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Tuesday 14 September 2010
Taiwan LED companies post NT$10.59 billion in August revenues, says LEDinside
Taiwan-based LED companies posted revenues of NT$10.59 billion (US$333.61 million) in August 2010, down 2.4% from NT$10.85 billion in July but up 64% on year, according to research...
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Epistar takes three seats on Huga board
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%...
Monday 9 August 2010
First-tier Taiwan-based LED players post strong July sales, ease concern on demand slowdown
Major Taiwan-based players in the LED sector have posted strong sales for July, easing concerns over a slowdown in demand.
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Lextar lands LED lighting OEM orders from Philips and Osram
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has landed OEM orders for LED lighting products from Europe-based vendors such...
Thursday 22 July 2010
Taiwan to produce 26% of global LED chip output in 2010, says TRI
Taiwan will account for a 26% share of the LED chip output globally in 2010, which is projected to increase 37% from 2009 to US$9.6 billion, according to research firm Topology Research...
Friday 16 July 2010
LED chipmakers develop new substrates to improve heat dissipation
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...
Monday 28 June 2010
China LED chip output surpasses 2 billion yuan in 2009, says LEDinsider
China's LED chip industry has received a huge investment from 2009 to 2010. Although the output value is not yet large, there is no doubt about its great development speed and potential...
Monday 28 June 2010
Tyntek to set up LED epitaxy and sensor component plant in Taichung
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tyntek will invest NT$1 billion (US$31.26 million) to set up a new venture in Taichung for the production of LED epitaxy and sensor components, according...
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Genesis Photonics lands NT$1.5 billion joint lending for capacity expansion
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics on June 22 signed with 11 local banks and the Development Bank of Singapore for a syndicated loan of NT$1.5 billion...
Monday 14 June 2010
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy targets pico projector market
Formosa Epitaxy shipped one million green LED chips in May to three pico projector vendors in Taiwan and South Korea, and expects pico projector shipments to account for 10% of revenues,...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Epistar, Unity Opto hit record revenues in May
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,...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Philips to recruit LED experts in Taiwan, say Taiwan makers
Royal Philips Electronics, in order to strengthen its LED lighting product lines to have them account for 50% of total lighting sales revenues in 2015, plans to recruit possibly more...
Monday 31 May 2010
Lextar to expand workforce and capacity
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, which is a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), plans to recruit about 800 employees in the second half of 2010 in...
Monday 31 May 2010
LED chipmaker Epistar inks strategic alliance with Huga
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has announced a plan to form a strategic alliance with fellow maker Huga Optotech, looking to take a 47.88% stake in Huga to become its largest...
Wednesday 19 May 2010
LED lighting market may take off in 2010, says Epistar
While many makers of LED chips and light products expect the global LED lighting market to take off in 2012, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar thinks that the takeoff may start in...