Last update: Tuesday 7 February 2012 [60 news items]
BLU makers see mixed sequential growth in January revenues
Feb 7, 01:30
Bright Led Electronics and Wellypower Optronics, two Taiwan-based makers of LED backlight units (BLUs), saw their January consolidated revenues of NT$186 million (US$6.3 million)...
CCFL maker Wellypower reports negative EPS for 2011
Feb 6, 12:18
CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) maker Wellypower Optronics has reported net losses of NT$307.11 million (US$10.4 million) for 2011, compared to a net income of NT$444.03 million...
Wellypower appoints new president
Feb 3, 11:20
CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) specialist Wellypower Optronics has appointed Allen Huang as its new president, replacing outgoing Chang Tjong-ren. Under the leadership of the...

Wellypower posts flat revenues for 2011
Jan 6, 11:17
CCFL and LED lighting device maker Wellypower Optronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$737.42 million (US$24.35 million) for December 2011, up 3.1% on month but down 10.1%...
LED makers report mixed results for November
Dec 8, 11:03
Taiwan-based LED makers have reported mixed results for November, with Epistar, Edison Opto, Wellypower, Bright LED, and Ledtech Optoelectronics posting sequential revenue gains for...

Wellypower showcasing new LED light bulb at FPD International 2011
Oct 28, 11:01
Taiwan-based LED firm Wellypower is currently showcasing the new Ceres LED light bulbs with a 270-degree emission angle at FPD International 2011 in Yokohama, Japan. The firm plans...
Wellypower posts losses for 3Q11
Oct 27, 15:09
Taiwan-based LED packaging company Wellypower Optronics has posted net losses of NT$61 million (US$2.02 million) for the third quarter of 2011, compared to a net profit of NT$10 million...
Wellypower 1Q11 revenue proportion for LED backlights rises to 55%
May 3, 17:07
TFT-LCD backlight unit (BLU) maker Wellypower Optronics saw its proportion of total revenues for LED BLUs rise to 55% in the first quarter of 2011 while that for CCFL BLUs dropped...
Wellypower announced corrected financial result for 2010
Mar 29, 01:20
CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics has announced the corrected finical result for 2010 of NT$548 million (US$18.6 million) for consolidated profit before...
Wah Hong and Wellypower report sequential drop in February revenues
Mar 8, 14:50
Optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw its consolidated revenues decrease by 12.52% sequentially, and CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics' revenues...
BLU makers Radiant and Forhouse post mixed results for January
Feb 10, 01:15
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics and Forhouse have recorded mixed results for January, with Radiant seeing its consolidated revenues slide 10% to NT$4.03 billion...
CCFL and LED BLU supplier Wellypower posts record high December revenues
Jan 6, 02:15
CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics saw its consolidated revenues hit a record high of NT$820 million (US$28.16 million) in December 2010. However, Wellypower...
Wellypower posts 5% sequential sales increase for November 2011
Dec 7, 01:40
Wellypower Optronics has reported NT$807 million (US$26.78 million) in November 2010 consolidated revenues, up 5.66% sequentially. The Taiwan-based company's LED chip packaging and...
Wellypower October revenues down 3.59% sequentially
Nov 8, 09:59
Wellypower Optronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$764 million (US$25.3 million) for October, a sequential decrease of 3.59% but an on-year increase of 8.3%.
Wellypower announces net profit of NT$171 million for 3Q10
Oct 20, 01:50
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics has announced consolidated net profit of NT$171 million (US$5.53 million) for the third quarter of 2010, an increase of 694% sequentially,...
Wellypower eyeing consumer lighting market
Oct 15, 12:22
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics is eyeing the consumer lighting market and has recently launched hot cathode fluorescent lamps (HCFL) T5 light bars in addition to LED lighting...
Wellypower sees 2.3% sequential growth in September revenues
Oct 6, 02:15
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$780 million (US$25.13 million) for September 2010, up 2.35% sequentially and 0.47% on year.
Wellypower ships 1 million office-use light bars per month, says report
Newswatch - Sep 28, 15:53
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics is benefiting from the commercial market for office-use T5 light bars and is shipping one million units per month including both CCFL and...
Wellypower sees almost 7% sequential growth in August revenues
Sep 7, 13:34
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$762 million (US$23.9 million) for August 2010, up 6.81% sequentially and 3.51% on year. Accumulated...
Wellypower suffers profit drop in 2Q10
Jul 28, 10:54
CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics posted consolidated after-tax profits of NT$22 million (US$686,566) in the second quarter of 2010, declining 81% sequentially but up 174%...
LED products to account for 50% of Wellypower revenues in 2H10
Jun 17, 14:33
Taiwan-based Wellypower Optronics expects LED products to contribute close to 50% of revenues in the second half of 2010, up from over 30% currently, according to the company.
Wellypower, Lextar say no impact from AUO price fixing lawsuit
Jun 14, 11:12
Taiwan-based Wellypower Optronics and Lextar Electronics have maintained that their operations remain unaffected by the US authorities' price-fixing charges against their chairman,...
Wah Hong sees decrease in May revenues, Wellypower up
Jun 8, 17:11
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw its May consolidated revenues drop 2.55% sequentially, while CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics' revenues for...
Wah Hong sees growth in April revenues, Wellypower stays flat
May 6, 16:58
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw revenues grow in April, while CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics' revenues for the month remained flat.
Wellypower sees profit in 1Q10
Apr 29, 17:02
Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has announced first-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$1.95 billion (US$62.01 million), with a gross margin of 8.61%...
BLU makers Radiant, Wellypower enjoy about 30% growth in March revenues
Apr 7, 15:50
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers Radiant Opto-Electronics and Wellypower Optronics have both reported that their March consolidated revenues grew about 30%.
Wellypower announces profits for 2009
Feb 1, 16:32
Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has announced a net profit of NT$298.75 million (US$9.33 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$1.76.
Wellypower December revenues up
Jan 6, 16:12
Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has posted December consolidated revenues of NT$667.72 million (US$20.7 million) rising by 7.29% on month from NT$622.36...
Wellypower November revenues down over 10% sequentially
Dec 8, 12:11
CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics has reported November consolidated revenues of NT$622.36 million (US$19.27 million), a decrease of 11.78% sequentially from NT$705.47 million, but...
Lextar to maintain vertical partnership with LightHouse and Wellypower
Dec 4, 10:51
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...

AUO vice chairman denies merger rumor of Lextar-LightHouse-Wellypower
Nov 27, 15:54
Market sources are speculating that AU Optronics (AUO) will have three of its subsidiaries - LED chipmakers Lextar Electronics and LightHouse Technology, and CCFL maker Wellypower...

LCD component suppliers hit seasonal revenue lull
Nov 6, 17:10
Taiwan-based CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics and color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic saw their October revenues drop 9.15% and 1.99%, respectively, in October 2009 due to seas...
Booming September sales for Wah Hong, Wellypower
Oct 6, 15:39
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has reported consolidated revenues of NT$696.50 million (US$21.5 million) for September, representing a third consecutive monthly...
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,...
LED equipment maker Single Well reports strong revenues growth for July
Aug 10, 16:15
Taiwan LED equipment maker Single Well saw an 103.78% sequential increase in July 2009 revenues to NT$27.23 million (US$0.83 million) from NT$13.36 million for June, but a 45.99%...
Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
Green energy | 1h 55min ago
TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%
Bits + chips | 1h 59min ago
MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
IT + CE | 2h 2min ago
Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
Mobile + telecom | 2h 7min ago
Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
Displays | 2h 21min ago
Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June
IT + CE | 2h 26min ago
PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
IT + CE | 2h 47min ago
TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
Bits + chips | 3h 5min ago
Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units
IT + CE | 3h 11min ago
Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
Before Going to Press | 3h 20min ago
NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May
Before Going to Press | 3h 30min ago
Taiwan market: Four operators to begin marketing HTC WiMAX-enabled phone in June
Before Going to Press | 3h 32min ago
Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 3h 33min ago
Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI
Before Going to Press | 4h 26min ago
PTC conservative about 2012 revenue growth
Before Going to Press | 4h 45min ago
Taiwan LCD driver IC design houses expect lower revenue growth in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 4h 47min ago
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- Thunderbolt to become key specification for motherboard market in 2H12
- TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
- Taiwan digital camera makers developing MILCs
- China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
- China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- Step into the new era of HD surveillance - GKB to launch ForeSight Surveillance System
- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
23-May-2012 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 7147.75 | -127.14 | -1.75% |

| TSE electronic | 271.94 | -5.69 | -2.05% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 103.29 | -1.28 | -1.22% |

| OTC electronic | 132.45 | -1.69 | -1.26% |

- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

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According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

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Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
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- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
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- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
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- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
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