LCD TV and monitor backlighting will remain as the main applications for LEDs for the next three years, but the market for LED general lighting will take off beginning in 2014, according...
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics have reported net profits for the third quarter of 2009 at NT$606.93 million...
Camera lens and module maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET), a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has reportedly entered the production of...
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 to remain similar to levels in the third, thanks to sales contribution from its major customer...
LED chipmakers have seen their production run at full utilization and posted high revenues for September. Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and Tekcore have reported revenues of NT$1.26...
The existing global supply shortage of epitaxial wafers used to make LED chips for backlight modules (BLUs) will not relax until 2012, according to chairman of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker...
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 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...
Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), a Taiwan-based maker of GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) epitaxial wafers based on MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) technology,...
Genesis Photonics, a Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, plans to raise NT$500 million (US$15 million) specifically for expanding its production capacity, mainly in regards to MOCVD (metal-organic...
Opto Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips and system products, has decided to push back its schedule for setting up a factory in Ningbo, eastern China, because of a pessimistic...
AIXTRON AG today announced that Taiwan-based High Power Opto has placed an order for one AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD system in the second quarter of 2008. High Power Opto will receive the...
With growth in the LED industry in 2008 being slower than expected, Taiwan's capacity of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment will not increase by the 100 units...
Taiwan based electric wire and cable maker Walsin Lihwa is going to join the LED market and placed an order for Aixtron AG MOCVD systems in the second quarter this year, with the...
