While some LED chipmakers around the world are quickly expanding production capacity, Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye has emphasized that there will not be global oversupply in 201...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will issue 55 million new shares at NT$50 per share in April-May to raise additional...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore plans to issue 100 million new shares to through private placement that may fetch some NT$3 billion (US$94.38 million) to fund the purchase of new...
LED chipmaker Epistar has denied rumors that Samsung Electronics has reduced orders for LED chips used in LCD TV backlights by a volume that may result in a 15-20% decrease in Epistar's...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to start equipment installation for the first-phase construction of a new LED R&D center in the fourth quarter of...
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics saw their January revenues up sequentially by 3% and 12.1%, respectively, while Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) has reported a sequential...
LED epitaxial wafer maker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will invest US$20 million to set a subsidiary of its own in Suzhou, eastern China, according to...
Taiwan-based equipment makers have expressed concern that their revenue growth in 2010 will not be as strong as expected because of extended delivery lead times for key semiconductor...
MOCVD machines used in the production of LED epitaxial wafers have been in tight supply since the end of 2009, according to industry sources, who added that the shortage will continue...
The global supply of LED chips will remain short over the next two years due to increasing use in LCD panel backlightings and even faster increases in lighting applications, according...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics on December 15 announced its merger with SMD LED maker LightHouse Technology through a 1:1 stock swap, with the former...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC) on December 8 announced the establishment of a joint-venture to make high-brightness LED chips...
Lextar Electronics president and COO David Su has noted that the company currently has no plans to merge with LightHouse Technology and Wellypower Optronics and will instead maintain...
Hong Kong-listed lighting maker Neo-Neon International has obtained approval from Taiwan's Securities and Futures Bureau to issue NT$2 billion (US$62.11 million) worth of TDRs (Taiwan...
Taiwan LED players have raised funding of an estimated total of NT$26 billion (US$806.39 million) in 2009 in anticipation of strong demand in 2010, according to market sources.
