LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics both reported losses during the first quarter due to decreasing prices for LED chip products, particularly in backlights for TVs.
Edison Opto, a Taiwan-based packaging house of high-power LED chips for lighting, aims to maintain gross margin at 15-20% for 2012, despite pressure from declining product prices,...
LED lighting penetration rate is expected to reach double digit figures in 2012. Compared with a penetration rate of 6-7% in 2011, the large increase in forecast is due to increasing...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight reported January revenues of NT$1.147 billion (US$39 million), down 10.5% on month and 2.4% on year. According to Everlight, the falling...
Edison Opto reported December revenues of NT$195 million (US$6.4 million), an increase of 2.01% on year. The accumulated revenues for 2011 reached NT$2.486 billion, a 17% decrease...
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...
Due to urgent orders, Taiwan-based LED firm Edison Opto anticipates November revenues to demonstrate 10-20% of on-month growth. Despite low demand in the LED industry, Edison Opto...
LED chipmaker Epistar reported falling October revenues of NT$1.26 billion (US$42 million), representing a 10.6% decrease on month and 26% decrease on year. Epistar indicated despite...
Taiwan-based LED firms have been reporting third quarter revenues. Upstream LED chipmakers such as Formosa Epitaxy and Huga reported third quarter earnings per share (EPS) of negative...
Several Taiwan-based LED firms have reported falling September and third-quarter revenues showing the low season in the LED industry in the third quarter.
LED packaging and lighting company Edison Opto has reported net profits of NT$170 million (US$5.86 million) for the first half of 2011, down 45% from a year earlier. EPS for the six-month...
Low demand affected the July revenues of LED firms. According to research institutes, Taiwan-based LED firms' total revenues in July were NT$8.648 billion (US$299 million), a 6.35%...
Taiwan-based LED firms have been aggressively entering the market in China. According to statistics, the accumulated investments into China from Taiwan-based firms have exceeded NT$40...
A large influx of LED firms has been causing the industry to compete by lowering prices. The magnitude of price falls in the first half of 2011 has reached the level of the total...
Recent market rumors have indicated that Apple's iPhone 5 is likely to come with a dual-LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On...
