LEDs Magazine Announces Second Annual Sapphire Awards Finalists

NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- LEDs Magazine, the leading information resource for the global LED and lighting community, announced today the 47 finalists for its second annual Sapphire Awards, the first awards program in the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) sectors honoring innovation in enabling-technologies and elegance-of-design in finished lighting products. This group of outstanding industry innovators was selected by an independent judging panel made up of noted professionals, designers, and lighting industry leaders.

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The winners will be revealed at the second annual awards gala on March 2, 2016, in Santa Clara, CA as the featured event of Strategies in Light co-located with The LED Show.

"We offer our congratulations to these finalists for their notable accomplishments. Our Sapphire Awards program covers the greatest achievements in the LED and solid-state lighting sectors," said Maury Wright, editor-in-chief of LEDs Magazine. "We have an outstanding set of finalists that covers the space from the efficient LED sources that are behind a revolution in lighting to finished LED-based lighting products across all pertinent applications for the business and residential spaces."

With more than 100 entries, the 2016 Sapphire Awards finalists have earned their place on this year's list.

Please join us in celebrating the 2016 finalists for the Sapphire Awards:

Indoor Ambient, Track, and Accent SSL Luminaire Design
EcoSense / TROV LED Platform
Selux Corporation / Kju Square
Acuity Brands Lighting / Gotham Incito 2" Family

Connected Residential SSL Lamp Design
Feit Electric / HomeBrite Smart LED Bulbs
Sengled / Pulse Flex Model
Ilumi / ilumi A19 LED Smartbulb

LED Drivers
Daintree Networks, Inc. / Daintree/LG Innotek Wireless Driver
Philips Lighting / Philips Advance Xitanium SR Drivers
Fulham Company, Inc. / All-in-One LED/Emergency Driver

SSL Enabling Technologies
Khatod Optoelectronic / GAIA Optical System for Multi-chip LEDs
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. / LED Heat Sink HYC Series
Fraen Corporation / Fraen Nested Lens

ICs and Electronic Components for SSL
Littelfuse, Inc. / LSP05/LSP10 Series Surge Protection Device
Texas Instruments / TPS92661-Q1 LED Matrix Manager
Infineon Technologies / ICL8105 and ILD2111 Digital Power 2.0 Driver ICs

Industrial SSL Luminaire Design
Dual-Lite / NEMA 4X Dynamo Emergency Light
Eaton's Crouse-Hinds Division / Champ Linear LED Luminaires
Digital Lumens / DLE Intelligent High Bay Fixtures

Modular LED Light Engines
Xicato / Xicato XIM
Soraa / Optical Light Engine
Bridgelux, Inc. / OLM TM Series of Outdoor Modules

Outdoor SSL Luminaire Design
Architectural Area Lighting / KicK
Kim Lighting / ArcheType X Wall
Spaulding Lighting / Cimarron iTSP
Cree / IG Series LED Parking Garage Luminaire

Packaged LEDs and OLED Panels
Crystal IS / Optan UVC LEDs
Lumileds / Luxeon C Color Line
LG Display / Flexible OLED Light Panel (406 mm x 50 mm)

Specialty SSL Design
GemLight Technologies, LLC / SID Light
Kenall Manufacturing / Indigo-Clean Continuous Disinfection
Unilux Inc / LED Stroboscopic Inspection Lights

SSL Lamp Design
Green Creative / PAR REFINE Series PAR30 LED Lamp
Soraa / VIVID PAR20 10D LED Lamp
Soraa / VIVID BR30 LED Lamp

SSL Network and Control Technologies
Kenall Manufacturing / TekLink Parking Controls
Silver Spring Networks / Silver Spring Smart Street Light Solution
Digital Lumens / LightRules Power

Tools and Tests in SSL Design
Instrument Systems GmbH / Burning Position Correction for Gonio
Osram Opto Semiconductors / PASS - Premium Application Support Services
Vektrex Electronic Systems, Inc. / LM-80 Electronics Tester

Indoor Troffer, Linear, and Recessed SSL Luminaire Design
Metalumen Manufacturing, Inc. / Arches A4 Series
Selux Corp / M36 My White
Dual-Lite / EV4R
Cree / LN4 Suspended Ambient LED Luminaire

Tunable SSL Technology
Finelite, Inc / FineTune White Color Tuning System
Kenall Manufacturing / MedMaster Balance Tunable LED Luminaire
DURABLE Hunke & Jochheim GmbH & Co. KG / LUCTRA Luminaire Series

The Sapphire Awards Gala, where the winners will be announced, takes place from 7:30pm - 11:00pm at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on March 2, 2016. The event will be a can't-miss highlight for attendees of the co-located Strategies in Light and The LED Show conferences and exhibit floors.

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