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Thursday 4 November 2010
Prices for sapphire ingots to rise 40% in 4Q10
Prices for sapphire ingots, a material for making LED chips, are set to rise 40% in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources. Due to tight supply, prices have gone up since...
Friday 24 September 2010
SAS to push ahead construction of new plants
Sino American Silicon (SAS) plans to complete construction of three new plants for its silicon, solar and sapphire wafer lines each in three years instead of five years as originally...
Monday 16 August 2010
Sapphire ingot supply to remain tight in 4Q10, says Acme executive
The supply of sapphire ingots will remain tight in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Wu Hsien-tsung, president of sapphire ingot and ferric core maker Acme Electronics.
Friday 23 April 2010
Sapphire substrates for LED in shortage
Sapphire substrates for LED chip production is in shortage and the supply will remain short until the end of 2010, according to market sources.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
SAS semi, solar and sapphire wafer capacity booked up in 1Q10
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects to continue running at full utilization for semiconductor silicon wafers, solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, as well...
Friday 7 August 2009
Solar wafer maker SAS expanding capacity
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade silicon wafers, is expanding its annual production capacity to 380MWp (megawatt-peak) equivalents, with expansion...
Friday 17 July 2009
Epistar and Formosa seeing no shortages of sapphire substrates
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are not seeing shortages of sapphire substrates, according to the companies.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Ferrite core maker Acme gearing up for LED components
Taiwan-based ferrite core maker Acme Electronics, which has diversified into producing sapphire ingots, has said shipments of its sapphire ingots have grown substantially since the...