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Tuesday 18 October 2011
Philips reports 85% on-year decrease in 3Q11 net profits
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...
Monday 17 October 2011
Taiwan LED firms facing increasing competition from South Korea peers
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...
Monday 17 October 2011
Delta 4Q11 performance may be below expectations, says company chairman
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...
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...
Friday 14 October 2011
Cree lights up China highway
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...
Friday 14 October 2011
Profitability of Vizio LED light bulbs too low for Amtran
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...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Low demand likely to cause 10% of China-based LED chipmakers to close in 2H11
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...
Tuesday 11 October 2011
LED firms report disappointing third quarter revenues
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.
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...
Thursday 6 October 2011
Lextar sees slight increase of September revenues
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...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Epileds Technologies to debut on TSE
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...
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
Digitimes Research: China LED industry should not blindly increase capacity but focus on improving technology, management, and quality
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...