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Tuesday 10 July 2018
Epistar, Everlight see June revenues decline on year
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.816 billion (US$59.7 million) and NT$1.991...
Tuesday 3 July 2018
Epistar to showcase mini LED applications at Touch Taiwan 2018
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar will exhibit its mini LED applications at Touch Taiwan 2018 display show in Taipei during August 29-31.
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Epistar to spin off VCSEL wafer foundry business unit
LED wafer and chip maker Epistar has disclosed its board of directors has decided to spin off the company's VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) epitaxial wafer foundry...
Friday 22 June 2018
Epistar expects LED demand to rebound in 3Q18
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar expects demand for LED chips used in lighting and backlighting to rebound in third-quarter 2018 because clients will replenish inventories...
Thursday 14 June 2018
China makers to bring 300 additional MOCVD sets into operation in 4Q18, 1Q19
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers are expected to bring about 300 additional MOCVD equipment sets into operation in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter...
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Everlight, Epistar May revenues down on year
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.985 billion (US$66.4 million) and NT$1.814...
Friday 25 May 2018
Demand for mini LED to take off in 2H18, says Epistar president
Demand for mini LED applications will take off in the second half of 2018, and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar will begin to ship mini LEDs for smartphone backlighting...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Epistar to spin off business groups
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar will spin off two of its existing three business groups as subsidiaries in six months, company president Jou Ming-jiunn has disclosed.
Thursday 24 May 2018
Top China, Taiwan LED makers see alarming inventory levels
Sanan Optoelectronics and HC SemiTek - the two largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers - and Epistar, their biggest counterpart in Taiwan, have seen inventories piling...
Friday 18 May 2018
Epistar to ship VCSEL chips to China smartphone vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar is poised to ship VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) chips used to China-based smartphone vendors through EMS provider Lite-On...
Friday 11 May 2018
Epistar sues V-TAC for patent infringement in US
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California a charge against V-TAC USA - a subsdiary of Europe-based LED...
Friday 4 May 2018
Epistar to deal out dividend for 2017
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has decided to distribute a cash dividend of NT$0.80 per share for 2017, accounting for 51.61% of the corresponding net EPS of NT$1.55.
Thursday 26 April 2018
Epistar setting up 6-inch epitaxial wafer capacity
Epistar has dislosed it is setting up production capacity for 6-inch epitaxial wafers mainly for making VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) and GaN LED chips for power...
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Mini LED backlighting may ease oversupply, says Epistar chairman
LED oversupply resulting mainly from China-based makers' capacity expansion will remain in 2018, but if demand for mini LEDs for smartphone display backligting starts taking off in...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Everlight, Epistar, Lextar see on-year declines in March revenues
LED firms Everlight Electronics, Epistar and Lextar Electronics have reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.108 billion (US$72.2 million), NT$1.776 billion and NT$921.4 million respectively...