Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech has re-elected the members of its board with fellow chipmaker Epistar taking three seats. Epistar is Huga's largest shareholder with a 46%...
AU Optronics (AUO) is increasing its applications of LED backlights for its TFT-LCD panels used in notebooks and LCD monitors, with the LED backlight proportion for the former to...
With Samsung Electronics' move towards single-side edge-type LED backlighting technology, LED chipmakers in Taiwan are in the process of testing 30x40 mil LED chips for shipments...
Despite most Taiwan-based LCD panel manufacturers reporting at least a 10% drop in July consolidated revenues, backlight unit (BLU) makers including Coretronic, Kenmos Technology,...
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is considering a new strategy for its component supply chain and will have 70% of its component supplies produced in-house with the other 30% outsourced, according...
LED chipmakers are developing new substrates based on copper-tungsten, ceramic or diamond thin-film to replace sapphire substrates to improve heat dissipation amid the surging demand...
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers have stepped up production of LCD modules (LCMs) as a value added service, according to industry sources. Though increased LCM production...
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced that it will not distribute dividends for 2009 due to a net loss of NT$187 million (US$5.82 million) or NT$1.51...
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to increase 20-30% sequentially and its monthly revenues to continue to...
Coretronic's BLU (backlight unit) shipments rose 7% on month to 7.4 million units in May 2010, netting sales of NT$5.571 billion (US$171.838 million), up 1% from April and 40% from...
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics expects its LCD module (LCM) shipments to reach almost three million units in the second quarter of 2010 with major...
Shipments of large-size LCD panels with LED backlights are forecast to reach 276.7 million units in 2010, up 134.9% from 117.8 million in 2009. In 2010, LED backlights will be used...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced cooperation with Japan-based JFE Engineering to supply LED lighting products for the latter to market...
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers Coretronic, Forhouse, Kenmos Technology and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology have all seen on-month growth in their April revenues.
LED backlight products may see their prices increase by 5-10% as both upstream LED chip and epitaxial wafer prices will rise soon due to strong market demand, according to sources...
