16/09/2014

A U.S. battery and bulb dealer announced the acquisition of a British LED Lighting retailer

“Batteries Plus LLC”,a U.S. battery and bulb dealer,announced the acquisition of British retailer specializing in LED lighting fixture especially indoor LED ceiling light and other household and commercial LED lamps named “LED Hut” on September 8, 2014. The press released by LED Hut stated that the agreement is merger to 1,800 million pounds (about 178 million yuan RMB).

LED Hut was founded by Internet entrepreneur Jonathan Ruff on April 2011. The company grew to 60 colleagues in a short span of three years from the original five, the turnover growth is 550 percent, rapidly developing as a leading Internet retailer of LED lighting fixtures especially household LED lighting including indoor LED ceiling light in Britain. LED Hut is specializing in LED lighting field, providing the indoor LED ceiling light and other household and commercial  LED lamps with high quality, competitive prices,as well as fast and reliable delivery service.

Batteries Plus LLC said in a statement that this acquisition will help the company to further expand the market share of indoor LED ceiling light and other indoor and outdoor LED lighting. Russ Reynolds,CEO of Batteries Plus Bulbs, said LED Hut is the UK leader in Internet retailer, and also continues to expand in pan-European market. Through the LED Hut’s professional experience in Internet sales can help the company grow more quickly in the United States to achieve the vision of the whole pathway.

LED panel light  single-color-dimmable

Jonathan Ruff,founder of LED Hut,said LED Hut hopes to find suitable business partners to provide the impetus for the company’s next career development, and Batteries Plus Bulbs is the best candidate. Batteries Plus Bulbs is America’s largest battery and bulb dealer with over 625 stores throughout the United States 47 states, including Puerto Rico. It not only has a certain position in the market, but also has considerable experience in the distribution business; while the expertise LED Hut in e-commerce enhance the value and strength for this alliance relations,.

Jonathan Ruff also pointed out the first flagship store LED Hut opened a few days ago in the United Kingdom Jersey was a great success, the retail store Batteries Plus Bulbs LED Hut has opened help to promote the plan that 40 or more stores will be opened in the UK.

There is currently no further disclosed other details about this agreement.

For more information about indoor LED ceiling light and other indoor and outdoor LED lighting products,please visit http://www.lead-lighting.com and http://www.ledclan.com and http://www.lead-ledgrowlight.com

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29/07/2014

Germany leading edge detection technology promote a comprehensive upgrade of LED lighting industry

With the rapid development of LED industry in 2013, in particular, the home market is booming, greatly boosting the growth of the LED lighting market demand. However, LED industry has been facing the problem of lack of standards. LED lighting is entering more homes of ordinary people this year, with the popularity of LED lighting, we will focus more on quality and quality of light.

LED street lighting  LED street light

With the rapid development of LED industry in recent years, the United States, Europe and China have released safety testing standards or regulations on the LED lighting products, as a third party certification body, TUV Rheinland has been committed to the characteristics and development trends in LED lighting technology, and introduction of LED lighting and the latest foreign standards, testing technology and experience for providing the customers with test methods and standards in line with their special needs to provide comprehensive and professional solutions.

LED street lighting and household LED lighting are currently the most widely LED lighting applications, TUV Rheinland Greater in the China region in Shanghai, Ningbo, Guangzhou and Taiwan have LED product testing laboratory and obtain CB, DAkks, CNAS accreditation, offering a variety of test data of LED products, for a variety of optical radiation hazards hidden of LED optical properties, it can also provide standards for testing IEC/EN60825-1 laser energy, IEC/EN62471 standard detection, safety, performance and EMC testing for LED light source and LED lighting to meet the various needs of LED enterprises.

Browsing http://www.lead-lighting.com/products/bid31-1.htm for more information about LED street lighting.

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10/04/2014

The market penetration of global LED lighting will improve rapidly next few years

LED lighting product demand outbreak, the market penetration global LED lighting particularly household LED light including LED tube light such as LED tube light 15W will improve rapidly next few years: Display Search data show that LED lighting equipment  will be widely used, the global market penetration of home LED tube light 15W and other home and outdoor LED lighting products is rapidly increasing in 2012-2016.

- Spotlight: penetration from 8.3% in 2012 will increase to 46.3% in 2016;

- Streetlights: penetration from 4.3% in 2012 will increase to 38.6% in 2016;

- Bulb: penetration from 5.1% in 2012 will increase to 28.2% in 2016;

- Tube:the output of LED tube light including LED tube light 15W that is 230 million pcs in 2013 is expected to increase to 791 million pcs in 2016, of which the penetration rate will increase to 22.3% in 2016.

LED tube    led-tube-t8-02a

The policy establish goals of China LED lighting penetration: According to "semiconductor lighting industry development plan", all of China's 60W incandescent lamp or above for general lighting will be eliminated to 2015, the penetration will decrease by below 10%; the penetration rate of LED tube light 15W and other household and outdoor LED efficient lighting products and other conventional energy-saving lamps on the market will stabilize at around 70%;the market penetration rate of LED functional lighting products will be over 20%, the market penetration rate of LED landscape lighting will be 80%.Browsing http://www.ledclan.com/led-tube/led-tube-t8-15w-cl4.htm for more information about LED tube 15W.

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