LED lighting as a package to owners of homes

According to an October survey of 303 adults conducted for lighting company Osram Sylvania, there are still a third of Americans, who say they prefer traditional bulbs. One in eight, or 13%, say they'll stockpile Edison's 100-watt led high bay light.Maybe for American, Edison's 100-watt bulbs are too impressive to phase out immediately, but it’s tendency, so let’s wait and see what happens in New Year.

According to the company, the major electronics maker's business fields as of Sunday are now divided into three groups — consumer, components and devices, and solutions — after it restructured five segments. Its 16 divisions were consolidated into nine, including appliances, energy and health care, under the three business fields.

The move is aimed at expanding Panasonic's energy-solutions business by selling energy-saving products such as solar batteries and LED lighting as a package to owners of homes, retail shops and buildings, an operation the company is trying to establish as one of its group pillars amid slumping television sales.By building on the strengths of Sanyo's energy business and Panasonic Electric's housing-equipment operations, the company aims to grow its "comprehensive solutions" business into a ￥1 trillion revenue source by 2018.

Huga Optotech ended unpaid furlough practice when New Year comes, signaling that Taiwan’s LED industry is getting out of its worst days. Its Taiwan’s only publicly held LED maker to have its employees take unpaid leaves in October, 2011, to cope with slumping market for backlights. Huga Optotech’s president, C.N. Huang, pointed out that the firm decided to end the practice in late December in anticipation that market would pick up in March 2012.