After completing a successful pilot project, German retailer EDEKA has equipped its latest store entirely with NICHIA technology. NICHIA LED technologies are increasingly being used in retail to push the shopping experience to the next level. The most recent project is an EDEKA store in Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Germany, which opened its doors in May 2021 and is equipped with a lighting solution entirely based on NICHIA technology.&nbs...

NICHIA has announced its 219F series of high-power 1800K LEDs, positioned as an alternative to High Pressure Sodium lamps (HPS). Global efforts to phase-out the use of HPS continue to be met with a resistance to using white LED replacements. Due to this lack of a viable and sustainable alternative, HPS have remained exempt from the list of banned products under the Minamata Convention on Mercury, meaning HPS remains ubiquitous.

NICHIA has announced its H6 series. Implemented into NICHIA’s 3030 mid-power 757 package to start, the new family of phosphor technology LEDs delivers high multi-level boost in colour rendition and efficacy whilst maintaining the lifetime expected from NICHIA. The H6 series delivers a colour rendering index (CRI) of 90 while maintaining a level of efficacy seen in standard CRI 80 LEDs.

NICHIA has announced a new dual function LED that provides both white light and high doses of energy geared for inactivation of various prevalent bacteria. With the continued surge of COVID-19 and the global impact across the globe, there is a heightened awareness to cleanliness in all aspects of life. While this certainly applies to viruses, it also applies to various types of bacteria present in our daily living environments.

NICHIA has announced the launch of its newest deep UV-C LED, the NCSU334B. At a peak wavelength of 280nm, NICHIA’s deep UV LED performs highly in the field of UV-C LEDs, regardless of wavelength, output, efficiency and lifetime. At the same time, new independent research confirms they are also good for disinfection performance against SARS-CoV-2 virus.

NICHIA has announced a new and improved Circadian Tunable LED offering. This new tunable LED pairing has been developed to enhance the regulation of your Body Clock by combining both the stimulation and calming doses, in addition to colour tuning.

It has been announced that Full Spectrum LED products outperform conventional solutions, according to a study into the visual impact and perceptual performance of LED lighting by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) in Stuttgart, Germany. 

Nichia is following up from its showcase at the RadTech 2020 conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida, USA. The company’s latest solutions are well suited for curing applications, but an extended portfolio is of particular benefit, as UV LED is known to be incredibly effective in killing viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa.

n Germany, a supermarket chain owner is experimenting with new LED technologies that move beyond straightforward product illumination. An EDEKA store installed lights using ground-breaking Vitasolis LEDs from NICHIA. Vitasolis offers a colour spectrum that recreates the effect of natural light on people.

On September 3, 2013, in the patent infringement lawsuits in Germany at the Düsseldorf District Court which Nichia Corporation filed against Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd and Everlight Electronics Europe GmbH (“Everlight”, docket number 4a O 56/12), as well as their German distributors Future Electronics Deutschland GmbH (docket number 4a O 59/12) and REGO Lighting GmbH (docket number 4a O 108/12), the court found with judgments...

Nichia Corporation and Chip One Stop, Inc. has agreed to resolve the patent infringement litigation regarding Nichia's patent No. 4530094 (patent No. 094) that had been pending in Tokyo District Court by settlement out of court.

On Aug. 31, 2011, Nichia Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Chip One Stop, Inc. from infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or patent No. 094) with regard to white LED products (product number: GT 3528 series) manufactured by EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS Co., Ltd.

On January 18, 2011, the District Court Düsseldorf in Germany ordered The Republic Group Handelsvertretung GmbH (“TRG”) to comply with Nichia’s claims upon TRG’s acknowledgement and, in particular, to cease and desist from offering for sale, placing on the market or using, or importing or possessing for any of the aforesaid purposes in Germany regarding specific white LED products covered by Nichia’s YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 92...

NICHIA CORPORATION determined that LED-application products containing LEDs marketed by WILMAR CORPORATION used White LEDs that infringe at least one of Nichia’s U.S. patents. NICHIA demanded that WILMAR discontinue marketing the infringing products.