LED chipmakers, packaging houses report mixed results for 1Q10

May 10, 10:02

Players in Taiwan's LED industry have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2010.

Opto Tech expects 1Q10 LED order volume to rise by 20% on year

Feb 2, 14:30

LED chipmaker Opto Tech is receiving many urgent orders for AlGaInP and invisible-light LED chips and thus expects the total order volume for the first quarter of 2010 to increase...

Foxconn dismisses rumors of Opto Tech acquisition

Stockwatch - Nov 26, 16:12

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has dismissed a Chinese-language report on Economic Daily News (EDN) that it plans to acquire LED chipmaker Opto Tech, according...

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...

Taiwan LED players post 7% revenues growth for August, says LEDinside

Sep 14, 17:09

Taiwan's listed LED manufacturers recorded total revenues of NT$6.41 billion (US$196.25 million) in August 2009, a 7.2% growth from July and a 8.3% growth on year, according to LEDinside...

Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy report profits for 1H09, other Taiwan LED chipmakers see losses

Sep 1, 14:13

Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) are the only two of Taiwan's major LED chipmakers that have reported profits for the first half of 2009, but the latter's profit was minimal.

LED chipmaker Opto Tech to ramp up blue LED output

Jul 27, 14:47

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech plans to ramp up its capacity of blue LEDs to 400 million units a month in the fourth quarter of 2009 from 300 million currently, due to increasing...

Innolux to increase LED monitor share in 2010, says report

Newswatch - Jul 14, 16:17

Innolux Display aims to increase the share of LED-backlit monitors to 50% of its total LCD monitor shipments in 2010, according to a Chinese language Commercial Times report...

LED chipmakers report sequential increase in June revenues

Jul 13, 16:20

LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy and Opto Tech saw June 2009 revenues increase sequentially on surging demand for LED backlight applications.

Tekcore to raise funds for LED capacity expansion

Jun 17, 16:06

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore is planning to issue new shares to raise additional capital of about NT$700 million (US$21.5 million) specifically to procure 5-6 more sets of high-brightness...

Opto Tech and Harvatek benefiting from LED monitor backlighting orders

May 25, 16:50

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech and packaging house Harvatek are benefiting from monitor vendors' launch of LED-backlit models, according to market sources.

Opto Tech to issue NT$1 billion in common stock

May 19, 14:21

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech's board of directors has decided to issue NT$1 billion (US$30.35 million) in common stock through private investment, according to a filing with...

Epistar and Opto Tech see order visibility extend to September

May 14, 16:19

Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Opto Tech have seen their order visibility for blue LED chips extend into September 2009 amid increasing demand for LED backlighting, according...

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...

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...

LED players remain cautious about recent rebound in market

Mar 31, 14:38

Taiwan LED players, cautious about the industry's outlook beyond June, have indicated that recent increases in orders may only be a rebound whose momentum may not last long, according...

Opto Tech and Innolux reportedly in strategic alliance talks

Newswatch - Mar 25, 14:25

Opto Technology, a Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, is reportedly negotiating a strategic alliance with LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display for supplying LEDs used in notebook backlight...

LED chipmaker Opto Tech is ready for LED lighting production

Newswatch - Mar 23, 16:05

LED chipmaker Opto Tech has finished development of outdoor LED projection lamps and LED T-bar lighting products for use in offices and stores in cooperation with Japan-based Nichia...

LED chipmakers have better order visbility and utilization rates

Mar 19, 15:13

Taiwan LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, and Opto Tech have all reported sequential increases in their February revenues, with their order visibility and utilization rates...

LED chipmaker Opto Tech eying Taiwan street lamp market

Feb 24, 16:56

LED chipmaker Opto Tech is eying the LED street lamp market in Taiwan, with products currently being validated by the government.

Taiwan LED chip maker Opto Tech delays factory construction in China

Dec 24, 15:06

Opto Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips and system products, has decided to push back its schedule for setting up a factory in Ningbo, eastern China, because of a pessimistic...

Opto Tech invests in Nichia, targets notebook LED BLU market

Dec 23, 11:28

Taiwan-based LED maker Opto Tech purchased NT$379 million (US$11.5 million) worth of Nichia's shares in order to further develop the market for notebook-use LED backlighting, according...

Weak demand a drag on Taiwan LED chipmakers' June revenues

Jul 9, 17:19

Taiwan LED chipmaker mostly reported falling June revenues, though most companies saw their revenues grow on year.