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Tuesday 11 January 2022
Epistar, Everlight, Lextar see mixed growth in December revenue
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported December consolidated revenues of NT$1.931 billion (US$69.3 million), down 2.08% sequentially but up 66.35% year-on-year. LED...
Friday 17 December 2021
Epistar succeeds in claiming royalty damages from Lowe's Home Centers
Epistar has won the patent infringement lawsuit against Lowe's Home Centers, a US-based distributor of lighting products, with the US Court for the Central District of California...
Friday 5 November 2021
Ennostar aims to reach annual revenues of US$2 billion, says chairman
Ennostar expects its 2021 consolidated revenues to exceed NT$34 billion (US$1.22 billion) and has set a long-term goal of gradually increasing annual consolidated revenues to US$2...
Friday 8 October 2021
Ennostar expanding miniLED backlighting capacity
Ennostar, a holding firm jointly established by LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics, will expand production capacity...
Monday 13 September 2021
Epistar to expand miniLED capacity by 50% in 2022
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has fully utilized production capacity for mini LEDchips used in backlighting and will expand the capacity by 50% in 2022, according to...
Thursday 26 August 2021
GaN, SiC devices in growing demand, benefiting material analysis labs
As the application market for third-generation semiconductors GaN and SiC devices is on track for rapid expansion, international IDMs including Cree, Infineon, SMT Microelectronics...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Ennostar 2Q21 operation turns profitable
Ennostar had its business operation swinging from an operating loss of NT$329.4 million (US$11.8 million) and a net loss of NT$259.9 million for the first quarter of 2021 to an operating...
Monday 9 August 2021
Epistar expects full utilization for miniLED to remain till year-end 2021
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has fully utilized production capacity for miniLED chips used in backlighting since mid-May 2021 and expects the full utilization to continue...
Wednesday 21 July 2021
Epistar, Sanan to supply mini/microLED chips for Samsung
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and China-based fellow maker Sanan Optoelectronics are expected to become two additional suppliers of mini/microLED chips for...
Friday 9 July 2021
Epistar, Lextar see increased June revenues
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar saw June consolidated revenues of NT$2.029 billion (US$72.6 million) grow 6.71% on month and 140.16% on year, while vertically-integrated...
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Apple miniLED iPad Pro supply chain makers report robust gains for May
Most Taiwan-based supply chain makers included in Apple's miniLED-backlit iPad Pro products have reported robust revenue growths for May thanks to shipment pull-ins from Apple, according...
Friday 14 May 2021
Epistar may see profit from Kaistar
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar stands a chance of bringing in non-operating profit from its China-based joint venture Kaistar Lighting (Xiamen), a vertically-integrated...
Wednesday 5 May 2021
Epistar sees LED orders shifted from Osram Opto
As car-use LED supply from Germany-based Osram Opto Semiconductors has fallen short of demand, many device makers have turned to Epistar for support, sending the Taiwanese firm's...
Tuesday 4 May 2021
GCS to increase investment in Unikorn
GaAs, InP and GaN wafer foundry service provider Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) Holdings has disclosed it will add investment of NT$400 million (US$14.1 million) in Unikorn...
Friday 23 April 2021
Epistar to hike quotes for LED, miniLED
Epistar will hike quotes for LED and miniLED chips in second-quarter 2021 to reflect increases in material costs, according to company president Patrick Fan.