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Wednesday 2 June 2010
Radiant expects LCM shipments to reach 3 million units in 2Q10
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics expects its LCD module (LCM) shipments to reach almost three million units in the second quarter of 2010 with major...
Wednesday 26 May 2010
LED-backlit large-size LCD panel shipments to go up 135% in 2010, says iSuppli
Shipments of large-size LCD panels with LED backlights are forecast to reach 276.7 million units in 2010, up 134.9% from 117.8 million in 2009. In 2010, LED backlights will be used...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Genesis cooperates with JFE Engineering to tap Japan LED lighting market
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced cooperation with Japan-based JFE Engineering to supply LED lighting products for the latter to market...
Friday 14 May 2010
Taiwan-based BLU makers see growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers Coretronic, Forhouse, Kenmos Technology and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology have all seen on-month growth in their April revenues.
Thursday 13 May 2010
LED prices likely to go up 5-10%
LED backlight products may see their prices increase by 5-10% as both upstream LED chip and epitaxial wafer prices will rise soon due to strong market demand, according to sources...
Friday 7 May 2010
Genesis Photonics increases prices for green LED epitaxy wafers
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics increased the prices of its green LED epitaxy wafers in April amid increasing prices of sapphire substrates, and expects its price hike...
Friday 7 May 2010
Radiant reports slight growth in April revenues
Backlight unit (BLUs) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.83 billion (US$120.94 million) for April, increasing 3.77% sequentially and 32.7%...
Monday 3 May 2010
BLU makers Forhouse and Kenmos report net profit for 1Q10
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers Forhouse and Kenmos Technology have announced net profits of NT$204.07 million (US$6.51 million) and NT$102.51 million, respectively, for...
Monday 19 April 2010
Gio sees March revenues up
Gio Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of Chimei Innolux Corporation (CMI), has posted revenues of NT$308.04 million (US$9.8 million) for March, up 46.56% sequentially and 113.84% on year,...
Thursday 15 April 2010
LED count in TV BLUs to fall by 30% at the end of 2010, says AUO
The volume of LEDs used in TV backlight units (BLUs) will reduce by about 30% at the end of 2010 when single-side edge-type LED BLUs enter mass production, according to AU Optronics...
Thursday 11 March 2010
Radiant and Forhouse have over 10% on-month drop in February revenues
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers Radiant Opto-Electronics and Forhouse have announced an on-month drop of over 10% in their February revenues due to fewer working days and...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Coretronic reports 6% sequential drop for February revenues
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$6.7 billion (US$210.99 million) for February, down 6.08% on month but up 50.67% on year,...
Friday 5 March 2010
Bright LED to see backlighting business account for up to 40% of total revenues in 2010
LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics expects backlighting business to account for 30-40% of its total revenues in 2010, up from 18% in 2009, according to company chairman Liaw...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
LCD panel makers to see component shortages last through 3Q10
Some TFT-LCD panel components, mainly backlight units (BLUs), polarizers and reflector sheets, are in short supply, and further shortage is expected to last to the LCD panel peak...
Monday 1 March 2010
Everlight denies plans to set up backlight module plant with TPV
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has issued a statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) denying a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that it...
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