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Tuesday 1 September 2009
Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy report profits for 1H09, other Taiwan LED chipmakers see losses
Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) are the only two of Taiwan's major LED chipmakers that have reported profits for the first half of 2009, but the latter's profit was minimal.
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Everlight to raise NT$5 billion for capacity expansion
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics on August 25 announced it will issue new shares and unsecured convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$5 billion (US$152 million)...
Tuesday 25 August 2009
AUO subsidiary Lextar to invest NT$30 billion for LED plants at CTSP
Lextar Electronics, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO) plans to invest NT$30 billion (US$912.27 million) to build a total of five LED plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
LED packaging houses order visibility expands on increasing demand
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses have seen their order visibility expand to 5-6 weeks from a previous four weeks amid increasing demand for high brightness (HB) LEDs used in large-size...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Epistar and Tekcore report growth for July revenues
LED chipmakers Epistar and Tekcore have reported revenue growth for July. Epistar's revenues totaled NT$1.21 billion (US$36.94 million), up 5.33% sequentially and up 31.37% from July...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Epistar and Formosa expected to score new high in July revenues, say sources
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to score historical highs in their July revenues as blue LED orders continue to fully load capacity, according to market wat...
Friday 3 July 2009
LED chipmakers to expand blue LED chip capacity in 2H09
LED chipmakers Epistar and Tekcore plan to expand capacity in preparation for strong high-brightness (HB) blue LED chip demand, according to market sources.
Friday 19 June 2009
Everlight to invest in LED chipmaker Tekcore
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is expected to invest NT$280 million in LED chipmaker Tekcore via private placement in order to secure supply amid recent shortages...
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Taiwan, China to set up LED cooperation platform
Representatives of Taiwan's and China's LED industry, at a Taipei meeting sponsored by the Taiwan government on June 9, agreed to establish a cooperation platform, giving priority...
Monday 8 June 2009
HB LED shortage may end at 3Q09
Short supply of high-brightness (HB) LED chips may be eased at the end of the third quarter, as Taiwan LED chipmakers are expected to ramp up production at their new capacities in...
Thursday 4 June 2009
High brightness LED chips in short supply, say Taiwan makers
The global supply of high brightness (HB) LED chips is currently in shortage, with Epistar, the largest Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, foreseeing insufficient capacity until September,...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
LED ASP decline to slow down
The rate of decline for LED ASPs is expected to slow amid tight supply for high brightness LEDs due to a recent surge of rush orders for backlighting use LEDs, according to market...
Thursday 2 April 2009
LED maker UniLite to shift to high-brightness lighting
Taiwan-based UniLite will shift its focus to high-brightness LED chips for lighting applications amid expectations that the LED general lighting market will take off this year, according...
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Everlight introduces new high brightness LEDs
Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight has introduced its new L02N-series high-brightness LEDs with mass production scheduled to begin in July.