Taiwan LED makers lose out in competition with China makers for LED street lamps in Thailand

Apr 10, 01:05

Taiwan-based LED makers have lost in competition with fellow China-based makers for supplying LED street lamps for Thailand-based Kanthawichit Engineering, with China-based competitor...

Taiwan market: Delta installs 1,300 LED street lamps in Penghu

Feb 7, 14:25

Delta Electronics has announced the completion of 1,300 LED street lamps in Penghu County, Taiwan.

Taiwan market: LED street lamp failure rates about 8%

Feb 18, 01:45

Failure rates of the around 20,000 LED street lamps installed in the past three years in Taiwan are about 8.2%, and can be reduced to 6% after excluding problems such as aging electrical...

Unity Opto January revenues increase sequentially, Lite-On and Bright LED decrease

Feb 9, 02:10

LED packager Unity Opto Technology saw January revenues increase sequentially by 4.1%, while fellow packagers Lite-On Technology and Bright LED Electronics saw their January revenues...

LED lighting to reach US$15.4 billion in 2011 with over 10% market share, says Digitimes Research

Dec 8, 14:32

Lighting will generate significant growth for the LED industry. Based on latest data from Digitimes Research, the high brightness LED market will grow to US$12.6 billion in 2011,...

Taiwan and China vendors to test LED street lamps in Xiamen and Guangzhou

Oct 15, 11:34

Since the establishment of cross-strait standards for LED street lighting, top LED players from both Taiwan and China plan to test LED street lamps in Xiamen, Fujian Province and...

Leotek obtains orders for over 1,000 LED street lamps from Seattle

Aug 25, 10:33

Leotek Electronics, a maker of LED lighting products and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lite-On Group, has obtained orders for more than 1,000 LED street lamps from the US city...

Taiwan market: Government heats up LED street lamp demand

Aug 20, 14:01

The LED street lamp market is expected to pick up in the second half of 2010 in response to the Taiwan government's decision to replace 1.3 million street lamps with LED models in...

Delta Electronics showcasing LED lighting products at Light+Building fair in Germany

Apr 13, 15:06

Taiwan-based maker Delta Electronics is exhibiting its LED lighting products for streetlights, lamps and luminaries for architectural applications at the Light+Building 2010, in Frankfurt,...

Bright LED posts profit of NT$240 million for 2009

Mar 26, 16:49

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED has posted net profit of NT$240 million (US$7.53 million) for 2009, down from net profit of NT$291 million in 2009. Revenues for the year...

LED packaging house Ligitek sees order visibility extend to May

Mar 22, 17:03

LED packaging company Ligitek Electronics has seen its order visibility extend to May and the company expects its revenues in March to reach NT$80 million (US$2.52 million) and exceed...

LED chipmaker Tyntek aims at record revenues in 2Q10

Mar 17, 14:27

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tyntek expects revenues to increase by 5% from the fourth quarter of 2009 to NT$800 million (US$25 million) in the first quarter of 2010 and then to reach...

Bright LED to see backlighting business account for up to 40% of total revenues in 2010

Mar 5, 15:37

LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics expects backlighting business to account for 30-40% of its total revenues in 2010, up from 18% in 2009, according to company chairman Liaw...

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...

Global LED market reach US$7.4 billion in 2009, says iSuppli

Dec 16, 14:49

The 2009 holiday season has turned into the coming-out party for the use of LEDs for general illumination, paving the way for double-digit sales growth in 2009 and a near doubling...

Taiwan second-tier LED players obtain orders for China projects

Sep 28, 16:17

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech has landed orders for LED streetlamps from China's government LED lighting program and is expected to start shipments in the fourth quarter of...

Lite-On opens East China regional headquarters

Sep 28, 16:12

Lite-On Technology officially opened today its East China Regional Headquarters in Wujin, Changzhou, which will serve as the company's first green energy base, according to the com...

Para Light expects revenue growth on China LED streetlamp orders

Sep 22, 15:01

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Para Light Electronics expects orders for LED streetlamps from Nanjing and Lianyuangang in Jiangsu province, China will start benefiting its revenues...

Huga, Edison post record revenues for August

Sep 9, 14:13

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech and LED packaging house Edison Opto both have reported record revenues for August.

Leotek starts shipping LED streetlamps to China

Aug 25, 14:23

Leotek Electronics, a subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, has shipped 3,000 LED streetlamps to China and received new LED streetlamp orders from Jiangsu, China, according to David Lin,...

Lite-On LED lighting business expects to grow through 2011, says chairman

Aug 6, 16:02

The Lite-On Group expects its LED products to contribute NT$4 billion (US$122.24 million) to its revenues in 2009 and NT$16 billion in 2011, according to company chairman David Lin...

Forward Electronics lands NT$4 billion LED street lamp orders from China

Jul 28, 15:33

LED chip packaging company Forward Electronics has landed orders for a total of 400,000 LED street lamps from local governments in Fujian, China, with a value reaching as much as...

Genius Electronic enters LED lighting market

Jul 21, 15:50

Optical component maker Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) has entered the LED lighting market by winning LED streetlamp procurement orders in Taichung, central Taiwan, according to...

Edison Opto to increase high-power LED module production

Jul 14, 16:25

Taiwan LED packaging house Edison Opto has reported a 15.71% revenue growth in June 2009 and will begin operations at its plant in Yangzhou, China in the third quarter, initially...

Macroblock sales expected to grow over 20% in 3Q09

Jul 9, 16:13

LED driver IC design house Macroblock is expected to enjoy a revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the third quarter, thanks to growing demand for LED lighting applications...

Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy expected to turn profitable in 2Q09

Jun 25, 17:09

Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to turn profitable starting in the second quarter of 2009 due to increasing demand for backlighting and general...

Leotek receives LED streetlamp orders from China

Jun 23, 15:07

Leotek Electronics, a subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, has reportedly received LED streetlamp orders from China, and is estimated to start shipments in the third quarter of 2009,...

Epistar lands US$120 million LED chip orders for China streetlamps

Jun 19, 15:49

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has landed US$120 million worth of orders from China for LED chips to be used in 400,000 streetlamps, according to market sources.

Taiwan Oasis and Solargiga to co-develop PV-powered LED streetlamps

Jun 18, 14:23

LED packaging house Taiwan Oasis Technology has revealed that it will cooperate with China-based solar wafer maker Solargiga Energy to develop LED streetlamps powered by photovoltaic...

SAS to double LED PSS capacity

May 15, 16:13

Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will double its pattern sapphire substrate (PSS) capacity by the end of 2009 as the company's current capacity is not able to supply...

LED makers expect strong streetlamp shipment growth in 2H09

May 12, 15:21

Taiwan-based LED makers, including Opto Tech, Genesis Photonics and Bright LED Electronics, have all secured, or are negotiating, LED streetlamp orders from clients in China, indicating...