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Wednesday 21 September 2016
Formosa Epitaxy to lay off 300 workers
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy will lay off 300 employees at the end of September, according to its parent company, Epistar.
Monday 12 January 2015
Epistar to own 94% of TSMC SSL
Epistar and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have both announced that their boards of directors have approved a transaction of TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL)...
Friday 14 November 2014
Epistar adjusts swap ratio for Formosa Epitaxy stock
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has adjusted the stock swap ratio from one Epistar share for 3.448 shares Formosa Epitaxy, originally determined in late June 2014, to one...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
MOEA conditionally approves Sanan Optoelectronics stake in Epistar
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 29 approved the conversion of China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics' 19.9% stake in Taiwan-based...
Thursday 3 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Epistar-Forepi merger to help stabilize LED industry
Taiwan-based LED maker Epistar announced a merger with Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) on June 30, 2014, with the former aiming to fully acquire the latter and become the surviving company...
Thursday 3 July 2014
Epistar to reach 15% GaN wafer capacity market share following FOREPI merger, says IHS
Following the announcement on June 30 that Epistar is acquiring Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), Epistar will have over 400 MOCVD reactors including those from FOREPI's China subsidiaries,...
Tuesday 1 July 2014
Epistar to completely own Formosa Epitaxy
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar on June 30 announced that it will issue 174.612 million new shares to acquire a 100% stake in fellow maker Formosa Epitaxy...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Formosa Epitaxy inks strategic alliance with TCL, says paper
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy has formed a strategic alliance with China-based vendor TCL with a chief aim to increase supply of backlights-use LED...
Friday 13 June 2014
Formosa Epitaxy expects over 50% sequential growth in 2Q14 revenues
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy expects its consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2014 to increase more than 50% sequentially and operations...
Monday 17 March 2014
Formosa Epitaxy expects LED lighting to take up 30-40% of 2014 revenues, says chairman
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy, with business operation to rebound from a bottom level in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014,...
Monday 30 December 2013
Formosa Epitaxy expects flip chip LED to take up 15-20% of 2014 revenues, says chairman
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy expects flip chip LED components for use in lighting and LCD TV backlighting to account for 15-20% of its 2014 consolidated revenues,...
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Lighting to take up 50% of global LED production value in 2014, says Formosa Epitaxy chairman
As the market for LEDs used in backlighting is approaching saturation, lighting applications are expected to rise to 50% of the global LED production value in 2014, according to chairman...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Commentary: What is Sanan seeking in Formosa Epitaxy deal?
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has given a conditional approval to China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics' proposal to invest NT$2.352...
Friday 30 August 2013
MOEA conditionally permits China-based Sanan Optoelectronics to invest in Formosa Epitaxy
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on August 29 approved the investment by China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics in Taiwan-based fellow maker...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Everlight looks to over 10% sequential growth in 3Q13 revenues
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is expected to see its revenues to rise over 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2013, buoyed by continued expansion of its LED lighting...