Low demand and consumption, in addition to the weak Euro, have caused Europe-based Philips to report significant falls in third-quarter 2011 revenues. Philips reported third-quarter...
Performance in 2012 is likely to be flat on year, said Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight. LED lighting is likely to be the one market that demonstrates...
Due to instability and strong fluctuations of the global economy, Delta chairman Bruce CH Cheng has indicated the likelihood that fourth-quarter performance will not meet expectations...
Studies show that total market size of the global lighting market (includes both LED and traditional lightings) in 2010 was US$79.3 billion. Demand is expected to increase due to...
China recently completed its largest highway lighting upgrade with more than 10,000 street lights featuring more than a million of Cree's XLamp XP-G and XP-E High Efficiency White...
Vizio, a leading LCD TV vendor in the North America market, originally planned to launch 450-lumen 7W LED light bulbs for sale through its existing retail channels but has not yet...
Due to heavy losses resulting from weak demand as well as over expansion, about 10% of LED companies in China are expected to withdraw from the segment soon. The rapid growth of the...
Several Taiwan-based LED firms have reported falling September and third-quarter revenues showing the low season in the LED industry in the third quarter.
The March 2011 earthquake in Japan that caused a nuclear crisis has been driving the country to enthusiastically conserve energy, causing demand of LED lighting to grow. Sales of...
Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar saw a slight on-month increase of 1.4% in its September revenues. Reported September revenues were NT$890 million (US$29 million), showing a 10.8% on-year...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxy firm Epileds Technologies (Epileds) plans to debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on October 24, 2011. The accumulated revenues for the first to third...
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. By 2015, the LED penetration rate for Japan will hit 70%, while Korea will see LEDs...
The continuous weak demand for LED TV backlight modules (BLUs) has been causing delayed growth in the LED market. However, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging...
Lextar electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips, expects the proportion of its revenues for LED lighting products to increase from 40% currently to 50%,...
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED...
