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Monday 16 January 2017
Epistar expanding AlGaInP chip, blue-light LED flip-chip capacity
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar is expanding production capacity for AlGaInP LED chips and blue-light LED flip-chips, according to company president Jou Ming-jiunn. The...
Tuesday 10 January 2017
Everlight, Epistar see decreased December revenues
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.535 billion (US$79.2 million) for December, decreasing 4.44% sequentially and 1.71%...
Friday 9 December 2016
LED players see November revenues up
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics have reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.136 billion (US$67.2 million) and NT$2.653...
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Epistar 3Q16 operations turn profitable
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has posted net operating profit of NT$189.6 million (US$6.01 million) for third-quarter 2016, swinging into profitability from continued...
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Epistar settles patent infringement lawsuit with Adamax
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reached a settlement with US-based lighting distributor Adamax concerning charges it filed in the US alleging Adamax has infringed on...
Monday 3 October 2016
Epistar, Genesis Photonics see increasing shipments of green-light LED chips used in smart wearables
LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Genesis Photonics started shipments of green-light LED chips for smartwatches and wearable devices in the second quarter of 2016 and...
Monday 3 October 2016
Epistar to quadruple CSP LED capacity
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in view of fast growing demand for CSP (chip scale package) LED chips used in TV backlighting, will expand production capacity to four...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Formosa Epitaxy to lay off 300 workers
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy will lay off 300 employees at the end of September, according to its parent company, Epistar.
Friday 9 September 2016
Everlight Electronics August revenues hit 22-month high
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics on September 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.742 billion (US$86.5 million), the highest monthly level since November...
Friday 2 September 2016
Epistar sues Adamax for infringement of LED filament patents in US
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed with the US District Court for the Northern District of California charges against US-based distributor Adamax for infringing...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Smartphone vendors likely to follow Samsung to adopt IR LED-based iris recognition
Samsung Electronics took the initiative to adopt iris recognition based on infrared LEDs for its flagship Galaxy Note 7 and other smartphone vendors, especially China-based ones,...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Epistar, Everlight see mixed July results
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar saw July consolidated revenues of NT$2.181 billion (US$68.2 million) increase 3.52% on month and 3.33% on year, while LED packaging service...
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Epistar expands AlGaInP LED chip capacity via modifying blue-light equipment
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in view of booming orders for AlGaInP LED chips since the second quarter of 2016, has been modifying MOCVD sets used to produce blue-light...
Friday 22 July 2016
Epistar AlGaInP LED chip order visibility through October, says paper
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received booming orders for AlGaInP LED chips with shipments scheduled through October 2016, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 21 July 2016
Epistar hikes prices for large-size LED chips due to higher DLC standards
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in response to higher LED lighting standards specified in DLC (DesignLights Consortium) 4.0, has increased quotes for large-size LED chips...