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Wednesday 8 September 2010
Unity Opto, Formosa Epitaxy lower 2010 forecast for global LED TV penetration
Taiwan-based LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy have downward adjusted their projected proportions of global LCD TV shipment volumes for LED-backlit...
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Taiwan LED packagers, chipmakers report sequential drop in August revenues
LED chip packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw August revenues slip 4.6% sequentially but up 58% on year to NT$670 million (US$20.979 million). Revenues from January through August...
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Formosa Epitaxy sees record 1H10 gross margin
Taiwan-based LED chip maker Formosa Epitaxy has released its financial report for the first half of 2010, with results showing a gross margin of 43.58%, a record half-year figure...
Friday 16 July 2010
LED chipmakers develop new substrates to improve heat dissipation
LED chipmakers are developing new substrates based on copper-tungsten, ceramic or diamond thin-film to replace sapphire substrates to improve heat dissipation amid the surging demand...
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Formosa Epitaxy to raise capital for expanding LED capacity
Formosa Epitaxy, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips, plans to issue up to 150 million new shares to raise an additional capital of about NT$6.4 billion (US$162.6 million) to expand...
Monday 14 June 2010
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy targets pico projector market
Formosa Epitaxy shipped one million green LED chips in May to three pico projector vendors in Taiwan and South Korea, and expects pico projector shipments to account for 10% of revenues,...
Monday 10 May 2010
LED chipmakers, packaging houses report mixed results for 1Q10
Players in Taiwan's LED industry have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2010.
Thursday 6 May 2010
LED players see April revenues rise
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology both saw 20% on-month growth in April revenues with LED chipmaker Tyntek and LED leadframe maker...
Thursday 29 April 2010
LED companies see revenue growth in 1Q10
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto Technology and Ledtech Electronics, and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) have all reported growth in their first-quarter...
Friday 9 April 2010
LED chipmakers and packaging houses post strong revenues for March
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics all saw record monthly revenues in March, while LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Epistar, Genesis January revenues up, Formosa down
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics saw their January revenues up sequentially by 3% and 12.1%, respectively, while Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) has reported a sequential...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Taiwan LED industry to see 30-50% business growth in 2010, says Everlight
Taiwan's LED industry has good prospects in 2010, with business operations expected to grow by 30-50% from 2009, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging service...
Thursday 10 December 2009
LED chipmakers and packaging houses see growth in November revenues
LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and Huga Optotech have all seen their revenues grow more than double on year for November, while packaging houses Everlight Electronics...
Friday 4 December 2009
DRAM backend supplier FATC revenues down 3% in November 2009, but sees growth ahead
Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC), a major packaging and testing service provider for DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, saw November 2009 revenues drop slightly...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
LED chipmakers see October revenues increase
LED chipmakers saw their October revenues increase on the high demand for high-brightness blue LEDs, while LED packaging houses saw sequential drop for October revenues.