Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [217 news items]
LED packaging houses Everlight and Harvatek announce strong profits for 1H10
Aug 26, 11:36
LED packager Everlight Electronics has posted NT$8.3 billion (US$259.3 million) in consolidated revenues for the first half of 2010, up 75.35% on year. First-half after-tax profit...
Epistar, Everlight participate in Huga Optotech fund raising
Jul 27, 14:01
Taiwan-based LED chip maker Epistar and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics will respectively subscribe to 49.61 million and 18.09 million new shares at NT$30 per unit to be...
Japan TV vendors come to Taiwan to secure LED supply
Jun 25, 15:17
Amid the surging demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs, Japanese TV vendors recently visited Taiwan to secure LED supplies. LED packaging houses including Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto...
LG aggressive in LED investments to ensure supply for TV business, says Digitimes Research
Jun 18, 10:45
With the top-five LCD TV brand vendors expecting LED-backlit LCD TVs to contribute a substantially larger percentage of sales in the coming years, LED players of all levels of the...
Everlight, Epistar and TPV to form LED packaging JV in China
Jun 17, 11:57
LED chipmaker and packager Everlight Electronics will establish a joint venture with Epistar and TPV Technology in Fuzhou City in China's Fujian Province for LED chip packaging and...
Delta and Everlight to enter Europe market with own-brand lighting products
Jun 10, 15:32
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics and Everlight Electronics plan to push their own-brand LED lighting products in Europe in the second half of 2010 , according to the companies. As Europe's...
Amtran, Everlight, and LG Display to form LED packaging JV for LCD TV market
Jun 4, 02:00
Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has announced a plan to form an LED packaging joint venture in China with LED packager Everlight Electronics and TFT LCD panel maker LG...
LED chipmakers, packaging houses report mixed results for 1Q10
May 10, 10:02
Players in Taiwan's LED industry have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2010.
Everlight, Bright LED April revenues up, Lite-On Tech down sequentially
May 7, 12:22
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Bright LED saw their April revenues increase by 1.6% and 17.79% on month, respectively. Meanwhile, Lite-On Technology saw its April...
LED companies see revenue growth in 1Q10
Apr 29, 15:19
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto Technology and Ledtech Electronics, and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) have all reported growth in their first-quarter...
LED chipmakers and packaging houses post strong revenues for March
Apr 9, 09:35
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics all saw record monthly revenues in March, while LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics...
Everlight expects LED demand from large-size products to be 6-7 times larger than handset
Apr 1, 16:14
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics expects LED demand from large-size products such as notebooks, LCD monitors and LCD TVs will be 6-7 times larger than the handset segment's...
LED players expect revenues to grow significantly starting March
Apr 1, 15:56
LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology, Everlight Electronics and Ligitek Electronics all expect their revenues to grow strongly in March, with a chance of hitting record levels,...
Mar 29, 14:10
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has announced a plan to issue 85 million GDR (global depositary receipt) shares, according to company filing with the Taiwan...
LED chipmaker Tekcore to increase capital for MOCVD purchase
Mar 15, 11:49
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore plans to issue 100 million new shares to through private placement that may fetch some NT$3 billion (US$94.38 million) to fund the purchase of new...
Epistar, Everlight, Lite-On Tech, Harvatek enjoy on-year growth in February revenue
Mar 9, 12:03
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar, LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Lite-On Technology and Harvatek saw February revenues go up significantly on year, mainly due to booming...
Everlight denies plans to set up backlight module plant with TPV
Newswatch - Mar 1, 16:43
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has issued a statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) denying a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that it...
Everlight, Ledtech report sequential revenue growth, Unity Opto sees decrease
Feb 8, 17:07
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Ledtech Electronics saw their January revenues increase by 10.18% and 20.2%, respectively, on month, while Unity Opto Technology has...
Taiwan-based LED makers form street lighting alliance
Jan 13, 15:52
The government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute and Taiwan-based LED players, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), on January 12 formed...
Taiwan LED industry to see 30-50% business growth in 2010, says Everlight
Jan 13, 12:08
Taiwan's LED industry has good prospects in 2010, with business operations expected to grow by 30-50% from 2009, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging service...
Most LED players in Taiwan see revenues decline in December
Jan 11, 15:55
LED chipmakers Epistar, Tekcore and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Bright LED Electronics and Harvatek have reported mixed results for December...
Everlight and Unity Opto to hike 2010 capex
Dec 18, 15:14
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Unity Opto Technology have raised their capex goals for 2010 amid growing demand for LED-backlight applications, according to market...
Everlight aims at 3% LED TV backlight market share in 2010
Dec 15, 15:33
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics aims to take 3% of the global LCD TV-use LED backlight market in 2010, according to the company.
LED chipmakers and packaging houses see growth in November revenues
Dec 10, 15:52
LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and Huga Optotech have all seen their revenues grow more than double on year for November, while packaging houses Everlight Electronics...
Everlight, Lite-On Tech optimistic about 2010 LED business
Dec 2, 16:35
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Lite-On Technology are optimistic about their operations in 2010. Everlight expects record revenues in first-quarter 2010,...
Amtran reportedly to invest in Everlight
Nov 26, 14:11
Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology reportedly has picked LED packaging house Everlight Electronics for its planned LED investment, according to market sources.
LED chipmakers see October revenues increase
Nov 11, 16:32
LED chipmakers saw their October revenues increase on the high demand for high-brightness blue LEDs, while LED packaging houses saw sequential drop for October revenues.
Epistar, Formosa, Everlight report net profit for 3Q09
Nov 5, 15:32
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics have reported net profits for the third quarter of 2009 at NT$606.93 million...
Lite-On to supply LCD TV backlight LEDs to Samsung and LG Display
Newswatch - Oct 16, 16:55
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Lite-On Technology has entered the supply chains of Samsung Electronics and LG Display (LGD) for LCD TV backlighting, according to a Chinese-language...
Everlight to issue common stock to raise about NT$3 billion
Oct 13, 12:27
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics on October 12 announced that the board of directors has approved for issuing common stock to raise an estimated capital of NT$3.33...
Epistar to invest in Tekcore through private placement
Oct 7, 11:37
LED chipmaker Epistar has decided to invest in fellow competitor Tekcore by acquiring 43 million common shares via private placement. The total investment is expected to amount to...
Taiwan LED players post 7% revenues growth for August, says LEDinside
Sep 14, 17:09
Taiwan's listed LED manufacturers recorded total revenues of NT$6.41 billion (US$196.25 million) in August 2009, a 7.2% growth from July and a 8.3% growth on year, according to LEDinside...
Everlight to raise NT$5 billion for capacity expansion
Aug 26, 14:52
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics on August 25 announced it will issue new shares and unsecured convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$5 billion (US$152 million)...
LED packaging house Everlight to expand capacity in 2H09
Aug 14, 15:54
Taiwan LED packaging house Everlight Electronics plans to expand its monthly capacity for high-power LEDs and SMD LEDs to five million units and 1.2 billion units respectively in...
Taiwan high court rules against Everlight in patent lawsuit with Nichia
Aug 10, 17:09
The Taiwan High Court has ruled in favor of Japan-based Nichia in a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronic.
- 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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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
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- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
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- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
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