In January 2018, Chinese total export of LED products exceeded US$1.1 billion, an increase of 4.12% over December 2017.

According to foreign media reports, US energy company NorthWestern Energy is deploying 43,000 street lights in Montana with new energy-saving light bulbs while recycling old, potentially dangerous lamps.

Cree stated that Cree is making progress towards the goal of producing silicon carbide wafers in 2022 at its manufacturing facility, which is planned to be built at Marcy Nanocenter.

According to industry sources, as users begin to replace halogen lamps that will be phased out by 2020, the demand for LED filament lamps in the US market is expected to soar in 2018.

According to media reports, the Canadian independent power system operating company is providing incentives for greenhouse owners in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent to switch to LED technology.

A few days ago, the British Micro LED company Plessey issued a press release saying that it had announced the development of the world's first silicon-based InGaN red LED.