Last update: Wednesday 16 May 2012 [47 news items]
Ledtech to see increasing revenues
May 16, 16:06
Ledtech reported that its LED lighting revenues in April were at an all-time high and is expected to grow even more in May with the possibility of its gross margin reaching 50% for...
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...

LED lighting makers eyeing agricultural sector
Jan 4, 15:09
Low demand for LED TV backlight units (BLUs) has been causing LED firms to seek markets elsewhere. Some Taiwan-based LED firms have been trying to enter the agricultural sector by...
China government to announce LED subsidies
Dec 21, 01:10
The LED lighting product subsidy program for the 12th Five Year Plan has been set up by China's National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Finance and will be announced...
Ledtech looks to strong sales of LED lightings products to SE Asia market in 2012
Dec 15, 12:00
LED packaging company Ledtech Electronics expects its sales of LED lighting products to the Southeast Asia market to soar in 2012. For the first 11 months of 2011, Ledtech posted...

LED makers report mixed results for November
Dec 8, 11:03
Taiwan-based LED makers have reported mixed results for November, with Epistar, Edison Opto, Wellypower, Bright LED, and Ledtech Optoelectronics posting sequential revenue gains for...

Bright LED, Ledtech expects increasing November revenues
Dec 5, 15:10
Despite low demand in the market, Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED anticipates November revenues to reach NT$300 million (US$9.9 million). Firms such as Ledtech also anticipate...
LED firms report steady August revenues
Sep 7, 01:15
LED packaging house Everlight reported flat August revenues of NT$1.35 billion (US$46.38 million), representing a 17.19% on-year decrease. Low demand for TV backlight modules (BLUs)...
Cross-strait cooperation a method to gain market share in China's growing LED industry
Aug 3, 10:25
Taiwan-based LED firms have been eager to enter China's LED market. Through cooperation, Genesis Photonics and Ledtech both signed strategic alliance agreement with China-based Potevio...
Ledtech becomes a supplier of Potevio
Jul 20, 01:15
LED packaging house, Ledtech, announced a strategic alliance with China-based Potevio on July 19. According to Ledtech, the cooperation will increase sales and revenues in the second...
Ledtech optimistic about LED lighting industry in 2H11
Jun 21, 01:00
Taiwan-based LED packaging house, Ledtech Electronics, indicated the future of the LED lighting market is in China and the company will likely begin cooperation with China-based Potevio...
Delta Electronics begins use of 3 zero-carbon classrooms in Taiwan
Jun 3, 10:53
Delta Electronics on June 2 inaugurated three zero-carbon classrooms, an energy-saving educational facility, inside three elementary schools located in northern, central and southern...
Ledtech posts January-April EPS of NT$0.29
May 12, 16:29
Ledtech Electronics, a Taiwan-based provider of LED chip packaging services, on May 11 reported pretax profits of NT$12 million (US$419,000) for April 2011, resulting in January-April...
LED makers see mixed growth in April revenues
May 9, 16:26
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy as well as LED chip packager Everlight Electronics had April revenues decreasing on month, while LED packaging...
Tekcore sees 1Q11 loss despite increased revenues
May 4, 14:07
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Tekcore saw first-quarter 2011 revenues of NT$744 million (US$25 million), a growth of 28% sequentially and 53% on year. However, Tekcore...
Ledtech, Harvatek to deal out 2010 dividends of NT$0.90, NT$1
Apr 1, 01:00
LED packaging houses Ledtech Electronics and Harvatek will distribute dividends of NT$0.90, NT$0.50 in cash and NT$0.40 in stock, and NT$1, NT$0.80 in cash and NT$0.20 in stock for...
Ledtech to ship four million LED light bars in 2011
Mar 3, 10:53
LED chip packager Ledtech Electronics is expected to ship four million LED light bars in 2011, compared to a total of six million units shipped in previous years.
Ledtech reportedly to land orders for LED tubes from China-based Potevio
Feb 22, 11:28
Taiwan-based LED chip packaging house Ledtech Electronics reportedly will obtain orders for LED lighting tubes from China's state-run enterprise Potevio, according to industry sources...
Ledtech sees slight growth in 2010 pre-tax profit
Jan 17, 10:39
Ledtech Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED chip packaging company, has reported pre-tax profit of NT$152 million (US$4.75 million) for 2010, slightly rising by 1.07% from 2009.
Ledtech likely to land orders for nearly 1 million LED light bars from China
Jan 11, 16:22
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics stands a good chance of obtaining orders for nearly one million LED light bars used in chain stores from a state-run enterprise...
Ledtech aims for 50% revenue growth in 2011
Jan 5, 02:00
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics will focus on the indoor lighting and low-temperature lighting market in 2011, and aims for 50% revenue growth on year, which is about NT$2.6...
Ledtech shipments of low temperature light bars drifting lower on seasonality
Sep 30, 02:15
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has revealed that sales of its low temperature light bars are expected to suffer a sequential decline for the first time in the third quarter...
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...
Unity Opto, Ledtech, Ligitek report growth in March revenues
Apr 7, 15:37
LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology, Ledtech Electronics and Ligitek Electronics have reported sequential increases of 38.74%, 91.14% and 23.34%, respectively, for March rev...
Ledtech to set up third LED packaging plant in China
Mar 15, 14:08
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics plans to set up its third production plant in China as the volume of orders it is expecting to receive is about 30-40% higher than its current...
Unity Opto, Ledtech report mix results for February 2010
Mar 8, 16:04
LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw February 2010 revenues increase 3.98% sequentially, while Ledtech Electronics saw a 47.53% sequential drop.
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...
Jan 14, 16:02
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.33 billion (US$41.86 million) for 2009, with profit before tax of NT$138 million, 38.5% gross margin...
LED companies post mixed October revenues
Nov 10, 10:11
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics and LED chipmaker Tekcore have both posted record revenues for October, while LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw a 4.77% sequential...
Ledtech posts net profit of NT$93 million for 3Q09
Oct 19, 15:41
LED product supplier Ledtech Electronics has posted net profit of NT$93.23 million (US$2.88 million) for the third quarter of 2009 with EPS of NT$0.82, according to the company.
Ledtech aims at 90% of Taiwan low-temperature LED lighting market in 2010, says chairman
Aug 27, 16:22
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics expects its share of Taiwan's low-temperature LED lighting market to rise from 60% currently to 90% in 2010, according to company chairman...

Ledtech enters Japan LED light bar market with Mitsubishi partnership
Aug 7, 13:30
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has signed an agreement with Japan-based Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha (MKK) for the manufacture of LED light bars, according to the company.
Ledtech receives low temperature LED light bar orders from Europe and South America
Jul 7, 14:00
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has received new orders for low temperature LED light bars from vending machine makers in Europe and South America and will start shipments...

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...
Taiwan LED makers gearing up output of LED T-bar lights
Apr 23, 16:36
A number of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers as well as packaging companies, including Ledtech Electronics, Opto Tech, Genesis Photonics, Harvatek and Wellypower Optronics, have all ventured...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 1h 15min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 1h 24min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 1h 33min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 1h 50min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 1h 58min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 2h 2min 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
- 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
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

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Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
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The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
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- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- 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.

















