Last update: Tuesday 14 May 2013 [296 news items]
Lite-On Technology reports July revenues down 3.3% on-month
Aug 9, 01:30
Warren Chen, CEO of the Lite-On Group and Lite-On Technology, has said market conditions in the third quarter may be worse than expected. Chen believes the group's third-quarter 2012...
Lite-On IT to strive for flat performance in 3Q12
Aug 7, 01:25
As the traditional peak season effect in the PC industry may not appear in the third quarter of 2012, optical disc drive (ODD) makers such as Lite-On IT are now turning conservative...
Lite-On IT to cooperate with EC antitrust probe
Jul 27, 14:58
The European Commission (EC) will launch antitrust investigation of 13 companies supplying optical disc drives (ODDs) in the European Union market for alleged participation in worldwide...
Lite-On IT sees drop in June revenues; conservative about 2H12
Jul 10, 02:00
Lite-On IT has announced revenues of NT$4.74 billion (US$158.12 million) for June, down 5.3% on year with revenues for the first half of 2012 reached NT$26.31 billion, down 11.5%...
Sales of Lite-On power supply products hit 15-month high in June
Jul 6, 01:40
Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.43 billion (US$349.23 million) for June, up 2% on month and 4% on year. Among major product lines, sales of power supply...
LED lighting order visibility clear to September, says Lite-On
Jul 2, 11:31
Lite-On Technology has indicate order visibility of LED lighting is clear to September. Nevertheless, the introduction of the second generation of ultrabooks with Windows 8 in second-half...
Philips switching more LED lighting orders to Lite-On Technology
Jun 22, 10:09
Philips has switched more OEM orders for LED lighting products to Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology from epitaxial wafers and chip maker Lextar Electronics, according to industry sou...
Taiwan LED firms see mild revenue growths in May
Jun 15, 12:35
According to statistics, the total May revenues of Taiwan-based LED firms reached NT$8.7 billion (US$290.9 million), up by 4.59% on month but down 12.1% on year. Benefitting from...
Lite-On IT expects 5-10% sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues
Jun 13, 14:12
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has forecast its consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012 will increase by 5-10% sequentially.
Lite-On IT May revenues slightly up sequentially
Jun 8, 11:36
ODD maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.79 billion (US$162 million) for May, increasing 1.4% on month but decreasing 12.7% on year. January-May consolidated...
Lite-On Technology plans to set up central China operational center
May 15, 01:30
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology plans to establish an operational center in the central region of China to focus on marketing LED street lamps and lighting products in...
Lite-On IT expected to see 22.6% growth in 2Q12 revenues
Newswatch - May 14, 15:38
Lite-On IT, a Taiwan-based maker of optical disc drives (ODDs), will see its consolidated revenues for the second quarter increase by 22.6% on quarter to NT$14.78 billion (US$503...
Lite-On IT April revenues up sequentially
May 8, 11:10
Lite-On IT, which makes optical disc drives (ODDs), has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.73 billion (US$160 million) for April, growing 5.7% on month but falling 10.4% on yea...
Lite-On Technology looks to double-digit revenue growth in 2Q12
May 3, 13:54
Lite-On Technology expects its revenues to grow by a double-digit rate sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by strong demand for LED products, power supply devices and...
Lite-On Technology posts net profits of NT$1.35 billion for 1Q12
Apr 26, 01:25
Lite-On Technology has announced net profits of NT$1.35 billion (US$45.72 million) or NT$0.60 per share for the first quarter of 2012. The company also plans to hand out dividends...
Lite-On IT to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.35 per share
Stockwatch - Apr 23, 16:07
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of optical disc drives, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$2.35, NT$2.30 in cash and NT$0.05 in stock, for 2011, according to a...
Lite-On sees on-month growth, but on-year drop in March revenues
Apr 10, 01:15
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.47 billion (US$151.28 million) for March, up 17.1% on month, but down 7.1% on year, while the...
Lite-On IT March revenues up sequentially
Stockwatch - Apr 9, 16:35
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.47 billion (US$151 million) for March, increasing 17.1% on month but decreasing 7.1% on year....
Lite-On expects environmental sensors to grow in 2012
Apr 2, 15:23
Lite-On Technology has said that invisible light LED sensors will see significant growth in 2012 and have the possibility of entering the US supply chain, with expanded production...
Mar 28, 01:20
Warren Chen, CEO of the Taiwan-based Lite-On Group, has indicated seasonal factors have been causing first-quarter 2012 revenues to be 5% less than fourth-quarter 2011. Nevertheless,...
Lite-On IT 2011 revenues up, net profit down on year
Mar 26, 11:02
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker, saw consolidated revenues for 2011 rise 4.3% from 2010 but the corresponding net profit dropped 3.9%, according...
IC design house On-Bright expects sales growth in March
Mar 13, 14:28
On-Bright Electronics, an IC design subsidiary of Lite-On Semiconductor specializing in power management ICs, expects its consolidated revenues to register another sequential growth...
Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage February revenues up sequentially
Stockwatch - Mar 12, 10:16
Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, two Taiwan-based optical disc drive makers, had consolidated revenues for February increasing on month by 1.42% and 33.81% respectively, according to...
Lite-On sees February revenues up 7% on-month
Mar 9, 11:06
Lite-On Technology Corporation (Lite-On) reported global February 2012 revenues of NT$8.729 billion (US$296 million), up 7% compared to January and up 10% compared to February 2011...
Taiwan LED firms to benefit from China subsidies
Mar 1, 11:30
China's policy will not only benefit domestic LED firms, but also Taiwan-based peers, such as Delta, Bright LED and Lite-On, industry sources have noted.
Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
Stockwatch - Feb 10, 16:09
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported January consolidated revenues of NT$3.77 billion (US$127 million), dropping 7.1% on month and 24.7% on year. Fellow maker Quanta...
Lite-On IT expected to ship 1.5-2.0 million SSDs in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 10, 10:31
Lite-On IT is expected to ship 1.5-2.0 million SSDs in 2012, five times the volume in 2011, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
Lite-On IT expected to see huge growth in SSD sales in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 2, 13:51
Taiwan-based optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT, while stepping into production of SSDs three years ago and generating revenues of over NT$1 billion (US$33.9 million) in 2011, is...
Lite-On Semi to step into MOSFET production
Jan 18, 13:44
Lite-On Semiconductor will start to ship its in-house produced MOSFETs in the second quarter of 2012, according to the company, adding that the new product line is expected to help...
Konka pulls out of Epistar joint venture
Jan 12, 11:05
TV maker Konka has decided to terminate its partnership with Epistar in a joint venture running an epitaxy plant in Changzhou, China. But Epistar indicated that the exist of the China-based...
Low demand will likely continue in 1Q12, says Lite-On Semiconductor executive
Jan 12, 01:20
Eric Kuo, general manager of Taiwan-based Lite-On Semiconductor has expressed a conservative view for first-quarter 2012. Kuo noted that inventory levels in the semiconductor market...
Lite-On IT December revenues decrease
Jan 11, 11:24
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.05 billion (US$133.7 million) for December 2011, decreasing 9.1% on month and 15.4% on year.
Lite-On Technology ramping up camera module capacity
Jan 10, 11:18
Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology is expanding its monthly capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) from 15-16 million units in second-half 2011 to 20 million units in 2012, according...
LED makers hold mixed views over 1Q12 outlook
Jan 6, 14:31
Taiwan-based LED companies have held different views over the outlook for the first quarter of 2012 after most of them posted a decline in revenues in December.
Lite-On to increase monthly shipments of LED light sources
Jan 5, 01:40
Lite-On Technology indicated its global market share of server power supplies has surpassed 20%. Lite-On expects the market share to grow to 35%. The firm also indicated the LED light...
Lite-On 46-inch RGB LED-based TV
At the Display Taiwan 2007, Lite-On is displaying a variety of applications for its LEDs, with the applications including a 46-inch RGB LED-based TV.
Photo: Carrie Yu, Digitimes, Jun 14.
Lite-On 7-inch digital photo frame and 22-inch LED-based display
Lite-On is showing a 7-inch photo frame at the ongoing Display Taiwan (June 13-16). The model incorporates a high-brightness (HB) white mini LED (LTW-M670ZVS). The LED, with dimension...
Photo: Carrie Yu, Digitimes, Jun 14.
At the Display Taiwan 2007, Lite-On is displaying a variety of applications for its LEDs, with the applications including a 8mm-thin 32-inch LED backlight unit (BLU), comparing to...
Photo: Carrie Yu, Digitimes, Jun 14.
Coping with the shrinking ODD business: Q&A with Lite-On IT CEO Danny Liao
As the proportion of notebooks equipped with slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) is on the decline and use of cloud computing-based storage is on the rise, the optical disc storage...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.