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.
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy reportedly plans to set up a new plant in China, according to market observers. The China plant will be designed to hold over 50 epitaxy...
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...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reportedly has signed an agreement with the Shandong government in China to set up a LED supply chain that will include LED chip making,...
Taiwan LED packaging house Everlight Electronics plans to expand its monthly capacity for high-power LEDs and SMD LEDs to five million units and 1.2 billion units respectively in...
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...
LED chipmaker Epistar is actively expanding its capacity and plans to add another 10-15 MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) devices for blue LED chip manufacturing in...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech plans to ramp up its capacity of blue LEDs to 400 million units a month in the fourth quarter of 2009 from 300 million currently, due to increasing...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech is going to set up a joint venture with Seoul Semiconductor (SSC) and Seoul Optodevice (SOC), according to a company filing at the Taiwan...
AU Optronics (AUO) has released its 68 million-share holdings in its LED subsidiary Lextar Electronics to its investment arm Ronly Venture with price of NT$10 (US$0.30) per share,...
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to turn profitable starting in the second quarter of 2009 due to increasing demand for backlighting and general...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has landed US$120 million worth of orders from China for LED chips to be used in 400,000 streetlamps, according to market sources.
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...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore is planning to issue new shares to raise additional capital of about NT$700 million (US$21.5 million) specifically to procure 5-6 more sets of high-brightness...
