Some China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have resumed capacity expansion since the start 2019, according to industry sources.

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has scaled down production due to low order visibility, as its December 2018 sales hit a new low since January 2013.

LED chip suppliers in Taiwan and China are expected to gear up efforts to land micro LED chip orders from Samsung Electronics after the Korea IT giant unveiled its latest modular micro LED display products at a pre-CES 2019 event earlie this week, according to industry sources.

Vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$715.2 million (US$23.2 million) for December, decreasing 13.12% sequentially and 17.32% on year.

Samsung Electronics has introduced its latest modular micro LED display technology, showcasing during its pre-CES event designs that included a 75-inch display, a 219-inch "The Wall," as well as other various sizes, shapes and configurations for a next-generation modular micro LED display.

With China-US trade tensions expected to continue heating up in 2019, the Taiwan government has worked out measures for five major industries to help them cushion the impacts.

Sintronic Technology expects its new product lines - display and electronics materials, and polycrystalline sapphire - to start boosting its revenues in 2019, following two years of efforts to diversify its offerings.

Weak demand and overcapacity will continue to hit China's LED industry, with oversupply in the upstream chip sector likely to last till 2020, following a year of slow growth in 2018, according to according to China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA).

The US-China trade war, a key threat to the global economy in 2018, will continue to play a pivotal role in 2019. But what does it mean to the world's biggest manufacturer and market, and to the ICT industries in the neighboring tech-savvy island across the Taiwan Strait?

The largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics will maintain its leadership by expanding production capacity to hike its global market share and by keeping innovating technologically, according to the company.

Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has started preparations to claim damages from Everlight Electronics and its Germany-based subsidiary after winning an LED patent lawsuit against the Taiwanese vendor.

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.357 billion (US$44.1 million) for November, the lowest monthly level since February 2013 with decreases of 19.67% sequentially and 25.24% on year, and those of NT$19.137 billion for January-November dropped 17.93%...

Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated revenues totaling NT$2,109.441 billion (US$68.43 billion) in January-October 2018, growing 5.57% on year, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

Epistar has diclosed it has triumphed over US-based Lowe's Home Center and China-based fellow maker Sanan Optoelectronics after its US patents concerning LED filament light bulb technology were upheld by the authorities.

LED chip makers Opto Tech and Tyntek have obtained significant orders for Si-based sensor chips, mainly photo diode, photo transistor and Zener diode chips, with their corresponding production capacities utilized at 90-100% and shipments scheduled through January 2019, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based FitTech has become a supplier of LED wafer and chip probing and testing equipment for the three largest China-based LED device makers, according to the company.

As China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have gradually brought additional production capacities into operation but market demand has remained unchanged, there has been oversupply of LED chips and consequently China- and Taiwan-based makers have been faced with too high inventory levels,...

Lextar Electronics is exhibiting VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) 3D depth-sensing modules integrated with camera modules and software at electronica 2018 in Munich, Germany during November 13-16, according to the company.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar have released reported net EPS of NT$1.48 (US$0.05) and NT$0.48 respectively for January-September.

Lextar Electronics has disclosed it began shipping VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) devices for use in smartphone-based 3D facial recognition, and VR/AR devices in third-quarter 2018.

Mini LED-backlit high-end smartphones were originally expected to be launched by year-end 2018, but smartphone vendors have been reluctant to adopt such backlighting, which has seen its competitiveness undermined by falling OLED pricing, according to industry sources.

LED epitaxial wafer and maker Epistar on November 1 decided to combine four British Virgin Islands (BVI)-based wholly owned subsidiaries into one in line with its overall organizational adjustment.

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics will exhibit newly developed I-Mini Square automotive lighting modules based on I-Mini LED display technolgoy at Electronica 2018 to take place in Munich, Germany from November 13-16, according to the company.

Nichia has maintained it will seek damages from Everlight Electronics and its subsidiary WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH for infringing its YAG patent before it expired.

While mini LED backlighting can enhance LCD displays' brightness and HDR (high dynamic range), its competitiveness against OLED hinges on cost, according to WitsView.