Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [217 news items]
China first LED lighting subsidy to reach CNY2 billion
Oct 11, 21:32
The list of firms that have been chosen in China's first round of LED lighting subsidies has been announced. Market observers believe the 39 firms will obtain a total subsidy for...
Epistar, Everlight see sequential drops in September revenues
Oct 9, 10:36
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar had September revenues of NT$1.616 billion (US$54.7 million), representing a decrease on month of 6.09%, while LED packaging...
Taiwan market: Government to hold bid for 250,000 LED street lamps
Oct 5, 14:34
The Taiwan government will announce a plan for the purchase of up to 250,000 street lamps through an open bid, with the tendering to be held in November and the results to be announced...
Taiwan government to extend subsidies for procuring LED light bulbs
Sep 28, 01:20
The Taiwan government plans to increase 2012 energy-saving subsidies from the original NT$700 million (US$23 million) to NT$1.4 billion, according to Yen-Shiang Shih, Minister of...
Everlight, Epistar conservative about investments from China
Sep 24, 14:58
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has been discussing the possibility of increasing the investment limit of China-based funds to Taiwan's LED industry. According to Robert Yeh, chairman of...
Everlight reportedly demands managers take 3-days non-paid leave
Sep 21, 01:40
Despite increasing orders in the third quarter, gross margin among Taiwan-based LED makers has been falling significantly. LED packaging house Everlight has reportedly asked employees...
Backlight demand for large-size products continues to be strong, says Epistar
Sep 19, 15:37
Starting September 2012, demand for AlGaInP LED has been weakening, according to LED chipmaker Epistar. Nevertheless, the firm added, demand for backlight applications is still strong,...
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues
Sep 12, 14:12
Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August revenues. Crystalwise saw August revenues fall to NT$90 million (US$3.04...
Everlight expects continuous ASP drop in 2H12
Sep 3, 11:24
Rising price competition and negative impact from the debt crisis in Europe have been causing Taiwan-based LED firms to report on-year decreases in their financial results for first-half...
Epistar, Everlight report falling July revenues
Aug 8, 01:20
LED chipmaker Epistar has announced July revenues of NT$1.667 billion (US$55.69 million), a decrease of 3.6% on month but a growth of 14.3% on year. LED packaging house Everlight...
Taiwan market: Demand for LED bulbs to top 1.5 million units in 2012
Jul 27, 11:04
Demand for LED light bulbs has been rising fast in 2012 but some labels have been exaggerating their quality. According to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), 20%...
Taiwan market: Delta introduces co-brand omni-directional LED light bulb with 7-11
Jul 25, 01:45
In cooperation with 7-11, Delta has announced the launch of an omni-directional LED light bulb. The firm indicated the first batch will be 300,000 units and it expects all to be sold...
Everlight to secure NT$6 billion syndicated loan
Jul 20, 10:32
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight passed to motion to secure a syndicated bank loan of NT$6 billion (US$200 million) over a period of five years at a recent board of directors...
Taiwan LED firms indicate mixed 3Q12 forecasts
Jul 19, 01:30
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar is conservative about third-quarter 2012 market conditions. Despite having clear order visibility for August, September continues to be unclear,...
LED firms report rising 2Q12 revenues
Jul 9, 10:55
LED chipmaker Epistar reported June revenues with on-month increase of 4.3%. LED packaging house Everlight reported June revenues with an increase of 2.9% compared with May revenues...
Commentary: China fights to lead in setting LED lighting standards
Jul 5, 13:11
The rise of China's LED lighting industry has been supported by the government. Despite the fact that many international lighting firms have been promoting the Zhaga Consortium to...
Everlight showcases series of LED components at LED Expo 2012 in Korea
Jun 26, 15:07
Everlight recently showcased its new series of LED component products at the 2012 LED Expo in Korea. The company presented a whole series of packages for different applications including...
Guangdong province announces plans to switch to LED lighting for all public areas in 3 years
Jun 21, 16:25
China's 12th Five-Year Plan has begun and Guangdong province has announced that in three years, all lighting in public areas will be switched to LED across the province. The output...
Everlight has 60% share of LED light bulb market in Taiwan, says chairman
Jun 20, 15:10
Everlight's market share for LED light bulbs in Taiwan reached 60% a month ago, said Robert Yeh, chairman of the Taiwan-based LED packaging house. The firm will continue to strengthen...
Everlight, Delta showcasing technologies at LED Lighting Taiwan 2012
Jun 19, 17:00
The LED Lighting Taiwan 2012 is currently being held at Nangang Exhibition Hall from June 19-21. There are 250 participating firms from the supply chain in Taiwan and abroad and close...
Taiwan vendors expected to lower LED lighting prices to US$1.20/W at end of 2012, says Everlight
Jun 8, 01:40
First-tier Taiwan-based vendors currently quote their LED lighting products at US$1.50/W, higher than US$1/W quoted by second-tier vendors but lower than US$2/W charged by international...
Nichia appeals patent ruling favoring Everlight
Jun 6, 01:45
Nichia has announced that the company has made an appeal with the Supreme Court of Japan against a Japan Patent Office's ruling in favor of Everlight Electronics over a patent disp...
Everlight wins YAG white light LED patent against Nichia
May 25, 16:19
Everlight Electronics recently filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation's YAG white light LED patent JP3503139 and has received the decision...
Taiwan Market: LED light bulb ex-factory price drops to US$1/W
May 16, 01:35
The ex-factory price of LED light bulbs has been falling to US$1/W, according to Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based high-power LED packaging firm Edison Opto. A continuous fall in...
Nichia files lawsuit against Everlight
May 10, 11:52
Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany at the District Court Dusseldorf against the Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics and its German subsidiary Everlight...
Everlight 1Q12 profits hit new low
May 2, 10:41
LED packaging houses Everlight and Unity Opto have reported financial results for first-quarter 2012, with net profits for the former hitting the lowest since fourth-quarter 2008.
Taiwan plans to switch 815,000 street lamps to LED before end of 2018
Apr 18, 14:05
Following the recent announcement of electricity price hikes, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has said it will replace 326,000 street lamps with LED lights in three years,...
LED makers see revenues increase in March
Apr 9, 16:48
LED firms, from upstream chip manufacturers to downstream packaging manufacturers, all saw sales growth in March, posing challenges for the traditional lighting market.
Everlight looks to run at full capacity in 3Q12
Mar 29, 15:31
LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has seen its utilization rate improve to 60-70% recently and expects the ratio to climb to 80% in the second quarter, according to the company...
Everlight to deal out 2011 dividend per share of NT$2.50
Mar 21, 01:05
LED packaging company Everlight Electronics will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$2.50 for 2011, accounting for 79.62 % of the corresponding net EPS of NT$3.14, according...
Taiwan LED firms have lower production costs compared to South Korea peers, says Everlight chairman
Mar 14, 14:49
While Samsung Electronics has started a price war for its LED lighting products, Taiwan-based LED fellow makers have the competitive advantage of lower production costs, according...
Zhaga Consortium to hold meeting in Taiwan
Mar 8, 14:56
Zhaga Consortium, an association joined by 184 lighting firms around the world, will hold a meeting in Taiwan from March 13-15. Zhaga has members such as Osram, Philips, Toshiba,...
LED firms report mixed February revenues
Mar 7, 01:25
Epistar reported February revenues of NT$1.185 billion (US$40 million), up 20.91% on month but down 12.92% on year. Epistar noted that February had more working days compared to January...
LED TV backlight demand pushes February capacity utilization to reach 70%, say LED firms
Feb 20, 14:39
The inventory of TV backlights has been cleared, pushing demand to return after the Lunar New Year holidays. LED backlights for TVs have become the main force to drive up sales for...
Lighting Japan 2012: Japan LED firms aim at various lighting applications
Feb 8, 12:02
At Lighting Japan 2012, Taiwan- and China-based firms focused on showcasing LED light bulbs while Japan-based firms displayed various LED lighting applications.
Everlight Electronics has introduced a high power, high brightness LED package, the "Shwo" series. The Shwo series is a surface-mount high-power device featuring high brightness...
Photo: company, May 25.
Everlight SL-Dolphin LED street lights
Everlight Electronics has introduced the SL-Dolphin street light series with 60W, 90W, 120W and 150W LED light engine and light output up to 13,000lm. The brightness and high uniformity...
Photo: Company, Mar 10.
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.