LIGHTING JAPAN, which is world's leading exhibition gathering everything about LED/OLED lighting technologies and products, was grandly held from Jan 18th to 20th 2012 in the west halls of Tokyo Big Sight. A recorded number of 338 exhibitors and 24,255 visitors from LED/OLED manufacturers, fixture and related industries participated in the exhibition and its concurrent technical conferences, which is the largest scale ever. LIGHTING JAPAN is recognized as one of the best venues for technical consultations and business network expansions of the lighting industry.
In recent years, more and more enterprises realize the importance of overseas markets and seek for opportunities outside of Japan. With such background, 2012 is a remarkable year for LIGHTING JAPAN as there were many overseas exhibitors and visitors participated in the show.
PANASONIC, TOSHIBA, PHILIPS, SAMSUNG LED, EVERLIGHT… 35 Top Executives Gathered for Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
A lavish ‘Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony’ was held on the morning of January 18 [Wed] in front of the show venue to announce the grand opening of the show. In this year, a total of 35 from lighting fixture manufacturers and LED/OLED manufacturers celebrated the opening of LIGHTING JAPAN.
Place to showcase cutting-edge technologies:
LED/OLED have been rapidly spreading in recent years. The cutting-edge technology companies, which is making a strong push for this expansion, all gathered at LIGHTING JAPAN.
As for the LED chip and packaging technologies companies, CREE JAPAN and TOYODA GOSEI, or the first-time-exhibitors such as OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS and Seoul Semiconductor presented their latest technologies : CREE JAPAN and OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS displayed the LEDs with world's top level luminous efficacy, and CREE JAPAN presented XM-L and EZ which are the perfect choices for lighting applications where moderate to high luminous flux output is required from a single, small point source. Also, OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS exhibited its new product named ‘’OSLON Square’’ which contribute to improve the lifetime of light fixtures like spotlights or downlights.
Furthermore, the new devices of AIXTRON and NIHON VEECO have attracted a great deal of public attention : AIXTRON presented PVPD Equipment enabling technology for Organic Electronics and latest MOCVD device from VEECO Company.
Also, Panasonic introduced its latest line-up of devices which has the merit of energy-saving, miniature, and custom design. Many satisfied engineers have expressed their opinion to us that LIGHTING JAPAN allowed them to experience latest cutting-edge technologies and to have opportunities for business negotiations on the spot.
LED/OLED Lighting Fixture Fair:
Reflecting the next generation lighting technologies’ high levels of interest and rapid expansion, world’s leading companies such as EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS, OPTOTECH, also the first-time-exhibitors like Delta Electronics and SUNSUN Lighting, all gathered at LED/OLED Lighting Fixture Fair.
Beside each exhibition, various Asian companies have also showcased their latest technologies at “CHINA PAVILION”, “SEOUL PAVILION”, and “TAIWAN PAVILION”. Also, as many leading companies planning to start producing/ mass producing OLEDs, this year will be the historic year that the OLED enter circulation. At LED/OLED Lighting Fixture Fair, many companies such as TAKAHATA, DN LIGHTING, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL, NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS, and KONICA MINOLTA SENSING showcased OLED productions as well.
In addition, at LED/OLED Lighting Fixture Fair, the special event ”PROTO LIGHTING” has newly established to present lightning fixtures using LED/OLED prototype. A large number of manufactures and customers of lighting fixtures visited here in search of ‘’next hot design’’, and had many active business discussions.
A place where executives gather:
LIGHTING JAPAN is a perfect place not only to present latest technologies and products but also to meet executives of the industry. Especially this year, many top executives of industry were among the participants of ‘’Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony’’ and the party held first day’s night, and that made an impression to many exhibitors and visitors that LIGHTING JAPAN has become established as ‘’a place where executives gather’’. Many international leaders of Industry were present at the party, coming not only from Asia but also from all over the World.
Technical conference:
Every year, “Technical Conference” wins great popularity as a concurrent event of the exhibition. In 2012, there were 16 sessions in total. A great number of 48 industry professionals participated in those sessions to know the latest industry trends, cutting-edge technologies and companies’ strategies.
Particularly, the Keynote session gained great success with a great number of 2,724 audiences.
Next Shows in 2013
LIGHTING JAPAN will keep expanding in the number of exhibitors and visitors, as it always has. From Jan 16h to 18 in 2013, the 5th LIGHTING JAPAN will be held grandly with the NEPCON JAPAN 2013 - 42nd Electronics R&D and Manufacturing Technology Expo and AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2013 in Tokyo Big Sight.
As the central place of the latest LED/OLED technologies, the shows have come under the spotlight among industry professionals as a must-attend event. The shows recorded the largest number of exhibitors and visitors this year. Most of participants were satisfied with their business results, and in fact, show management has received many positive comments from them.
If you are interested in exhibiting at this event, please contact us immediately. The exhibit space is
limited and it is expected to be sold out at an early stage. Also, if you have interest in visiting the show, please pre-register via website. Click the “Visitor Pre-registration” banner on the official website, fill out the form, and press “submit” button. After that, you will receive the newest information by e-mail or airmail.
Next Show Dates
Dates: January 16 [Wed] - 18 [Fri], 2013
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
Organised by: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.
2013 Show Outline
LIGHTING JAPAN - 5th LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo
For any other inquiries, please feel free to contact us.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the show in 2012.
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