Polysilicon firms face survival tests Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 30 May 2012] The price of polysilicon has been falling significantly since 2011. The current spot price is around US$20-22/kg. Many Taiwan-based ...
Tags: Taiwan, polysilicon, operating costs, AEP
A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, ...
Tags: LED Rare Earth Metal, raw material
Nan Ya Photonics Inc., a joint venture by Taiwan's Epistar and Nan Ya Plastics Corp., recently has completed its first automatic production line and targeted to scramble for orders from international brands such as GE and Philips. Nan Ya ...
Ultratech, Inc., a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and HB-LEDs, has acquired the assets of Cambridge Nanotech, Inc. (Cambridge). Based in Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge was a ...
On December 24, more than 30 Taiwanese LED manufacturers have formed LED Lighting Industry Alliance, aiming at facilitating information exchange among member firms and offering suggestions to the government regarding the industry. ...
Smart Home Labs has launched the RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables smart lighting control via smartphone, tablet or computer over Bluetooth Smart wireless with customizable apps for both iOS and Android. And the new LED ...
Taiwan Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has received Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certification for its outdoor lighting series-Lodestar-through its partner L.E.D. Rite, LLC, located in Illinois, USA. ALT's Street Light series is ...
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firms. Taiwan-based Crystalwise and Sino Sapphire will ...
Tags: sapphire substrate makers, continuous decrease, LED firms, Lighting
When the solar industry was experiencing a boom before 2010, many firms were attracted to enter the market and began massive investments, causing an oversupply which has seen many firms face financial trouble. In 2011 alone, 40 firms, ...
Tags: solar industry, South Korea, polysilicon, OCI
LED utilization rates are picking up again, with utilization in Taiwan now back up to 70 to 90 percent of capacity. Companies expect to be back to close to 100 percent in a month or two, driven by TV backlight demand, reports Yole ...
Created by Dutch Ontwerpduo‘s Nathan Wierink and Tineke Beunders, Light Forest is a scalable lighting system. Light Forest takes up space with a tangle of pipes adapting to its surroundings. Images Courtesy of Ontwerpduo This ...
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Designed by Barcelona based Martin Azua, the Lua Light's fluidity and charm shines through wherever it's placed. Martin Azua's thoughts on design - ''In nature nothing is free, the forms found within it are always a result of an economy ...
Tags: Lamp, Mysterious, Lighting
Following the recent additions of producer Jana Heiss and East Coast sales rep Jake Neske,HUSH is geared up to announce the signing of New York-based designer,director and illustrator Jodi Terwilliger.With this latest addition,HUSH is ...
AIXTRON SE introduced a 5 x 200mm gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) reactor design for its G5 Planetary Reactor metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) platform. AIX G5+ comprises special reactor hardware and process design, ...
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Lab.gruppen and Lake have ended the year on a high after completing a run of Lake Level 1 training seminars across Germany. The training programme is designed to introduce key aspects of Lab.gruppen and Lake technologies and develop user ...
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