Last update: Wednesday 23 May 2012 [1426 news items]
Taiwan market: Panasonic to launch new PDP, LCD TVs
Apr 3, 16:38
Panasonic on April 2 unveiled five full-HD PDP (plasma display panel) TV models, eight edge-type LED-backlit LCD TV models and two CCFL-backlit LCD TV models for launch in the Taiwan...
LED chip makers see increased capacity utilization and revenues in March
Apr 3, 16:28
Taiwan-based makers of LED chips including Epistar, Lextar Electronics, Genesis Photonics and Bright Led Electronics, had increased capacity utilization in March due to increasing...
Mirle expects sales growth in 2H12
Apr 3, 01:25
Flat-panel display equipment specialist Mirle Automation reported 2011 consolidated revenues of NT$6.675 billion (US$226 million), up by 6.83%. However, gross margins fell to 16.46%...
Mar 29, 12:02
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) Taiwan conducted a forum discussing the experience and challenges of the green energy industry on March 27, 2012. Taiwan-based...
US LED lamp market to reach US$2.4 billion in 2016, says ElectroniCast
Mar 28, 15:16
According to ElectroniCast Consultants, the consumption of LED lamps in the US was US$592 million in 2011, an increase of 22% over 2010. The firm forecasts the consumption value will...
Taiwan LED street light makers to have 20% of global market by 2018
Mar 28, 14:41
The global LED market is growing rapidly. Taiwan's energy bureau plans to use its ESCO (Energy Service Company) program to push forward three different plans and it is estimated that...
Commentary: China TV brands expanding fast
Mar 28, 12:25
Competition in the LCD TV industry is continuing to change. Korean companies are dominating the LED-backlit TV market and are now competing for the top spot in smart TVs and even...
Mar 28, 01:20
Warren Chen, CEO of the Taiwan-based Lite-On Group, has indicated seasonal factors have been causing first-quarter 2012 revenues to be 5% less than fourth-quarter 2011. Nevertheless,...
Increased orders from TV clients do not translate into profits for LED firms
Mar 27, 16:17
The LED industry saw a recovery in the first quarter with increased orders of large-size LED backlights. This has increased LED firms' utilization rates to around 80-90% and revenues...
Revenues from semiconductor business to outperform solar, says SAS
Mar 27, 15:00
Taiwan-based solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon (SAS) has indicated that by acquiring Japan-based Covalent, the firm's revenue share is likely to change. The solar business...
OLED to pose strong challenge for LED in lighting market in 2015
Mar 26, 15:05
OLED lighting is receiving a lot of attention in Europe, America, Japan and industries there are actively involved in R&D work for the next-generation lighting technology. Industry...
China LED lighting subsidy program sees 110 firms compete for 20 slots
Mar 26, 11:06
China announced an LED lighting subsidiary program at the end of February. The list of firms that are eligible has yet to be announced but industry sources noted that there are about...
Epistar to set up joint venture maker of LED lighting in China
Mar 23, 11:50
Epistar, a Taiwan-based LED chip maker, will establish a joint venture maker of inexpensive high-performance LED lighting products in Kunshan, eastern China, with Innotek Photoelectronic...
BenQ to introduce direct-lit LED TVs in May
Mar 23, 01:25
BenQ plans to introduce low-price direct-lit LED TVs in May. The price of this product is likely to be 10% lower than new LED TVs in the market. According to BenQ, LCD TV shipments...
Nichia seeking better ties with Taiwan LED firms
Mar 22, 15:07
The leading global LED maker Nichia has remained low-key for many years, but with increasing opportunities in LED lighting, Nichia's layout strategies for attracting customers are...
Sapphire ingot prices stabilize
Mar 22, 14:33
Prices of sapphire ingots have stabilized recently but overall demand has not yet recovered to a level that will warrant makers to hike quotes.
Bright Led to deal out 2011 dividend in excess of EPS
Mar 21, 01:10
Bright Led Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED packaging house, will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1 for 2011, 11.11% in excess of the corresponding net EPS of NT$0.90.
Macroblock March sales up 10-15% on LED driver IC orders
Mar 20, 01:10
A ramp-up in orders for LED driver ICs used in signage boards and lighting products will help Macroblock's monthly revenues rebound to more than NT$170 million (US$5.8 million) in...
Genesis Photonics expects full capacity soon
Mar 19, 12:24
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics, due to increasing orders from Sharp for backlighting applications for LCD TVs over 50 inches, expects to fully utilize...
Epistar to deal out 2011 dividend in excess of net EPS
Mar 19, 12:00
Epistar, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips, will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1.1 for its 2011 operation, 96.43% in excess of the corresponding net earnings per share...
Mar 16, 12:08
Global demand for small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and LED sapphire substrates will improve from the preceding quarter in second-quarter 2012, while demand...
Taiwan LED makers should use technological advantage to cooperate with China makers
Mar 15, 16:48
In order to tap the large market in China, Taiwan-based LED makers need to leverage advantages in terms of technology, patents and production management to forge cooperation with...
Taiwan-based TV brands promoting LED TVs
Mar 14, 16:00
Taiwan-based household appliance vendors including Tatung, Teco, and Sampo have been promoting LED-backlit TVs due to government incentive policies. The Taiwan government has been...
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...
Taiwan market: 10W LED light bulb prices to drop over 40% by end of 2012, says Epistar chairman
Mar 13, 11:38
Prices for 10W LED light bulbs that are meant to replace 60W incandescent bulbs are expected to drop from over NT$500 (US$16.9) currently to below NT$300 at the end of 2012, according...
South Korea firms to push sales of low-price LED TVs
Mar 9, 11:09
Samsung Electronics is rumored to be giving up production of CCFL-backlit LCD TVs to fully adopt LED-backlight modules. The firm will promote direct-lit LED TVs aggressively in 2012...
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...
Four Taiwan-based makers may win supply contracts for subway station LED lighting
Mar 6, 14:54
Taiwan-based LED firms such as Lextar Electronics, Lite-On Technology, Everlight Electronics, Delta Electronics and Bright Led Electronics stand a chance of winning contracts to supply...
Direct-lit LED TV cost may not shrink much
Mar 5, 12:06
The cost narrowing between direct-lit LED TVs and CCFL-backlit TVs may face a roadblock, said industry sources. However, firms such as Samsung Electronics, China-based TCL, and North...
LED lighting penetration rate to reach double digits in 2012
Mar 2, 14:28
LED lighting penetration rate is expected to reach double digit figures in 2012. Compared with a penetration rate of 6-7% in 2011, the large increase in forecast is due to increasing...
Taiwan LED firms to benefit from China subsidies
Mar 1, 11:30
China's policy will not only benefit domestic LED firms, but also Taiwan-based peers, such as Delta, Bright LED and Lite-On, industry sources have noted.
Sapphire substrate makers expect February revenues to improve
Mar 1, 01:35
Demand in the LED industry has been returning and some LED chipmakers have been enjoying 90% capacity utilization rates. Nevertheless, inventory levels are still high, causing sapphire...
Apple expected to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 as well as 8GB iPad 2 on March 7
Mar 1, 01:10
As Apple has scheduled an event on March 7, sources from its upstream supply chain pointed out that the company is expected to launch two iPad 3 models - a 16GB version and 32GB ve...
Tekcore reports 2011 net losses of NT$1.098 billion
Feb 24, 11:41
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore has reported 2011 revenues of NT$2.688 billion (US$90.96 million), up by 10.3% on year to reach a historical high. Net losses were NT$1.098 billion,...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 1h 8min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 1h 17min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 1h 26min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 1h 43min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 1h 51min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 1h 55min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | May 22, 21:02
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:34
GE debuts LED bulb to replaces 100-watt incandescents
GE Lighting recently debuted a LED replacement for the 100-watt incandescent light bulb - developed in its East Cleveland, Ohio LED lab. The device packages 27-watts of input power...
Photo: Company, May 21.
HammerHead LED by Mighty Bright
Mighty Bright, a designer and manufacturer of LED book lights and task lights, will showcase new additions to their line of eco-friendly LED lights at the National Stationery Show,...
Photo: Company, May 21.
Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree has introduced the breakthrough XLamp XB-D LED. The first LED based on a new Cree technology platform, the XLamp...
Photo: Company, Jan 13.
Equipment firm GT Advanced Technologies has announced the release of the studies that demonstrated all sapphire, regardless of source, exhibits color at the core level, that the pink...
Photo: Company, Dec 13.
Cree introduces LMH2 LED module family
Cree has announced the commercial availability of the new LMH2 LED module family. The LMH2 is the only LED module delivering 80-lumens-per-watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater...
Photo: Company, Dec 2.
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%. Digitimes sat down with James T Jenson, vice president of Veeco's LED business...
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED...
Current condition and future prospects of LED: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker. Recently Lextar has set goals to enter the LED lighting market. David Su, chairman...
The future of Taiwan's LED lighting industry: Q&A with Edison Opto chairman Jason Wu
A booming time has come for the LED lighting industry, and its players are optimistic. Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED components firm Edison Opto (Edison), talked about the...
The LED upstream boom: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Jessie Lin
With LED chipmakers aggressively increasing capacity to meet fast growing demand from the LCD displays and general lighting markets, suppliers in the upstream are optimistic on outlook...
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Taipei 2012 International Lighting Show: A look at the LED lighting trends
- LED lighting uptake to rise sharply in 2012 and reach 25% by 2014, says a new report from Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: LED ceiling lights gain popularity in Japan market
- Digitimes Research: High-brightness LED output value to grow by 13.4% and LED lighting penetration to increase to 11.3% in 2012
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- Two Dominican Republic Establishments Overcome Unreliable and High-Cost Energy Issues with the Installation of GlacialLight's LED Down Lights
- A new 58 Watt LED Panel Light, the GL-PL0312 From GlacialLight
- AZZURRO Semiconductors issues technical status report on product progress for high voltage GaN-on-Si. wafers
23-May-2012 11:47 (GMT+8)
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- Use of customizable LED lights to increase in car interiors (May 17) - Detroit Free Press
- Philips LED replaces 100-watt incandescent (May 7) - CNET
- Everlight hits Nichia with LED patent lawsuit in US (April 23) - LEDs Magazine
- LED stocks higher on reports of increasing orders (April 18) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Revenue from LED lighting in Asia Pacific will total $11 billion through 2021, forecasts Pike Research (April 23) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- Climbing backlight market estimated to boost Taiwan's LED makers (April 24) - CENS
- LED, OLED technologies highlighted at Light + Building 2012 (April 17) - CENS
- GE debuts landmark LED modules at Light+Building (April 12) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
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- LED lighting uptake to rise sharply in 2012 and reach 25% by 2014, says a new report from Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: LED ceiling lights gain popularity in Japan market
- Digitimes Research: High-brightness LED output value to grow by 13.4% and LED lighting penetration to increase to 11.3% in 2012
- Digitimes Research: Samsung consolidating LED business
- China government looks to push inward
Demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs has been growing, but CCFL models aren't going away without a fight.
LED lighting firms report mixed financial reports
LED lighting firms in Taiwan reported mixed first-quarter 2012 financial reports
The LED opportunity in the Taiwan market
The Taiwan government's moves to raise energy prices are sending people adopting power-efficient devices, such as LED lights.
LED industry is enjoying the return of demand in first-quarter 2012
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based...
Current condition and future prospects of LED: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker....
The future of Taiwan's LED lighting industry: Q&A with Edison Opto chairman Jason Wu
A booming time has come for the LED lighting industry, and its players are optimistic. Jason Wu, chairman...
- 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...
- Overview of LCD TV market - May 2010
When the economic recession hit at the end of 2008, the LCD TV market seemed to be heading toward a doomsday scenario in 2009; however, demand turned out to be...
- Taiwan's display system makers - Jun 2007
In addition to pure display makers such as Amtran, Chi Mei, HANNspree, Taiwan-based home appliance makers such as Tatung, Proton, Kolin, several major IT makers...
- Taiwan's display system makers - Jun 2006
Taiwan-based display makers come from a variety of areas in the IT industry, from Compal, which is best known for producing notebooks, to Premier, which also produces...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.