Output value in the LED upstream ingot segment is expected to reach US$324 million in 2015, according to market research institute Displaybank. The downstream segments of the LED supply chain have been in oversupply, causing market ...
Tags: LED industry, LED, Lighting
While price drops of sapphire wafers slowed down significantly in the first quarter of 2013, prices for 2-inch sapphire wafers, which stand at US$6.8-7 currently, may rise, according to Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers. Prices for ...
Tags: LED backlight, Lighting
Sapphire substrate makers have noted that order visibility is clear to May due to expected demand growth in the LED backlighting and lighting markets. Market observers believe prices of sapphire substrates are likely to increase slightly in ...
Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers are expected to have 2013 revenues decreasing by 10% from 2012 because many China-based fellow makers will bring production capacities into operation in 2013 and this will cause price drops, according to ...
Tags: Sapphire Wafer, Sapphire ingot, Sapphire
Sapphire wafer maker Crystalwise Technology will expand monthly production capacity at its subsidiary in China from 150,000 2-inch sapphire wafer equivalents at present, to at least double in 2013, while fellow maker Tera Xtal Technology ...
Tags: Crystalwise Technology, sapphire wafer equivalents, LED, Tera Xtal
Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers, viewing that LED demand is unlikely to grow to, have started looking to have sapphire wafers adopted as protection covers for iPhone 5 cameras. Several smartphone vendors including Taiwan-based HTC and ...
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal Technology will establish two subsidiaries in eastern China, each with investment of US$15 million. Sapphire substrate production at the subsidiaires will begin in the second half of 2013 at ...
Tags: LED firms, Tera Xtal, LED industry
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 ...
After experiencing a boon in 2010, the weak LED market reaction in 2011 did not allow the global LED manufacturing production to grow as expected. Capacity utilization reached a low due to the fast capacity expansion and slower market ...
Tags: LED market, china LED
Abstract The entire LED lighting supply chain can be divided into the following segments: rare earth, MOCVD equipment, sapphire ingots and substrates, LED chips, LED packaging, and LED lighting fixtures. This Digitimes Special Report ...
Tags: LED, MOCVD, Sapphire, Rare Earth
Formosa Epitaxy,a Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker,Crystalwise Technology(CWT)and Crystal Applied Technology(CAT),two Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers,saw November revenues drop by 22.96%,9.32%and rise by 5.00%on month ...
Tags: Formosa Epitaxy, LED epitaxial wafer and chip, CWT, CAT
Due to the global economic downturn, demand for LED lighting has been weakening. Meanwhile, efficiency and price-performance ratio have been increasing, and the penetration rate of the LED lighting market is expected to continue rising. ...
Tags: Bridgelux, LED chipmaker, LED lighting, efficiency, price-performance
Due to the global economic downturn,demand for LED lighting has been weakening.Meanwhile,efficiency and price-performance ratio have been increasing,and the penetration rate of the LED lighting market is expected to continue rising.Market ...
Tags: global economic downturn, LED lighting, brightness efficiency
Quotes for sapphire wafers have decreased, with some Taiwan-based makers lowering prices for a 2-inch wafer from a negotiable level of around US$8 in September-October to below US$7.5 currently, according to industry sources in Taiwan. ...
Tags: Sapphire
While upstream LED firms have been forecasting lower 2012 revenues and falling prices,downstream LED applications are expected to grow continuously through second-half 2012. The world's two largest MOCVD equipment firms Veeco and Aixtron ...