Lextar to raise additional capital for MOCVD capacity expansion

Mar 17, 14:34

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...

Passive-component material suppliers see revenues decrease in February

Mar 11, 16:06

Laser Tek, which mainly produces SMD (surface-mount-device) packaging materials for passive components, has reported an 8.3% sequential drop in consolidated revenues to NT$154 million...

Epistar, Everlight, Lite-On Tech, Harvatek enjoy on-year growth in February revenue

Mar 9, 12:03

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar, LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Lite-On Technology and Harvatek saw February revenues go up significantly on year, mainly due to booming...

Inductor maker Chilisin to start up new capacity in 2Q10

Feb 24, 15:42

Chilisin Electronics plans to spend NT$200 million (US$6.24 million) adding equipment, with the new capacity scheduled to come online in the second quarter of 2010. The company will...

Chang Wah reportedly to supply Foxconn with one billion SMD LED lead frames a month

Jan 12, 12:20

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), to secure steady supply of SMD LED lead frames used in LCD TV backlight modules, reportedly will sign a contract with Taiwan-based...

I-Chiun posts profit for 3Q09

Oct 15, 15:52

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has posted a net profit of NT$228.43 million (US$7.09 million) for the third quarter of 2009, up 3.17% sequentially and up 38.75% on...

OLED displays revenues set new record of US$192 million in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch

Sep 30, 16:07

Global OLED revenues have set a new record of US$192 million for the second quarter of 2009, up 32% sequentially and 22% on year, according to DisplaySearch. The research firm forecasts...

I-Chiun sees strong SMD LED leadframe orders in September

Sep 23, 16:38

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry is expected to see September revenues increase by 8-10% sequentially, recording a new peak in monthly revenues, as the company has already...

Samsung Mobile Display reaches monthly shipments of 2 million AMOLED panels

Sep 23, 16:05

Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) reached a monthly shipment volume of two million AMOLED panels in July 2009, according to the company.

Taiwan LED packaging houses post growth in August revenues

Sep 10, 16:26

Power supply vendor and LED packaging house Lite-On Technology has reported August consolidated revenue of NT$8.39 billion (US$256.94 million), dropping 1.64% from NT$8.53 billion...

Thinking Electronic sees short capacity in August 2009

Sep 9, 14:16

Taiwan protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial saw orders for SMD-type products exceed its production capacity by about 10 million units in August 2009 and had to...

Everlight to raise NT$5 billion for capacity expansion

Aug 26, 14:52

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics on August 25 announced it will issue new shares and unsecured convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$5 billion (US$152 million)...

I-Chiun reports 1H09 net profit of almost NT$300 million

Aug 26, 09:40

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has reported net profit of NT$295.62 million (US$8.98 million) for the first half of 2009, up 27.75% from NT$231.41 million for the...

LED packaging house Everlight to expand capacity in 2H09

Aug 14, 15:54

Taiwan LED packaging house Everlight Electronics plans to expand its monthly capacity for high-power LEDs and SMD LEDs to five million units and 1.2 billion units respectively in...

Wellypower to double SMD LED capacity in 3Q09

Aug 12, 14:09

CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics is expanding its SMD LED chip packaging capacity from 19 lines to 37 lines, able to package 100 million LED chips monthly by the end of September 2009,...

I-Chiun reports staggering profit growth for 2Q09

Jul 15, 15:44

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has announced net profit of NT$191.08 million (US$5.79 million) for the second quarter of 2009, increasing significantly by 157.5% from...

I-Chiun to start shipping LED leadframes for TVs in 2H09

Jul 7, 12:07

Taiwan-based I-Chiun Precision Industry is expected to start shipping LED leadframes for TVs in the second half of 2009, according to market sources.

Yageo unveils 1044 SMD LP patch antenna for GPS applications

Jul 2, 15:27

Yageo has announced 1044 SMD LP patch antenna catering to GPS applications for smartphones, PNDs and notebooks. Yageo's 1044 SMD LP patch antenna is capable of delivering up to 80%...

Bright LED cancels SMD LED expansion plans

Jul 1, 12:27

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics has decided to cancel plans to expand surface-mount device (SMD) LED capacity since the company's current utilization rate...

I-Chiun to increase LED leadframe pricing

Jun 18, 14:53

Taiwan-based LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry will hike the prices of its traditional leadframe products by 5-10% in the third quarter due to continued increases in...

Everlight, Harvatek and Unity Opto plan to expand SMD LED capacity, says paper

Newswatch - May 19, 16:38

Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Harvatek, and Unity Opto Technology plan to expand their SMD LED capacity amid increasing demand from LED TV vendors such...

TPO supplying OLED panels to Nokia

May 19, 14:09

TPO Displays has been one of the two OLED panel makers for Nokia since TPO started producing OLED panels at the end of 2008, according to market sources.

Laser Tek expects entry into semiconductor packaging materials to improve margins

Newswatch - Apr 22, 14:47

Laser Tek, a supplier of surface-mount-device (SMD) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, said its recent entry into the market for semiconductor packaging materials will...

LED players I-Chiun and Ledtech report profits for 1Q09

Apr 17, 16:58

Taiwan-based LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has posted first-quarter net profit of NT$72.89 million (US$2.16 million), compared to a loss of NT$23.45 million for the...

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun sees 48% drop in November revenues

Stockwatch - Dec 3, 17:00

Taiwan-based LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has reported November consolidated revenues of NT$205.7 million (US$6.1 million), down 48% from NT$393 million in October...

LED leadframe maker I-Chiun expects 10% revenue drop in 4Q

Oct 21, 12:13

Taiwan-based LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry expects its revenues in the fourth quarter to drop 10% compared with the third quarter as the LED industry enters the low...

Price of SMD LEDs may continue to fall in 3Q08

May 30, 16:28

The price of SMD LED products dropped over 30% in the first half of 2008 and prices might continue to drop even during the traditional peak season in the third quarter, according...

I-Chiun Precision using pricing to gain SMD market share

May 27, 01:10

While Taiwan leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision's April revenues reached NT$376 million, sources estimate that the company's revenues for May may reach NT$500 million. In addition,...