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Thursday 30 April 2015
Laster Tech becomes major automotive LED lighting supplier for Great Wall Motors
Taiwan-based LED lighting maker Laster Tech has become a major supplier of automotive LED lamp modules for Great Wall Motors, a major SUV and pickup truck maker in China, according...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Holtek 2Q15 revenues to rise 10-15%
Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor is expected to post 10-15% sequential growth in second-quarter revenues, buoyed by strong shipments for home appliances, medical...
Monday 27 April 2015
Epistar, Lextar see increasing orders from LED lighting vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Lextar Electronics have seen increasing orders from Europe- and US-based LED lighting vendors, with shipments beginning to significantly...
Friday 24 April 2015
Osram to transfer general lighting lamps business into independent legal structure
Based on its discussions held on April 15, 2015, the Managing Board of Osram Licht AG intends to transfer the general lighting lamps business to an independent structure. This business...
Tuesday 21 April 2015
China records LED lighting exports worth US$1.59 billion in January-February
China-based firms exported LED lighting products totaling US$1.59 billion during January-February 2015, hiking 42.3% on year, according to research organization GGII.
Friday 17 April 2015
ITRI to cooperate with US NIST to promote LED lighting
The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will sign an MoU with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the US Department...
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan LED lighting penetration in 2015 to reach 78.6%
Demand for all types of lighting products in the Japan market in 2015 is estimated at a total value of JPY646 billion (US$5.39 billion) and LED lighting will account for 78.6% (penetration),...
Tuesday 14 April 2015
GaN-on-GaN in potential use for lighting, says Nobel laureate
GaN-on-GaN technology can be used to grow blue-light laser as a source of lighting with luminous efficiency of 220lm/W, said 2014 Nobel laureate in physics Shuji Nakamura in a speech...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Epistar promotes Co-activation Service, adopts DoB with HV chips to win over lighting brands
Competition in the LED market has been heating up with China-based LED firms aggressively integrating the whole supply chain vertically from chips to packaging to modules. China-based...
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Philips to sell majority interest in combined LED components and automotive lighting business to GO Scale Capital
Royal Philips has announced that it has signed an agreement with a consortium led by GO Scale Capital through which it will acquire an 80.1% interest in Philips' combined LED components...
Monday 30 March 2015
China-based MLS expects 2015 LED lighting revenues from US to hike 5-10 fold
China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has extended production to own-brand LED lighting and began to sell LED light bulbs and tubes in the US market in 2014, and expects...
Monday 30 March 2015
Unity Opto Technology sees booming orders for LED lighting
LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has obtained orders for LED lighting products with shipments scheduled through June, with total orders exceeding its production...
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Taiwan International Lighting Show begins
The 2015 Taiwan International Lighting Show and LED Taiwan both started today (March 25) in Taipei, with 337 exhibitors from 10 countries to use 898 booths, according to the government-sponsored...
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Global LED lighting market to reach JPY5.5 trillion in 2020, says Fuji Kenzai
Global LED lighting market value reached JPY1.7 trillion (US$48.7 billion) in 2014, accounting for 28.9% of total lighting value, and will increase to JPY5.5 trillion in 2020, with...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight to display new lighting technologies
Everlight Electronics will display a variety of smart controlled lamps, bulbs and and streetlights at the 2015 Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS), according to the company.