Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities

Mar 11, 11:50

Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...

Taiwan International Lighting Show to generate US$280 million of purchases in 2011

Mar 11, 10:13

The Taiwan International Lighting Show will be held at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Hall 1 from March 18 to 21 and is expected to generate a total purchase amount of US$280...

Digitimes Insight: Samsung LED expects LED lighting to account for 25% of 2011 revenues

Mar 4, 11:04

Founded in April 2009, Samsung LED has become Samsung Electronics' main LED supplier in LED TV backlight applications. Samsung LED is aggressively expanding its MOCVD capacity and...

Tons projects LED lighting to contribute 50% of 2011 revenues

Feb 24, 10:30

Taiwan-based lighting company Tons Lightology expects LED lighting to account for 50-55% of its revenues in 2011 and LED lighting shipment target for the year is 10 million units.

LED packaging houses expect 10% sequential growth in 1Q11 revenues, chipmakers expect revenues to remain flat

Feb 23, 01:35

Benefiting from the recovering demand for TV backlighting and general lighting, LED players expect strong performance in the first quarter of 2011 despite seasonality, and some packaging...

Yageo expects 1Q11 sales up 1-5% on-quarter

Feb 17, 01:15

Passive component maker Yageo expects consolidated revenues to grow 1-5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, driven by brisk demand for smartphones, tablets, and LED-backlit...

IC distributor Promate saw 2010 pre-tax profit slip 2.75%

Feb 15, 01:10

IC distributor Promate Electronics saw its 2010 unaudited pre-tax profit slip 2.75% from 2009 to NT$495 million (US$16.87 million), and posted EPS of NT$2.25, the same as 2009.

Huga Optotech to expand LED capacity

Feb 1, 16:17

Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Huga Optotech will expand its LED epitaxy capacity from 60 MOCVD sets currently to about 70 sets in second-quarter 2011 due to expected...

Chi Mei Lighting to increase MOCVD capacity by 5-10% in 2011

Feb 1, 11:05

Chi Mei Lighting Technology (CMLT), a Taiwan-based LED chip maker invested in by TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI), has more than 50 MOCVD sets currently and will add 5-10...

LED light source market to reach EUR12 billion in 2015, says Philips

Jan 28, 11:51

The global lighting market will increase at a 7-9% compound annual growth rate from 2010-2015 to EUR80 billion (US$109.63 billion) with emerging markets in Asia and LED lighting as...

Revenues for LED business account for 14% of Philips total lighting revenues in 4Q10

Jan 26, 01:05

Revenues of LED lighting accounted for 14% of the total lighting revenues of Philips in the fourth quarter of 2010, while its LED subsidiary Lumileds indicated that the LED lighting...

Lite-On Tech expects 10-15% revenue share from LED lighting business

Jan 21, 01:25

Due to surging demand from China LED lighting players, Lite-On Technology expects LED lighting business to account for 10-15% of total revenues of white LEDs in 2011, up from less...

Rohm showcases 145mm x 145mm OLED panel at Lighting Japan 2011

Jan 20, 14:36

Japan-based lighting company Rohm is showcasing 145mm x 145mm OLED panels with 4.1mm in thickness at Lighting Japan 2011. The panel is currently still in test production stages, but...

US-based Bridgelux to focus on China and LED lighting markets

Jan 19, 11:13

High-level executives from US-based LED company Bridgelux recently visited Asian markets including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to meet with clients. It has set up sales offices in...

Delta to introduce 800 lumen 8W LED light bulb with Epistar

Jan 18, 15:26

Delta Electronics plans to launch a total of 62 LED lighting products under 29 series and three intelligent control systems in 2011, and is cooperating with LED chipmaker Epistar...

Epistar aims US$1/500 lm goal in 2012

Jan 18, 02:15

In order to get a upper-hand position in the global LED lighting market, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will actively lower the brightness cost of LED lighting products and aims...

LED lighting market to take-off in 3Q11

Jan 14, 01:30

The LED lighting market is expected to see significant growth as early as the third quarter of 2011 as Taiwan-based LED chipmakers are expected to follow US-based Cree, who lowered...

Lite-On Tech reports 4% on year growth for December revenues

Jan 7, 02:10

Lite-On Technology has reported December 2010 consolidated revenues of NT$10.02 billion (US$342.56 million), up 4% on year. The sales growth was attributable to Lite-On's ongoing...

LED lighting prices to drop by 15-20% each year

Jan 5, 11:35

Prices of LED lighting products are estimated to drop by 15-20% each year amid increasing competition in the market as vendors reduce prices to gain market share. Prices of LED lighting...

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...

IC distributor Promate conservative about 2011

Dec 28, 02:00

IC distributor Promate Electronics expects orders from the European and the US industrial PC (IPC) and LED lighting sectors to be the main profit growth driver in 2011. However, due...

Buynow to adopt LED lighting devices from Chicony Power

Dec 28, 01:55

Taiwan-based power supply maker Chicony Power Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicony Electronics, started shipping LED lighting device in November to Clevo's China retail...

Fujian government and Taiwan companies have plans to form LED lighting joint venture

Dec 22, 12:25

China's Fujian provincial government reportedly is planning to invest CNY20-30 billion (US$3.01-4.51 billion) to develop the public LED lighting market over the next five years, and...

Yangzhou to end MOCVD equipment subsidy in mid-2011

Dec 21, 13:58

Yangzhou City will end procurement subsidization for MOCVD equipment in July of 2011, according to Yangzhou Economic Development Zone. Epitaxial wafer plants registered after the...

TSMC aims to become top-5 LED player worldwide

Dec 15, 02:10

With its LED lighting R&D center to be finished soon, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) hopes to become a top-five LED player worldwide in the future.

LED lighting to account for over 10% of Lextar revenues by end of 2010

Dec 14, 01:45

Taiwan-based LED chip maker Lextar Electronics expects LED lighting applications to account for more than 10% of its revenues at year's end versus less than 5% at the beginning of...

Philips LED lighting revenues to reach 10% of total lighting revenues in 2010

Dec 13, 11:41

LED lighting revenues reached 10% of Royal Philips Electronics' revenues for overall lighting products in the fourth quarter of 2009, and with increasing demand in 2010, the company...

LED companies strengthening deployments in lighting segment

Dec 10, 13:50

A number of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers and packaging companies are strengthening their deployments in the LED lighting segment as the market is expected to grow over 50% in 2011,...

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,...

Wellypower posts 5% sequential sales increase for November 2011

Dec 7, 01:40

Wellypower Optronics has reported NT$807 million (US$26.78 million) in November 2010 consolidated revenues, up 5.66% sequentially. The Taiwan-based company's LED chip packaging and...

Edison launches new high-power customized LED lighting product

Nov 26, 14:23

High-power LED chip packaging house Edison Opto has introduced a series of high-power LED lighting components, the EdiPower II, which offers customized solutions based on different...

Component-level LED sales in solid-state general lighting market to reach US$497 million in 2010, says ElectroniCast

Nov 25, 12:27

Worldwide consumption value of packaged component-level LEDs, which are used in solid state general lighting, in 2010 is estimated to reach US$497 million, up from US$349 million...

Neo-Neon expects LED lighting revenues to increase 40-50% in 2011

Nov 25, 10:48

Neo-Neon Holdings has started retail sales of its LED lighting products under the own brand Neo-Neon, and expects LED lighting product sales to grow 40-50% on year to account for...

Amtran eyeing LED lighting market

Nov 22, 14:29

Amtran Technology plans to enter the LED lighting market and will focus on household lighting systems, with products to be launched carrying prices as low as US$10 in the North America...

BenQ Group eyeing own-brand LED lighting market with product launch in 1H11

Nov 22, 11:32

The BenQ Group reportedly will launch own-brand LED lighting products in the first half of 2011, with BenQ focusing on the light bulb market, and Qisda on high-end LED lighting pro...