40 news items tagged Tera Xtal Technology
Tera Xtal to shut down northern Taiwan plant
Monday 5 October 2015Sapphire ingot and wafer maker Tera Xtal Technology will close its Yangmei plant in northern Taiwan by November 25 because the lease of the factory will expire soon, according to...
Tera Xtal cancels plan to raise additional capital
Monday 20 October 2014Sapphire wafer maker Tera Xtal Technology has cancelled a plan to issue 25 million new shares mainly due to large drops in its stock prices.
Tera Xtal wages patent infringement war
Monday 13 October 2014Sapphire ingot maker Tera Xtal Technology has filed with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court a charge against Apple Asia, Apple's subsidiary based in Hong Kong, and Taiwan-based...
Tera Xtal to expand PSS capacity, says paper
Monday 25 August 2014Sapphire maker Tera Xtal Technology will expand its PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) monthly production capacity from 100,000 units currently to 200,000 units by the end of 2014...
Tera Xtal wins AAA arbitration over dispute with GTAT
Friday 15 August 2014Sapphire ingot maker Tera Xtal Technology has disclosed the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has decided that US-based equipment supplier GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) should...
Tera Xtal expects sapphire wafers to be in short supply beginning 1Q14
Thursday 2 January 2014Sapphire wafer maker Tera Xtal Technology expects global supply of sapphire wafers to be short beginning the first quarter of 2014 due to increasing use in smartphones and other mobile...
Sapphire ingot supplier Acme to return to profitability in 4Q13
Tuesday 3 December 2013Buoyed by rising sales generated by its sapphire ingot-making subsidiary USI Optronics, ferrite core maker Acme Electronics is expected to return to profitability in the fourth quarter...
China-based GCL-Poly quits sapphire ingot production
Thursday 18 July 2013China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has quit production of sapphire ingots and will sell two factories together with production equipment in eastern China to Taiwan-based sapphire...
New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
Wednesday 15 May 2013Market rumors that the new generation of Apple's iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for the home button have been circulating and Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal...
Prices for 2-inch sapphire wafers may rise, say Taiwan makers
Monday 6 May 2013While price drops of sapphire wafers slowed down significantly in the first quarter of 2013, prices for 2-inch sapphire wafers, which stand at US$6.8-7 currently, may rise, according...
Sapphire wafer makers to see 2013 revenues drop by 10%, say market analysts
Monday 25 March 2013Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers are expected to have 2013 revenues decreasing by 10% from 2012 because many China-based fellow makers will bring production capacities into operation...
Crystalwise, Tera Xtal to expand sapphire capacity in China
Tuesday 12 March 2013Sapphire wafer maker Crystalwise Technology will expand monthly production capacity at its subsidiary in China from 150,000 2-inch sapphire wafer equivalents at present, to at least...
Tera Xtal to set up two subsidiaries in China
Tuesday 29 January 2013Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal Technology will establish two subsidiaries in eastern China, each with investment of US$15 million. Sapphire substrate production at...
December revenues to show continuous decreases, say sapphire substrate makers
Wednesday 26 December 2012Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firm...
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues
Wednesday 12 September 2012Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August revenues. Crystalwise saw August revenues fall to NT$90 million (US$3.04...
Sapphire substrate makers see rising June revenues
Wednesday 11 July 2012Rising June revenues for LED chipmakers helped upstream sapphire substrate makers such as Crystal Applied, Crystalwise, and Tera Xtal see June revenues reach above NT$160 million...
Sapphire substrate maker Wafer Works Optronics reports net loss for 2011
Monday 6 February 2012Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.
Quotes for 2-inch sapphire substrates in China fall to US$6/unit
Thursday 12 January 2012The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates from China suppliers has fallen to around US$6/unit, with the low price adding pressure on Taiwan-based makers, according to industry source...
December shipments of sapphire substrates increasing
Thursday 29 December 2011The price of upstream sapphire substrates has been stabilizing and shipments of 4-inch substrates have been increasing steadily. The current price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has...
LED sapphire substrate price stabilizes at US$8/unit in December
Wednesday 14 December 2011The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has been stabilizing in November and December at around US$8/unit, according to industry sources. The price is expected to rebound soon.
Tera Xtal to set up plant in China after merger with Alpha Xtal
Monday 28 November 2011Chien Fu Shieh, chairman of Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal, has said that after merging with Alpha Xtal on December 10, 2011, the company plans to set up a production...
Alpha Xtal and Tera Xtal to merge ahead of schedule
Wednesday 16 November 2011LED sapphire ingot maker Alpha Xtal and substrate maker Tera Xtal will merge on December 10. According to Alpha Xtal, revenues for November and December are likely to be flat compared...
LED sapphire substrate makers post mixed results for October
Friday 11 November 2011Crystalwise Technology and Tera Xtal Technology have reported sequential growth in revenues for October 2011, while Crystal Applied Technology posted a drop.
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed September revenues
Wednesday 12 October 2011The price of sapphire substrates has been low due to weak demand in the downstream LED market. According to sapphire substrare maker, Crystalwise, order visibility has been low despite...
Major sapphire substrate makers post heavy losses in 1H11
Thursday 1 September 2011Three major Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystalwise Technology, Tera Xtal Technology and Crystal Applied Technology all have posted losses for the first half of 2011 due...