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Tuesday 15 November 2011
Genesis receives lighting orders from customers in China and Japan
Taiwan-based LED firm Genesis Photonics recently received orders from China-based customers for indoor lighting and commercial LED light tubes. Coupled with orders from Japan-based...
Thursday 3 November 2011
LED lighting penetration to reach 25% in 2013, says Epistar
LED lighting is waiting for the price difference with traditional lighting to narrow, with penetration of LED lighting likely to reach 25% in 2013, Epistar has said.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Lextar, Aeon Lighting to participate in Hong Kong lighting fair
The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) will take place from October 27-30. Many upstream and downstream LED firms such as Bridgelux, Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar...
Monday 24 October 2011
Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market
The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...
Friday 14 October 2011
China LED lighting market to experience rapid growth in next few years
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...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Asustek launches Zenbook series ultrabooks
Asustek Computer has unveiled its Zenbook series ultrabooks saying it is confident it has the closest performance/price ratio compared to Apple's MacBook Air.
Friday 7 October 2011
Japan LED lighting market demonstrates healthy growth
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...
Monday 3 October 2011
Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
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...
Monday 3 October 2011
Everlight anticipates LED lighting revenues to reach 15% of total revenues in 2012, says chairman
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...
Friday 30 September 2011
Lextar expects revenue proportion for LED lighting to rise 50% in 2012
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%,...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Increasing rare earths production likely to affect energy saving lighting devices
The supply-and-demand for rare earths is expected to shift from the current status of being in shortage to an oversupply in 2013 as many countries have stepped up their exploitation...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
GLT becomes supplier for Toshiba Lighting
Taiwan-based light guide plate maker GLT has successfully cut into the supply chain of Japan-based Toshiba Lighting's LED ceiling lamps. Toshiba Lighting currently has the largest...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Lite-On plans to develop LED lighting products with Epistar
Following the inauguration of Taiwan-based chipmaker Epistar's plant in Changzhou, China, Lite-On has indicated it plans to cooperate with Epistar to develop new LED lighting products,...
Friday 9 September 2011
Revenues from LED lighting to account for 20% in 2011, says Huga chairman
LED demand from TV firms has been uncertain causing slow growth for the industry. However, the potential of LED lighting is foreseeable. TP Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based LED firm...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Rapid price drop of LED lighting is expected in 3Q11
LED lighting ASPs are likely to decrease rapidly. The price of high power LEDs has been falling close to 50% in 2010-2011. The price is likely to fall another 5-10% in the third qu...