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Friday 26 February 2010
Young Optics sees lower sales and profit in 2009
Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, a subsidiary of backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.6 billion (US$174.61 million) for...
Monday 22 February 2010
LED BLU costs falling faster than CCFL BLUs, says DisplaySearch
The cost of a 40-inch edge-type LED backlit unit (BLU) is expected to drop to US$100 in the fourth quarter of 2010 from US$118 in the first quarter of 2010, driven down by increasing...
Thursday 11 February 2010
LED packaging houses Bright LED and Harvatek post mixed results for January
LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics saw an on-month revenues decline of about 11.18% in January, while Harvatek had an on-month growth of about 39.52%.
Thursday 11 February 2010
AUO BLU subsidiaries to merge in September
The board of directors of backlight unit (BLU) makers Forhouse and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology, subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), have decided to merge the two companies...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Lite-On Technology to start shipping LED chips used in LCD TVs in 2Q10
Lite-On Technology has obtained certification for its LED chips from South Korea-based TV vendors through LED backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics and will begin volume...
Thursday 28 January 2010
TV backlight applications to contribute more to Epistar sales in 2010
LED chipmaker Epistar expects TV backlight applications' revenues share to increase from 15-20% in 2009 to 35% in 2010 as it has cut into the supply chain of several LED TV players,...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Epistar receives LED orders for TV backlights from China, says paper
LED chipmaker Epistar has recently received LED orders for LCD TV backlighting from China vendors, and expects revenues for the first half of 2010 to exceed NT$1.5 billion (US$47.12...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
I-Chiun expected to see 30-40% growth in 2010 revenue
Taiwan-based leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision industry is expected to see an 30-40% increase in revenues in 2010 amid increasing LED leadframe orders for lighting products from the...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Area demand for TFT-LCD optical film to grow 11% in 2010, says DisplaySearch
Demand for all TFT-LCD optical film is expected to grow from 543 million square meters in 2009 to 606 million square meters in 2010, up 11% on year, and the price erosion and cost...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Unity Opto receives NT$1.5 billion orders from HannStar, says paper
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology has received NT$1.5 billion (US$47.13 million) worth of orders for LEDs use in notebook backlight units (BLUs) from HannStar...
Monday 4 January 2010
LED-backlit monitors to become mainstream in 2011
LED-backlit LCD monitors are expected to become the mainstream models in the global monitor market in 2010, the schedule is push back from previous expectations of in 2009, according...
Thursday 31 December 2009
Kenmos to recognize loss from investment in Kenmos PV
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology has announced it will recognize a loss of NT$380 million (US$11.81 million) for its investment in Kenmos PV, a joint venture...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Everlight aims at 3% LED TV backlight market share in 2010
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics aims to take 3% of the global LCD TV-use LED backlight market in 2010, according to the company.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Arima Opto to set up LED chip joint-venture in China
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC) on December 8 announced the establishment of a joint-venture to make high-brightness LED chips...
Thursday 3 December 2009
Holy Stone maintains focus on niche MLCC for 2010
Holy Stone will dedicate its efforts to develop more customized multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) in 2010, maintaining its focus on the niche segment, according to the co...
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