Falling price for sapphire substrates may trim gross margin in 2Q11, says Rubicon

May 9, 11:26

US-based sapphire substrate firm, Rubicon Technology, has announced financial performance for first-quarter 2011. Compared with the previous quarter, revenues increased to US$37.97...

Patterned sapphire substrate wafers expected to account for 50% of the market in 2011

May 5, 12:14

Contrast to the lack of demand for LED TV, the market for LED lighting has been growing steadily. With demands for improvements in luminous efficacy growing, the market forecasts...

Tera Xtal signs with US-based GT Solar for supply of sapphire ingots

Stockwatch - May 4, 13:53

Tera Xtal Technology, a Taiwan-based producer of sapphire wafers, on May 3 announced the signing of a contract with US-based GT Solar International for the supply of sapphire ingot...

SAS reports 1Q11 EPS of NT$2.93

May 2, 15:17

Sino-American Silicon (SAS) has announced first-quarter 2011 consolidated revenue reached NT$6.46 billion, a 49% on-year increase, with earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.93. Gross...

Wafer Works Optronics to ramp up sapphire ingot capacity

Apr 29, 14:12

Wafer Works Optronics, a Taiwan-based producer of sapphire ingots, wafers and substrates, will expand its production capacity of sapphire ingots by adding crystal-growing furnaces...

SAS to expand sapphire capacity

Apr 29, 14:07

Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will spin off its sapphire wafer/substrate business as a wholly owned subsidiary, Taiwan Sapphire, and is constructing a new factory...

Sapphire ingot maker Alpha Crystal listed at NT$70 per share

Apr 26, 10:08

Alpha Crystal Technology, a Taiwan-based producer of sapphire ingots, on April 25 began listing on the local emerging stock bourse at NT$70 per share, according to the company. Alpha...

Wafer Works Optronics to double sapphire wafer capacity in 2011

Apr 25, 10:28

Taiwan-based Wafer Works Optronics will gradually expand its production capacity of sapphire wafers beginning May-June, with monthly capacity to be hiked from 100,000 wafers currently...

SAS details spin-off plans

Apr 15, 01:10

Taiwan-based wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on April 14 announced that it will spin off its semiconductor wafers and sapphire wafers/substrates business units as...

SAS to spin off semiconductor wafer and sapphire substrate businesses

Apr 14, 16:11

Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on April 14 announced plans to create two independent companies by spinning off its semiconductor wafer and LED sapphire substrate...

Sapphire substrate makers Cyrstal Applied and Tera Xtal to deal out dividends, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 14, 11:13

Two Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystal Applied Technology and Tera Xtal Technology plan to deal out handsome dividends for their performance in 2010, according to a Chinese-language...

Sapphire ingot prices tend to drop in 2Q11 due to potential oversupply

Apr 12, 14:05

Despite a take-off of the LED industry, pressure is mounting on suppliers of sapphire ingots for lower quotes in the second quarter 2011 as recent capacity ramps by makers, Korea-based...

SAS sapphire substrate sales top NT$100 million in March

Apr 7, 16:28

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) saw monthly sales of its patterned sapphire substrates exceed NT$100 mbillion (US$3.5 million) for the first time in March 2011, according to...

Sumitomo Chemical, Samsung LED team up for sapphire substrates

Mar 29, 14:57

Sumitomo Chemical and Samsung LED have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture in Korea for the R&D, manufacture, and sale of sapphire substrates for LEDs, Sumitomo...

SAS expects sapphire substrate sales to grow substantially in 2011

Mar 28, 16:32

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has estimated that sales of its patterned sapphire substrates will top NT$2 billion (US$68 million) in 2011, and growth in the high-margin product...

Sapphire ingot prices sustainable for 2Q11

Mar 25, 10:49

Sapphire ingot prices are unlikely to drop in the second quarter of 2011, on rising demand for LED-backlit and lighting applications, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Prices...

Sapphire substrate supply unaffected by Japan earthquake, says Epistar

Mar 16, 10:42

The supply of sapphire substrates will not be affected by the Japan earthquake as the facilities of the top-2 Japan-based makers - Kyocera and Namiki - were not damaged by the quake,...

Sapphire ingot prices to remain unchanged in 2Q11

Mar 10, 13:41

Prices of sapphire ingots for the second quarter of 2011 are expected to stay at the same levels as those in the first quarter as current sapphire ingot supplies are still falling...

Wafer Works Optronics see revenues more than double in February 2011

Mar 10, 11:39

Wafer Works Optronics, a sapphire substrate subsidiary of silicon wafer maker Wafer Works, saw its revenues surge 123% sequentially to a record high of NT$73.1 million (US$2.5 million...

Sapphire substrate prices start to fall

Mar 2, 10:49

Pricing for sapphire substrates has stopped increasing and is showing a gradual decrease due to dropping demand and seasonality. Current prices for 2-inch sapphire substrates have...

TXC to start production of sapphire substrate wafers

Feb 18, 01:10

Quartz crystal component maker TXC has acquired 10 sets of equipment for slicing monocrystalline sapphire ingots and will begin production soon, with monthly shipments expected to...

Sapphire substrate price drop to expand to 15% on quarter in 1Q11

Feb 15, 01:50

Prices of sapphire substrates are expected to drop 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, an increase from a previous 5-10% quarterly decrease in 2010, but the decrease...

Gintech, SAS post on-month drops in January sales

Feb 11, 02:00

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has announced revenues for January 2011 slid 12% sequentially to NT$2.36 billion (US$82 million). Gintech also saw shipments fall 4.3% from December...

Sapphire ingot demand strong, no signs of price retreat yet

Jan 18, 12:04

Though the first quarter is typically considered the annual low season, sapphire ingot makers are currently seeing strong demand due to sapphire substrate clients moving up procurement...

USI Optronics to reach 13-15% global market share for sapphire ingots in 2011

Jan 3, 11:03

USI Optronics, a Taiwan-based maker of monocrystalline sapphire ingots, has received orders to book up its production capacity in then first quarter of 2011 and expects its global...

SAS looks to semi, sapphire wafers for 2011 growth

Dec 23, 01:05

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects sales of sapphire wafer materials to account for 5-6% of revenues in 2011 compared to about 2% estimated for 2010, according to company...

San Chih's sapphire ingot revenues to overtake that of semiconductor business in 2H11

Dec 22, 10:53

San Chih Semiconductor's revenues from sapphire ingot production will exceed that of semiconductor in the first half of 2011, according to analyst forecasts. San Chih's sapphire ingot...

LED sapphire substrate prices remain flat in 4Q10

Dec 22, 02:00

LED sapphire substrate suppliers are expected to keep prices flat in the fourth quarter of 2010 despite dropping demand from the end market and seasonality, and expect prices to increase...

GT Solar lands orders for sapphire crystallization furnaces

Dec 3, 01:00

GT Solar International has received more than US$84 million worth of orders for sapphire crystallization systems, according to the solar-manufacturing equipment specialist. The announcement...

Wafer Works announces investment in Formosa Epitaxy

Nov 16, 01:15

Wafer Works on November 15, 2019 announced a US$600,000 investment for a 1% equity interest in Formosa Epitaxy's new subsidiary in Jiangsu, China. Although the acquisition is merely...

Prices for sapphire ingots to rise 40% in 4Q10

Nov 4, 11:21

Prices for sapphire ingots, a material for making LED chips, are set to rise 40% in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources. Due to tight supply, prices have gone up since...

Quartz component maker TXC eying LED market

Oct 22, 01:10

TXC, a major producer of quartz components in Taiwan, is gearing up the development of sapphire and other crystalline products to tap a market that is expected to be strong in coming...

SAS to report NT$3.5 3Q10 EPS

Oct 20, 01:20

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is expected to report an EPS of NT$3.50 (US$0.113) for the third quarter of 2010, according to market watchers. The positive result is largely...

Passive component prices to remain steady in 4Q10 except aluminum capacitors

Oct 4, 14:46

Pricing of various passive components has become a major concern recently due to slowing demand from downstream sectors, and industry sources believe chip resistor prices will remain...