #led

'Upgrade everything' isn't the only play. @UniofOxford studied 50 circular lighting projects: 36 cut energy, median 59.5%. Dublin Port Tunnel upgraded ~1,800 light points in existing infrastructure, saving an est. €3M. Replace or retrofit? #lighting #CircularEconomy

Curved OLEDs in a production car: the @AudiOfficial Q9 debuts 3D-curved digital OLED rear lights on 0.1 mm glass (200 mm radius), 512 segments across 6 panels. Up front: 25,600 micro-LEDs in ~13 mm. Lighting or exterior display? #OLED #AutomotiveLighting #MicroLED

Circadian light is measured at the eye, not the task plane. @BIOSLIGHTINGLED's Robert Soler on planning biologically effective light: 250 melanopic EDI by day, <10 in the evening, <1 at night. led-professional.com/artikel… #lighting #circadianlighting #melanopic

LiFi in far-UVC: FBH_Berlin, @UniStrathclyde and @Cambridge_Uni reached a record 1.5 Gbit/s at <235 nm over 30 cm. Sunlight is almost absent there, which helps outdoor links. Optics, receiver or modulation: what would you push first for range? #lifi #uvc #led

The new LEDprofessional Review LpR 117 is out: Smart City Lighting 🏙️ With @amsOSRAM, @TALQ_Consortium, @ULSolutions, Zhaga, IEEE Smart Cities, @GoodLightGroup and Prague's Dvorecký Bridge. Download the full issue: link in comment #smartcity #smartlighting

Old louvres in, new luminaire profiles out, with no remelting. TRILUX and OTTO FUCHS won Platinum and Green at the Build Back Better Awards 2026 for "Louvres in the Loop". RCY profiles in silver, gold and black are now in customer pilots. #lighting #circularity #aluminium

What does your LED driver already know? @Tridonic's "Brighter Perspectives" webinar shows how GEN4 driver data supports design, troubleshooting and maintenance. With Klaus Mohr and Lewis Wassell. 21 Oct, 10:00 CEST, online events.teams.microsoft.com/e… #lighting #leddriver #webinar

@amsOSRAM joins the Credo-led OCP SRMO workstream to standardize wide-parallel optical links for AI data centers. → 20–30x copper's reach at copper-like cost → Spec targeted for 2027 Where will microLEDs matter most? #microLED #photonics #AI

A new sales playbook is coming to TRILUX: Carsten Beier becomes Chief Sales Officer on 1 October 2026, leading global sales. He brings leadership from RHEINZINK (CEO) and ~25 years at Sievert Group. Focus: market expansion, customer alignment, sales digitization. #lighting