Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [90 news items]
Lite-On Technology expects up to 10% sequential growth in 2Q13 revenues
May 13, 21:12
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology saw consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013 decrease by 11.6% on quarter but expects those for the second quarter to grow...
Lite-On Technology sees decreased April revenues
May 13, 10:52
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$16.246 billion (US$547 million) for April decreasing 1.14% on month and 11.07% on year, and those of NT$62.677...
Lite-On Technology adjusts merger plans
May 10, 10:38
Lite-On Technology has announced adjustments to its planned merger with Lite-On IT. As of May 7, 2013, Lite-On Technology has obtained 93.76% of Lite-On IT shares. According to regulations,...
LED market oversupply may delay investment projects
May 2, 14:56
Rising demand for LED backlight and lighting products helped LED chipmakers see capacity utilization rates increase to 90% in the second quarter. Despite shortages of high-end products,...
Lite-On Technology to expand CCM capacity by 50% in 2013, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 26, 10:22
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology will expand its monthly production capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) used in smartphones and tablets by 50% from 20 million units...
Lite-On Technology March revenues rise over 20% sequentially
Apr 10, 10:42
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology has reported NT$16.432 billion (US$550 million) in consolidated revenues, increasing 24.17% sequentially but decreasing 16.06% on year.
Primax, Lite-On Technology look to growing orders for CCMs used in tablets
Apr 2, 12:24
Primax Electronics and Lite-On Technology expect orders for CCMs (compact camera modules) used in tablets to increase more than those for CCMs used in smartphones in 2013.
Lite-On Technology to ship power supply systems for data centers
Apr 1, 11:31
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology will begin to ship customized total power supply systems for use in cloud computing data centers in the US to Hewlett-Packard in the second...
Lite-On Technology expects growing orders for smartphone camera modules
Mar 15, 10:16
Lite-On Technology expects orders for camera modules used in handsets to significantly increase from March-April 2013 and demand from China-based smartphone vendors to be the main...

Lite-On Technology sees January revenues of over NT$10 billion
Feb 6, 09:41
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology on February 5 reported global sales revenues of NT$10.39 billion (US$355 million) for January, increasing by 28% on year.
Lite-On Technology to take over Lite-On IT
Jan 31, 11:22
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology has announced plans to increase its stake in Lite-On IT, a Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) and SSD (solid-state drive) maker, from...
Lite-On Technology to hike camera module, keyboard production capacities in 2013
Jan 21, 11:03
EMS provider Lite-On Technology will expend production capacity for camera modules by 20-30% and PC keyboards by 20% by adding equipment and increasing automation, according to company...
Jan 8, 21:53
The government of Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, is in the administrative process to procure 60,000 LED street lamps through an open-bid. Lite-On Technology and Everlight Electronics...
Lite-On Technology sees increased November revenues
Dec 6, 15:09
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology had global revenues of NT$10.68 billion (US$366 million) for November growing 3% on month and 11% on year, according to the company.
Revenues in 4Q12 to be flat, says Lite-On Technology CEO
Oct 24, 21:43
Revenues in the fourth quarter are likely to be flat, according to Warren Chen, CEO of Lite-On Technology. Chen added that orders from notebook firms have been decreasing slightly...
Lite-On Technology sees 2-year high in September revenues
Oct 9, 15:04
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology generated global revenues of NT$10.82 billion (US$366 million) for September, a 2-year highest monthly level, with on-month growth of...
Lite-On Technology August revenues up slightly sequentially
Sep 7, 15:29
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.397 billion (US$347 million) for August, growing 3% on month but slipping 2% on year. January-August...
Lite-On Technology 2Q12 gross margin hits 7-quarter high
Sep 3, 10:33
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology recorded gross margin of 13.4% for the second quarter of 2012, the highest quarterly level since the fourth quarter of 2010, according...
Lite-On Technology reports July revenues down 3.3% on-month
Aug 9, 01:30
Warren Chen, CEO of the Lite-On Group and Lite-On Technology, has said market conditions in the third quarter may be worse than expected. Chen believes the group's third-quarter 2012...
Philips switching more LED lighting orders to Lite-On Technology
Jun 22, 10:09
Philips has switched more OEM orders for LED lighting products to Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology from epitaxial wafers and chip maker Lextar Electronics, according to industry sou...

Lite-On Technology plans to set up central China operational center
May 15, 01:30
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology plans to establish an operational center in the central region of China to focus on marketing LED street lamps and lighting products in...
Lite-On Technology looks to double-digit revenue growth in 2Q12
May 3, 13:54
Lite-On Technology expects its revenues to grow by a double-digit rate sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by strong demand for LED products, power supply devices and...
Lite-On Technology posts net profits of NT$1.35 billion for 1Q12
Apr 26, 01:25
Lite-On Technology has announced net profits of NT$1.35 billion (US$45.72 million) or NT$0.60 per share for the first quarter of 2012. The company also plans to hand out dividends...
Lite-On Technology ramping up camera module capacity
Jan 10, 11:18
Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology is expanding its monthly capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) from 15-16 million units in second-half 2011 to 20 million units in 2012, according...
Lite-On Technology, Delta Electronics see August revenues up slightly
Sep 9, 01:05
Lite-On Technology and Delta Electronics have reported August consolidated revenues of NT$10.63 billion (US$366.6 million), up 3% on month, and NT$15.35 billion up 6%, respectively...
Epistar, Everlight see weak LED BLU demand
Aug 9, 11:01
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and LED pacakaging house Everlight Electronics saw their July revenues decrease on month and on year mainly because of weak demand for LED...
Lite-On Technology June revenues down slightly
Jul 8, 14:46
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology had June consolidated revenues of NT$10.06 billion (US$348 million) declining 1% on month and 11% on year, but its LED revenues in June...
Delta Electronics, Lite-On Technology May revenues up
Jun 8, 10:25
Delta Electronics' May consolidated revenues grew 3.1% sequentially to NT$14.364 billion (US$498 million), while Lite-On Technology's consolidated revenues for the month increased...
Lite-On Technology 1Q11 financial performance down sequentially
May 2, 15:03
Taiwan EMS provider Lite-On Technology saw its financial figures for the first quarter of 2011 all decrease on quarter, according to the company at an April 29 investors conference...
Lite-On Tech posts net profit of NT$2.19 billion for 4Q10
Mar 29, 01:35
Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 of NT$30.6 billion (US$1.04 billion), up 7.1% on year. Net profits for the quarter totaled NT$2.19...
Lite-On Technology aims to reach monthly shipments of 18-20 million phone camera modules in 1H12
Feb 22, 01:05
Lite-On Technology, a Taiwan-based EMS provider, expects fast growing shipments of phone cameras to reach a monthly volume of 18-20 million units in the first half of 2012, with a...
Lite-On Tech looks to 20-30% sequential growth for all product lines in March
Feb 21, 15:19
Lite-On Technology expects revenues of all of its product lines to grow 20-30% sequentially in March due to strong demand, according to company CEO Teng Kuang-chung.
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...
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...
Everlight posts December revenues of NT$1.3 billion
Jan 7, 01:55
LED packaging company Everlight Electronics has posted revenues of NT$1.3 billion (US$44.48 million) for December 2010, down slightly by 0.9% sequentially.
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- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
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- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
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- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
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- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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