Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [127 news items]
Unity Opto, Wah Hong see mixed October revenues
Nov 8, 11:13
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology and optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw revenues for October 2010 rise 5.59% and drop 7.20%, respectively, on month,...
Epistar, Lextar, Everlight October revenues down, Unity Opto, Genesis revenues up
Nov 8, 11:07
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Lextar Electronics and LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics saw October 2010 revenues drop sequentially by 7%, 37.51% and 10.63%, respectively,...
Unity Opto to set up subsidiary, joint venture in China
Oct 28, 02:00
Taiwan-based LED-packaging house Unity Opto Technology will invest US$9 million to set up a subsidiary maker of medium- to large-sized LED backlight units and LED lighting products...
Unity Opto September revenues down, Genesis up
Oct 6, 02:00
LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology saw its September 2010 revenues decrease 22.2% sequentially, while LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics' revenues increased...
Unity Opto to rise capital of NT$2.18 billion for capacity expansion
Sep 20, 14:43
Taiwan-based LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology plans to rise a total capital of NT$2.18 billion (US$68.87 million) mainly for capacity expansions in Taiwan and China.
Unity Opto, Formosa Epitaxy lower 2010 forecast for global LED TV penetration
Sep 8, 16:17
Taiwan-based LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy have downward adjusted their projected proportions of global LCD TV shipment volumes for LED-backlit...
Taiwan LED packagers, chipmakers report sequential drop in August revenues
Sep 7, 11:35
LED chip packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw August revenues slip 4.6% sequentially but up 58% on year to NT$670 million (US$20.979 million). Revenues from January through August...
Unity Opto posts net profit for 1H10
Aug 31, 11:25
LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology has announced consolidated net profit of NT$661.728 million (US$20.65 million) with an EPS of NT$2.15 for the first half of 2010.
Chicony to invest in Unity Opto convertible bonds
Aug 30, 10:31
Chicony Electronics has announced that Chicony Power Technology (renamed from Hipro Electronics), its wholly owned subsidiary, will invest NT$400 million (US$12.5 million) to acquire...
Unity Opto to increase capital and issue bonds to expand capacity
Aug 12, 12:04
The board of LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology, on August 11, approved plans to issue convertible bonds worth NT$1.5 billion (US$47.1 million) with a conversion price set...
Unity Opto, Lextar post monthly sales decline in July
Aug 6, 11:31
LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology's July 2010 revenues fell 4.7% on month to NT$702 million (US$22.09 million), but rose 74% from a year earlier. Revenues from January through...
Unity Opto adds investment of US$2 million in GLT
Jul 20, 13:43
Taiwan-based LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology will invest an additional US$2 million in Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), a Taiwan-based maker of LED backlight units (BLU)...
Unity Opto June revenues hit record for fourth straight month
Jul 6, 14:09
LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology posted revenues of NT$737 million (US$23 million) in June 2100, hitting a monthly record for the fourth consecutive month. June sales increased...
Japan TV vendors come to Taiwan to secure LED supply
Jun 25, 15:17
Amid the surging demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs, Japanese TV vendors recently visited Taiwan to secure LED supplies. LED packaging houses including Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto...
Unity Opto expects 70% sequential growth in revenues for 2Q10
Jun 25, 13:59
LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology expects second-quarter 2010 revenues to increase 70% sequentially with NT$760-800 million projected for June and sales for the full year...
Unity Opto expects LED lighting to account for 30% of revenues in 2011
Jun 15, 15:34
LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology currently has 16% of its total revenues coming from monthly shipments of nearly 500,000 LED chips used in lighting devices and expects the...
Epistar, Unity Opto hit record revenues in May
Jun 8, 16:17
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar and LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology generated record revenues of NT$1.75 billion (US$54 million) and NT$701.67 million, respectively,...
Unity Opto tapping Japan LED lighting market
May 25, 16:58
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology began supplying LED light bulbs for 3C retail chains in Japan earlier in May and expects to see significant increase in its...
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.
LED players see April revenues rise
May 6, 16:06
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology both saw 20% on-month growth in April revenues with LED chipmaker Tyntek and LED leadframe maker...
LED companies see revenue growth in 1Q10
Apr 29, 15:19
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto Technology and Ledtech Electronics, and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) have all reported growth in their first-quarter...
FOREPI's China affiliate Jiangsu Canyang aims to be top-5 global LED chipmaker
Apr 19, 15:56
China-based LED chipmaker Jiangsu Canyang Corporation, an affiliate of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), aims to become a global top-five LED chipmaker in 3-5 years,...
Unity Opto, Ledtech, Ligitek report growth in March revenues
Apr 7, 15:37
LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology, Ledtech Electronics and Ligitek Electronics have reported sequential increases of 38.74%, 91.14% and 23.34%, respectively, for March rev...
LED players expect revenues to grow significantly starting March
Apr 1, 15:56
LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology, Everlight Electronics and Ligitek Electronics all expect their revenues to grow strongly in March, with a chance of hitting record levels,...
Unity Opto, Ledtech report mix results for February 2010
Mar 8, 16:04
LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw February 2010 revenues increase 3.98% sequentially, while Ledtech Electronics saw a 47.53% sequential drop.
Everlight, Ledtech report sequential revenue growth, Unity Opto sees decrease
Feb 8, 17:07
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Ledtech Electronics saw their January revenues increase by 10.18% and 20.2%, respectively, on month, while Unity Opto Technology has...
Taiwan-based LED makers form street lighting alliance
Jan 13, 15:52
The government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute and Taiwan-based LED players, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), on January 12 formed...
Unity Opto enjoys increased revenues in December
Jan 6, 15:52
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology has reported revenues of NT$392.92 million (US$12.2 million) for December, up 0.62% on month from NT$390.48 million and up 89.43%...
Unity Opto receives NT$1.5 billion orders from HannStar, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 5, 17:00
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology has received NT$1.5 billion (US$47.13 million) worth of orders for LEDs use in notebook backlight units (BLUs) from HannStar...
Amtran to invest in Unity Opto
Dec 28, 15:21
Taiwan-based TV maker Amtran Technology will invest NT$60.36 million (US$1.87 million) to take 3% of the new shares to be issued by LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology through...
Everlight and Unity Opto to hike 2010 capex
Dec 18, 15:14
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Unity Opto Technology have raised their capex goals for 2010 amid growing demand for LED-backlight applications, according to market...
Unity Opto partners with China consumer electronics player for LED lighting
Dec 17, 15:28
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology has signed an agreement with China-based Potevio's consumer electronic subsidiary to set up a LED lighting joint venture in...
HannStar to invest in Unity Opto
Dec 14, 16:18
TFT-LCD panel maker HannStar Display will subscribe to 60% of the new shares that will be issued by LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology through private placement, according...
Mixed November sales results for Taiwan LED players
Dec 8, 12:20
LED players Unity Opto Technology, I-Chiun Precision Industry and Tekcore have reported mixed results for November, as Unity Opto saw its revenues drop over 10% sequentially, while...
LED companies post mixed October revenues
Nov 10, 10:11
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics and LED chipmaker Tekcore have both posted record revenues for October, while LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw a 4.77% sequential...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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