SemiLEDs to expand high-power LED capacity in Taiwan

Jul 14, 15:45

US-based SemiLEDs will begin to set up a third production line at Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Taiwan for high-power LED chips in the next one or two months in order to meet fast growing...

Lite-On Tech reports 13% sequential growth in June revenues

Jul 13, 16:23

Lite-On Technology has reported June 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$8.04 billion (US$242.25 million), up 13% sequentially. Thanks to an ongoing gain in market share and better account...

Wellypower June revenues up 5%

Jul 7, 17:17

Taiwan-based CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics has posted June consolidated revenues of NT$652.02 million (US$19.78 million), up about 5% from NT$620.43 million for May and NT$621.49...

AUO releases Lextar stocks to investment subsidiary

Jul 2, 15:11

AU Optronics (AUO) has released its 68 million-share holdings in its LED subsidiary Lextar Electronics to its investment arm Ronly Venture with price of NT$10 (US$0.30) per share,...

LED packaging house Unity Opto expects double-digit growth in 3Q09

Jul 2, 14:44

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology expects revenues in the third quarter to see a double-digit growth sequentially as notebook LED backlight units (BLUs) are becoming...

Memory backend supplier FATC to more than double LED packaging capacity

Jun 24, 10:25

Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) plans to invest more than NT$1 billion (US$30.51 million) to more than double capacity of its LED chip packaging line in the second half of 2009,...

Everlight to invest in LED chipmaker Tekcore

Jun 19, 14:49

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is expected to invest NT$280 million in LED chipmaker Tekcore via private placement in order to secure supply amid recent shortages...

AUO to see LED TV panel share reach 10% in 2010, says vice chairman

Jun 17, 12:21

AU Optronics (AUO) expects 5% of its total TV panel shipments will be LED back-lit ones by the end of 2009, and 10% by the end of 2010, according to company vice chairman HB Chen.

Harvatek plans to build a new production plant in Taiwan

Jun 16, 16:41

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek, eyeing the large-size LED backlight market, is planning to build a new plant for the segment, according to the company.

Unity Opt revenues for May up over 30% on year

Jun 9, 16:56

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology has announced revenues of NT$322.31 million (US$9.82 million) for May, a 6.53% increase from NT$302.54 million for April,...

Everlight receives handset keyboard backlighting orders from Samsung

Jun 5, 16:09

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has reportedly landed LED orders for handset keyboard backlighting from Samsung Electronics, and is further eyeing orders for...

Ledtech LED lighting order visibility extends to July

May 27, 12:19

LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has said that rising demand for LED light bars and lamps in Japan has helped order visibility extend to July. Ledtech is also sampling its...

Everlight, Harvatek and Unity Opto plan to expand SMD LED capacity, says paper

Newswatch - May 19, 16:38

Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Harvatek, and Unity Opto Technology plan to expand their SMD LED capacity amid increasing demand from LED TV vendors such...

Unity Opto April revenues up almost 30%

May 6, 14:05

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology has reported revenues of NT$302.54 million (US$9.13 million) for April, an increase of 29.92% from NT$232.86 million for March,...

Unity Opto reports profit for 1Q09

May 4, 16:47

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology has announced first-quarter 2009 revenues of NT$524 million (US$15.87 million), down 22% on year. The company had net profit...

Taiwan LED makers enjoy booming sales to China, but are uncertain about 2H09

Apr 22, 15:20

Taiwan LED players have seen booming demand from white-box handset vendors in China amid the China government's promotion program, according to industry sources.

LED players I-Chiun and Ledtech report profits for 1Q09

Apr 17, 16:58

Taiwan-based LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has posted first-quarter net profit of NT$72.89 million (US$2.16 million), compared to a loss of NT$23.45 million for the...

LED packaging houses post mixed March results

Apr 8, 16:25

Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology and Edison Opto have reported increases in March revenues, while Ledtech Electronic has posted a decline for the month.

Everlight to set up LED joint venture with China company

Stockwatch - Mar 27, 15:55

Everlight Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED packaging house, has announced that its board of directors has decided to set up a joint venture with China-based Shanghai Yaming Lighting...

LED packaging house Harvatek reports profits for 2008

Stockwatch - Mar 26, 16:27

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek has reported a net profit of NT$260.99 million (US$7.72 million) for 2008. The company's annual revenues totaled NT$2.88 billion in 2008,...

Ledtech to ship office-use LED light bars in April

Mar 10, 14:27

LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has received orders for its self-developed office-use LED light bars, with volume shipments expected to start in April, according to market...

LED packaging house Everlight sees utilization rate rising on orders from handset market

Mar 4, 12:25

Everlight Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED packaging house, has indicated that its March utilization rate is expected to increase to 60-70% from 50-60% in February, as orders for handset...

LED players Genesis and Lite-On see utilization rates rising

Newswatch - Feb 27, 17:11

LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics has indicated that its February revenues may return to the level in December 2008 at about NT$60 million, with utilization rates climbing to 50-60%,...

LED packaging house Bright LED January revenues drop

Feb 10, 14:56

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED has reported January revenues of NT$147 million (US$4.35 million), down 16.48% from NT$176 million in December 2008, and down 55.95% on...

November sales down 24% on average for Taiwan LED packaging houses

Dec 9, 01:05

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Lite-On Technology announced November consolidated revenues of NT$7.82 billion, down 23% from NT$10.2 billion in October; the company's accumulated...

LED packager Everlight to ax employees in December

Dec 1, 16:27

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight has decided to reduce its expenses on human resource by laying off employees starting December, according to company spokesman Pang-Yen...