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Monday 11 July 2016
MLS in strategic partnership with Yah Juang for LED lighting
China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has signed a 5-year strategic partnership with Taiwan-based lighting solution provider Yah Juang Enterprise for promoting MLS' own brand...
Thursday 7 July 2016
Epistar to expand production capacity for AlGaInP LED chips
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in view of strong demand for AlGaInP LED chips, will modify seven blue-light LED wafer MOCVD sets for making AlGaInP LED wafers to increase...
Monday 4 July 2016
Epistar-MLS cooperation scores points in India LED light bulb procurement
LED wafer and chip maker Epistar has cooperated with China-based LED packaging service provider MLS to participate in the India government's open-bid competition for procuring LED...
Monday 20 June 2016
Epistar seeks to swing into profitability in 2H16
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar suffered net lossses per share of NT$2.81 (US$0.086) for 2015 and NT$1.54 for first-quarter 2016, and has made efforts to improve operational...
Monday 13 June 2016
Epistar, Everlight report sequential declines in May revenues
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported May consolidated revenues decreased 5.89% sequentially and 4.98% on year to reach NT$2.157 billion (US$66.2 million), while...
Tuesday 31 May 2016
Epistar hikes blue LED chip quotes, says report
Epistar has hiked quotes for some models of blue LED chips by about 15%, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN).
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Everlight, Epistar report April revenues
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.412 billion (US$74.4 million) for April, decreasing 1.27% sequentially and 0.51% on...
Thursday 5 May 2016
PTI to buy factory building from Epistar for NT$620 million
IC packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced the acquisition of a factory building and related facilities from LED chipmaker Epistar for a total of NT$620...
Thursday 14 April 2016
Epistar strives to hike shipments of AlGaInP LED chips for automotive use
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in order to decrease operating losses due to low prices for general-use LED chips, has been making efforts to increase shipments of AlGaInP...
Monday 11 April 2016
Epistar, Everlight, Lextar see March revenues rise on month
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported March consolidated revenues of NT$2.233 billion (US$68 million), up 35.77% on month but down 5.61% on year. LED packaging service...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Fire strikes Epistar Hsinchu factory
A fire broke out at LED chipmaker Epistar's factory at the Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan in the late hours of March 28. No employees have been reported injured by the fire,...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Epistar suspends some MOCVD tools
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in view of global oversupply of LED chips and consequently continual price drops, has temporarily stopped operation of more than 100 relatively...
Thursday 10 March 2016
Epistar and Everlight see February revenues decrease
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.644 billion (US$49.2 million) and NT$2.104...
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Epistar accuses Epileds Technologies of infringing IR LED patents
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed charges with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court against Epileds Technologies for infringement of four infrared (IR) LED invention...
Friday 4 March 2016
LED makers step into automotive lighting
LED device maker Lite-On Technology, LED lighting maker Laster Tech as well as LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Genesis Photonics have stepped into automotive LED lighting,...